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selenakOkay, firstly, I'm somewhat ticked off at FFN. My last DS9 story Two of Us was there for about an entirely peaceful day and got four nice reviews, and now suddenly has disappeared. Considering it's harmless gen, not second person, in format etc. I really have no idea why. Does anyone else have this problem, or is it just me?
Secondly, persistence paid off. I finally managed to cajole the net to let me watch the last thirty minutes of part II of The Peacekeeper Wars.
Let's get the nitpicks out of the way first so I can indulge in more squeeing. My number one nitpick is still Sikozu. She is, after all, smart. Why would she believe the Scarrans would ever consider to free the Khalish? There is no precedent for them doing something like this, and certainly not for the actions of one spy. Sorry, even leaving the huge continuity problems with Sikozu's either bioloid or resistance or both background aside, this just doesn't wash. I can only hope this was what Ralee Hill was referring to when saying she hopes a scene between Sikozu and Scorpius won't get cut because without it, Sikozu's actions in the two-parter would be inexplainable, and that said scene will be on the DVD.
Okay, now on to the goodness: you know, I guessed D'Argo was toast. Couldn't be Chiana because D'Argo was the one who got all the little character scenes, from the ones with Aeryn to the ones with Jothee to the ones with John, AND Chiana agreed to go with him to Hyneria. That settled it. But it didn't make his grand finale any less moving.
"Three is not such a bad number." You have a variety of triads through both parts. John, Aeryn and the baby, obviously. Also John, Aeryn and Rygel, who carried them back to life and then carried their child. An old triad, Chiana, D'Argo and Jothee, which is finally absolved when Chiana gives Jothee D'Argo's sword. You have Aeryn, John and Scorpius - the camera very deliberately frames John between Aeryn and Scorpius when he starts to engineer the wormhole. You have, in the end, Scorpius between Grayza and Staleek, and isn't that an enigmatic scene. They symbolize the two sides of his heritage, Peacekeeper and Scarrans. Children in this miniseries: John's and Aeryn's child, Grayza and her child with unknown parentage, Harvey, the child of John and Scorpius, dying for the last time when the wormhole knowledge is erased from John's brain, and Scorpius, who is the child of Scarrans and Peacekeepers, of war and hate. In his last appearance, is he irritated that his driving force is gone (for the moment) or actually pleased that his two halves have come together in an uneasy truce, meaning there will be no genocide of either side? Impossible to tell.
What I was missing was an The Day the Earth Stood Still reference, because John was obviously playing Klaatu here, complete with symbolic death and ressurection, and geek that he is, I think he would know this movie.
You can tell this was truly meant to be a finale (as opposed to all the other Farscape cliffhanger endings): John, who by the end of season 4 had a body count behind him that wasn't just hundreds but thousands, is finally able to save not just the lives of his personal circle but hundreds and thousands of lives as well, with the good, hard look at Armageddon he provides. He's more at peace than he ever was in any ending since Family Ties. So is Aeryn. And along with everyone in the universe, I'm ever so relieved to see Aeryn back as a strong personality and free from all pod appearances. She rocked!
They all stand at the beginning of a new journey, not just John and Aeryn: Chiana and Rygel, Scorpius, and Stark. Stark's last scene, leaving the mask behind, mirrors and yet couldn't be more different from him leaving the mask behind for John after The Choice. Back then, the only one at peace had been dead TalynJohn. Stark was in torment, and so was MoyaJohn, especially after hearing the message. Now Stark has guided his last soul across, it seems. No more torment by being between two sides. I'm awed.
The final scene was shamelessly shmaltzy, but given how the minseries got there, I find myself not objecting. (As opposed to the John-proposes-to-Aeryn scene from Bad Timing. Good luck to John and Aeryn and little D. Although, you know, they could have named him after Rygel as well for good measure, so I'll pretend D doesn't stand just for D'Argo but for Dominar.*g*
Random thoughts: The John/Scorpius is alive and well, what with "the thing a man does when he's in love" and "say pretty please". *g*
Braca: not the beardy type. Otoh, he must rejoice now the competition is out of the way.
Can't think of a purpose for the scene with Grunshlik and Sikozu other than to hint they might have gotten of the planet before it exploded, which I would like to believe. Am still irritated at my poor Sikozu having fallen to plot-over-character.
This being said, Scorpius' "You destroyed something unique" is, for him, an intriguing admittance that he cared. Natira didn't get that much.
So, will John, Aeryn & kid go to Hyneria with Chiana and Rygel? And will Rygel even be welcome there now that the Scarran threat is gone? I know the script had a scene indicating cousin Bishan got killed after his first conversation with Rygel, but canon is only what's on camera.
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penknife finished her 1602 story. Ah, Elizabethan superheroes, how do I love you, let me count the ways. It's here.
Secondly, persistence paid off. I finally managed to cajole the net to let me watch the last thirty minutes of part II of The Peacekeeper Wars.
Let's get the nitpicks out of the way first so I can indulge in more squeeing. My number one nitpick is still Sikozu. She is, after all, smart. Why would she believe the Scarrans would ever consider to free the Khalish? There is no precedent for them doing something like this, and certainly not for the actions of one spy. Sorry, even leaving the huge continuity problems with Sikozu's either bioloid or resistance or both background aside, this just doesn't wash. I can only hope this was what Ralee Hill was referring to when saying she hopes a scene between Sikozu and Scorpius won't get cut because without it, Sikozu's actions in the two-parter would be inexplainable, and that said scene will be on the DVD.
Okay, now on to the goodness: you know, I guessed D'Argo was toast. Couldn't be Chiana because D'Argo was the one who got all the little character scenes, from the ones with Aeryn to the ones with Jothee to the ones with John, AND Chiana agreed to go with him to Hyneria. That settled it. But it didn't make his grand finale any less moving.
"Three is not such a bad number." You have a variety of triads through both parts. John, Aeryn and the baby, obviously. Also John, Aeryn and Rygel, who carried them back to life and then carried their child. An old triad, Chiana, D'Argo and Jothee, which is finally absolved when Chiana gives Jothee D'Argo's sword. You have Aeryn, John and Scorpius - the camera very deliberately frames John between Aeryn and Scorpius when he starts to engineer the wormhole. You have, in the end, Scorpius between Grayza and Staleek, and isn't that an enigmatic scene. They symbolize the two sides of his heritage, Peacekeeper and Scarrans. Children in this miniseries: John's and Aeryn's child, Grayza and her child with unknown parentage, Harvey, the child of John and Scorpius, dying for the last time when the wormhole knowledge is erased from John's brain, and Scorpius, who is the child of Scarrans and Peacekeepers, of war and hate. In his last appearance, is he irritated that his driving force is gone (for the moment) or actually pleased that his two halves have come together in an uneasy truce, meaning there will be no genocide of either side? Impossible to tell.
What I was missing was an The Day the Earth Stood Still reference, because John was obviously playing Klaatu here, complete with symbolic death and ressurection, and geek that he is, I think he would know this movie.
You can tell this was truly meant to be a finale (as opposed to all the other Farscape cliffhanger endings): John, who by the end of season 4 had a body count behind him that wasn't just hundreds but thousands, is finally able to save not just the lives of his personal circle but hundreds and thousands of lives as well, with the good, hard look at Armageddon he provides. He's more at peace than he ever was in any ending since Family Ties. So is Aeryn. And along with everyone in the universe, I'm ever so relieved to see Aeryn back as a strong personality and free from all pod appearances. She rocked!
They all stand at the beginning of a new journey, not just John and Aeryn: Chiana and Rygel, Scorpius, and Stark. Stark's last scene, leaving the mask behind, mirrors and yet couldn't be more different from him leaving the mask behind for John after The Choice. Back then, the only one at peace had been dead TalynJohn. Stark was in torment, and so was MoyaJohn, especially after hearing the message. Now Stark has guided his last soul across, it seems. No more torment by being between two sides. I'm awed.
The final scene was shamelessly shmaltzy, but given how the minseries got there, I find myself not objecting. (As opposed to the John-proposes-to-Aeryn scene from Bad Timing. Good luck to John and Aeryn and little D. Although, you know, they could have named him after Rygel as well for good measure, so I'll pretend D doesn't stand just for D'Argo but for Dominar.*g*
Random thoughts: The John/Scorpius is alive and well, what with "the thing a man does when he's in love" and "say pretty please". *g*
Braca: not the beardy type. Otoh, he must rejoice now the competition is out of the way.
Can't think of a purpose for the scene with Grunshlik and Sikozu other than to hint they might have gotten of the planet before it exploded, which I would like to believe. Am still irritated at my poor Sikozu having fallen to plot-over-character.
This being said, Scorpius' "You destroyed something unique" is, for him, an intriguing admittance that he cared. Natira didn't get that much.
So, will John, Aeryn & kid go to Hyneria with Chiana and Rygel? And will Rygel even be welcome there now that the Scarran threat is gone? I know the script had a scene indicating cousin Bishan got killed after his first conversation with Rygel, but canon is only what's on camera.
Lastly,
penknife finished her 1602 story. Ah, Elizabethan superheroes, how do I love you, let me count the ways. It's here.
