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10/22/09
They're being politic and polite and disingenuous in saying "oh, maybe later" rather than the truth of "wow, we f'ed up, she sucks, we won't use her again."
Now alt-Charlie looked badass, and Olivia meeting up with him again would really mess with her head. #inception
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It was cute how his wife called him Shakespeare when he as talking with an English accent then it reminded me of Shakespeare in Love and I felt a little sick. #inception
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Taken before his time dog. Taken before his time. #inception
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CHAPTER VI: The Movie Theater "Buffer Seat" #inception
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The other half read "The Petrellis, duh!" #inception
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There's been some speculation that the Evil Walter is the source of the "war" on our reality. I think that's cool and makes a lot of sense, too.
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I just had a thought, based on Temporalsword and AngryEddy's comments. The other universe is much more technologically advanced than ours, and a lot scarier with some morally questionable things going on. Maybe that world's Walter never got put away- his attitudes toward science (let's hook up some kids' brains to electrodes and drug them and see what happens!) could have molded a technologically superior universe with some terrifying consequences for humanity.
We all love Walter, and we have been steered towards blaming William Bell for the badness, but I am betting that Walter was the bad guy back then. Being insitutionalized broke him and made him timid, without completely dulling his massive intellect, which makes him vulnerable enough for us to like him.
Other Walter never got put away, was never diminished in his intellect or his thirst for knowledge at any cost, and has had his son stolen away. William Bell may have learned what Walter A did and went to the other universe to try to prevent backlash, probably killing his alternate self so he could remain there all this time. Wow. The only problem I have with this is I was loving the idea of Nimoy playing the bad guy. #inception
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But I like what you just said, makes way more sense. #inception
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Remember how Walter (A) seemed to hallucinate himself during his revisit to the asylum?
Maybe not a hallucination after all... #inception
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@mosquitosBuzzz: I do think Walter A was the bad guy, but that he currently is not. He is as we see him, a broken and repentant man who has done terrible things. Walter B is a terrible man with an axe to grind, watch out for him. I doubt Peter (there is only one, so need to quantify him) has anything to do with this "war" just yet. He is a bystander, and possibly the unwitting instigator.
@Belabras ate my dingo!: I totally forgot about that, but it very well could have been Walter B toying with his rival to prevent him from effectively resisting the convergence.
The more I think about it I am sure William Bell is going to be the good guy, risking his life to cross over and save our universe. As for B Charlie, I could care less, I lost interest in him once he started crying to the internet that they didn't renew his contract before they renewed it. Midriff-baring Olivia B is going to be quite interesting. I wonder if Bell contacted her as an adult and recruited her. We shouldn't assume she is evil, as we really haven't seen a "mirror darkly" evil twin yet unless I am right about Walter. Again, both Walters were pretty "evil" until one pissed off the other, making him more evil and then got himself institutionalized tempering his evil. (once again, using my theoretical B Walter.)
Wow, this is almost as fun as Lost :D #inception
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By the way: Best. Thread. Ever. #inception
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The prospect of reuniting with his child at the cost of his son's sanity or health seems an unacceptable risk. This leaves revenge. Up until today, I had thought Walter A may have killed Walter B, but I am loving the idea of Walter B being the ultimate villain of this story. #inception
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i am afraid, cause i felt that The Timetraveler's Wife was great. And that movie was a romantic comedy. #inception
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Our daughter was 4 months old at the time, and all I could think of is the scene in the book where they find a campsite...I told her she probably wouldn't want to read it. #inception
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