hughes: (Heroes: NATHAN vs. NATHAN)
Erin (La Cidiana) ([personal profile] hughes) wrote2008-12-15 11:07 pm

re: Heroes winter finale

It seems that both of my favorite characters have degenerated into one-dimensional shells of their former selves, sacrificed as plot devices for a murky story and a desperate theme that has been shoved so far down our collective throats that it's somewhere in my gut right now. And that's where it hurts when I see these fictional people I adore mangled for no good reason and in ways from which there is no recovery – deep in my gut.

I feel so incredibly stupid getting worked up over a show and becoming an unpleasantly angry person in the aftermath. I hate being that person on your flist who can't shut up about how much they dislike something even as they continue indulging in it, so I figure maybe I'll do what I should – quit watching for good this time. Maybe Bryan Fuller can save the show as a whole, but he sure as hell can't save Nathan and Sylar.

So I quit. Nathan's the reason I got into the show, but apparently, he doesn't exist in it anymore. Unless of course that guy in season 1 whose ultimate decision was the crux of the entire climax and the guy in season 2 who desperately searched for redemption because of his past deeds and grief over his brother's death would actually magically become so dead-set on a goal presented to him a couple of days before that he would completely forget everything for which he was willing to give up his literal life just a few months ago and become so desperate for the political power he already rejected that he'd ruin people's lives as part of a temper tantrum. This isn't me being pissed about OTP-breaking. This is me being confused about how the fuck this person presented to me is in any way supposed to be the character I love.

But I guess, in Heroes-land, a multi-faceted character must be turned into an embodiment of their single most superficial and thus obvious characteristic in the interest of fitting as many comic book clichés as the writers can possibly come up with. Fuck. this. shit. But hey, maybe I'll come crawling back like I always do. Crawl back and come away crying. :(

In other news that should probably be more important, I am up at Lake Tahoe and looking forward to skiing. SNOW. This is such a novelty for me. :X

[identity profile] tinted-glass.livejournal.com 2008-12-16 09:13 am (UTC)(link)
I will carry the torch in your stead, because I am totally that person on your flist who can't shut up about how much she dislikes something even as she continues indulging in it.

ALTHOUGH I AM SAD TO SEE YOU GO, AND SADDER STILL that the show has turned your favorite characters into UNACCEPTABLE SHELLS of their once glorious selves.

But I guess, in Heroes-land, a multi-faceted character must be turned into an embodiment of their single most superficial and thus obvious characteristic in the interest of fitting as many comic book clichés as the writers can possibly come up with.
THIS. Yes. And the writers do not respect the intelligence of their audience AT ALL. They verbalize themes so blatantly in their dialogue I feel like I'm being hammered to death.

Ugh. I wish I could stop right along with you, but I seem to have developed tragic emotional attachment to Ando and I cannot abandon him now that he is ~special~ for the very fact that I MUST SEE FOR MYSELF how they will ruin him what will become of him next, and his relationship with Hiro. Baw.

PS: SNOW, PLZ TO BE ENJOYING FOR ME.