- Sorry about the Gelth/Geth typo. That is kinda funny, isn't it? The Geth seem like an excellent Doctor Who enemy. So does Unicron.

>>It's interesting that the scene gives you the impression that he's
>>"broken", since that's not at all the effect I was aiming for. I
>>mean, yes, he's bit preoccupied in that last scene, but that's largely
>>because the sudden and unexpected encounter with the dread shadow of
>>Unicron has quite knocked his other train of thought all ahoo and he
>>needs to take a couple of moments to chase it all back into order
>>again before he can articulate it, not because he's having some kind
>>of a breakdown.
>
>I didn't take it as a breakdown, so much as G admitting how much he
>wanted Tali in his life more. I quite liked that scene actually.

I like the scene too. But you've got to admit, given how bloody passionate some of their correspondence has been, the whole scene is so underplayed.

That isn't so say there isn't love, and deep friendship oozing all over the scene, just that Gryph's way of asking so...out of character given all the other times he's asked someone out/to bed/marriage in UF. It wasn't even played as a joke. Just kinda rawly stated. Tali of course, called it right, which is what bought me back to the whole question: why is Gryph (who has his faults) charging across the universe to ask a woman a question she isn't expecting? That's why I thought he was broken. The sort of need his actions imply is pretty astonishing.

but hey, I probably have my drama queen hat on this week. Clearly been reading too much Heyer and Sayers this year. I should get back to my stats until this all passes...

t.

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