FORKNI-L
Digest - 18 Aug 2007 to 20 Aug 2007 (#2007-35)
Mon, 20 Aug 2007
There are 2 messages totalling 92 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. Episode Discussion: Only The Lonely (2)
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Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:42:54 -0500
From: Janette NatPack <natpackjanette@g.......>
Subject: Re: Episode Discussion: Only The Lonely
On 8/16/07, phylis sullivan <phylis_s_2000_2001@y.......> wrote:
>
> I didn't care much for the detached, almost feral-acting Nick, 'cause he
> seemed to function well enough in the human world in most of his
> flashbacks.
> Why would he suddenly revert to such a state during this particular
> "lifetime"?
>
I think it was one of the few times he dropped *all* his masks. He wasn't
trying to act human. In fact, out on the street, he might have been
emphasizing his vampire side to try to get to Natalie, freak her out and see
if she'd run off screaming or not.
I think he was going through one of his dark funks, depressed about the
world in general and his lot in particular, rather like in "Feeding the
Beast" when he was ready to re-vamp himself. In FtB, he was among crowds of
mortals, so he still had to act human, at least until he could cut one out
of the herd and isolate it. This time, it was out on a deserted street, no
one else in earshot or close enough to pick up on the predator in their
midst. He wanted to lash out at the world, and one way to do that was to
scare Natalie; it would also help him see whether she was a threat to him.
Plus, as Phylis said, maybe he was just especially hungry.... ;-)
Roxana, I totally agree about Nick's life in Toronto before meeting up with
Natalie. He can't have been particularly close to anyone there, certainly
no one who knew his secret. He didn't even go see Janette for the first
time until the pilot, when he'd apparently been in town for three years.
Makes me wonder if he'd just gone through some sort of crisis or traumatic
event, like when LaCroix conned him into killing his little ballerina. Did
he move to Toronto in a hurry, ahead of some sort of trouble with his
previous life? Or some sort of disappointment, leaving him especially
cynical and disillusioned about people who claim to be trying to help him?
Perhaps something that put him into a deep funk, which only Natalie was able
to bring him out of? :D
Hmmm....perhaps this should be a story challenge on the fanfic list? What
happened to Nick just before he moved to Toronto, and how did it affect his
behavior when he first met Natalie?
-Janet(te) -- NatPack despite the name
"Of course Doakes gets the creeps off of me. The only real question I
have is why, in a building full of cops, all supposedly with a keen insight
into the human soul, is Doakes the *only one* who gets the creeps from
me?" -Dexter Morgan
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Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:53:17 -0500
From: Janette NatPack <natpackjanette@g.......>
Subject: Re: Episode Discussion: Only The Lonely
On 8/17/07, Roxana Elizondo <roxeliz@h.......> wrote:
>
> My opinion is that something happened to Nick to cause him to withdraw
> from his limited association with humanity.
<snip>
> Another reason for Nick's behavior could be that Nick's was trying to
> scare Natalie off and while thevampire he's presenting her isn't the real
> him in most cases it would be effective in scaring off humans.
>
Wow, this post came in on a separate email thread than the one I just
replied to, so I hadn't read it until after I sent my own. Guess all I can
say is, great minds think alike! ;-)
Oh, and I see that the way the quote came up in the message was wrong, the
bit I quoted about Nick acting feral was from Naia, not Phylis. Sorry!
-Janet(te) -- NatPack, despite the name
"I think this is a friendly gesture. Kind of a, 'Hey, wanna play?' And
yes, I do want to play. I really, really do." -Dexter, on finding a
dismembered Barbie left in his home by a serial killer
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