SKYE IS MY SPIRIT TWIN

[osprey_archer]

SKYE AND I HAVE THE SAME BIRTHDAY. THE SAME EXACT FRICKIN BIRTHDAY, WE ARE TWINS IN SPIRIT, CLEARLY I WILL BE DEVELOPING MAGIC POWERS MOMENTARILY.

Hopefully not earthquake powers because that would be way inconvenient. Maybe flying? I would really like some wings. Preferably wings that only pop out when I need them and fold neatly back into my shoulderblades when I don't because otherwise they would be way inconvenient too. Or just flying without wings! I'm not picky!

Plus I have always wanted a twin! AND NOW SKYE CAN BE MY TWIN. I AM SURE SKYE IS AS HAPPY ABOUT THIS AS I AM. We can come up with a secret twin language and stuff, it will be amazing. Possibly telepathy????

Sorry, I realize I am being ridiculous and there were actual plot developments. Do we think Coulson actually has a super-secret globe-spanning plot that even May didn't know about? Or did someone from the other SHIELD (perhaps Gonzalez, who is conspicuously Sir Not Appearing In This Episode?) make it all up and pin it on Coulson to bring everyone else over to the other SHIELD? Or is it option number three?

I have no idea what option number three would be, but I'm kind of hoping it's option number three. I feel like Coulson having an operation so secret even the viewers haven't heard of it is cheating, narratively speaking, and making it a secret plot turns the other SHIELD from shady into actually evil which is I think the most boring thing that the show could do with them. Clearly all the SHIELD agents should put aside their differences to work together!

Comments

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Hee, I'm happy for you. Enjoy those powers when they develop!

Have you ever met someone who was born exactly on the same day as you, year and all? I have just once--on the Internet. It was (IRRC) a Japanese guy.

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

I haven't! There was a guy at college who was born on the same day, but a year later. But I didn't want to be his secret twin anyway - it clearly would not have ended in the development of magical flying powers - so that was okay.

[artemis_wandering]

Ha, that's awesome that you now share a birthday.

As for the plot, didn't they mention that t-word once before? While I'm blanking on it this moment, I know the word sounded familiar last night. And given this is a Whedon-based show (or rather, the team that did a lot of Dollhouse, minus Joss himself), I wouldn't be surprised if there was a big secret the audience didn't know. Also, it might tie into Ultron which would then be in keeping with Shield's reaction to Cap 2 which viewers had no idea about prior. So I wouldn't be surprised if option 1 is the case. I'm with you on how boring it would be if its some plant by other Shield. Plus, I really don't want to hate any of other Shield (esp Bobbi).

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure. My memory for small details is kind of shaky, so they might have mentioned it briefly and it just slipped my mind.

I still think that having one of their viewpoint characters have a big secret that they haven't even hinted at is cheap - kind of like writing a murder mystery and withholding the crucial clue the audience would need to solve it.

[artemis_wandering]

What do you think about this now that it ties in with AoU?

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

The movie gave me the strong impression that Joss Whedon not only ignored everything happening on AoS, but didn't give the AoS writers much advance notice about his own plans for Fury's reappearance with a helicarrier. So they were probably trying to make the best of a bad situation, and it's not their fault if the parts don't quite seem to match up.

[artemis_wandering]

I agree. So weird since it's his own crew of writing people and everyone knows AOS as a Joss show (even if that isn't really the case).