Honestly, as I said above, I don't really think it's a plot twist that's Sekritly Awesome or something, I think the show is trying to milk drahmah out of a cliche I'd rather it not touch with a ten foot pole. I just think it's...a slightly cheesy plot twist that isn't going to actually inform the Entire Rest of the Show and in not being the end game, whether they intended it or not, the show may end up rather entertainingly accidentally knocking down its own inadvertent sexism? Or something?
I know you only recently started watching the show, so I don't know what you're experience of it was, but I've been watching since season one, and pretty much since they blew me away with the one-two punch of her self-rescue in 1x11 and then superpowers in 1x14, I've been constantly confused by how this show mixes the awesome, awesome agency and power of Olivia and the incredibly complex treatment of Walter and his culpability in the current situations, with a feeling like it's always on this...hair thin wire where it's going to fall down into Fail.
Like, the reveal of where Peter came from was amazing, but then I was worried that he'd take over the show, but then he didn't and it was all about Olivia and Walter angsting about where he came from.
And then he was the Chosen Weapon Boy, and I thought he'd take over the show, but then he didn't and it was all about Olivia and Fauxlivia.
And now he's the one who has to Choose A Girl...and at this point I'm like...eh, I will just wait and see what the hell happens.
It's done it with other stuff too, like pulling the cliche of the damaged magic girl, when they revealed what Walter did to her, away from the cliche and into interesting territory with the way Olivia handled it.
Or the way I was totally DNW when they brainwashed Olivia at the end of 3x01 and was like, WTF, I don't want two Fauxlivias! But then it turned into this amazing tale of her own resilience and power and she rescued herself and now is in a unique position to understand just how much Walter did take from her.
It's all very confusing and I am Throwing My Hands Up and just enjoying the Good Bits until that's not possible anymore. SO THERE! ;)
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Honestly, as I said above, I don't really think it's a plot twist that's Sekritly Awesome or something, I think the show is trying to milk drahmah out of a cliche I'd rather it not touch with a ten foot pole. I just think it's...a slightly cheesy plot twist that isn't going to actually inform the Entire Rest of the Show and in not being the end game, whether they intended it or not, the show may end up rather entertainingly accidentally knocking down its own inadvertent sexism? Or something?
I know you only recently started watching the show, so I don't know what you're experience of it was, but I've been watching since season one, and pretty much since they blew me away with the one-two punch of her self-rescue in 1x11 and then superpowers in 1x14, I've been constantly confused by how this show mixes the awesome, awesome agency and power of Olivia and the incredibly complex treatment of Walter and his culpability in the current situations, with a feeling like it's always on this...hair thin wire where it's going to fall down into Fail.
Like, the reveal of where Peter came from was amazing, but then I was worried that he'd take over the show, but then he didn't and it was all about Olivia and Walter angsting about where he came from.
And then he was the Chosen Weapon Boy, and I thought he'd take over the show, but then he didn't and it was all about Olivia and Fauxlivia.
And now he's the one who has to Choose A Girl...and at this point I'm like...eh, I will just wait and see what the hell happens.
It's done it with other stuff too, like pulling the cliche of the damaged magic girl, when they revealed what Walter did to her, away from the cliche and into interesting territory with the way Olivia handled it.
Or the way I was totally DNW when they brainwashed Olivia at the end of 3x01 and was like, WTF, I don't want two Fauxlivias! But then it turned into this amazing tale of her own resilience and power and she rescued herself and now is in a unique position to understand just how much Walter did take from her.
It's all very confusing and I am Throwing My Hands Up and just enjoying the Good Bits until that's not possible anymore. SO THERE! ;)