It would also make alot of sense if Scudder was advising Justin somehow because that explains how Ben & Justin will finally meet in a non-dream space.
Unless either Whistling Murderer Man brings them together by trying to track down Scudder and ending up with Ben at his hands, or Management deigns to give Ben an address.
But I like the Scudder idea better. Much stronger parallels with Ben/Management, too.
If Scudder is the tree man who raped Sofie's mother (and I've always assumed he was) then there are interesting parellals between Ben/Sofie & Justin/Iris. I love the way those two relationships work together. Ben/Sofie is the classic and natural pairing for the show (if you ignore the sibling thing) and Justin/Iris is, I think, everyone's dirty, bad, wrong OTP. Both both couples may just be essential if the battle is to continue past Justin & Ben.
Oh, I hadn't considered the parallels between the siblings, but yes, of course, you're right. And in both cases, the woman is a bit older and appears to have no supernatural gifts of her own. (Though after the ending of 2.03 which I just saw I wonder about Sofie.)
I put a review for 1.12 and 2.02 and some more speculation in my most recent lj entry. But I have one question for you. Was 1.12 the last time we see conflicted Justin? Because that would make me sad. I mean, I could understand it in terms of the show moving on and Justin set on his antichrist course just as Ben becomes more christlike by the minute (now he even made it out of a grave), but I'd still miss the angst and the inner conflict.
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Date: 2005-02-08 03:17 pm (UTC)Unless either Whistling Murderer Man brings them together by trying to track down Scudder and ending up with Ben at his hands, or Management deigns to give Ben an address.
But I like the Scudder idea better. Much stronger parallels with Ben/Management, too.
If Scudder is the tree man who raped Sofie's mother (and I've always assumed he was) then there are interesting parellals between Ben/Sofie & Justin/Iris. I love the way those two relationships work together. Ben/Sofie is the classic and natural pairing for the show (if you ignore the sibling thing) and Justin/Iris is, I think, everyone's dirty, bad, wrong OTP. Both both couples may just be essential if the battle is to continue past Justin & Ben.
Oh, I hadn't considered the parallels between the siblings, but yes, of course, you're right. And in both cases, the woman is a bit older and appears to have no supernatural gifts of her own. (Though after the ending of 2.03 which I just saw I wonder about Sofie.)
I put a review for 1.12 and 2.02 and some more speculation in my most recent lj entry. But I have one question for you. Was 1.12 the last time we see conflicted Justin? Because that would make me sad. I mean, I could understand it in terms of the show moving on and Justin set on his antichrist course just as Ben becomes more christlike by the minute (now he even made it out of a grave), but I'd still miss the angst and the inner conflict.