fightingthecage | Fever, yay I burn forsooth

Am I the only one who thinks this Tony development is kinda awesome? Well, I do and for the reasons here bullet-pointed;

- it puts Jack against his friend/colleague/brother in pain and c'mon, we all love it when Jack has to make the toughest decisions. That's why S1 was so awesome.

- it's got us all hanging out for the next ep like mentalists. Think back to S6. Were any of us doing that? No.

- it gives Tony something to do other than follow Jack's orders/look angsty/occasionally save thousands of lives.

Anyway. I haven't seen any posts on my flist that raise the possibility that this might not be everything it seems. This is strange to me. Firstly, it's 24. Secondly, They need to keep things twisty for another six episodes. Thirdly, in that interview with Carlos being bandied about, he doesn't actually say Tony is really bad. Just that he knew this development was coming for a while. What was it that Hodges said? He was only a cog and there was a larger thing going on (isn't there always?). Tony's obviously part of that but we don't know for sure which side he's on. We also don't know for sure that he killed Larry. No silent clock (though I'm not sure he'd get one anyway, to be fair) and hell, we thought we saw Tony's corpse once but he still came back. We didn't see Larry at all after Tony finished smothering him.

(Sidebar: field!Larry is a dude I could totally get along with, if you know what I'm sayin'. Less suit, more flak jacket, hell yeah).

a) If Tony is really bad, I will fucking cheer. For real. Because he and Jack have paralleled each other for seven years now and gone through pretty much the same stuff. It makes sense for the writers to show both paths - one guy gets obsessively self-righteous and the other goes darkside. It would show properly how getting repeatedly screwed by the government can affect its guys. So really, I hope that Tony is bad, Jack doesn't get to kill him and Tony is back for S8 as a long-term nemesis that Jack really doesn't want to have to kill ~~and then they shag~~.

b) Bad guys are more interesting. Not than Jack obv, but in general. Tony's angstface is starting to wear on me.

c) Dramatic tension! Yay!

Re Kim: oh em gee, I kind of love her right now. Maturity suits her! And augh, squishy!Jack. Fabulousness. Though I am totally ready for the stem cell treatment to be done and work now because it's obv going to happen (S8, anyone?) and I want Jack to be able to kick Tony's ass properly in the next few hours. Though I suppose they might have him going out in the field still sick and fail to kill Tony because of a seizure or whatever and have the treatment after the end of the...you know what, no. That would be dumb.

My money is on Kim going and doing her bit with the doctor and then going to Jack, 'I've taken the risk, deal with it, get better' etc because she is, after all, Jack's daughter and a stubborn little cow.

Bad!Tony! Yay!

And that's all I have to say about that.

ETA: I had a frightfully important and relevant point to make in all this but I forgot. Then it came back and I clicked 'edit' to put it in and then it went again. Stupid brain. Still, it would be a shame to waste a perfectly good open-for-editing post, right? Right.

Oh, and everyone should check out Susan Boyle. Amazing.

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The promo for 7x19 has a bodybag shot with a body in it, so silent clock or not... =/

Hmmm. Well. Bye then Larry! :D

Yeah, I liked Larry, I just am LOVING THIS SEASON and you're right. S6 had NONE OF US giving a damn about what happened next (well yeah to a degree, but you get what I'm saying) unlike this one with OMG WHAT WAS THAT *FLAILS*.

Totally! A stunning return to form by the 24 writers. *applauds them* Shows what a bit of time and pre-planning can do for them.

Exactly! Being able to get the season done and planned out ahead of time worked wonders.

Also, holy hell hot icon.

Ain't it though? *drools*

I'm thinking they might have extra time for S8 too, seeing as S7 was done so far ahead of time. So hopefully next year will be just as awesome!

I heard that they were starting earlier on S8 than they would normally start production on a season. :D

Hurrah! :D!

I thought there might be more to it until I read that interview but then again they have been known to try to trick the audience before. Either way I think it's a great development and should make things interesting in the last episodes.

*highfives* You're the only person I've come across so far (I think) that agrees that its cool. I can't wait to see what happens! :)

*highfives back* I can't wait to see either.

People on my forum are convinced it looked like Tony faked this, but to tell the truth - I doubt it. I think it would be awesome if Tony turns bad again - he didn't look like he wanted to be nice again from the beginning. Jack always tried to convince him that he has to turn himself in, but Tony agreeing always felt hollow to me as if he doesn't mean it.

I'm so devestated about Larry because I really, really like him! There is still so much potential in this character, why are they doing this to me? *whails* And yes, I attach myself to characters on purpose - as much as it hurts when they die - it shows me how amazing 24 is, that it can make me feel like this after 7 years! I love this season. :)

It is such a great season, I can't believe how lucky we are that its rallied like this. And I agree about Tony, though I don't think that its that he doesn't want to be good - after all, it was him that went to Bill about the threat in the first place (although that now strikes me as really weird, if he were still bad all along - another reason why he might still be good?) - I think it's that he's trying to convince himself that the country is still worth fighting for but failing. It seems to me like he looks around and just doesn't think it's worth it any more. Bless him.

Love Tony gone bad - love the extra angst this will inevitably cause Jack - quite hoping for manipulative baddy Tony abusing vulnerable Jack - psychologically, physically, sexually - oops - sorry - got carried away again. No idea where they're going with this arc - which makes it totally awesome, back to form 24

Fever, yay I burn forsooth

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