Chilly Down
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Hey, all, sorry I've been gone so long. I hope to be back on a more permanent basis soon. But for now, I have a couple of questions that have been bugging me.
I missed the crucial second episode of the season by accident. Can someone please explain how John was reunited with Jool and Noranti, but not Pilot or Moya, when they were all on the ship together when Moya got sucked into the wormhole?? For that matter, how did Scorpius come back from the dead? (Not just in "Promises" -- I know they haven't explained that yet. But at the end of Season 3, he once again appeared to be on a base that got blown up while he was still there. Did they ever explain this?)
Another question. In "Promises," why was everyone so mad at Scorpius and anxious to kill him? They seemed to be mad at him for something he'd just done recently. But if anything, it should be the other way around. John and company used Scorpius to get their hands on wormhole technology, and gave him nothing in return. Granted, Scorpius' motives were evil. But by the end, Scorpius was a broken shell of a person, because John had destroyed his last chance of being able to defeat the Scarrans. After all that, Scorpius saves Aeryn's life. So why on earth was everyone coming at Scorpius, guns blazing?
Scorpius has done a lot of nasty posturing, and yes, he has tortured John in the Aurora Chair and kidnapped D'Argo's son at one point. But what the Moya crew has done to him on multiple occasions seems to far outweigh what he's done to them. Scorpius has some extremely compelling reasons for wanting to stop the Scarrans. His evil is largely one of revenge out of hand, like Captain Ahab in "Moby Dick." Not excusable, but far more sympathetic than he's usually given credit for.
So again, I must ask: why was the Moya crew so mad at Scorpy, other than the plot convenience of them not trusting him when he's actually done something good? Was there something I missed in an episode? Or is this more of a philosophical question than anything else?
Sorry for the long and rambling post. I hope someone's able to make sense of out of it. D.W., et al, looking forward to your insights!
Thanks,
I missed the crucial second episode of the season by accident. Can someone please explain how John was reunited with Jool and Noranti, but not Pilot or Moya, when they were all on the ship together when Moya got sucked into the wormhole?? For that matter, how did Scorpius come back from the dead? (Not just in "Promises" -- I know they haven't explained that yet. But at the end of Season 3, he once again appeared to be on a base that got blown up while he was still there. Did they ever explain this?)
Another question. In "Promises," why was everyone so mad at Scorpius and anxious to kill him? They seemed to be mad at him for something he'd just done recently. But if anything, it should be the other way around. John and company used Scorpius to get their hands on wormhole technology, and gave him nothing in return. Granted, Scorpius' motives were evil. But by the end, Scorpius was a broken shell of a person, because John had destroyed his last chance of being able to defeat the Scarrans. After all that, Scorpius saves Aeryn's life. So why on earth was everyone coming at Scorpius, guns blazing?
Scorpius has done a lot of nasty posturing, and yes, he has tortured John in the Aurora Chair and kidnapped D'Argo's son at one point. But what the Moya crew has done to him on multiple occasions seems to far outweigh what he's done to them. Scorpius has some extremely compelling reasons for wanting to stop the Scarrans. His evil is largely one of revenge out of hand, like Captain Ahab in "Moby Dick." Not excusable, but far more sympathetic than he's usually given credit for.
So again, I must ask: why was the Moya crew so mad at Scorpy, other than the plot convenience of them not trusting him when he's actually done something good? Was there something I missed in an episode? Or is this more of a philosophical question than anything else?
Sorry for the long and rambling post. I hope someone's able to make sense of out of it. D.W., et al, looking forward to your insights!
Thanks,