Alias questions and Dr. Who rec
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yahtzee63 made a great Best Of Alias poll, with the show drawing to a close, which was fun to reply to. Speaking of Alias, one fanon has puzzled me somewhat, or rather, I guess I know the explanation, but I want to be sure: to wit, Sark-the-abused-child. Now, as far as I recall, and I admit I only watched the relevant scenes once, Sark not being of great interest to me when he's not with Sloane, Irina or Sydney, Sark did not know Lazarey was his father until he got told just this in early season 3 (upon receiving nice cash as his heritage). When he finally met the gentleman in question, he gave the impression of not being on a familiar level with him as well. I did not get the idea that his torturing Lazarey was motivated by anything other than wanting the information Lazarey was hiding. So I am forced to conclude that unless I'm grossly misremembering or missed out important scenes, the fanon that Sark was abused as a child by his bad father and that this was the motivation of torturing and killing the guy doesn't have any basis in canon. I mean, other than the wish to give Sark some motivation.
Sidenote I: this reminds me of Abused!Draco in HP fanon, but then, Sark quite often seems to be Fanon Draco.
Sidenote II: The other Sark fanon, that Irina was his mother figure, at least does have a canon basis, but then again his "your mother is like a mother to me" speech to Sydney might have just been made up on the spot in order to get under her skin/in her pants. Can't say I got a maternal vibe from Irina, except perhaps in one scene, where she sends Sark out of the room before she rips into Sloane re: Sydney (and Sark distinctly sulked at being sent away while Mommy and Daddy were clearly about to fight). However, Irina could just have been her professional self, and you don't quarrel in front of your minion with your partner in crime. It also reminded me of Sloane's chilly reaction when Sark attempts to ridicule the SD 6 personnel for their gullibility in front of him. One thing seems clear, Sark just isn't in the club with either Irina or Sloane.
I'm not really sure why Sark, Krychek, Sawyer et al never did anything for me. Good-looking, cool assassin (or crook, in Sawyer's case) with the occasional good one liner isn't a bad archetype; perhaps it's that in each fandom, the middle-aged/old guys were just more interesting and offered more layers. I was never an X-File fanatic, but I did watch and read some fanfic now and then, and seriously, as far as villains were concerned, I'd read something about the Cigarette Smoking Man any time of the day before looking for Krychek. Lost fandom continues to frustrate me by not having written about Locke instead of Sawyer (and Jack), and with Alias, well, we all know whom I fell for ever all the way back in season 1.
It's not a reverse age-ism with me, either. In BTVS, you'd think I'd be a Giles fan, or a Giles-and-Ethan fan, and I like them, I do, but it's Buffy all the way, and over at AtS, it's Connor (in addition to Darla, but as she's 400 plus, she's not a help to the point I'm trying to make), so clearly, I can like young characters.
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To switch fandoms entirely, and moving over to Dr. Whoastrogirl2 has written an excellent story about Mickey meeting one of the Doctor's old aquaintances. Mickey being another young character I like, I urge you to read it.
yahtzee63 made a great Best Of Alias poll, with the show drawing to a close, which was fun to reply to. Speaking of Alias, one fanon has puzzled me somewhat, or rather, I guess I know the explanation, but I want to be sure: to wit, Sark-the-abused-child. Now, as far as I recall, and I admit I only watched the relevant scenes once, Sark not being of great interest to me when he's not with Sloane, Irina or Sydney, Sark did not know Lazarey was his father until he got told just this in early season 3 (upon receiving nice cash as his heritage). When he finally met the gentleman in question, he gave the impression of not being on a familiar level with him as well. I did not get the idea that his torturing Lazarey was motivated by anything other than wanting the information Lazarey was hiding. So I am forced to conclude that unless I'm grossly misremembering or missed out important scenes, the fanon that Sark was abused as a child by his bad father and that this was the motivation of torturing and killing the guy doesn't have any basis in canon. I mean, other than the wish to give Sark some motivation. Sidenote I: this reminds me of Abused!Draco in HP fanon, but then, Sark quite often seems to be Fanon Draco.
Sidenote II: The other Sark fanon, that Irina was his mother figure, at least does have a canon basis, but then again his "your mother is like a mother to me" speech to Sydney might have just been made up on the spot in order to get under her skin/in her pants. Can't say I got a maternal vibe from Irina, except perhaps in one scene, where she sends Sark out of the room before she rips into Sloane re: Sydney (and Sark distinctly sulked at being sent away while Mommy and Daddy were clearly about to fight). However, Irina could just have been her professional self, and you don't quarrel in front of your minion with your partner in crime. It also reminded me of Sloane's chilly reaction when Sark attempts to ridicule the SD 6 personnel for their gullibility in front of him. One thing seems clear, Sark just isn't in the club with either Irina or Sloane.
I'm not really sure why Sark, Krychek, Sawyer et al never did anything for me. Good-looking, cool assassin (or crook, in Sawyer's case) with the occasional good one liner isn't a bad archetype; perhaps it's that in each fandom, the middle-aged/old guys were just more interesting and offered more layers. I was never an X-File fanatic, but I did watch and read some fanfic now and then, and seriously, as far as villains were concerned, I'd read something about the Cigarette Smoking Man any time of the day before looking for Krychek. Lost fandom continues to frustrate me by not having written about Locke instead of Sawyer (and Jack), and with Alias, well, we all know whom I fell for ever all the way back in season 1.
It's not a reverse age-ism with me, either. In BTVS, you'd think I'd be a Giles fan, or a Giles-and-Ethan fan, and I like them, I do, but it's Buffy all the way, and over at AtS, it's Connor (in addition to Darla, but as she's 400 plus, she's not a help to the point I'm trying to make), so clearly, I can like young characters.
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To switch fandoms entirely, and moving over to Dr. Who
astrogirl2 has written an excellent story about Mickey meeting one of the Doctor's old aquaintances. Mickey being another young character I like, I urge you to read it.
