Alias 2x20-3x05
Sun, Nov. 23rd, 2003 11:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
oyceterMuch Alias bitching up to ep. 5 of season 3, highly derogatory to S/V and Vaughn in particular here:
Argh! Argh! Argh! I knew this would happen the minute I found out in S2 that Vaughn was STILL dating Alice along with lusting after Sydney. Except this is ten times worse, and each episode makes me feel like beating my head against a wall and screaming at the characters. Except Lauren. I like Lauren, but then, she had my sympathies to start with. I've never liked the Sydney and Vaughn ship, never was caught up in it or felt any interesting tension, and the second I knew about the Alice thing, I figured Vaughn was one of those guys who are very namby-pamby and will try for as long as possible to keep both options open without committing. Rationally, I can see it as a Vaughn is too nice to be mean to either girl syndrome, but to me, it still ends up as wimpiness. It's like he's so scared of looking like a mean person that he ends up doing ten times more damage than he would with a clean cut. So of course this is magnified to the nth degree now that he's married! Personally, since S/V annoyed me to begin with, I really don't care that he went and got married. I just wish they wouldn't do the entire stupid, oh does Vaughn like Sydney still? and all those "cute" S/V moments when they stare longingly into each others eyes. That's when I start yelling at the screen: "You're MARRIED!" And I yell at Sydney to get on with her life and to date Weiss or someone, because I think Weiss is very cute. Plus, he was thoughtful and gave her the Alice book. Or she could be evil and date Sark. Or just move on, go celibate, whatever. I hate these love triangles because I just want to yell at everyone involved, except to the one person in there who doesn't have divided loyalties. Which in this case in Lauren.
I do this all the time... this is why I never got into the Arthur mythology. Guinevere pisses me off completely, as does Lancelot, none of this noble pining behind the scenes while betraying one's king and husband thing. This is not rational, and obviously pushes my buttons. I don't even know why I have these buttons. But I hate this. It's like having an entire season of Buffy and Angel and Spike, with no one ever moving the hell on.
I had to get that out of my system.
Dude, I hope Vaughn dies or something. Because I really don't want to watch if they drag out this entire thing, unless the plot is really, really good.
Argh! Argh! Argh! I knew this would happen the minute I found out in S2 that Vaughn was STILL dating Alice along with lusting after Sydney. Except this is ten times worse, and each episode makes me feel like beating my head against a wall and screaming at the characters. Except Lauren. I like Lauren, but then, she had my sympathies to start with. I've never liked the Sydney and Vaughn ship, never was caught up in it or felt any interesting tension, and the second I knew about the Alice thing, I figured Vaughn was one of those guys who are very namby-pamby and will try for as long as possible to keep both options open without committing. Rationally, I can see it as a Vaughn is too nice to be mean to either girl syndrome, but to me, it still ends up as wimpiness. It's like he's so scared of looking like a mean person that he ends up doing ten times more damage than he would with a clean cut. So of course this is magnified to the nth degree now that he's married! Personally, since S/V annoyed me to begin with, I really don't care that he went and got married. I just wish they wouldn't do the entire stupid, oh does Vaughn like Sydney still? and all those "cute" S/V moments when they stare longingly into each others eyes. That's when I start yelling at the screen: "You're MARRIED!" And I yell at Sydney to get on with her life and to date Weiss or someone, because I think Weiss is very cute. Plus, he was thoughtful and gave her the Alice book. Or she could be evil and date Sark. Or just move on, go celibate, whatever. I hate these love triangles because I just want to yell at everyone involved, except to the one person in there who doesn't have divided loyalties. Which in this case in Lauren.
I do this all the time... this is why I never got into the Arthur mythology. Guinevere pisses me off completely, as does Lancelot, none of this noble pining behind the scenes while betraying one's king and husband thing. This is not rational, and obviously pushes my buttons. I don't even know why I have these buttons. But I hate this. It's like having an entire season of Buffy and Angel and Spike, with no one ever moving the hell on.
I had to get that out of my system.
Dude, I hope Vaughn dies or something. Because I really don't want to watch if they drag out this entire thing, unless the plot is really, really good.
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Mon, Nov. 24th, 2003 03:24 pm (UTC)Oh, *hell* yeah! It's because he's so *sensitive*. *hairball*
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Mon, Nov. 24th, 2003 04:47 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Tue, Nov. 25th, 2003 02:51 pm (UTC)With Vaughn, it's almost like he enjoys being the "suffering and supportive" one. Besides making him "sensitive", it allows him to angst and become the center of attention. He seems to like being there - to the point of shoehorning himself in at times. I think he likes the dynamic of having his wife and girlfriend right there in front of him - not to mention the whole thing of Sydney's having been gone (so to speak), so that her feelings are still rooted in the past and still centered on him.
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Wed, Nov. 26th, 2003 02:59 am (UTC)Wow, I'm glad I'm not the only person out there who doesn't like Vaughn and the S/V thing. I definitely think Vaughn is a bit of a passive-aggressive player. Wonder if Abrams will ever show him in that light or just go on making him the romantic interest (of doom!).