Twists that made us go, 'hmmm'

POSTED BY: usagivindaloo
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USAGIVINDALOO

Tuesday, April 11, 2006 12:47 AM

Oh lordy, there's just an acre of my threads, aren't there? (so sorry, I'm new to the fandom by two months and am all eager to talk!)

What plot twists in the episodes and movies really made you stop, sit up, and reevaluate the entire story? Even if it turned out your former assumptions were correct, were there any red herrings or revelations that suddenly made you go HUH?!? and took you off guard?

For me, I remember being very shocked in Trash, when Yolanda's husband comes in and hugs her before it goes to black. Of course, it ends up coming out that he is just yet another sap, but at that moment, I wondered if YoSaffBrig had actually been trying to get back to this guy all along. I dunno, it just had that soft tender quality, made you wonder if this meeting was what Yolanda had had in mind all along. I was all O_O and beginning to wonder if I had pegged her wrong, until I saw her expression in the next section and realized this was not part of the plan and that this was just another Saffron-the-Universe's-Wife moment.

A very close second has to be, "She's on my SHIP!!" in Objects in Space. I laughed like a mad thing at that, as I hadn't dreamed she would do that (I had assumed she was in that hiding spot in the cargo bay, as Early didn't check there).

"This must be what going mad feels like."

CAPTAINSHINY

Tuesday, April 11, 2006 1:43 AM

River shooting in war stories. River's arse-kicking at the maidenhead would have been, were it not spoiled in every peace of promotional material.

-Stay Shiny
"The people who made the show, and the people who saw the show, which is roughly the same number of people, fell in love with it, a little bit too much to let it go, too much to lay down arms when when the battle looked pretty much lost. In Hollywood, people like that are called unrealistic, quixotic, obsessive... In my world, they're called Browncoats."
-Joss Whedon

SAB39

Tuesday, April 11, 2006 1:57 AM

"I'm leaving".

Although that didn't make me go "hmmm" so much as "NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!"

Also "Night, honey" with that pure-evil smile that YoSaffBridge does so well.

NOSADSEVEN

Tuesday, April 11, 2006 5:24 AM

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Originally posted by sab39:
"I'm leaving".

Although that didn't make me go "hmmm" so much as "NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!"

That one killed me. I didn't even want to talk after that episode (and it was the last episode on the DVDs that I hadn't already seen). I was so not expecting it, and I was so upset by it. (Later, I came to appreciate it, but at the time, I was not happy.)

Had that same kind of experience with the BDM. You know, that thing with the giant spike...

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Ain't. We. Just.

GROOVYAL

Tuesday, April 11, 2006 6:15 AM

actually there were a coupe o' things making me think about...

like in the 1. aired ep, the trainjob, jayne pointing out cargo ships dont even have guns, i was going like "what the??? spaceship??? no guns??? how does that supposed to work out"

or just same ep, little earlier, before the brawl, where mal tells the guy to share that to his face... it really kicked me of my chair what he said "Nothing! just wanted you to face me so she can get behind you!"... or again the same ep.. where crow starts his "you can run but you cant hide, im gonna get you jabber jabber" and mal just kick him into the engine... well i certainly didnt expect that to happen....

BROWNCOATSANDINISTA

Tuesday, April 11, 2006 6:19 AM

In the same vein as the above, when Mal, Jayne, and Zoe came back from the gunfight with patience, Mal just shot Dobson, no questions asked.

Simon getting up even after being shot by Early. Not to say Simon's a coward, it's just I'm told getting shot hurts a whole hell'uv'a'lot.

If anyone gets nosy...Shoot em.
Shoot em sir?
Politely.

BLUEEYEDBRIGADIER

Tuesday, April 11, 2006 7:01 AM

Well now...plot twists that made me go "hmmm" huh? Well...I would have to say:

1. Inara's "I'm leaving" from Heart of Gold - this was a just a major kick below the belt. You honestly expect Mal to either rage like mad or just go all broken right in front of our eyes.

2. Mal shooting Dobson as he marches up the loading ramp in Serenity (the pilot episode) - oh so Han/Indy like...got a crazy standoff? Just shoot the ass causing it quick like. No emotions or hesitation...just a quick draw and trigger squeeze;)

3. River's introduction in the cryo-case from Serenity (pilot) - who here wasn't thrown by Mal kicking open the container and getting a good look at River just laying there, seeimngly peaceful like. Honestly, I was like "WTF?!? This is just nuts!"

4. Tracey's introduction and "resurrection" in The Message (tie) - who here was expecting either twist, let alone both? Cuz it was a double shock to find out there's a supposedly dead guy as a parcel to Mal and Zoe, then find out he's really still alive! Totally Joss-like in funkin' with our minds;)

5. River's assassin training first manifesting in War Stories - now this was a shock! Suddenly River bears a whole new danger to the crew, from merely unstable mentally to unstable and highly skilled at marksmanship....jaw drop factor of 8, IMO:P

BEB

Literature has shown us some of humanity's greatest achievements; history, some of our greatest failures -- Alun Lewis

SID872

Tuesday, April 11, 2006 8:52 AM

The biggest thing that made me go hmmmm was in the movie when

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Book and Wash "left"!

I started to think about what Joss would do if another series was created without them. It just wouldn't seem right.

SERENITY04

Tuesday, April 11, 2006 9:19 AM

I agree with sid872 ^

I really wasn't expecting that!

"there's no power in the 'verse can stop me"

GROOVYAL

Tuesday, April 11, 2006 3:54 PM

damn right!
didn't see that coming!!!...

actually there are a lot more such situations like these... situations that make no sense but cause a laughter... situations like .... "mercy.. is the mark of a good man...." theese are situations that make this series so SPECIAL...

an other situation was in war stories, this whole zoe-mal-or-wash-descision... as the scene starts you expect it to become one of those typical cliffhanger where they would play ad inbetween to make it more tense ... but niska dont even has the time to finish the sentence...!!! just great!!!!

and ofcourse there are dialogues where i was just surprised by its rethorical quality... like the one between jubal and simon when they first meet... the whole point of the pointlessness of an empty room and jubal making the point that simon has to help him otherwise "... well it's like the room" damn that are dialogues to think about...

and ofcourse the way inara got her shuttle from OoG... NICE!!!!

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