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schneefink ([personal profile] schneefink) wrote2012-02-17 12:53 am

Farscape: Wow, it gets even crazier! (and this is literally only the beginning)

I spent half my day today watching Farscape and I don't hardly regret it at all.


Remember the doppelganger-bugs and time flashes? Turns out that was just the warm-up. Not only did Aeryn turn into a blue monster bug already (five seasons of SGA weirdness surpassed in ten episodes of Farscape, and there is John Sheppard&Aeryn Sun bonding over being turned into bugs fic out there, yes?), the spaceship got pregnant. The living spaceship. Is pregnant. (Btw, DRDs can be scary.) I am so glad I was unspoiled for this. Okay technically I think I read a vague reference to this once?, but I thought it was just a crazy crackfic. Moya got pregnant. And then, to make it perfect, Crichton went down on his knees and begged her not to kill them, putting the baby first. I love this show.
There was also a crazy dark sorcerer, a gladiator-style fight to the death, and Zhaan being badass in "That Old Black Magic", a very well done minor character in "PK Tech Girl", everyone at each other's throat in "DNA Mad Scientist" (the episode titles are very expressive, hehe), mindcontrol and a worm in Crichton's stomach in "Thank God It's Friday. Again", and D'Argo backstory in "They've Got a Secret", and Moya got pregnant. Sorry, still not over that. Will she give birth to a beautiful baby Leviathan in a moving ceremony, the crew will squabble endlessly about a fitting name and play proud godparents but nobody admits it openly, and the baby spaceship will follow its mother like a baby whale (baby spaceship whale!) until it's finally old enough to find its own pilot and its own crew *sniffles* - it will be so touching. I don't care what happens in the show, this is how it happens in my head. Well, except if canon is even more awesome (and probably crazier), which at this point I almost believe it could be.
I'm curious what counts as crack in this fandom. It must be difficult to surpass canon.
And rumors say season two is even better. Why didn't I watch this show before? *flails madly*


No spoilers please! :)

[identity profile] kristen999.livejournal.com 2012-02-18 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Farscape was ahead of its time. Just an amazing vision with crisp writing, directing, and an awesome diverse crew. What impressed me the most was how they took every cliched sci-fi plot out there and turned it on it's head to unexpected results. You'll see more examples of that as the seasons go along.

[identity profile] schneefink.livejournal.com 2012-02-18 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Every one? In that case, there are some in particular I'm really looking forward to! :D

[identity profile] kristen999.livejournal.com 2012-02-18 06:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Most of them. Sometimes I wondered if the writers were on acid. lol

[identity profile] schneefink.livejournal.com 2012-02-18 07:04 pm (UTC)(link)
I wonder what crack fic looks like in this fandom xD