Michael Samuelle may be many things, but he's not a hypocrite.
Absolutely. Working by Michael's standards, he's a very honest guy. He never pretends to be what he isn't (save on missions, in which case it's, ya know, part of the job).
Being where you are, you're probably not familiar with American Amish. They're a small religious group, basically living by 18th C standards (no electricity or phones, etc). Looking from the outside, people are often confused - they don't drive? But they can be in a car? Aren't cars evil? But within the Amish standards, it's perfectly logical: cars aren't evil, it's the freedom from the community that cars allow that's unacceptable. It's perfectly fine to ride in a neighbor's car (or eat at McDonald's, or use credit cards), just not to own one. That's how I see Michael. From outside standards, he's a cruel, manipulative, emotionally remote assassin. But by his standards? He does what's necessary and does no more. My memory is flawed here - does he ever outright lie to Nikita? He implies, he lies-by-omission... but does he ever really lie to her? He does what he has to do, but he doesn't play mind games just for fun.
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Date: 2005-11-27 05:12 pm (UTC)Absolutely. Working by Michael's standards, he's a very honest guy. He never pretends to be what he isn't (save on missions, in which case it's, ya know, part of the job).
Being where you are, you're probably not familiar with American Amish. They're a small religious group, basically living by 18th C standards (no electricity or phones, etc). Looking from the outside, people are often confused - they don't drive? But they can be in a car? Aren't cars evil? But within the Amish standards, it's perfectly logical: cars aren't evil, it's the freedom from the community that cars allow that's unacceptable. It's perfectly fine to ride in a neighbor's car (or eat at McDonald's, or use credit cards), just not to own one. That's how I see Michael. From outside standards, he's a cruel, manipulative, emotionally remote assassin. But by his standards? He does what's necessary and does no more. My memory is flawed here - does he ever outright lie to Nikita? He implies, he lies-by-omission... but does he ever really lie to her? He does what he has to do, but he doesn't play mind games just for fun.