Back when Jesse was yelling at Riley "I gave you paradise!" it also occured to me that in a way, this is what Future!John does for everyone he sends back, except poor Kyle who didn't have much chance to enjoy the pre-Apocalyptic world.
Yes, I thought of that, too - especially in relation to Derek, who, in that flashback from right before he was sent back, so clearly needed to be sent somewhere far away from the war, or he would have found some way to get himself killed. Derek might have been too resentful of Future!John to realize it, but I am sure that Future!John would have recognized the signs of someone who was at the end of his rope and barely hanging on.
I love the way this show makes me reevaluate even old scenes from Season 1 and see them in a new light. :)
Incidentally, Sarah herself is a fascinating parallel and contrast, because she's really not good at letting anyone close, either, and also thinks this could just get them killed (see Charlie), BUT she's still able to form connections to the people they meet on a distant yet friendly kind of level.
Yes. Sarah fascinates me because her whole life is based around her attachment to John, which she sees as her greatest strength and the reason that she is still alive, and yet at the same time she believes that attachment to others is a weakness that can get them all killed. I think you are right that both Sarah and John will start making more of an effort to connect to other people, rather than continuing to push people away, and I think that can only be a good thing.
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Date: 2009-03-27 08:23 pm (UTC)Yes, I thought of that, too - especially in relation to Derek, who, in that flashback from right before he was sent back, so clearly needed to be sent somewhere far away from the war, or he would have found some way to get himself killed. Derek might have been too resentful of Future!John to realize it, but I am sure that Future!John would have recognized the signs of someone who was at the end of his rope and barely hanging on.
I love the way this show makes me reevaluate even old scenes from Season 1 and see them in a new light. :)
Incidentally, Sarah herself is a fascinating parallel and contrast, because she's really not good at letting anyone close, either, and also thinks this could just get them killed (see Charlie), BUT she's still able to form connections to the people they meet on a distant yet friendly kind of level.
Yes. Sarah fascinates me because her whole life is based around her attachment to John, which she sees as her greatest strength and the reason that she is still alive, and yet at the same time she believes that attachment to others is a weakness that can get them all killed. I think you are right that both Sarah and John will start making more of an effort to connect to other people, rather than continuing to push people away, and I think that can only be a good thing.