They should change the AV Club commentary to Todd, Genevieve and Sister Magpie... Ahahah that is a brilliant idea! The things you said about the Duty and Honor scene is very thought provoking. It's like Philip has been so good at compartmentalising, but when he's not expecting it or lets his guard waver, bits of one compartment seeps into the other and its not necessarily good or bad, just more interesting to watch. Not to say everything was clear cut and unambiguous before, only that his fractured selves and multiple identities are kind of diluting each other. Katiac I like your puzzle metaphor!!
With the 'real or not real' (Omg it sounds like the hunger games now), when Elizabeth says she wants it to be real, are they both in the realisation that it will never be truly be real but Elizabeth is content with the 'close enough' and Philip is saying he really doesn't know if anything will ever be real again so he can't promise her that it will be. So it's like Philip is in full realisation that nothing is real, and tries not to deal with it as much, whereas Elizabeth is more stubborn in that even though she knows it's not real, her reality with Philip is enough for her that she accepts that as reality. I think I used to word 'real' in this paragraph 1234927394871 times.
I like what you say about every other character in this episode actively trying to fit the pieces of their identity together, or at least voice their self-confusion, whereas he is avoiding it, or wading through the by himself, at least until the final scene. The more we talk about this episode the more I love it.
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Re: "I like the cold"/"I remember"
Date: 2014-03-30 12:51 am (UTC)Ahahah that is a brilliant idea!
The things you said about the Duty and Honor scene is very thought provoking. It's like Philip has been so good at compartmentalising, but when he's not expecting it or lets his guard waver, bits of one compartment seeps into the other and its not necessarily good or bad, just more interesting to watch. Not to say everything was clear cut and unambiguous before, only that his fractured selves and multiple identities are kind of diluting each other. Katiac I like your puzzle metaphor!!
With the 'real or not real' (Omg it sounds like the hunger games now), when Elizabeth says she wants it to be real, are they both in the realisation that it will never be truly be but Elizabeth is content with the 'close enough' and Philip is saying he really doesn't know if anything will ever be real again so he can't promise her that it will be. So it's like Philip is in full realisation that nothing is real, and tries not to deal with it as much, whereas Elizabeth is more stubborn in that even though she it's not real, her reality with Philip is enough for her that she accepts as reality. I think I used to word 'real' in this paragraph 1234927394871 times.
I like what you say about every other character in this episode actively trying to fit the pieces of their identity together, or at least voice their self-confusion, whereas he is avoiding it, or wading through the by himself, at least until the final scene. The more we talk about this episode the more I love it.