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A thought on AtS...
It just occurred to me:
- Kate finds out that her buddy, Angel, who's helped her out several times, used to be all evil and soulless, and promptly decides he's horrible and couldn't possibly have changed.
- Justine finds out about this vampire, Angel, who's apparently good now, even though he used to be all evil and soulless, and promptly decides he's horrible and couldn't possibly have changed.
...and for some reason, I'm cheering Kate on, and think that Justine needs to grow up and stop deluding herself.
It's a weird contradiction.
Does anyone else do that?
- Kate finds out that her buddy, Angel, who's helped her out several times, used to be all evil and soulless, and promptly decides he's horrible and couldn't possibly have changed.
- Justine finds out about this vampire, Angel, who's apparently good now, even though he used to be all evil and soulless, and promptly decides he's horrible and couldn't possibly have changed.
...and for some reason, I'm cheering Kate on, and think that Justine needs to grow up and stop deluding herself.
It's a weird contradiction.
Does anyone else do that?
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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.