It's interesting you mention the messy consent issue below - that's something I understand why you'd be seriously ewwwwed about it. It made me think about it a bit. I think the reason I don't immediately get that squick from this situation is that I end up thinking about it a bit more like a double agent even though that's still...messy. So like, in Alias, I'm not sure there were messy consent issues with Laura and Jack Bristow, even though there was a heaping amount of betrayal? I'm not particularly convinced I'm on the right side of this but it's interesting, nonetheless, to consider my response.
See, I still like Altlivia! I get that she's not necessarily an easy character to like, and I take your point about your personal limit of Grey, but I think, for me, I'm relieved she's not pure mustache twirling evil, mainly because that means there's no pure mustache twirling evil in Ourlivia. Like, I don't know how I'd react to that being a possible thing that exists somewhere in her?
But I could deal with a pure evil Walter much easier (I mean eviler even than Walternate, in whom we see occasional sparks of compassion or self-reflection and with regard to whom we at least have a lot of information on WHY he became how he is). Mainly because I'm already comfortable with the fact there's a really twisted, cruel, dark side to Walter; it's in his character, so I can see that extended out to the mustache twirling villain?
I tell you what, maybe every time I like Altlivia, I can put on a some fake mustachios and twirl them and laugh maniacally? If it would make you feel more comfortable? Or you felt like providing me with an excuse to wear fake mustachios and pretend to have an evil scheme? ;)
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Date: 2010-11-18 10:44 pm (UTC)See, I still like Altlivia! I get that she's not necessarily an easy character to like, and I take your point about your personal limit of Grey, but I think, for me, I'm relieved she's not pure mustache twirling evil, mainly because that means there's no pure mustache twirling evil in Ourlivia. Like, I don't know how I'd react to that being a possible thing that exists somewhere in her?
But I could deal with a pure evil Walter much easier (I mean eviler even than Walternate, in whom we see occasional sparks of compassion or self-reflection and with regard to whom we at least have a lot of information on WHY he became how he is). Mainly because I'm already comfortable with the fact there's a really twisted, cruel, dark side to Walter; it's in his character, so I can see that extended out to the mustache twirling villain?
I tell you what, maybe every time I like Altlivia, I can put on a some fake mustachios and twirl them and laugh maniacally? If it would make you feel more comfortable? Or you felt like providing me with an excuse to wear fake mustachios and pretend to have an evil scheme? ;)