#Farscape spoilers

[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

On a more serious note, now that I’m halfway into Farscape season 1, I can’t help but think about Peter Quill/Star-Lord from “Guardians of the Galaxy” being a lesser John Crichton. Because, as I’ve written before, James Gunn was so obviously inspired by Farscape:

1) John and Peter are the good ole American protagonists who were taken to deep space against their will. They connect with people through pop culture references and their good heart.

2) Aeryn Sun and Gamora are the stone cold warriors who used to fight for the bad guys but are now on the side of good. They also have a romance with John/Peter.

3) Ka D’Argo and Drax are the proud warriors who are seeking to redeem themselves. They also are so stiff that references and simple sayings go over their heads.

4) Rygel is sorta kinda like Rocket Raccoon in that they’re the scheming loudmouths who look out for themselves.

5) Pilot and Groot fulfill the role of the lovable support character who helps everyone in the crew.

6) Zotoh Zhaan doesn’t have a perfect GOTG counterpart, but I really do feel that James Gunn split her traits between Nebula (who got the rage and tragic backstory) and Mantis (who got the mind powers).

Anyways, back to the main point. While Peter Quill does come off as a John clone, I think the way John’s arc was handled was superior to the way Peter was written. I think the main reason is that I can see why John would be his crew’s leader (or, at least, the crewmate keeping everything together) while Peter feels like he’s the leader because the plot says he should be.

John starts off as the goofball who can’t do anything right. No one trusts him and they think of him as the idiot who they just keep around. But as season 1 goes on, you can tell that he’s the glue who’s keeping the crew together. He’s the crewmate who got everyone to open up, especially Aeryn (who was trained to be cold and emotionless) and D’Argo (who distrusts everyone because of his traumatic past). He’s like that one friend who you feel like you can talk to about anything, especially since everyone else in the crew is dealing with their own problems.

So when we get to the episode where John is ready to leave, it makes sense that everyone feels hesitant to see him go. Aeryn is starting to fall for him, he was one of the few people who D’Argo would consider a friend, he helped Zhaan through some of her toughest times, and he generally got along with Rygel.

As for Peter Quill, I’m not saying he was badly written. It’s just him being treated as the team’s leader is not as believable. It’s like, imagine if John Crichton was written to be as emotionally closed off and standoffish as everyone else in the crew. While this does make Peter stand out as his own character separate from John, it also makes you wonder why Quill was written as the team’s leader. I’m sure that’s why it was a recurring gag that Quill was always struggling to be seen as the leader, whether it was from Rocket or Thor. The writers knew that wasn’t 100% believable, so they wrote it into the story.

I don’t get that with John. He might be the resident goofball, but he’s also why the crew hasn’t fallen apart.

TL;DR Peter Quill/Star-Lord was obviously modeled after John Crichton. But the MCU character who feels more in line with John as a character is Clint Barton/Hawkeye.

[table-top-horror]

That one farscape episode where John begs to die because he's in so much pain from the neuro chip and d'argo doesn't want him to die vs a few episodes later where d'argo decides to kill himself because he got cucked by his own son

[indelibleevidence]

It's been weeks since I finished my Farscape rewatch, but Ben Browder's portrayal of John 'Fine, you want a wormhole weapon? Here's a wormhole weapon, you fuckers' Crichton is still haunting me.

Spoilers:

He is just so good in that scene. I can't find any gifs in the gif search, but his face just contains every single drop of the pain and trauma he's undergone, hunted and tortured and manipulated and even raped, all for this knowledge he never wanted to be used as a weapon. He's been pushed to destroy Peacekeeper and Scarran bases, the latter by using the worst weapon humans had ever managed to develop on Earth. Innocent people have died because of the need to protect this knowledge these two galactic superpowers are desperate to obtain. Some he knew by name - Crais, Talyn - but some just happened to be in the proximity on the bases, including the children of soldiers.

And he is just done. Everything has been for nothing, because now he's showing them what they all think they want, and hey, big surprise, it's something no one should have, just like he's always said. And more people are dying, even as they all watch, and there's nothing even he can do to stop it until they all agree to stop the war. And that will be on his shoulders for the rest of his life.

It's rare that you get a climactic scene in a series that actually seems worth all the trouble they've gone through, but Farscape does it so well.

[radplaidtacofan]

[bakedbakermom]

farscape spoilers (late s4) below the cut, because even though this show is 20+ years old now, i think everyone needs to watch it.

look upward and share the wonders i've seen.

the tonal shifts on this show. i know it was released weekly so binging it is definitely contributing to the whiplash but one episode aeryn sun is learning english from sesame street and then like 2 eps later she's being tortured and lizard-men are spiking her to a table so her unborn child can be cut out of her and put into someone else (because her life doesn't matter as much as the baby's, thank you for turning the scarrans into republicans).

like DAMN.

[rjalker]

Farscape's like "yeah and the plot of this episode is that D'argo attacked John again and oh shit, this time he actually literally gave him brain damage and now John is literally fucking dying. Oh shit. Wow, D'argo, maybe you need to stop fucking attacking people that are supposed to be your friends. Just a thought. John is now literally fucking dying because you cracked his fucking skull open. And this is after the time he had to hide in the air vents for 3 days straight, probably not coming out for food or water, because you were trying to kill him. The only reason he isn't dead yet is because Harvey is frantically running circles trying to keep him alive. Anyways, while he is literally dying, John also dreams that everybody is Looney Tunes. So the half the episode that's from John's perspective is animated in the Looney Tunes style."

[king-cowb0y]

has anyone written about aeryn sun as icarus yet or do i have to do evrything myself around here

[satanic-fruitcake]

i i feel like i say this every time i watch it and i KNOW the first few episodes of season 1 are often overlooked but i will always love ‘I, ET”. it’s such a good second episode. aeryn and d’argo sitting in a tree and being cunts to each other. rygel biting an entire chunk out of aeryn’s arm and eating it while maintaining eye contact. it’s so much.

“you wanna know about mud!? i know about mud.” “guy knows mud.”

the way it’s technically The John Episode but it completely de centres him. which is really the whole theme of Farscape, tbh. sorry human guy the fact that you miss Earth doesn’t matter at all right now, your sentient spaceship is dying and you’re an alien on a planet that has had no previous alien interstellar contact. someone looks this white bread human in the face and says “i don’t even know if you eat”

also “who’s Yoda?” “Just a little green guy. trains warriors.”

[mushroom-through-the-stargate]

so I've started watching farscape

1. so many puppets!!! all the puppets!!!!

2. SENTIENT SHIP LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOO

3. I can see how Vala is a culture shock for farscape fans but I love aeryn and Vala equally

4. I. want. to. hug. a. space roomba.

5. I have mixed feelings about zhaan. like she's pretty and she's nice and she is a gentle soul that can and will kick ass, but she's naked a little too often for my comfort

5. I like criton better than cam (I feel like I'm missing a few letters there please feel free to correct me)

6. I'm only on e7 so I think that's all my opinions rn

[astridellejo]

Hyper-rage. You know. Like Luxon hyper-rage.

[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

I haven’t been able to point out a “fave” in Farscape since I started the show. But that all changed when Chiana joined the crew lol. She’s like if Mantis (or Nebula) from Guardians of the Galaxy was written to be as horny and weird as possible. I wasn’t sure how I felt about her at first, but now, I love the energy she brings to the team.

Oh, there I go again, comparing the show to Guardians. I swear, I’m not trying to. It’s just that James Gunn used so much of the show in his movies.

As a side note, I’m not sure how I feel about Stark. He seems like a random addition to the crew. I guess I’ll see how well he fits in with the team.

[jonathanarcher]

“You are like a plague, John Crichton, and you have ruined my life. And yet, I just keep coming back.” or…

[radplaidtacofan]

Okay but NOTHING could have prepared me for mpreg!Rygel

[couldurfavefindtheeotu]

Aeryn Sun from Farscape

[abnerkrill]

i’m about to write some atrocious farscape ot3 fic someone come back me up

[mayra-quijotescx]

made a tactical error and blew my entire Kanopy ticket load at the start of the month so now I gotta sit around like an asshole for ten days waiting to find out if D'Argo and Crichton are just stuck out there in space in front of the moon they just blowed up to fuck while Aeryn circles around like ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯ and everyone else just fucking leaves