Flashbacks and narrative structure

[hedda62]

So I'm fascinated by narrative structure: the details and techniques whereby a story is presented. Flashbacks are now a pretty common means of getting at backstory on TV shows, but I think POI does them particularly well - the order in which they occur, the characters, that pretty blue. :)

Which flashbacks do you like most? Which do you think are the most clever? Evocative? Painful? Comments on how the show uses them? Anything else about narrative structure?

sexual orientation: headcanons?

[emef]

hey guys, in a Saint-Paul-on-the-road-to-Damascus-type flash, I have just realized we hadn't discussed this CRUCIAL POINT.

What are your headcanons re: sexual orientations (and/or sexual histories, and/or sexual behaviours, and/or libido)?

I mean, people regularly discuss re: John Reese's epic submissiveness, but do you think he's, I don't know, attracted to dudes all the time? Is he just attracted to authoritative people? Is he only Finch-sexual?

And in the show, Finch has demonstrated interest in people when they're clever, so do you think he is brain-sexual? And do you think he ever wanted to sleep with Nathan? Do you think ever wakes up in the morning and thinks "wow, I feel a lot gayer than usual today"?

Do you strongly disagree with all of this and believe Finch and Reese are All Heterosexuality All the Time?

TELL ALL, friends

EDIT: changed some of the wording