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| DEMIAN |
 Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:02 pm |
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- shalimar never liked lexa in the way she loved emma
why's that? because emma have a beautiful soul, because she is sweet and because she is a real mutant x member, not like lexa, she is just something for killing the time
- lexa is not decent, she kissed jesse and she kissed brennan and she made sex with that guy with the painting
emma was a decent girl, not like lexa
- shalimar never beated emma and she beated lexa |
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| imjuzakyd |
| Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 1:21 am |
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Okkaayy…
Let's see. It's really quite complicated to compare the two, after all there was no chance to juxtapose them back to back in the show. The fact that they killed Emma off the show before Lexa even had a chance to show up ruined any possible valuable comparison between them.
I may be a little biased though, because I have adored and loved Emma's character from the start. And no I won't give reasons like "Lexa's stupid" or stuff like that, lol, I haven't even watched a single episode on MX with her in it. So probably I won't be able to give a valid explanation for my vote. But I'll go ahead and comment anyway.
Most of my opinions would rely on the things I've heard from Lexa, and my own knowledge about Emma. True, Emma seemed like the girl-next-door type in the first episodes of the show, running away from the GSA and getting lost, panicky and confused. But as the show progressed we see how she evolved from the sweet little nothing into a very reliable member of the team. We all have to admit that she's not as much as a physical fighter than Shal or Lexa, but we do have seem moments when she really kicked ass. Fool for Love and Double Vision are great examples of that. The shopping bags scene in Interface (was it Interface?) was pretty neat as well.
With Lexa it's more of her cunning, I think, and wide range of experience from working for the Dominion that allowed her to be indeed useful for the team, with Adam and Emma MIA. And yes she definitely has her issues, most of which I don't really know since I haven't really watched how her character had developed anyway. But if we base it from the fact of overall capacity to... uh... get along with the team? in terms of everything under the sun, I would have to go for Emma. True, she has her secrets and suspicions, but who doesn't? Every person, mutant or non-mutant, have those. Who's to stop a very powerful psionic from hiding what she knew, if she has a very good reason to do it?
I have other stuff I could explain, but they got lost in my head as of the moment. I'll get back as soon as I catch them, lol. But that's all for now. |
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| MarisolEckhart |
| Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 5:49 am |
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Emma may not have done much in a physical sense, but as said in a post elsewhere, Emma's weapon was her mind. She could scramble anyone's brains (the Russian guy in Reality Check was an example). Imagine if you could do that & no one would suspect you. Same with Emma. She could do things with her mind & no one would catch on that it was her unless they knew her & what she was.
As for Lexa, she was introduced very poorly by the writers. Also, what was so special about her that Adam used her name as a password & that she knew how to get into Adam's files? Why couldn't the others?
I'm not a Jesse fan, but I really felt sorry for the guy when Lexa screwed with Blake in Art of Attraction & Blake was taunting Jesse because he knew he liked her. Lexa even let him. As soon as she got on the Helix, guess what I would have called her?
And then MX just accepted her & did what she told them to do without questioning her or possibly even investigating her. They just did things willy nilly.
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| ohdear |
| Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:40 am |
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Well for me, Emma always stood out as the better character for many reasons:
Out of all characters, main or otherwise, I related to her the most, right from the very first scenes of the "Shock of the New". As the episodes went on you saw her develop from a scared girl into the strong capable young woman. You saw how multi-dimensional and how layered with depth, her character was. The dark and light side of her, a glimpse of what she was capable of. And amongst all the power and darkness she showed, there was still a sense of her fragility.
As a plot device, the writers had a big advantage with Lexa at the beginning season three, because they could create a whole character to suit their story. And there's an issue of not knowing whether to trust her, the questions about her past. On the other hand, I always thought the build up of Emma's character in season two could have lead to something, for lack of a better word, explosive.
The writers had the perfect chance to use a character that regular viewers already knew and cared about, to really turn the show upside down and inside out. Whether you thought Lexa betrayed Mutant X or not, I think Emma's betrayal would have more of an impact, both on the show, the characters and the viewers.
In terms of team dynamics, I felt the team was more balanced with Emma not only because of her mental abilities but also because her personality. With each friendship/relationship within the group, they seemed to balance out their respective positives and negatives.
Let's take Brennan and Emma for example. Brennan seemed to bring Emma out of her shell. Despite what it said on the official site, I never saw her as being a party girl. To me, she was always a little guarded and introverted and it was Brennan that encouraged being a more assertive and to take life a little less seriously. While Emma in turn, was Brennan's voice of reason and made him think before he acted.
And from a fairly early stage, Adam, Shalimar, Jesse, Emma and Brennan all trusted each other with their lives, as well as had a sense of family with each other, something I felt wasn't there for most part with Lexa.
Now there’s not denying that both Lexa and Emma have very cool powers and that Emma’s the weakest physically. And while I’m not going into who would beat who, in a one on one fight. I will point out as others have mentioned, it’s shown in various episodes that Emma can fight and fight pretty well at that. It’s just that her mental abilities are much stronger. And as time went on she came to depend on them more and more.
Lexa as a character did bring a lot to the show. If fact I think it would have been quite a strong and interesting season, if both Emma and Lexa had been there for season three. But the fact that I’ve been inspired to write so much on Emma, long after her character has been killed off and the show has finished, just shows how strong and memorable of a character Emma really is. |
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| Lauren_17 |
| Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 3:56 pm |
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ohdear wrote: Well for me, Emma always stood out as the better character for many reasons:
Out of all characters, main or otherwise, I related to her the most, right from the very first scenes of the "Shock of the New". As the episodes went on you saw her develop from a scared girl into the strong capable young woman. You saw how multi-dimensional and how layered with depth, her character was. The dark and light side of her, a glimpse of what she was capable of. And amongst all the power and darkness she showed, there was still a sense of her fragility.
As a plot device, the writers had a big advantage with Lexa at the beginning season three, because they could create a whole character to suit their story. And there's an issue of not knowing whether to trust her, the questions about her past. On the other hand, I always thought the build up of Emma's character in season two could have lead to something, for lack of a better word, explosive.
The writers had the perfect chance to use a character that regular viewers already knew and cared about, to really turn the show upside down and inside out. Whether you thought Lexa betrayed Mutant X or not, I think Emma's betrayal would have more of an impact, both on the show, the characters and the viewers.
In terms of team dynamics, I felt the team was more balanced with Emma not only because of her mental abilities but also because her personality. With each friendship/relationship within the group, they seemed to balance out their respective positives and negatives.
Let's take Brennan and Emma for example. Brennan seemed to bring Emma out of her shell. Despite what it said on the official site, I never saw her as being a party girl. To me, she was always a little guarded and introverted and it was Brennan that encouraged being a more assertive and to take life a little less seriously. While Emma in turn, was Brennan's voice of reason and made him think before he acted.
And from a fairly early stage, Adam, Shalimar, Jesse, Emma and Brennan all trusted each other with their lives, as well as had a sense of family with each other, something I felt wasn't there for most part with Lexa.
Now there’s not denying that both Lexa and Emma have very cool powers and that Emma’s the weakest physically. And while I’m not going into who would beat who, in a one on one fight. I will point out as others have mentioned, it’s shown in various episodes that Emma can fight and fight pretty well at that. It’s just that her mental abilities are much stronger. And as time went on she came to depend on them more and more.
Lexa as a character did bring a lot to the show. If fact I think it would have been quite a strong and interesting season, if both Emma and Lexa had been there for season three. But the fact that I’ve been inspired to write so much on Emma, long after her character has been killed off and the show has finished, just shows how strong and memorable of a character Emma really is.
Well said and I agree with you. Emma was a great character. Some how the four of them on screen made it feel welcoming. I think that's why everyone watched for those two seasons.
I'm not saying Karen Cliche is bad. But the family bond that they had once shared was broken. It was more work and seriousness. Those jokes and food fights(interface) were somehow just a distant memory.
I find Lexa a very serious character. The look on her face is 'work, work, work'. She's like my mom-she doesn't know how to relax.
I could be wrong-I haven't seen all the episodes but I think Brennan, Jesse and Shalimar had to accept the fact that Lexa was going to staty at the Sanctuary to clean up Adam's mess. Wether they liked it or not they had to deal and if she became a friend then that was it. |
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| DEMIAN |
| Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 7:51 pm |
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"I find Lexa a very serious character."
LOL
what's wrong, Laury?
changed your mind?
You Said To Me on msn Something Else About Lexa...  
too shy to post your oppinion here?
why don't you just say it? |
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| Blackpanther |
| Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 7:55 pm |
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| She did. Lexa is serious. Maybe a bit too serious sometimes. |
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| Ryan Watson |
| Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 7:57 pm |
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| its better 2 be 2 serious then 2 be mean like emma was. |
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| DEMIAN |
| Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:08 pm |
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no ana, she said something else, not "serious"
but she is a good girl, she's not bad, like me... |
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| Blackpanther |
| Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:10 pm |
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| "Serious" is the nice version for "stuck up" |
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| Ryan Watson |
| Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:13 pm |
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witch would u rather be a bit stuck up or evil. w8 dont answer that question i know the answer.
but lexa wasent stuck up, she was a controle feak but not stuck up. |
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| Lauren_17 |
| Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:39 pm |
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Ryan Watson wrote: its better 2 be 2 serious then 2 be mean like emma was.
When was Emma mean???
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| Ryan Watson |
| Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:40 pm |
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| towareds the end of season 3. ever since her boyfrined sky died. |
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| Lauren_17 |
| Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:41 pm |
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DEMIAN wrote: "I find Lexa a very serious character."
LOL
what's wrong, Laury?
changed your mind?
You Said To Me on msn Something Else About Lexa...
too shy to post your oppinion here?
why don't you just say it?
ssssssssh. |
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| MarisolEckhart |
| Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 9:01 pm |
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Ryan Watson wrote: towareds the end of season 3. ever since her boyfrined sky died.
It wasn't because of her boyfriend that she was mean. In No Man Left Behind, she took away Jesse's memory of seeing what she had done to him & those military guys & in Time Squared she forced Diana to take Adam where he wanted to go.
These eps were long before At Destiny's End. Losing Sky had nothing to do with her being the way she was in terms of her powers.
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