I always think I'm going to hate it when someone is killed off that I like, but usually in the shows I watch they do the death well enough that I don't - I feel gutted, but I can still enjoy the show and the drama.
Yes. And it has seemed likely to me for some time that Tosh was slated to die this year - I'm not sure exactly why I thought that; maybe a sense that they didn't know where to go with the character. If it was up to me she'd have got her own show with a title something like "The Adventures of Toshiko, Hot Bi Alien Catcher" but I could tell they weren't thinking along those lines.
The only time I can think of that I really hated and was so furious about was in Highlander: Endgame, and that was because it felt like a betrayal of the character in the way it happened.
I don't remember much about what happened in Highlander: Endgame. I don't even remember who died. Was it Connor Macleod?
The TV death that I felt was an abominable betrayal of both character and show was that of Krycek in X-Files.
I thought Tosh had an amazing death, and Owen too. So though it hurts, I don't hate it.
I agree. I love the scene where he was railing against death.
Though Jack's attitude may also be as a result of the things he has lived through as much as his cultural upbringing.
He certainly does seem to be a 'think for yourself' kind of guy, even though he has modelled so much of his attitude on that of the Doctor - but always, always in his own way. I'm sure he has picked up all sorts of things - widsom, philosophy, patience - in his time travelling. More than he even realizes, I think.
Interesting now that his tarot card was so clearly a knight in armour.
Oh, yes - how true! I hadn't made that connection, but it's true, and I love it.
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Re: part 1
Date: 2008-04-07 07:28 pm (UTC)Yes. And it has seemed likely to me for some time that Tosh was slated to die this year - I'm not sure exactly why I thought that; maybe a sense that they didn't know where to go with the character. If it was up to me she'd have got her own show with a title something like "The Adventures of Toshiko, Hot Bi Alien Catcher" but I could tell they weren't thinking along those lines.
The only time I can think of that I really hated and was so furious about was in Highlander: Endgame, and that was because it felt like a betrayal of the character in the way it happened.
I don't remember much about what happened in Highlander: Endgame. I don't even remember who died. Was it Connor Macleod?
The TV death that I felt was an abominable betrayal of both character and show was that of Krycek in X-Files.
I thought Tosh had an amazing death, and Owen too. So though it hurts, I don't hate it.
I agree. I love the scene where he was railing against death.
Though Jack's attitude may also be as a result of the things he has lived through as much as his cultural upbringing.
He certainly does seem to be a 'think for yourself' kind of guy, even though he has modelled so much of his attitude on that of the Doctor - but always, always in his own way. I'm sure he has picked up all sorts of things - widsom, philosophy, patience - in his time travelling. More than he even realizes, I think.
Interesting now that his tarot card was so clearly a knight in armour.
Oh, yes - how true! I hadn't made that connection, but it's true, and I love it.