The Evil Conspiracy Against Pedro Thread

[Reply #160 on:]

Oooh, burn. 

If they were 'dating', though, I think Fry might've not been so despondent in Devil's Hands. He might have been a little bit more encouraged, if he knew he had previously made any progress on the dating front. Perhaps he would not have felt that he needed to make a deal with the devil to win Leela.

[Reply #161 on:]

Unless Leela pushed him away again, in which case it'd make sense he was going to greater lengths this time...

[Reply #162 on:]

Mmm... for that to work though, we'd need to retcon some events in between episodes, which becomes something of a fan-made continuum. To be avoided if at all possible... Keep it to fanfics, eh?

If I had the Devil's hands, I'd use them to paint... because presently I suck.

[Reply #163 on:]

You know, they could have just been two friends hanging out...

[Reply #164 on:]

Yeah, that's pretty much how I always took it. But then, what any1else said could be true; of course he'd be more desperate in TDHAIP if they had briefly 'dated' and then it drifted back to just friends again.

[Reply #165 on:]

There was as far as i can see no clear evidence that Fry and Leela were dating in 300BB's. Of Course the whole Scenario of what was going on between Fry and Leela it would seem had been made deliberatly ambigous, to fuel massive speculation and anticipation.

 

Mmm... for that to work though, we'd need to retcon some events in between episodes, which becomes something of a fan-made continuum. To be avoided if at all possible... Keep it to fanfics, eh?

What alternative is there until the writers true intent is perhaps revealed in future episodes. Potentially the events going on in between episodes will always remain unrevealed and then it is left to us, the fans to fill in that 'continuum'.

[Reply #166 on:]

 

What alternative is there until the writers true intent is perhaps revealed in future episodes. Potentially the events going on in between episodes will always remain unrevealed and then it is left to us, the fans to fill in that 'continuum'.

  It wouldn't really be necessary for us to "fill in" what happens between episodes.  Like reality TV, we are watching the most important events happening, and there probably isn't anything really going on between episodes that really affects the plot at all.

 The crew would probably be going on deliveries and Fry would make advances which Leela would deny.  The whole shabang.

[Reply #167 on:]

 

Originally posted by SonicPanther:
You know, they could have just been two friends hanging out...

 
Get out!

[Reply #168 on:]

Are you telling me to get out of the thread, or are you just in shock? I understand the basis behind both answers. 

[Reply #169 on:]

A little from column A, a little from column π.

Nah, I kid.

[Reply #170 on:]

Yeah, I hang out with my friend all the time but I'm not going out with him.

[Reply #171 on:]

 

Originally posted by 1futuramafan1:
   It wouldn't really be necessary for us to "fill in" what happens between episodes.  Like reality TV, we are watching the most important events happening, and there probably isn't anything really going on between episodes that really affects the plot at all.

 The crew would probably be going on deliveries and Fry would make advances which Leela would deny.  The whole shabang.

[Yodas voice]SO CERTAIN ARE YOU![/Yodas voice]

It seems a lot of people are very concrete about their beliefs pertaining to the order of things in and around Futurama! Yes I use the word belief quite deliberately for it would seem certain facts are taken almost as articles of faith.

I think it is quite reasonable for us to surmise what might have been going on behind the scenes, and unless future plot lines prove us wrong, where is the harm?

[Reply #172 on:]

  There is no harm in it.  I enjoy futurama fanfiction a lot, but I don't think we should call it the stuff between episodes.  It should be the stuff from our imagination that we wish would be in Futurama.

[Reply #173 on:]

Yeah... especially since a lot of fanfiction is stuff I would NOT want happening between episodes.

[Reply #174 on:]

 

Originally posted by Kryten:
Yeah... especially since a lot of fanfiction is stuff I would NOT want happening between episodes.

Come on, that Zoidberg/Farnsworth romance was truly magical.
 

[Reply #175 on:]

 

Originally posted by coldangel_1:
 Come on, that Zoidberg/Hermes romance was truly magical.
   

Fixed.   

[Reply #176 on:]

I never said anyway that fanfiction was the stuff between episodes, what I was alluding to was that it is not sacrilidge to surmise what lay between episodes!
Fanfiction themes exist along entirely different axis altogether as i see it, or at least along tangents to the main continuum that is the official plot line.

[Reply #177 on:]

 

Originally posted by Officer 1BDI:
 Fixed.   

So, that WASN'T "just-friends" spooning?

[Reply #178 on:]

 

Originally posted by Kryten:

Yeah... especially since a lot of fanfiction is stuff I would NOT want happening between episodes.

You know you loved the fic where Fry and Bender came out of the closet and became a Robosexual couple... 

[Reply #179 on:]

Oh, yeah, the one that crapped all over Fry's character so that Leela could abandon him and her kid to run off with some Gary Stu...

[Reply #180 on:]

I read that. Nicely written, but it was the worst characterization I have ever seen in a fanfic, and I read many. My beloved Fry was DESTROYED!   

And by the way, that fic IBD1 linked to is made of win.

 

Fry sat in the shadow of the sun on S-8, drawing a picture of his lost love. He started with her hair. It had ruffles that were like waves and came back in a ponytail. It was purple, not a dark purple or a really light one, just purple. He drew the front part first and slowly worked his way to the end of the tail. It was a fantastic ponytail. Then he started with her eye, it was big and oval and pretty much all white with the exception of the pupil which was black. He drew the top of the oval. It was a great top and the bottom would be even better. He finished the bottom and indeed it was. He took his pen up from the paper and put it back down and made the pupil. It was a fine, beautiful pupil. He mad the nose. It was basically a curve but what a great curve it was. Such a fine, large and noble curve. Then he put the lip area on. He started with the top and finished with the bottom. He added some fingers on the right arm. He did the pinkie finger. What a fine finger it was. Then he did the ring finger. What a fantastic finger! Then he added the middle finger. Spectacular finger! Then he added the index finger, and my was it a great finger.

He added some fingers on the left arm. He did the pinkie finger. What a fine finger it was. Then he did the ring finger. What a fantastic finger! Then he added the middle finger. Spectacular finger! Then he added the index finger, and my was it a great finger. He added her legs. He started with the one leg and finished with the other. He added her feet. He started with one toe, then the next toe, then the next toe, then the next toe, and the last toe. He started on the feet too.

Then he started coloring her in. He made her hair purple. It was a good purple, not too dark and not too light. He made her skin tan. A nice tan, but not too dark so she wouldn't get cancer. He made her shirt white and her pants black. He even made her boots black. It was the best drawing he had ever done.

Best three paragraphs I've ever read.

[Reply #181 on:]

Oh good god.
That was quite possibly the funniest thing I have ever read.
Please tell me that wasn't supposed to be serious?

[Reply #182 on:]

 

Oh good god.
That was quite possibly the funniest thing I have ever read.
Please tell me that wasn't supposed to be serious?

  I literally laughed my ass off after reading that!  Omigod!!  Who wrote that?

[Reply #183 on:]

Apparently someone named OC James.
I didn't read the whole thing, but I'm going to assume (and hope) it's satire.

[Reply #184 on:]

I think he was about as serious with that 'ship as FemJesse was when she paired Leela with Zapp.

In other words: I'm pretty sure it's all in jest.

[Reply #185 on:]

"Hermes took the corpse of Zoidberg and put it in his closet for later use."

"...not too dark so she wouldn't get cancer."

Classy stuff.

[Reply #186 on:]

 

Originally posted by Kryten:

Very annoying you are getting, hmm hmm, yes.

Sorry, I am sorry, but me of the Al Yankovic song 'Yoda' coldangel had reminded.  Sorry, Zapp, but still the best 'Lola' paradoy I have ever heard, that is.  Anyway, complain about being annoyed you cannot. Hmmmmmm.

   

Originally posted by coldangel_1:

Also: What do you people think Leela would be like in bed? I think vigorous and a little violent, but without much imagination.

Significant and meaningful. Emotions surging as in slow motion...

 

Ah. Like when the USA is pursuing global conquest, but not calling it global conquest.

Or when the US calls themselves 'free', but not calling it 'socialism'...

   

Originally posted by SonicPanther:
You know, they could have just been two friends hanging out...

One small step for fans... One giant leap for the 'Ship.

 

Originally posted by coldangel_1:
 
Get out!

Watch it, Mr. Berman! Roddenberry's in the house!

 

Originally posted by Kryten:
Oh, yeah, the one that crapped all over Fry's character so that Leela could abandon him and her kid to run off with some Gary Stu...

   

Originally posted by Shiny:

But here's something that used to help me when that happened.  First, understand intellectually that this story is NOT about Leela and Fry.  It's about two other people entirely to which she's just grafted Fry and Leela's appearances and names to.  Let's call them Frank and Lola.  Now, the story may be a very good one about Frank and Lola, but not the kind of thing I'm interested in.  I want Fry and Leela, by which I mean ones that bear an actual resemblance to the people I got to know and love on Futurama.

 

Originally posted by Officer 1BDI:
I think he was about as serious with that 'ship as FemJesse was when she paired Leela with Zapp.

You know, Zapp doesn't look all that bad there...

[Reply #187 on:]

^^ Ah, was waiting for the reference to that article...

Anyway, I'd still say what Leela and Fry did during 300BB was just hanging out. No 'raisin', except for the plot holes in The Devil's Hands that it would cover up.

[Reply #188 on:]

I always saw it as her just warming up to him more and spending more time with him outside of work. Doesn't mean they were dating or anything just closer friends.

[Reply #189 on:]

I just read OC James' Fanfic. That was gross yet compelling as it was the first Zoidberg ship fic I have ever read. Pity he died in the first two paragraphs.

The funniest bit has got to be 'Hermes place his corpse in the closet for later use.' 

[Reply #190 on:]

 

Originally posted by Frisco17:
I always saw it as her just warming up to him more and spending more time with him outside of work. Doesn't mean they were dating or anything just closer friends.

I always found it telling, especially on Leela's part, that they choose to spend all their time together outside of work even though they're in each other's company all through the work day. You'd think they'd be sick of one another after a long haul on the PE ship, getting on each other's nerves the whole time, but when they have shore leave they always seem to spend it together.
Much like Kirk, Spock, and McCoy in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, there is much unrelsolved romantic tension.

[Reply #191 on:]

 

Much like Kirk, Spock, and McCoy in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, there is much unrelsolved romantic tension.
 

Brokeback Trek? 

[Reply #192 on:]

There was definately some homoerotic vibe around that campfire in Yosemite national park. 

[Reply #193 on:]

I thought a three-way was gonna break out right there.

[Reply #194 on:]

I'm gonna take the high road (for once) and stay away from that one.

[Reply #195 on:]

Likewise.

[Reply #196 on:]

Oh, you're no fun anymore.

[Reply #197 on:]

No it's just something about a Star Trek three-way that just creeps me out.

[Reply #198 on:]

That is most... illogical.
 

[Reply #199 on:]

You've seen it, you can't unsee it!

"Spock, I can't quit you."

"Be quiet, Jim.  Don't spoil the moment."