(Obviously I've spent way too much time thinking about the fake science of a TV show meant for teenagers.)
So has everyone else on DW and LJ (not to mention FB) (maybe not with Rosewell, but they've done it with Doctor Who, the Good Place, and Buffy and other things...and seriously there's no difference.) In other words, You're in very good company. ;-)
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.
Sort of like an overcharged battery? Yeah, I was thinking something similar. You did a better job of articulating it. I think Liz keeps overcharging his batteries and not providing him with much of an outlet to release them. (LOL!) And I think you're right the electronmagnetic or biomagnetic energy that humans have and he somehow clicks into or absorbs or something is usually not that big a deal since it's a small town. But when someone is angry or he cares deeply for them -- it can overcharge him?
He tells her at different points that she's sort of overcharged him. That he's been like a tornado since he saved her. And Liz sort of leads him on a bit -- stating she'll kiss him and has feelings, then suddenly doesn't have them and accuses him of murder. Not to mention his siblings - Isobel and Michael are giving Liz a hard time and are in his face about it. I think this sort of overcharging the battery -- and to date the only release is his partner, and well he can only go so far there.
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.
While I had issues with Vamp Diaries, I will give Plec credit for not dragging out the relationship emo angst. The Stefan/Elena/Damon love triangle wasn't drawn out indefinitely (unlike Buffy). The woman made a choice. Women writers and show-runners seem to get this. The male writers are under this insane impression that romantic should be drawn out in a will-they-or-won't-they dynamic forever. (SMH).
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Date: 2019-02-03 08:09 pm (UTC)So has everyone else on DW and LJ (not to mention FB) (maybe not with Rosewell, but they've done it with Doctor Who, the Good Place, and Buffy and other things...and seriously there's no difference.)
In other words, You're in very good company. ;-)
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.
Sort of like an overcharged battery? Yeah, I was thinking something similar. You did a better job of articulating it. I think Liz keeps overcharging his batteries and not providing him with much of an outlet to release them. (LOL!) And I think you're right the electronmagnetic or biomagnetic energy that humans have and he somehow clicks into or absorbs or something is usually not that big a deal since it's a small town. But when someone is angry or he cares deeply for them -- it can overcharge him?
He tells her at different points that she's sort of overcharged him. That he's been like a tornado since he saved her. And Liz sort of leads him on a bit -- stating she'll kiss him and has feelings, then suddenly doesn't have them and accuses him of murder. Not to mention his siblings - Isobel and Michael are giving Liz a hard time and are in his face about it. I think this sort of overcharging the battery -- and to date the only release is his partner, and well he can only go so far there.
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.
While I had issues with Vamp Diaries, I will give Plec credit for not dragging out the relationship emo angst. The Stefan/Elena/Damon love triangle wasn't drawn out indefinitely (unlike Buffy). The woman made a choice. Women writers and show-runners seem to get this. The male writers are under this insane impression that romantic should be drawn out in a will-they-or-won't-they dynamic forever. (SMH).