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arbitrarygreay · 4 years ago

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So @mimeparadox and I were discussing PoI S5/S4B's problems, as you do, and one of the things that stood out was the way so many of the strong developments of the last few eps weren't allowed to breathe. This synthesized with several other percolating ideas into "what if the core thrust of S5 wasn't bringing various things to a conclusion, but about the developing transhumanist love story between Shaw and TM!Root" Boom. Shot to the arm for plot, character, and themes, while still having the space for the show's procedural requirements. (As well as continuing my running gag that PoI is actually Nolan/Plageman's Angel fixfic)

#get fucked fresley #the illyria/faith AU everyone needs in their life #not tagging this properly for reasons #category: tv #category: femslash #person of interest #root x shaw #this can go either way in terms of timeline #root could be ascended early on; so shaw and TM!Root are finding their footing while still finishing the battle with samaritan #or S5 brings back the flashback format from the earlier seasons with a vengeance #where the present is post-Samaritan procedurals as the team finds their new footing #while flashbacks are used to keep Harold and John's presence in the show #this has the double bonus of cutting any filler from the Samaritan storyline #and incentivizes the writers to do better with writing Harold and John #distill Rinch to their most influential moments on the team #it offers opportunities to overtly parallel Nathan-era to Reese-era in Harold's relationship with TM #and it pivots the show from being incessant loss and regret to forward-looking growth #the show was always about critique of the status quo; including the team's own modus operandi #but they never really offered a vision of the path forward; to their detriment

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