well... for me, it comes from the fact that Kate Lockley was written as a complicated, flawed, INTERESTING character; whereas Justine was written as a manipulated, one-track-minded, BORING victim.
Tragic that it should be so, but in dramas, victims are usually the boring characters, whereas the ones who fight back, and try to take control of their lives, no matter how imcomprehensible they may seem.
In my mind, I'm also seeing a Spike v. Angel dynamic here as well. Angel was always giving in to his destiny, where Spike was fighting it; just as Kate & Justine were doing.
It's one of the reasons that S5 of AtS despite all the wonderful Spike-itudiness (& the Big Fight Win!!! & Smile Time), really doesn't work, because it seemed as if their roles were almost completely reversed.
Not scientific, but it's the way my brain works on the subject.
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Date: 2009-10-30 05:25 pm (UTC)well... for me, it comes from the fact that Kate Lockley was written as a complicated, flawed, INTERESTING character; whereas Justine was written as a manipulated, one-track-minded, BORING victim.
Tragic that it should be so, but in dramas, victims are usually the boring characters, whereas the ones who fight back, and try to take control of their lives, no matter how imcomprehensible they may seem.
In my mind, I'm also seeing a Spike v. Angel dynamic here as well. Angel was always giving in to his destiny, where Spike was fighting it; just as Kate & Justine were doing.
It's one of the reasons that S5 of AtS despite all the wonderful Spike-itudiness (& the Big Fight Win!!! & Smile Time), really doesn't work, because it seemed as if their roles were almost completely reversed.
Not scientific, but it's the way my brain works on the subject.
Still under Willow & Tara's spell,
Ray.