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Post by snacky on Sept 11, 2014 18:29:56 GMT
It's a myth that absinthe causes hallucinations. It was started by the wine industry when drinking absinthe became popular. They wanted to scare people off as they weren't drinking enough wine for the wineries liking. Just being drunk can cause distorted perception/memory, though. William should have no tolerance for alcohol at all. Also note the entire scene was shot in a dream-like way. I've always interpreted that as putting them in "absinthe time" as opposed to "proper Victorian time". But maybe we should question how much of that time was remembered accurately? |
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Post by snacky on Sept 11, 2014 18:31:40 GMT
lol, the other thing that bothered me about the "living in your head" line is it always throws me out of MM and into an older TV show called The Profiler. The original Profiler woman was always claiming to be "living in her head". I don't think Julia lives in her head now, she's grown and can now communicate her feelings. Note her comment at the end of Dead End Street. Yes, I think she was mainly indicating that she understood William was living in his: either from her observations of William or what he had confessed to her while they were drinking. Of course she does have her fantasies, too! |
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Post by snacky on Sept 11, 2014 18:35:37 GMT
She better watch out or she will end up with a cheesy mustache! haha, remember Sam's line about "Don't look at the bookshelves!"
Help me, which line? *is confused* Pete had earlier made some remarks about people being over-organized, so when Sam invited him into her house, she warned him not to look at the bookshelves while they were kissing. (Her books were all alphabetized and color-coded or something). |
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Post by snacky on Sept 11, 2014 18:37:11 GMT
Thats it! Julia needs to find a way to get William drunk. That unleashes hidden William, and that's why William doesn't drink-it's his kryptonite!Yes! Though I suspect William is more afraid of becoming like his father than unleashing the beast. Though he may be afraid of that too. Hmm, in that case getting William drunk could be the worst thing you could do to him. |
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Post by snacky on Sept 11, 2014 18:39:12 GMT
It's a myth that absinthe causes hallucinations. It was started by the wine industry when drinking absinthe became popular. They wanted to scare people off as they weren't drinking enough wine for the wineries liking. By the way, I got some more for my bday, though it seems like it's more of a mixed liquor: www.absinthematahari.com/This time it will come out green, though. |
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Post by snacky on Sept 11, 2014 18:40:41 GMT
Yes! Though I suspect William is more afraid of becoming like his father than unleashing the beast. Though he may be afraid of that too. That's a good point, and why I'd like to see something shocking about William's past this season. Hmm maybe William is afraid of becoming like his father not because of something his father did but because of something William did while drunk? |
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Post by snacky on Sept 11, 2014 18:46:02 GMT
Oh, I think it happened and I also think that Julia was living inside her head, up to that point. They allowed the alcohol to take over and she realized what had been unleashed. Btw, I've seen that first kiss several times recently and I have to say what a lovely sweet, tentative kiss it was, just perfect! I know! They both had this nervous "are we really going to do this?" look of awe just before she closed the gap. I love that first one, and I'm not questioning the reality of that one at all! Julia does have to reel in that first one, though. In the latter part of the evening (fuzzily remembered?) William is quite the Casanova. But Julia also has to ask him to stop, which can't sit too comfortably in his memory. |
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Post by Hodge on Sept 11, 2014 18:46:11 GMT
That's a good point, and why I'd like to see something shocking about William's past this season. Hmm maybe William is afraid of becoming like his father not because of something his father did but because of something William did while drunk? I noticed in Murdoch of the Klondike he wasn't averse to having a drink, at least while he was 'Call of the Wild' William. As soon as the suit went on he was back to water. |
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Post by Hodge on Sept 11, 2014 18:48:35 GMT
That's a good point, and why I'd like to see something shocking about William's past this season. Hmm maybe William is afraid of becoming like his father not because of something his father did but because of something William did while drunk? I was thinking more in terms of his father was an alcoholic and William was afraid to be come one as he'd witnessed how his father behaved. I wonder if that had anything to do with him becoming a policeman. |
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Post by snacky on Sept 11, 2014 18:49:04 GMT
Hmm maybe William is afraid of becoming like his father not because of something his father did but because of something William did while drunk? I noticed in Murdoch of the Klondike he wasn't averse to having a drink, at least while he was 'Call of the Wild' William. As soon as the suit went on he was back to water. hmm that might be sarsparilla in the flask. But I also agree he's a different person without the hat. I'll have to watch it again. |
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Post by snacky on Sept 11, 2014 18:52:49 GMT
Hmm maybe William is afraid of becoming like his father not because of something his father did but because of something William did while drunk? I was thinking more in terms of his father was an alcoholic and William was afraid to be come one as he'd witnessed how his father behaved. I wonder if that had anything to do with him becoming a policeman. I'm sure that's an important part of the back story in the Jennings universe, though in the book I read he seemed mainly embarrassed that his father showed up now that he had a decent life. The logging camp sin theories are a lot more fun, though! |
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Post by Hodge on Sept 11, 2014 18:53:47 GMT
I noticed in Murdoch of the Klondike he wasn't averse to having a drink, at least while he was 'Call of the Wild' William. As soon as the suit went on he was back to water. hmm that might be sarsparilla in the flask. But I also agree he's a different person without the hat. I'll have to watch it again. Looked like whiskey in the glass in the bar. |
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Post by snacky on Sept 11, 2014 18:57:29 GMT
Plus, he's comfortable with kissing her because they almost done sex! I'm not making the entire scene a fantasy - but it could have merged into fantasy somewhere along the road. We just don't know where the kissing stopped and the Casanova Fantasy began. Drunk!William may have just passed out into Julia's lap at some point.  |
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Post by snacky on Sept 11, 2014 18:58:14 GMT
hmm that might be sarsparilla in the flask. But I also agree he's a different person without the hat. I'll have to watch it again. Looked like whiskey in the glass in the bar. Whiskey looks the same as water! |
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Post by Hodge on Sept 11, 2014 19:01:08 GMT
I'm sure that's an important part of the back story in the Jennings universe, though in the book I read he seemed mainly embarrassed that his father showed up now that he had a decent life. The logging camp sin theories are a lot more fun, though! Yes and in the books his father was responsible for his mother's death even though he didn't actually kill her. I think if you're a detective it would be more than embarrassing for your father to be accused of murder. |
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