Fitz has one half of a homing beacon/tracker/two-way walkie talkie thing, with Triplett in possession of the other half: it was the last thing Fitz grabbed before they split up. The fact that they made a point of including that he took that would seem to hint that that's how they'll be found and rescued. More likely, they'll use the trapped-in-a-small-crate-sinking-to-the-bottom-of-the-ocean thing as an opportunity for Fitz to finally admit his feelings for Simmons straight-up and tie up one extra plot thread so there's none of that lingering relationship stuff for season 2. Whether this is before he remembers he has the tracker, thinking they're both going to die there and thinking "fuck it, why not," or right after he gets in contact with Triplett and realizes they're going to be okay, I don't know. But that's the most likely end result. They'll make it out of the crate...though that would literally be Fitz's last hanging plot thread being cut, so Bob might be right in thinking Fitz doesn't make it out of the finale alive. He's a nice enough character, but admittedly he isn't very relevant at this point.Sniper Team 4 said:Fitz and Simmons are both still alive. The plane was flying too low for the impact to have killed them, and I'm sure there's a homing device or something on it. They'll be fine. I will be shocked if that turns out to not be the case, but still, I highly doubt they'll kill either one of them.
That's the most likely explanation. The other option is that by having to use the rifle to kill the dog at range, he gave it a chance. He could have missed or lost sight before he had the shot. Similarly, he knows Coulson wouldn't send any of his people into harms way without a way out. As you said, the Bus was fairly low when Ward dropped the container, it's not as guaranteed a kill as he could have made it.Sniper Team 4 said:Ward couldn't bring himself to shoot Buddy up close because I mean, look at that face. They're trying to make Ward into a sympathetic villain (failing miserably for me, because I cannot forget all the people he killed). So, he fired the shot to have Buddy run off. He wasn't trying to scare him. Remember, when Ward shot the deer, Buddy took off to go look for it. Buddy just thought that he was going off on another hunt. That way, Ward wouldn't have to stare into the eyes of his the first thing that loved and trusted him and he stabs in the back.
I thought it was "he couldn't do it face to face". That's why he turns away, uses a scope, finds someway to avoid the personal touch when it's someone he cares about, even a little bit.PBMcNair said:That's the most likely explanation. The other option is that by having to use the rifle to kill the dog at range, he gave it a chance. He could have missed or lost sight before he had the shot. Similarly, he knows Coulson wouldn't send any of his people into harms way without a way out. As you said, the Bus was fairly low when Ward dropped the container, it's not as guaranteed a kill as he could have made it.
"If he dies, it'll only be for a bit, then he'll return in a new and exciting form." I love comics sometimes.Ickabod said:I really enjoy the write ups for the show, please keep doing them in season 2 (if there is a season 2). Question, if Fitz dies, who could he come back as?
I wasn't actually bothered by this. It didn't look fake, just pulp science, which totally works for this show. I haven't actually noticed any obvious budget cuts in some time, despite Bob's comments.Ward and Raina tend to Garrett's injuries, which involves popping open his rather delightfully cheesy-looking cyborg torso-plate and glowy techno-organs (ye gods, ABC, give these people some money for Season 2!)
The Fixer / Techno would be the more likely option. He has always been a SHIELD villain until he ended up with the Thunderbiolts. He premiered during the Steranko's run on Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD. Wizard is traditionally an FF villain and as the leader of the Frightful Four, is probably currently under Fox's control.thetoddo said:If they were going villain I could see Fitz as Wizard (a lot of Wizard's tricks are similar to tech Fitz has encountered/studied) or possibly Techno.
Like I said, avoiding the personal touch is the most likely option. I just notice that both with Buddy and Fitz/Simmons, he turned clean, guaranteed kills into... well less guaranteed kills. I suppose it depends on the properties of the container they were dropped in. Is it water-tight ? Will it float ? Is whatever was stored in it going move during the fall and injure someone ? Dropping them and flying off just seems so unprofessional.jabrwock said:I thought it was "he couldn't do it face to face". That's why he turns away, uses a scope, finds someway to avoid the personal touch when it's someone he cares about, even a little bit.
Snipped for brevity.Strain42 said:I'm pretty sure Fitz/Simmons are still alive. Didn't Tripp give him like a communication device with basically a GPS in it? (I thought that was the quarter we saw when he pulled out the EMP) so they'll probably be found and things will be fine.
I am thinking Tripp might die though. I don't have any real evidence to suggest this could happen, but I'm going off the conjecture that A. This is a Joss Whedon show, so SOMEONE has to die, and B. Tripp is fairly liked by audiences and by the characters. He's just big enough in the show that his death would have a good impact on the characters and the audience, but small enough to where his death won't have any super lasting effects on the show itself.
While there are no guarantees, I've seen many a show where characters like that tend to have a higher mortality rate. I'd name some examples, but that would be spoilers for several unrelated shows.
As for the whole Ward becoming Taskmaster thing, let me just say...NO, NO NO NO FUCK NOOOOOOO!!! That would be stupid beyond all belief! Now maybe I'm just a bit sensitive about this one because Taskmaster is actually one of my favorite comic book characters. I love Tony Masters, and I would love to see him in this show, but there is NO good reason to have Taskmaster and have it be Ward over Masters.
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As a small note, he DID try to make Fitz open the door. I'm assuming that the glass in the door was bulletproof so he couldn't shoot them and just standing outside waiting them out would be too time consuming so he didn't really have another way to kill them. I think that with Buddy it was so that he didn't have to see him face to face. As for Fitz and Simmons being able to survive, I think that is more because the show wants to keep them alive more so than Ward wanting to keep them alive.PBMcNair said:Like I said, avoiding the personal touch is the most likely option. I just notice that both with Buddy and Fitz/Simmons, he turned clean, guaranteed kills into... well less guaranteed kills. I suppose it depends on the properties of the container they were dropped in. Is it water-tight ? Will it float ? Is whatever was stored in it going move during the fall and injure someone ? Dropping them and flying off just seems so unprofessional.jabrwock said:I thought it was "he couldn't do it face to face". That's why he turns away, uses a scope, finds someway to avoid the personal touch when it's someone he cares about, even a little bit.