Frisco17

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« #280 : 03-25-2008 20:37 »
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Originally posted by Tornadoboy: You gotta admit, though, with the revelation that Fry was Lars (aka "the only man I'll ever love" ), she's running out of excuses to not take a chance. Maybe once the upset of being jilted (and everything that came after) passes...  I think that's really the central point of BBS or the Fry/Leela part at least. Originally posted by coldangel_1: Are we calling Leela cold because she fell in love with Lars, or because she didn't try to hide the fact and lead Fry to think he still had a chance?
Either way it's pretty stupid. The heart wants what the heart wants. Then later it might want something different. Also, ice cream. Exactly. As cliched an excuse as it is she has had a seriously screwed up life, particularly where men are concerned. So I guess you can excuse some (alot of) caution in that area. Which leads us back to my double or nothing thoery. Originally posted by Frisco17: ......the "double or nothing" situation. Where Leela thinks that if she gets close to Fry and then something goes wrong she'll lose him as a friend. Since he's the only real friend she has she's happy to maintain the status quo rather than risk losing Fry entirely. Granted that would never happen because of Fry's determination but that's how it is in her head. Lastly it's important to remember that Leela and all of them in fact are but tools of the writers. Speaking of which I wonder if anybody ever finished the picture of the dreaded "reset button".
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« #287 : 03-26-2008 04:22 »
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so I dunno what the rabid shippers were so upset about I believe it's the combination of the way she flaunted him at Fry and the fact that they apparently still haven't got together several years after the events of Devils Hands. Personally I don't hold with it, though I can definitely see their point. Leela has a caring side, but she tends not to consider the feelings of other people and redirects a lot of it onto Nibbler, "things" and "concepts", presumably because people hurt her. Take the whole Chaz thing. That entire episode he was acting like a jerk and a nitwit but she didn't care. By that point she knew Fry had feelings for her but that didn't make her think that perhaps she should be a bit more retrospect in how she asked him to look after Nibbler. It was only when Chaz acted like a dick toward the orphans - the vulnerable part of Leela - that she finally saw what he was. There was never an emotional commitment there, not even on a superficial level. Course, other episodes contradict this. Was she out of character here? Or elsewhere? Generally speaking, though, she tends to keep people at a distance and force them to stay at that distance, for good or for ill.
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Frisco17

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« #299 : 03-26-2008 20:52 »
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Originally posted by coldangel_1: Not exactly what I meant. What I was saying is that Leela wasn't actually cold at all. I would know. In Bender's Big Score (which I assume we were discussing), she was passionate and loving and vulnerable with Lars. She can't be considered cold for falling in love with the bloke (who happened to be Fry anyway, so I dunno what the rabid shippers were so upset about).
If she had kept her love of 'another' man a secret from Fry, leading him to the mistaken belief that he still had a shot with her - THAT would have been more than cold; it would have been cruel. She has enough maturity and respect for him not to do that. I know and I was agreeing but then I kinda went off on my own little tangent there and completely forgot about the fact that I was trying to support what you said. Originally posted by bobbot: Look kids, I know that this is going to be an unpopular sentment,but, the reason d'etre behind our little Leela's treatment of Fry is because she does in fact care deeply about her relationship with him. She shunts him aside in romantic thought out of her abject fear that he, like every other romantic entanglement she enters in, will leave her or be taken from her. By keeping him out of reach she assures that he will continue to love her. Take for example the fact that the ONLY relationship she's had that progressed beyond sex or dinner was with whom? Fry/Lars. That is almost exaclty what I've been trying to say. Esentially my "double or nothing" theory in different words. Nice to see somebody is on the same train of thought. As for all of you who seem to be losing faith, just wait until one of the later movies. (Most likely 4) Then you shall all return to the true pasth. Except maybe Ralph.<Begins rambling in Latin>
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« #312 : 03-28-2008 07:14 »
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I was browsing the old Futurama news threads concerning the new episodes on Comedy Central, and I unexpectedly came along this. I'd entirely forgotten about it. A link should be posted here for posterity.
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