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Switch that body: The Heroes Edition
Apr. 1st, 2008 08:23 pmThis is actually something ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cadesama, wee_warrior and self discussed a few months back, without getting to a definite conclusion, but it seemed a fit subject for April 1st, so I put the question to your attention, oh flist.
It's an unwritten law that every fantasy or sci fi show sooner or later does a body switch episode. These can be hilariously funny (Farscape), used for character exploration (Buffy) and/or give your star a time out for a while as well as providing much angst (Xena). Therefore, clearly Heroes will at some point do a body switch episode. Now, who should switch with whom? Given that we have an ensemble to deal with, I propose the Farscape model would be most useful (meaning: there is no direct switch involved - character A ends up in the body of character B, but character B meanwhile is in C's body, while C is in A's, and so forth). Though even if we're dealing with just a single one-to-one switch (i.e. A in B's, B in A's), the question remains: who should end up in whose body?
Also: ascadesama wisely said at the time, the bodies should keep their powers, i.e. if A has the power of weather manipulation, A will not have this power while in the body of B or C, but will have B or C's powers, if any. Agreed? Then, fellow watchers, let's vote!
[Poll #1164194]
cadesama, wee_warrior and self discussed a few months back, without getting to a definite conclusion, but it seemed a fit subject for April 1st, so I put the question to your attention, oh flist. It's an unwritten law that every fantasy or sci fi show sooner or later does a body switch episode. These can be hilariously funny (Farscape), used for character exploration (Buffy) and/or give your star a time out for a while as well as providing much angst (Xena). Therefore, clearly Heroes will at some point do a body switch episode. Now, who should switch with whom? Given that we have an ensemble to deal with, I propose the Farscape model would be most useful (meaning: there is no direct switch involved - character A ends up in the body of character B, but character B meanwhile is in C's body, while C is in A's, and so forth). Though even if we're dealing with just a single one-to-one switch (i.e. A in B's, B in A's), the question remains: who should end up in whose body?
Also: as
cadesama wisely said at the time, the bodies should keep their powers, i.e. if A has the power of weather manipulation, A will not have this power while in the body of B or C, but will have B or C's powers, if any. Agreed? Then, fellow watchers, let's vote! [Poll #1164194]
