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selenakFirst of all, there is a great Brian Bendis interview here, mainly about Avengers Prime, aka the upcoming "how Tony, Steve and Thor make up at long last" tale. Now, if you remember Civil War: The Confession from two years back, the fact Bendis basically ships Cap/Iron Man is no news. Quoth the man: "Some of my favorite moments of my Avengers stuff has been the aftermath or prologues to the events, whether I wrote them or not, like with ' Civil War: The Confession.' I wanted to do the opposite of 'The Confession' with this," Bendis continued. "'The Confession' has Tony and Steve letting each other have it in as brutal a fashion as possible. And I thought that they should let each other have it, but with the idea that they get over it. That they learn to live with each other, or don't. So initially, it was going to be a one act play like that, where they just let each other have it. Then I called up Editor Tom Brevoort and said, 'I actually think they need to go out and have an adventure together to remind them why they love each other so much.'" Other choice quotes include "It's almost like a superhero couples retreat [Laughs]. They're either going to work things out or not", and, re: another favourite Bendis character, "let's just say that Luke Cage might be the Sean Penn to the paparazzi of the Marvel Universe". Good times, good times.
(The only difference to the gazillion post-Civil War fanfic scenarios where Steve Rogers gets resurrected and he and Tony Stark reconcile I can see is that these usually don't occur as a threesome with Thor...)
Now, on to the also partly by comic book writers written Lost, where at long last we get another Sun and Jin episode.
First of all, kudos to everyone who picked up on Sun being addressed as Ms. Paik in LAX (I hadn't) and the implication of this. So, in the Rebootverse, Sun and Jin aren't married; however, their relationship is better than Sun and Jin's was back in the Primeverse when we meet them. Instead of an estranged married couple, they're secret lovers. Since Jin apparantly still signed up to work for Mr. Paik out of love for Sun, this would indicate what estranged them originally in the Primeverse, from Sun's pov, was not Jin having to work as a thug per se but the silences and lies that created between them. Which does fit with Sun's remark to her father about having known but pretended not to about his business all along. They still both want to get away, and promptly run into Martin Keamy, bad news in any timeline, as already indicated in Sayid's episode.
(Incidentally, I briefly wondered whether Sayid not freeing Jin himself but just giving him the blades was too hard for Sayid in this 'verse, but decided, no; after all, Sayid still has his war experiences, and he has no idea who Jin is - simply being Keamy's prisoner does not automatically make Jin someone who couldn't turn on him as well. More about this principle when we get to Charles Widmore.)
Keamy's little revelation - that the whole watch 'n money thing was for Jin to meet his own executioner, as set up by Mr. Paik - throws up the interesting question whether Paik made a similar arrangement in the Primeverse; I wouldn't put it past him, though sons-in-law might be different from lovers, see also what happens to Sun's English teacher plus lover in the Primeverse.
Reboot cliffhanger: why do I have the feeling Jin is going to bring wounded Sun to the hospital Jack is working in?
Meanwhile, on the island: Sun and Jin are less than enamored by their respective camps and the big plans the respective leaders have there. It's interesting that Smokey says he needs the Candidates to get off the island; that hasn't been mentioned as a condition before. (In which case, what does he need the rest of assorted Others, Castaways and Freighties for? Future canon fodder? He's not as lethal as Jacob & fans think he is?) The question as to whether Claire is still as angry at Kate as ever is answered; Smokey denying that Kate's name was in the cave brings up that debate again. (It couldn't be seen there, but it was in the Lighthouse. Does he know that and is lying, or doesn't he know about the Lighthouse, only the cave?) Sawyer asks a good question re: Smokey's ability to transform into smoke, or not, when leaving the main island, and whatever else might have been true in the past, seems he has to cross water in Locke's body and in Locke's body only. Otoh, unless we're given some missing scenes about how things went down with Widmore next week or in later episodes - which we might be, that cut was a bit sudden - even in Locke's form, the sonic devices do appear to still deterr him. Hmmmm.
wee_warrior guessed that what was behind the locked door was Desmond. (Charles Widmore is still competing in the scary father-in-law poll, after all.*g*) Why old Charles thinks Des can do something about Smokey I don't know, but I suppose it has to do with a) that time-travelling ability of his (which might also be how we get the two timelines together again), and b) wanting to get rid of Des in a fashion where Penny can't blame him. If Desmond heroically sacrifices himself to save the world, it's hardly Widmore's fault, etc. May I say I do love Widmore giving Jin the whole sincere "I'm a father of a daughter, too, and I really wanna save the world from Smokey!" speech and then this being followed up by the scene where Sayid spies on his people manhandling a drugged Desmond out of his cell? Sums up the man completely.
(The only difference to the gazillion post-Civil War fanfic scenarios where Steve Rogers gets resurrected and he and Tony Stark reconcile I can see is that these usually don't occur as a threesome with Thor...)
Now, on to the also partly by comic book writers written Lost, where at long last we get another Sun and Jin episode.
First of all, kudos to everyone who picked up on Sun being addressed as Ms. Paik in LAX (I hadn't) and the implication of this. So, in the Rebootverse, Sun and Jin aren't married; however, their relationship is better than Sun and Jin's was back in the Primeverse when we meet them. Instead of an estranged married couple, they're secret lovers. Since Jin apparantly still signed up to work for Mr. Paik out of love for Sun, this would indicate what estranged them originally in the Primeverse, from Sun's pov, was not Jin having to work as a thug per se but the silences and lies that created between them. Which does fit with Sun's remark to her father about having known but pretended not to about his business all along. They still both want to get away, and promptly run into Martin Keamy, bad news in any timeline, as already indicated in Sayid's episode.
(Incidentally, I briefly wondered whether Sayid not freeing Jin himself but just giving him the blades was too hard for Sayid in this 'verse, but decided, no; after all, Sayid still has his war experiences, and he has no idea who Jin is - simply being Keamy's prisoner does not automatically make Jin someone who couldn't turn on him as well. More about this principle when we get to Charles Widmore.)
Keamy's little revelation - that the whole watch 'n money thing was for Jin to meet his own executioner, as set up by Mr. Paik - throws up the interesting question whether Paik made a similar arrangement in the Primeverse; I wouldn't put it past him, though sons-in-law might be different from lovers, see also what happens to Sun's English teacher plus lover in the Primeverse.
Reboot cliffhanger: why do I have the feeling Jin is going to bring wounded Sun to the hospital Jack is working in?
Meanwhile, on the island: Sun and Jin are less than enamored by their respective camps and the big plans the respective leaders have there. It's interesting that Smokey says he needs the Candidates to get off the island; that hasn't been mentioned as a condition before. (In which case, what does he need the rest of assorted Others, Castaways and Freighties for? Future canon fodder? He's not as lethal as Jacob & fans think he is?) The question as to whether Claire is still as angry at Kate as ever is answered; Smokey denying that Kate's name was in the cave brings up that debate again. (It couldn't be seen there, but it was in the Lighthouse. Does he know that and is lying, or doesn't he know about the Lighthouse, only the cave?) Sawyer asks a good question re: Smokey's ability to transform into smoke, or not, when leaving the main island, and whatever else might have been true in the past, seems he has to cross water in Locke's body and in Locke's body only. Otoh, unless we're given some missing scenes about how things went down with Widmore next week or in later episodes - which we might be, that cut was a bit sudden - even in Locke's form, the sonic devices do appear to still deterr him. Hmmmm.
wee_warrior guessed that what was behind the locked door was Desmond. (Charles Widmore is still competing in the scary father-in-law poll, after all.*g*) Why old Charles thinks Des can do something about Smokey I don't know, but I suppose it has to do with a) that time-travelling ability of his (which might also be how we get the two timelines together again), and b) wanting to get rid of Des in a fashion where Penny can't blame him. If Desmond heroically sacrifices himself to save the world, it's hardly Widmore's fault, etc. May I say I do love Widmore giving Jin the whole sincere "I'm a father of a daughter, too, and I really wanna save the world from Smokey!" speech and then this being followed up by the scene where Sayid spies on his people manhandling a drugged Desmond out of his cell? Sums up the man completely.
