Yes, I read the post again after my comment. No spoilers for 2x05! Yay. :-)
I'm so excited to be able to talk about Misfits to someone. It's a show that doesn't inspire me to produce anything, but does inspire me to discuss it!
I think Nathan is cringeworthy but then he doesn't cringe, you know? Kelly said in the last episode I watched, "You're not embarrassed by anything, are you?" And he's not. I kinda like that he's so out there with everything. He wasn't embarrassed at all at loving Simon. And he's kind of accepted the powers thing so readily. But there are times he needs to learn when to shut up, though.
I love Kelly. She's kind of a mama figure. But a mama who will cuss you out and kill a probation worker trying to kill you. A hit first, ask questions second kind of woman. I do love that she can punch a man out and it hurts too. And she can take a punch too, like from Video Game man.
As for Simon and Alisha. I get the romantic going back in time thing. But he came back for her for what? Just to make her fall in love with him and watch him die? I thought time travel would be used for something more . . . useful. Maybe it will be, maybe it will. I love superheroes. I loved Toby MacGuire's Spiderman who was geeky and smart but was brave too. I actually like Simon for who he is now. Weird and creepy and awkward. Why did Alisha fall for the muscles and rescuing? Present!Simon rescues them a lot. I want to believe that she first fell for that guy. Before he was a superhero. I feel like future!Simon interfered with that. Now she's falling for who Simon is going to be, not who he is right now. She'd have never noticed him before future!Simon or if she did once we haven't seen the genuine reasons why.
Maybe Curtis and Alisha weren't going to make it. Like maybe Nathan and Kelly aren't going to happen. I think it was done poorly. Bad Heart Girl came in and Curtis (who in his own way is as flighty with romances as Alisha) just went with that. I think their break up would have made more sense if it had happened after he tried to save Sam and ended up dating both of them. If things with Alisha weren't good that would have made sense. But it seemed he chose Alisha over Sam. So to reverse that again was confusing to me. I can't root too too much for Curtis/Alisha anyway since their romance began after she raped him. I find it hard to forgive her that. Like I find it hard to believe that somewhere in Simon and in future!Simon is the guy who nearly felt Kelly up when she was practically passed out drunk. That was not right and that was before the invisibility. But that voyeur/creepy part of Simon is still there. He's channeled it in the future to watching over people but it's still there.
I'm not sold on Alisha actually having much chemistry with any of them, honestly. I see that Future!Simon adores her and that is very sweet. I can see how that kind of adoration would be irresistible. But I want Alisha to become her own woman and not be defined as someone's girlfriend. She's better than that, you know? I hope that's what her power teaches her. She can survive on her own and without being part of a sexual partnership.
Time travel is tricky and I still think the original Terminator introduced the premise best. Confusing and a paradox but that's what it is. It is romantic and I'm all for soul mates and predestined love. But I think there are consequences too. I wonder how Present Simon will feel when he finds out (and he will) who she really fell for first. I would feel like some inferior copy if I found someone fell for a future and better version of me. Interesting too that he loses his virginity not with Alisha. I'm waiting for all of these stories to play out!
Um, I wrote this at work and am posting it now. I guess I've been thinking about this show A LOT. :-)
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I'm so excited to be able to talk about Misfits to someone. It's a show that doesn't inspire me to produce anything, but does inspire me to discuss it!
I think Nathan is cringeworthy but then he doesn't cringe, you know? Kelly said in the last episode I watched, "You're not embarrassed by anything, are you?" And he's not. I kinda like that he's so out there with everything. He wasn't embarrassed at all at loving Simon. And he's kind of accepted the powers thing so readily. But there are times he needs to learn when to shut up, though.
I love Kelly. She's kind of a mama figure. But a mama who will cuss you out and kill a probation worker trying to kill you. A hit first, ask questions second kind of woman. I do love that she can punch a man out and it hurts too. And she can take a punch too, like from Video Game man.
As for Simon and Alisha. I get the romantic going back in time thing. But he came back for her for what? Just to make her fall in love with him and watch him die? I thought time travel would be used for something more . . . useful. Maybe it will be, maybe it will. I love superheroes. I loved Toby MacGuire's Spiderman who was geeky and smart but was brave too. I actually like Simon for who he is now. Weird and creepy and awkward. Why did Alisha fall for the muscles and rescuing? Present!Simon rescues them a lot. I want to believe that she first fell for that guy. Before he was a superhero. I feel like future!Simon interfered with that. Now she's falling for who Simon is going to be, not who he is right now. She'd have never noticed him before future!Simon or if she did once we haven't seen the genuine reasons why.
Maybe Curtis and Alisha weren't going to make it. Like maybe Nathan and Kelly aren't going to happen. I think it was done poorly. Bad Heart Girl came in and Curtis (who in his own way is as flighty with romances as Alisha) just went with that. I think their break up would have made more sense if it had happened after he tried to save Sam and ended up dating both of them. If things with Alisha weren't good that would have made sense. But it seemed he chose Alisha over Sam. So to reverse that again was confusing to me. I can't root too too much for Curtis/Alisha anyway since their romance began after she raped him. I find it hard to forgive her that. Like I find it hard to believe that somewhere in Simon and in future!Simon is the guy who nearly felt Kelly up when she was practically passed out drunk. That was not right and that was before the invisibility. But that voyeur/creepy part of Simon is still there. He's channeled it in the future to watching over people but it's still there.
I'm not sold on Alisha actually having much chemistry with any of them, honestly. I see that Future!Simon adores her and that is very sweet. I can see how that kind of adoration would be irresistible. But I want Alisha to become her own woman and not be defined as someone's girlfriend. She's better than that, you know? I hope that's what her power teaches her. She can survive on her own and without being part of a sexual partnership.
Time travel is tricky and I still think the original Terminator introduced the premise best. Confusing and a paradox but that's what it is. It is romantic and I'm all for soul mates and predestined love. But I think there are consequences too. I wonder how Present Simon will feel when he finds out (and he will) who she really fell for first. I would feel like some inferior copy if I found someone fell for a future and better version of me. Interesting too that he loses his virginity not with Alisha. I'm waiting for all of these stories to play out!
Um, I wrote this at work and am posting it now. I guess I've been thinking about this show A LOT. :-)