Fringe Is A Love Story: Fun Valentine’s Week Contest for Art, Video and Writing.

It is often difficult to answer the question often posed by those that have never seen Fringe – “What’s it about?” Fringe is so many wonderful things, that a few minutes to explain just doesn’t do it justice. This show dares us to think beyond what is known to be possible. After all, Walter said that just because talking lions and flying monkeys have not been documented, does not mean that they don’t exist. He also once told Peter to open his mind before someone else did it for him. We have opened our minds, and we can use our hearts and imaginations to create the world we want.

The show challenges us to be more than who we are. To cross the line – to see how far we can go.

However, “Crossing the Line,” like many things in Fringe, has a double meaning.  Fringe can be summed up very simply: How far will you go to save someone you love?

From the start, Fringe shows how this is the case. We were introduced to Olivia Dunham, an FBI agent in a secret relationship with her partner, John Scott.  When John’s life was put in the balance, Olivia went above and beyond in her efforts to save him, flying to Iraq to drag reluctant Peter Bishop back with her so that she could receive help from his father,  Dr. Walter Bishop. Little did they know that they had met as children, because of what Walter and Bell had done to Olivia as a Cortexiphan trial subject. Little did they –and we- know that love would grow between the two hurt souls.

However, the “zero event” that started it all was revealed in the iconic episode, Peter. Walter risked a world in order to save another version of his son.  In Over There, Olivia crossed into the parallel universe, a hostile unknown world, because she believed Peter’s life was in danger.  After almost losing him, she realized that she had feelings for him. And finally was able to tell him, “You Belong with Me.”  In Lysergic Acid Diethylamide, Peter risked the unknown, by trying to find Olivia, lost in her own mind.

Some of the best examples come from characters other than our main Fringe Teams.

In Midnight, Nicholas Boone used his own spinal fluid to keep his wife alive.

In White Tulip, Alistair Peck repeatedly tried to go back in time to the moment that his fiancé was killed, hoping to save her.

In August, an Observer –despite their known unemotional nature- gave his life to save fated-to-die Christine Hollis, because he grew to love her over the course of her life.

In The Same Old Story, Dr. Penrose allowed his surrogate son to kill in order to stay alive.

And perhaps the ultimate expression of love came in The Day We Died, when Peter made a different choice in the machine,  essentially giving up his life in exchange for the lives of those he loved.  Now, tossed into a new time-line, his mission is to get back to the people he loves.

Ken Tucker from Entertainment Weekly said it best:

At its big, red, throbbing heart, the show tells the story of a love so powerful, it crosses universes.

 This week, the Fringenuity Team wants to celebrate that heartfelt sentiment. And we’ve come up with a fun event that will ask Fringe fans to do what they do best – creatively express their LOVE for the Fringe LOVE story.

We’re having a contest! 

Overall Rules

• The theme of the event is #FringeIsALoveStory.  We want to convey the love that fans have for all the types of love in the show.
• The contest is open internationally.
• Get Creative & Have Fun! It can be serious, humorous, whatever – just show us you had a good time making it.
• Make sure all submissions are your own and not made by someone else.
• Plagiarism of any kind will result in disqualification of entrant and all associated submissions. Please credit sources.
• You may submit entries to any multiple contests.

DEADLINE for all submissions  extended to 12am PST / February 18, 2012

We will announce the winners via Twitter, Facebook, and the Fringenuity website.

There are prizes for the winner of each category. Each winner may select either a mug, coaster set, or mousepad from the Warner Brothers Shop. We’ll pay for shipping anywhere.

Fan Video Rules

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