and YES YES YES to the Jack-hate. Part of my dislike of the character is exactly what you said - that he's such a stuck-up/pain-in-the-ass/I know what's right and what's wrong and you'd better live to my values and my expectations.
And part of it is simply that the writers have decided the audience loves Jack. Someone has an icon out there, it has a picture of Sawyer and the text reads "even in my ep it's all about Jack".
The writers seem to be working with the expectation that we all luuuuuuuuuuuuv Jack, we all luuuuuuuuuuuuuv Jack/Kate and we all want to see everything thru Jack's eyes.
Ya know? You've got 14 really interesting people there (which is reason #4,567 that I'm pissed we needed to bring in the other survivors). I don't want to just see Jack, watch Jack, root for Jack, care about Jack. I want to see the other characters' POV. I want to see their motivations, what they care about, how they feel, what their expectations, values and standards are: not just in relation to the AlmightyWonderfulJack.
errrrrr......... I ranted a bit, there. Sorry. Welcome back! I missed you!
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Date: 2005-10-17 03:14 pm (UTC)...
and YES YES YES to the Jack-hate. Part of my dislike of the character is exactly what you said - that he's such a stuck-up/pain-in-the-ass/I know what's right and what's wrong and you'd better live to my values and my expectations.
And part of it is simply that the writers have decided the audience loves Jack. Someone has an icon out there, it has a picture of Sawyer and the text reads "even in my ep it's all about Jack".
The writers seem to be working with the expectation that we all luuuuuuuuuuuuv Jack, we all luuuuuuuuuuuuuv Jack/Kate and we all want to see everything thru Jack's eyes.
Ya know? You've got 14 really interesting people there (which is reason #4,567 that I'm pissed we needed to bring in the other survivors). I don't want to just see Jack, watch Jack, root for Jack, care about Jack. I want to see the other characters' POV. I want to see their motivations, what they care about, how they feel, what their expectations, values and standards are: not just in relation to the AlmightyWonderfulJack.
errrrrr......... I ranted a bit, there. Sorry. Welcome back! I missed you!