fridginators
Oct 19th, 2012, 03:36 PM
Essentially, we all understand that if we don't hear somebody's narration then it's not guaranteed that they're going to live for much longer. It doesn't mean they will die, but it means that they can. So, based on what we know now, who is still alive in journal-writing world?
Saul
He may have been shot, but it was him narrating the whole Colony mission. He needs to write this all down sometime.
Michael
This one does not need any explanation at all. Michael is the linchpin of this story.
Burt
Burt hasn't had a pen or paper in five months, but he must have written about Chapter 23 and 24 (he narrated the former and remember the "And then there asses were fair game" bit in the Season 2 finale) at some point. He's alive in the future.
Puck
Bits here and there. I don't think he's narrated for a while, but I'm not sure if Michael made him write in a journal during Irwin. This might indicate him being with Michael in some place other than Irwin in the future, where they're writing again the keep sane.
Lizzy
I think, I could be wrong here, but I think she's been keeping hers in her Mallony experiences.
As a corollary, I'm now thinking: who have we definitely not heard from:
CJ
I don't think we've ever heard from her, save from that time that she was calling back to what happened to the Other Tower, but that was a flashback occurring in the present.
Victor
While I hope to fucking god that Victor doesn't die, we haven't heard from him ever either I don't think.
Tanya
Never wrote her own journal.
So then who have we heard in the past but haven't heard from in a while? These characters are still alive
Datu - We haven't heard narration unless I'm very much mistaken, we've just heard him and Hope in real time. Hope never kept a journal.
Riley - Just hasn't written in hers for a while it's seemed.
Pegs - Obviously we don't know about her atm. Kelly... did she ever narrate?
I think that's everyone. So, the people who we know for the moment are still alive are Michael, Puck, Burt, Saul and Lizzy. We have never heard from CJ, Victor and Tanya, but we never have anyway. So, these characters are no more expendable than they've been in the past - take that however you want. Whereas, the characters of Datu, Riley and Pegs (and perhaps Hope and Kelly), have not been heard from in a while, but we have heard from them in the past. So they might want to start writing soon lest they do an Angel.
That said, as NikVoodoo says, Riley and Pegs are inextricably linked to Scratch, so I think their fates are a bit more secure for now. Datu I just don't see dying any time soon either, along with Hope, and I actually hope Kelly doesn't. Still, who really knows? Nobody foresaw or wanted Angel to die really, but it happened. Kalani dying made sense, but Angel's death didn't in the same way. This world is rough, and it's not for the faint hearted, and it has never, ever been fair. If what I've written has been accurate, then at least we have a better idea of what to expect.
Saul
He may have been shot, but it was him narrating the whole Colony mission. He needs to write this all down sometime.
Michael
This one does not need any explanation at all. Michael is the linchpin of this story.
Burt
Burt hasn't had a pen or paper in five months, but he must have written about Chapter 23 and 24 (he narrated the former and remember the "And then there asses were fair game" bit in the Season 2 finale) at some point. He's alive in the future.
Puck
Bits here and there. I don't think he's narrated for a while, but I'm not sure if Michael made him write in a journal during Irwin. This might indicate him being with Michael in some place other than Irwin in the future, where they're writing again the keep sane.
Lizzy
I think, I could be wrong here, but I think she's been keeping hers in her Mallony experiences.
As a corollary, I'm now thinking: who have we definitely not heard from:
CJ
I don't think we've ever heard from her, save from that time that she was calling back to what happened to the Other Tower, but that was a flashback occurring in the present.
Victor
While I hope to fucking god that Victor doesn't die, we haven't heard from him ever either I don't think.
Tanya
Never wrote her own journal.
So then who have we heard in the past but haven't heard from in a while? These characters are still alive
Datu - We haven't heard narration unless I'm very much mistaken, we've just heard him and Hope in real time. Hope never kept a journal.
Riley - Just hasn't written in hers for a while it's seemed.
Pegs - Obviously we don't know about her atm. Kelly... did she ever narrate?
I think that's everyone. So, the people who we know for the moment are still alive are Michael, Puck, Burt, Saul and Lizzy. We have never heard from CJ, Victor and Tanya, but we never have anyway. So, these characters are no more expendable than they've been in the past - take that however you want. Whereas, the characters of Datu, Riley and Pegs (and perhaps Hope and Kelly), have not been heard from in a while, but we have heard from them in the past. So they might want to start writing soon lest they do an Angel.
That said, as NikVoodoo says, Riley and Pegs are inextricably linked to Scratch, so I think their fates are a bit more secure for now. Datu I just don't see dying any time soon either, along with Hope, and I actually hope Kelly doesn't. Still, who really knows? Nobody foresaw or wanted Angel to die really, but it happened. Kalani dying made sense, but Angel's death didn't in the same way. This world is rough, and it's not for the faint hearted, and it has never, ever been fair. If what I've written has been accurate, then at least we have a better idea of what to expect.