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Hi! Im new! So sorry if its already been talked about.. But I think there might be a significance in Alex's new clothes..

I mean the last 2 series it's all been red, blue and white (very nautical - maybe symbolises the boat she was shot on). But in the pictures for series 3 she is wearing A LOT of black.

Maybe she's dead. Or to go totally mental. Molly maybe died and something might have happened at the funeral (Layton turns up and shoots her again/ or gets ran over by funeral car) and gets taken back to 1983.

Just a suggestion

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You're right, there is a lot of black and yes it has been talked about, have a quick search on the forum and see what you can find Although I don't think we've got a dedication thread to it yet

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I reckon her clothes could have some significance-everything is significant- in series 1 they were bold and bright colours because the series had a light feeling to it and she wasn't really taking it seriously. in series 2 the colours were a bit more muted because the series was darker and she is taking it more seriously.

I like your idea that all the black is signifying the death of someone. Maybe this series is getting even darker

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I am now thinking Molly is all sorts of dead; but there's one problem with the rest of it: Alex isn't back in 2008 at the end of S2. Not really. It's a coma-within-a-coma (DVD commentary confirms this). Chances are, Alex will simply wake back up in 1983.

As for her wearing a lot of black in this coming series: What if it just means she is now completely enveloped in this "alternate world" (for lack of better phrasing), which -- to her -- would be a happier, safer place to be than the modern world?

If you remember Series 1, the Bowie Clown is seen wearing all white (and is a menancing figure). Usually, white represents life; however, if you also recall, Alex's father morphed into the Clown before the bomb exploded and killed him and Caroline. In the context of A2A, white could also represent her modern world -- a world where her parents are long dead, and so is her daughter (in all likelihood); a dead daughter is a reality Alex would not want to accept. It would mean that, in all likelihood, she would have no one waiting for her back in 2008.

On the other hand, Gene wears a lot of dark colours, most notably his black trench coat. Ultimately, Alex comes to believe that Gene is her "constant" -- always there. When she watches her parents' death in 1x08, it is Gene she sees escoring her younger self away, not to mention all the times he has rescued adult!Alex throughout the series. Ray also noted that being/staying with "the Guv" was "the best place to be". In Series 2, Martin Summers is also seen in black; but he starts out as menacing, then becomes downright creepy. Here, I think he's meant to be dressed similarly to Gene because MS is meant to be "the wolf in sheep's clothes" (Gene being the "true" sheep...I know it's a strange metaphor, but it's the best I can come up with right now ;)). The other important bit of Series 2? Alex, at times, is forgetting her modern life.

By Series 3, could it be that she'll have completely forgotten about it, and, as a bit of a side effect (or something), starts wearing a lot of black? (You may also know there's a theory that Gene and co. are also in comas, but they've been in this other world for so long they've forgotten about their past lives.)

Another thing about black itself: Although it represents death, it's also a colour of mystery and power.

I definitely agree with your idea shelly, in one the pics Dean posted on Twitter Keeley/Alex was wearing a red blouse,
red can mean love, Fire, Blood

I'm sure we have mentioned this in another thread but it's such a good topic it definately deserves a thread of it's own.

Yes you're right, it's interesting how we've gone from the white jacket etc to the black for series 3. The contrast and meanings of white and black showing up yet again.

I'm still not notcing much red in the pics we have seen from series 3...............Hmmmmmmmmm....

I've just thought of something.

Alex's White jacket was supposed to sybolise that she was good and uncorruptable. She couldn't go against Gene.

For series 3 what if the change to black is a hint that she will have to betray Gene and "go bad" to get home?

In Ashes White has always meant good and Black bad.

THis would also explain why we seem to have the lack of white jacket...If black represents the world, then her white jacket represented 2008

Im gonna miss that jacket.. Like loads :(
It really should get one last viewing.

Using my 'common sense of a grain weavel'.. rantandrumour?Are you a writer on fanfiction? If you are.. Your stories are the best! x