That’s a very good point, and I do agree Mary is meant to be a figure we cheer on despite being somewhat flawed (and she’s also the leading female, so obviously more time is spent on her than other characters), but as with my love for Mary’s flaws, I find flaws and that nastier side to the inner world of an Edwardian house really interesting, I like when you get to see the villain/antagonist’s side of things, because it’s never just black and white. You’re right though, and what happens to those characters in s2 is one of the things I’m most excited for, since, like you say, now there’s time for some progression in them.
I agree re: they weren’t shown as *completely* 1D, the intrigue of the slight hints we got at other sides to them is probably why I like them so much. But especially with Thomas, I felt like after the first episode any other side to him was pretty much ignored, which I’m not saying is a massive flaw in the writing, since I still understood him as a character, but just a little something I’d liked to have seen. O’Brien was set up very well in the finale, so I was more satisfied with her character arc. Anyway, I’m sure s2 will make these nitpicks redundant! Can’t it just be here now!?
Haha! And luckily by the time they’ve all had their untimely demises, the person will be too hooked into the rest of it to mind! Definitely the actors are a hook, but yeah, I think it deeply resonates because it’s real, it really happened (or at least that’s why I’m always interested in war dramas), you get a diverse range of characters all forced to be together and be very close, and it’s also got that heroic story arc that I think it’s in human nature to want to follow. They’re ordinary people who managed to be heroic at times, and that kind of journey always hooks people because it takes us out of ourselves and our own lives, but it’s also not all too distant.
I agree re: they weren’t shown as *completely* 1D, the intrigue of the slight hints we got at other sides to them is probably why I like them so much. But especially with Thomas, I felt like after the first episode any other side to him was pretty much ignored, which I’m not saying is a massive flaw in the writing, since I still understood him as a character, but just a little something I’d liked to have seen. O’Brien was set up very well in the finale, so I was more satisfied with her character arc. Anyway, I’m sure s2 will make these nitpicks redundant! Can’t it just be here now!?
Haha! And luckily by the time they’ve all had their untimely demises, the person will be too hooked into the rest of it to mind! Definitely the actors are a hook, but yeah, I think it deeply resonates because it’s real, it really happened (or at least that’s why I’m always interested in war dramas), you get a diverse range of characters all forced to be together and be very close, and it’s also got that heroic story arc that I think it’s in human nature to want to follow. They’re ordinary people who managed to be heroic at times, and that kind of journey always hooks people because it takes us out of ourselves and our own lives, but it’s also not all too distant.
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