[ SECRET POST #4677 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4677 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I seriously could not agree more.

I seem to be somewhat in the minority in that I greatly prefer serious, weighty, and somewhat dark shows. I like to feel a bit gutted, or at least winded, emotionally, by fiction. The kind of stuff that people tout as being purely entertainment doesn’t tend to actually entertain me. I get bored and then I get annoyed. I want something that sinks its teeth into me a little bit.

But the flip side, as you say, is that there has to be hope, in some amount and of some variety. I’m not interested in purely cynical, nihilistic storytelling. To me, it doesn’t feel challenging or impactful, it just feels lazy.

Also, with regard to BSG specifically, I…don’t necessarily think I’d call most of the characters anti-heroes? I think I’d call them heroic, flawed people who are pushed the the wall so hard and for so long that it’s a testament to their strength and underlying goodness that they retain an underlying core of person integrity and conscience. Which is maybe splitting hairs a little. And I mean, I like anti-heroes as well. But to me an anti-hero is someone who could reasonably be expected to be a better/kinder person than they are. Whereas I don’t really think most of the BSG crew can reasonably be expected to be better/kinder than they are. The fact that they keep trying, and retain some will to adhere to any sort of ethical code, is honestly really impressive on its own, given their circumstances.

[(Anonymous)]

I hated the way Roslin got shilled to infinity and Zarek was hit with the Villain Ball.

[(Anonymous)]

I agree about Zarek, that was disappointing. What do you mean about Roslyn getting shilled? I might agree with you, but I'm not sure what you're referring to.

It was not a perfect show, just a very good one.

[(Anonymous)]

Seconding this.

The BSG crew felt more human than, say, the characters in GoT or Walking Dead because they kept adamantly trying their best in an impossible situation instead of being given a "well the world sucks, go nuts" pass, and both the narrative and the other characters consistently held them accountable for whatever they'd done. And through it all, there was always hope.