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@ 2010-12-17 09:25 pm UTC
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Entry tags:char: scorpius, creator: rockne s. o'bannon, title: farscape
So, where we last left off, things looked VERY bad for Commandant Aeryn Sun, the newly promoted leader of the Peacekeeper force of the Uncharted Territories. The forces she was just barely able to defeat turned out to be the Grennij shock troops, not part of the entire Grennij armada, who are backed by the formidable Kkore armada. And as there are threats from without, there are threats from within, as former Commandant Grayza attempts a mutiny now that the Peacekeepers have come together as a formidable force.

Which means of course it's time for some Crichton seat-of-the-pants rescue. Spend the money and buy the issue or wait for the trade.

But my contribution to the exploration of this tale is not the Farscape heroes pulling miracles out of their ass, but of course the villains. Yummy, delicious villains.



But Scorpious, being who he is, doesn't offer kindness of any sorts. Since he couldn't find her, he left a message across all known space for her to find, when she did pop her head up from hiding.



For those who need translation: "Hi darling, I knew that you would survive the attack where you betrayed me and I left you for dead. No harm, no foul, we both knew what we were getting into. Villains dating villains, etc. Honey, because I care for you still, I wanted you to know that when I conquered our hated former slave-masters that you and I had sacrificed so much to bring down, that as a result of finally achieving that success I also had to wipe out your species from existence. I hope you understand."

There is so much cunning in Scorpious cold, deliberate, need to bring her emotions up and then completely and utterly shatter them to the ground. The twist in the dagger in the back is made all the more painful because Scorpious shows that he still cares for her.

Just wish the art was a liiiiiiitle bit more emotional.


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suzene: (SD)


[personal profile] suzene
2010-12-18 06:02 am UTC (link)
Oh, Sputnik. You should have guessed early on that you could never take Brakka's place in Scorpie's heart.

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proteus_lives: (Ron Swanson)


[personal profile] proteus_lives
2010-12-18 06:56 am UTC (link)
Knowing that someone else still calls her Sputnik makes me smile.

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zechs80: (Mayuri)


[personal profile] zechs80
2010-12-18 06:52 am UTC (link)
Oh dear God, that is so damn evil yet so Scorpius.

Speaking of Mr. Smithers aka Brakka, where is he? He hasn't shown up in Scorpius's ongoing. Is he in this book or still M.I.A.?

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[personal profile] 20thcenturyvole
2010-12-18 10:33 am UTC (link)
My thoughts exactly. I love that overachieving puppy dog; where is he?

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suszarka: (sg:u - tj)


[personal profile] suszarka
2010-12-19 09:31 pm UTC (link)
Our dear Braca deserted from Grayza's command, joined the fleet under Aeryn's command and got himself promoted to Admiral. I love his constant path of gaining promotions out of this whole mess. Farscape #13 and #14 were his first appearances in comics if I'm not mistaken.

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proteus_lives: (Ron Swanson)


[personal profile] proteus_lives
2010-12-18 06:59 am UTC (link)
Scorpius is one of the finest sci-fi characters created in the last 20 cycles..I mean years.

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[identity profile] elsewhere7.livejournal.com
2010-12-18 11:16 am UTC (link)
All I can think of is 'Wait, if Sikozu made it off Oujaga...than maybe D'argo did...'

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fungo_squiggly: (pic#530060)


[personal profile] fungo_squiggly
2010-12-18 02:18 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, bring back D'argo already.

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fungo_squiggly: (pic#530060)


[personal profile] fungo_squiggly
2010-12-18 02:37 pm UTC (link)
I don't know. To me, what I've seen of Scorpius in the comics has always seemed subtly off.

I believe that Scorpius would wipe out the Kalish if he thought it was practical and necessary, but from these pages, it really doesn't seem like that's how it went down. It looks more like he did it merely to punish Sikozu. If that's really all it was, then to me that seems a little overly petty for him. Kind of like if he was leading the Kkore to Earth just in order to piss off John Crichton.

Besides, aside from his driving hatred for the Scarrans, Scorpius always struck me as something of an idealist himself. What happened to his concern for protecting the Sebaceans, his worries about their history and culture being lost if they were wiped out by the Scarran enemy?

I could totally see Scorpius joining the Kkore so that he could finally get his revenge against the Scarrans. But from what I've seen posted here on scans_daily, comic!Scorpius also seems extremely concerned about personal power and glory, something that... in the TV series... he had always insisted did not motivate him.

Obviously I'm missing a lot of the context here, but it would be disappointing to find that now Scorpius is supposed to have been a typical self-aggrandizing villain all along.

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eggcrack: Gwen from Merlin (Rollin Gwen)


[personal profile] eggcrack
2010-12-18 05:25 pm UTC (link)
Must have this comic. Must have this comic!

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rordulum: (Harley - smile)


[personal profile] rordulum
2010-12-18 07:52 pm UTC (link)
Poor Sikozu.

I really liked her character when she was introduced. Right up until she got into that creepy relationship with Scorpius. It never really made sense to me.

I've not bothered with the Farscape comic, because it just depresses me to see what was a vibrant, quirky tv show be reduced to 2D images, drawn by average comic book artists.

Is Sikozu back on Moya, or is that another Leviathan? And she seems to have gone back to her pre-Peacekeeper Wars, pre-fetish look, which is a good thing.

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