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me, sitting at the christmas dinner table: --and then helena comes back for sarah, which is incredibly important as it a. reasserts the important bond between them and b. demonstrates that helena is the only person who comes back for sarah, in sharp contrast to sarah being shoved into the hero's role for the other characters on the show. this is of course paralleling the other important scene from season 2, where helena -- after being shot by sarah -- essentially returns from the dead in order to
me, sitting at the christmas dinner table one year after making this post: --save sarah's life. this moment is introduced by kira (sarah's daughter) earnestly saying that sarah has a "guardian angel" -- referring to the origami angel that she gave sarah, which is the very next object seen onscreen. daniel, sarah's kidnapper and would-be torturer, immediately crumples up the angel and throws it away; this of course leaves an opening for helena to come in and replace it as sarah's guardian. helena is referred to frequently by characters on the show as an angel,
me, sitting at the christmas dinner table two years after making this post: whether avenging or angry -- but this is the first time we see her as a guardian, as a protector. we realize, along with sarah, that helena's intentions have changed and she is now willing to completely forsake her past life for sarah and the chance of being loved by sarah. sarah struggles to accept this for many reasons -- one of these reasons being, of course, that sarah (as our protagonist) has a difficult time with the idea of being saved. but helena, as her twin, operates in a unique space
me, sitting at the christmas dinner table three years after making this post: --of being able to protect the protector. although sarah's purpose within the narrative is to rescue everyone -- such is the role of the protagonist -- helena's narrative purpose (especially at this point in the show) is to rescue sarah. this brings us back to the second (and essential!) rescue of sarah by her sister. helena tells sarah that "people are missing us," signifying that
me, sitting at the christmas dinner table four years after making this post: --she understands both her own and sarah's narrative necessity. the people she speaks of are missing sarah, and they are also missing helena -- because helena will bring sarah back to them as sarah's guardian angel. what's interesting to note is that in the very end of the series, sarah is able to subvert their roles and guard helena--
me, sitting on a christmas zoom call five years after making this post: --from internal and external forces, by which i mean both threats from others and helena's own internalized self-loathing. this is interesting because sarah has been torn up by her own internal pain before, frequently refusing to believe in her own value, but through her growth over the course of the series has come to recognize and be capable of dealing with this self-doubt and self-loathing in both herself and helena. the transfer of heart's blood from
me, sitting on a new christmas zoom call six years after making this post: -- sarah's heart to helena's (mirrored!) heart shows a transfer of that incredible strength and demonstrates just how far these two have come -- from sarah shooting helena's heart to giving blood from her heart to helena's. sarah is protecting helena from the inside out, from her inner demons and her old pains (ie helena returning to self-harm due to the dire circumstances). sarah carries helena's weight out of the makeshift hospital setup and brings her somewhere private to give birth; the two of them leave that hospital room together, born again as sisters. this rebirth is later
me, sitting at the christmas dinner table seven years after making this post: --echoed with sarah's presence at helena's birth, where helena gives birth to twins. one season earlier, helena called sarah to tell her that she knew that the twins "would always have each other. like us." which recalled the times they had (and would continue to) save each other's lives. one could argue that helena's fierce protection of her children is also representative of how fiercely she wants to guard both sarah and her relationship with--
#Omg sharkodactyl#God bless u#How are u Still going this strong after all this time#Helena
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Krysten Ritter to Star in AMC’s ‘Orphan Black’ Follow-Up
The ‘Jessica Jones’ grad will also exec produce the 10-episode series, due in 2023.
www.hollywoodreporter.com|Lesley Goldberg

Orphan Black: Echoes is set in the world of the flagship series and is set in the new future. The show takes a deep dive into the exploration of the scientific manipulation of human existence. The series revolves around a group of women as they weave their way into each other’s lives and embark on a thrilling journey, unravelling the mystery of their identity and uncovering a wrenching story of love and betrayal. Ritter will star as Lucy, a woman with an unimaginable origin story who is trying to find her place in the world.

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I’m conflicted because:

A) This could be REALLY good and expand nicely on the existing lore. There’s a lot of potential to build out a fresh narrative based in Orphan Black’s universe, assuming they cast things well and put some solid scribes in the writing room. But this is always the most subjective/tenuous element with shows like this. 

B) This could be REALLY bad and try way too hard to re-capture the height of Clone Club’s zeitgeist. And if the new staff misses the mark on what made OB such a sleeper hit in the first place (female-led and bolstered by the exceptional performance of Maslany, a great genre take on queer representation, speculative/weird-as-fuck storytelling that kept people engaged) then it’s probably not going to fly well. Also long-standing fans might not join the new trip if the narrative doesn’t include or heavily feature original cast/characters (I personally won’t mind, assuming option A sticks a landing.). Edited to note: This SlashFilm article gets a tiny bit more specific on Echoes’ staff—John Fawcett will be returning as director and exec producer. So that’s a good sign.

C) A final automatic question will be: “Will Tatiana reprise her roles in some fashion”, and tbh I’m at the point where, though I deeply value the work she and the whole cast did on the original 5 seasons, I mostly just want the cast—especially Tatiana—to REST and MOVE ON. More than anything, as a fan of her work, I want Tatiana to be able to carve out a space for herself outside of the clone trope, which she is well in progress on with a bunch of great projects already under her belt, plus her induction into the MCU-verse coming up. A cameo would be awesome and perfect, but as far as leading it or being a major cast member, I’m personally not as invested in that. Would much rather see a solid up and coming/established actress take up a lead role (does Jodie Comer want another TV job lol) and then we can have the cool moment where Sarah Manning or Felix Dawkins show up and we all scream at our TV sets.

Plenty of time for things to manifest.

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