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Day 31: The Classics

Beaten | Gunshot | Collapsing

D-Day 01x18

Extraordinary Attorney Woo 01x13

The Listener 01x10

Son of the South (2020)

Spooks 07x08

Origin 01x05

[myhamartiaishubris]

WAIT. I just realized something.

So, like, the whole point is that tabula rasa isn't real, right? These people run all the way across the universe to escape their past, but it never truly leaves them. Shun is haunted by his grief and violence, even among strangers he can't pretend to be something he isn't, etc. And that's true of everyone. There's a reason we see their pasts each episode, and it's thematic: There is no tabula rasa.

But the show has another thematic manifestation of tabula rasa: the parasite. The parasite calcifies the hippocampus (which wouldn't actually destroy long-term memory, but English major science, you get it). One of the only explicit bits of lore about this creature is that it parasitizes your body, takes over your mind, and erases your memory. True blank slate. Your past, utterly gone. You, utterly gone.

Except that isn't true either. (Now bear with me because it's been years since I've watched the show. Spoilers under the cut.)

Lana is always, always the one stopping Shun. She doesn't become more violent or ruthless, not even in a way that could be chalked up to regular character development. The fact of memory, sure. That's gone (or some of it). But her body will never forget the last thing she did with a gun. Even when the very thing narratively designed to provide a blank slate comes in, Lana's past is with her every step of the way. She will never kill without protecting again.

Is Lana dead, or is the parasite Lana? Now this is headcanon territory but I think it's supported by the text: I argue that the parasite isn't just a foreign body. Or at least, not anymore. She is Lana now. It used to not be, of course. It used to just be some alien creature on a meteor. But then it came to dwell in Lana's head, took on her body and her past, and became her. Lana is Lana. The parasite is also Lana. And they are one single person.

This, I think, is the thematic nail in the coffin. Even the very thing that specifically wipes your past clean cannot totally scrub all that is you out of your body. Lana is still Lana. From episode 1 to episode 10, she has always been Lana. She has never lied about that.

[beverlycrushr]

Sen Mitsuji as Shun Kenzaki · Origin (2019)

[duncan-rohanne]

Hi! Sorry to bother you but I have nothing to watch: Would you recommend some TV shows to me? That aren't 10 seasons long, please.

hey, anon, i could take you on the familiar spiral of shows that everyone has watched (twice), so let me recommend some that no one ever watched/watches and are either cancelled after one/two seasons or just started (and no one ever talks about them). cause i think it’s a shame and maybe you’ll discover something cool here...

now, anon, you didn’t specify the genre, so i’m just gonna throw here everything. here is my 10 shows, that you might want to check out:

origin (2018, YouTube) - brilliant sci-fi. 10/10 recommend, forever bitter they cancelled it after 1 season natalie tena, tom felton reunited after hp. sen mitsuji being flawless and eye candy. he... he is a lot... like *coughs*

dominion (2014-2015, SyFy) - angels, apocalypse, season 2 is great, so of course they cancelled it. it was a great ride

kings (2009, NBC) - fictional modern day kingdom and david & goliath re-telling. baby sebastian stan, playing gay spoiled prince. no one watched this. no one. and yet it’s probably one of the best shows i’ve ever seen. great soundtrack btw

avenue 5 (2020-, HBO) - surpise surpsise, this one is renewed for season 2! hugh laurie. space ship. there is a main character with a name of karen, who is the quintessential “karen”. mix of the good place and veep in space. love it.

mercy street (2016-2017, PBS) - in case there is too much sci-fi for you, here is a period drama. totally overlooked. you never find it on anyones watchlists from some reason. cancelled after 2 season, civil war and mary elizabeth winstead with josh radnor play the ship

legend of the seeker (2008-2010, ABC) - i don’t even want to talk about this. the betrayal of cancelling this show is still real after 12 years. i don’t think there was fantasy show since then this good (except maybe merlin)

once upon a time in wonderland (2013, ABC) - the overlooked spin off of OUAT, that was actually better, cohesive and they cancelled it after one season. of course. cyrus/alice was the true love. (not the mention super cute)

ravenswood (2013, Freeform) - boy was i upset in 2013. pretty little liars spin off, that was better and more interesting and that’s why they cancelled it. ghosts and past lives? i ate it up.

condor (2018 -, Audience) - 2 seasons and not cancelled. based on ‘three days of condor’ - you know, someone killed people and someone else takes blame and runs. max irons in a spy drama. i dig it.

blood & treasure (2019-, CBS) - you know, how you wish how the mummy never ended and how relic hunters is the best show ever and indiana jones is the best movie and lara croft the best game and... yeah, so this isn’t it, but they try and sofie pernas is hella cute. (fyi, ignore the lexi/danny romance and ship lexi with gwen instead -> it’s better)

[chocnat]

Sen Mitsuji's IG story Oct 6, 2020

I can relate so hard 😂 and, no bb, you still look good with that scruffy look of yours. (yes I badly want to run my fingers through his messy bed head)

[z-a-i-o-n]

Shun Kenzaki, a living breathing babe.

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