tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post5236011724569108218..comments2024-03-29T06:56:12.797-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: Legion: Chapter 9Billie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-72469277142892545752018-04-05T23:21:53.475-04:002018-04-05T23:21:53.475-04:00So I've rewatched the dance sequence a couple ...So I've rewatched the dance sequence a couple of times now. (What? I have a paper due tomorrow that I haven't started yet? Nah....) <br /><br />One of the very first things that happens is a switch in colors from red to blue. If we recall last season, red was always tied to the Shadow King and his influence. When red invaded David and Syd's white room, it was a Very Bad Thing. Blue, on the other hand, was tied to Syd. It was the good things in David's life, the calming, nonparasitic, loving influence. So this abrupt shift in color leads me to believe that the moment that the dance battle starts, David has the upper hand over Lenny/Oliver/The Shadow King. <br /><br />Then we have the actual dancing. The first portion of it is a battle of sorts between David and Oliver. Like I said in my review, it's a lot of aggressive, forward moves countered by strong, more defensive moves. This continues for some time without either man really getting the upper hand. David and Oliver (or perhaps the Shadow King in Oliver's form, still unclear) appear to be evenly matched. <br /><br />Then Lenny appears, and everything stops: both the music and the dancing. Oliver all but disappears as we instead focus on Lenny's sexually charged dance and David's expression. It's piercing, almost smug. He looks almost amused by all of it. What he doesn't look is worried or concerned in any way, shape, or form. And then Lenny does her power move, where her dancers lift her up in the air. We get a white-yellow white and some kind of a wind effect. Whatever it is, it's enough to get David moving again. <br /><br />(Lenny's appearance is also when Cary starts to get in on the dance action. His moves are intrinsically tied to operating the machine.) <br /><br />Oliver reappears, and the two men resume their dance off with Lenny mostly off screen. Only this time, David is actively mimicking moves that Oliver used earlier in the dance. They're aggressive and strong, and Oliver actively moves back. Again, we get the light and the wind, only this time, they're coming from David. The lights come faster and strong, Lenny and Oliver reappear as a unit, and soon, the scene dissolves like a film reel catching fire. <br /><br />I saw a theory online that the dance off was an artistic representation of a psychic battle between David and the Shadow King, one that led to everyone in the night club becoming infected. The more I watch the scene, the more that I believe that theory. The dance truly was a battle in every sense of the word, with the bright, white light representing truly powerful attacks far beyond what anyone else can do. But David, among other things, is a telepath, and this, coupled with the Shadow King's mere presence acting as a source of infection, spread the Catalyst far and wide. That's why the Admiral wanted David terminated if he was infected; David could easily becoming another spawn point, a broadcast signal for the infection. <br /><br />This idea is supported by the fact that Cary began to dance as well as soon as the battle increased in intensity. It wasn't just visual flourish. Cary still operated the machine much in the same way that he previously had. But David's memories and thoughts and reenactments were leaking into the material world and changing it around him. Last season, David was described as a "world ender" and the amplification chamber really doesn't help that. <br /><br />Whatever happened in between David being captured in the orb and him ending up at the night club, it's apparent that David was very comfortable in his powers to the point that he had no hesitation engaging the Shadow King in a full on duel. That plus the new addition of Rational, British David as an apparently constant source of advice and guidance in his mind, and I am very, very curious about what happened during the 362 days that David was missing. An Honest Fangirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15093676731627861429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-52511004105533391322018-04-05T10:43:41.672-04:002018-04-05T10:43:41.672-04:00I was really put off by the fact that they work fo...I was really put off by the fact that they work for Division 3 now. I know they had a year but considering where things left off last season that seemed pretty convenient. <br /><br />I took it that Melanie was just high. I also assumed that she probably got high when David came back because she couldn't deal with the fact that she's still without Oliver. This is all headcanon, but so is what I think about everything else in the show. :)<br /><br />My first thought upon seeing "future Syd" was how did David know it was really her. I was thinking it was whoever captured him in the orb but it being a delusion makes far more sense. <br /><br />Great review. I wouldn't even know where to start with this show. Sharihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06565608197467529595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-35956037373804612942018-04-05T09:48:04.721-04:002018-04-05T09:48:04.721-04:00I feel like the first episode is the strangest in ...I feel like the first episode is the strangest in Legion. After that, things start to make more sense, since I remember being a lot less confused as last season went along. So I'm hoping and crossing my fingers that the same thing happens here. Hopefully. <br />An Honest Fangirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15093676731627861429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-78957111090862326132018-04-04T21:54:28.258-04:002018-04-04T21:54:28.258-04:00I'm confused. Although, and this is a good thi...I'm confused. Although, and this is a good thing, you appear to be a lot less confused than I am, Fangirl. This episode made me want to (1) rewatch the entire first season, hoping it would help me to understand it better, or (2) give up on the show altogether. <br /><br />And yet it's so pretty, and so fascinating. The restaurant with the dishes floating through the countertop absolutely blew my mind. I swear I've had that dream.<br /><br /><br /><br />Billie Douxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.com