Can do! I'm marking the reviews in my journal for when there are spoilers for the original (hasn't been much of an issue), so you can totally read those, too.
(I'm wondering if his healing powers are connected to empathy, and that's part of the problem? Don't know.)
See, because of all the energy spikes when he gets upset, and the massive blowout when he finished healing Liz, I feel more like Max's powers are based on electromagnetic fields. Like, he naturally redistributes the amounts he runs into on a day-to-day basis, but he was so panicked about Liz that he collected way more than he needed, and it was more of an overload than a flatline when Michael and Isobel found him outside the diner. It means he could definitely kill someone, in my opinion, but it's basically supersized static build-up. He draws it in as a defense mechanism, and usually his defenses are pretty chill, because it's a small town, and while he's a Deputy, it's likely the build up from that is let out in things like, well, banging his partner. Because he's just continuing to get more and more upset -- ironically because of the energy -- the energy is out of control and unable to stabilize, so it just releases in giant releases that manifest in Max as strong emotions.
(Obviously I've spent way too much time thinking about the fake science of a TV show meant for teenagers.)
Oh, Julie Plec. She did manage to power through her plots (she's still doing it with Legacies), but the relationships were always a twisted mess and managed to stay that way. (...up to a point. Like, regular!Elena, even as a vampire, is in love with Damon, but if she gets off balance in some crazy way, then there's an issue -- also if Damon gets off balance in a crazy way, which is incredibly more common.) Actually, I totally take that back. If people are going to get together, they get together, and then the drama is in the relationship itself, rather than the obnoxious build up. Julie Plec for the win on writing things that don't drag out the emo -- at least in that way.
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Date: 2019-02-03 05:22 pm (UTC)Can do! I'm marking the reviews in my journal for when there are spoilers for the original (hasn't been much of an issue), so you can totally read those, too.
(I'm wondering if his healing powers are connected to empathy, and that's part of the problem? Don't know.)
See, because of all the energy spikes when he gets upset, and the massive blowout when he finished healing Liz, I feel more like Max's powers are based on electromagnetic fields. Like, he naturally redistributes the amounts he runs into on a day-to-day basis, but he was so panicked about Liz that he collected way more than he needed, and it was more of an overload than a flatline when Michael and Isobel found him outside the diner. It means he could definitely kill someone, in my opinion, but it's basically supersized static build-up. He draws it in as a defense mechanism, and usually his defenses are pretty chill, because it's a small town, and while he's a Deputy, it's likely the build up from that is let out in things like, well, banging his partner. Because he's just continuing to get more and more upset -- ironically because of the energy -- the energy is out of control and unable to stabilize, so it just releases in giant releases that manifest in Max as strong emotions.
(Obviously I've spent way too much time thinking about the fake science of a TV show meant for teenagers.)
Oh, Julie Plec. She did manage to power through her plots (she's still doing it with Legacies), but the relationships were always a twisted mess and managed to stay that way. (...up to a point. Like, regular!Elena, even as a vampire, is in love with Damon, but if she gets off balance in some crazy way, then there's an issue -- also if Damon gets off balance in a crazy way, which is incredibly more common.) Actually, I totally take that back. If people are going to get together, they get together, and then the drama is in the relationship itself, rather than the obnoxious build up. Julie Plec for the win on writing things that don't drag out the emo -- at least in that way.