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posted by [personal profile] owlboy at 01:28pm on 18/05/2011
>>But with the Silents, he ENJOYED it.

I see no evidence of that...

He turned a parasitic, sadistic species' own power against themselves in order to kick them off the planet and make sure they stayed away. Remember that these guys had been manipulating and slaughtering people for thousands of years, while humans were unaware of it. It's not like he had much choice in kicking their asses.
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posted by [personal profile] jhumor at 01:30pm on 18/05/2011
Then I suggest you watch the episode again. He rightly enjoyed it. He was giddy, excited and even falsely offered them 'a chance'. I'm not the only one who saw it that way.
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posted by [personal profile] owlboy at 01:43pm on 18/05/2011
I've watched the episode several times, and to me he seems to be acting his normal, blustery "you've gone too far and now you're in for some trouble" self - in fact his whole speech at the end reminded me very much of Ten...

>>I'm not the only one who saw it that way

OK? I'm not the only person who saw it my way, either, but whether or not people agree doesn't make either of our points more valid.
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posted by [personal profile] jhumor at 02:20pm on 18/05/2011
It was not Ten at all, though. Ten was a 'no second chances' kind of man - but he gave a chance. Not the kind of man to taunt and put a front as if he was offering a choice, but then "Nope. Instead I'm going to blow every last one of you to bits... and for added fun, the entire human race will kill you at your own words and they won't even know it. Ohhh YAY!"

It really wasn't even clear what the Silents did to people, we saw what ONE did to Joy... but even that one seemed curious about her. Oh Amy yelled that he didn't have to kill her, but maybe he did, maybe that's how they worked. It might well be that death is a by-product of how they get to know people.

The issue is: we were never given enough information to know. Which, admittedly is shoddy writing. But then, SM could have either 1) given us more information about the Silents or 2) not had Eleven go all giddy over killing them.

But since we were given neither. It is a disturbing trend that SM has begun and as I said elsewhere, these are not lessons I want my kids to learn.

Killing is killing and it should never be celebrated. Is it necessary sometimes? Yes... but I don't want my kids to think that killing is fun and cool. Which is the message that SM has sent us this Season.
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