Interesting take on how the women have died v. the men. I don't know if your are reading too much into it. If the Pres of something over at Warner Bros can declare no more movies with female leads, then it certainly possible sexism has played a part in their deaths.
I wasn't in the meetings between SWC and the powers that be so I have no idea what happened. I've read an account of what happened. I can't help but feel like despite all their 'we did this and we did that' that it didn't have to end like this. I get it. PB is a brutal show. The show breaks your heart. And I'm a shipper so I'll take it harder than someone who didn't like M/S or didn't like Sara or SWC even still if you can feel like it was wrong, then it must be wrong on some level.
Reading the interviews made it clear why her death came so soon and so abruptly-- SWC gave them very little to work with.
But pushing the M/S in S2 (and keep in mind that I always found it really sudden and ridiculous) and then preemptively deciding that for S3 to work Sara had to die... it smacks of a failure to EVER think long-term in the story and character arc, and they made her death worse by how much they inflated the relationship in S2. Guaranteeing that the M/S fans they catered to and in some cases created are going to be REALLY pissed off at them
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Reading your response makes me think that the writers on some level were like, "If we thought it was kick-ass to 'kill' Sara off at the end of S1, think how much more kick-ass to really do it in S3." While I can't say that I disagree with the logic, it doesn't feel right. And probably for the reasons you said regarding not thinking of a long-term story and character arc. And IMO, so far that evident in regards to a lot of things in S3.
Here would have been a novel idea for S3: have the story arc being Lincoln returns a freakin' favor for a change and he has to break MICHAEL out (because SONA's a deadly place if I ever saw one). That provides motivation for both characters (Michael trying to help Lincoln help him, Lincoln actually deserving some of Michael's devotion for a change) and also balances out the brother relationship more. Not to mention making DP work harder for a paycheck than unbuttoning his shirt a little. ;) Even as a shipper, I found Sara being kidnapped along with LJ ridiculous. Why not just LJ? Not enough motivation
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Here would have been a novel idea for S3: have the story arc being Lincoln returns a freakin' favor for a change and he has to break MICHAEL out
Funnily enough, I thought that was going to be the plot for this season. I could've sworn I'd read or saw an interview with DP or someone else about how in S3 Michael was going to land back in jail and Lincoln was going to have to break him out. Which would've been so much more interesting, if only for the fact that it would put more pressure on Lincoln this time to get Michael out, rather than a retread of S1.
Which would've been so much more interesting, if only for the fact that it would put more pressure on Lincoln this time to get Michael out, rather than a retread of S1. Yes-- it would have been balance, both in the story and also in their relationship (which has been awfully one-sided from what we an see). Plus, what must they be smoking to think repeating Season 1 is the answer?
I tell you, if you haven't read my S3 CrackFic, you should. Because at this point, the show really deserves that kind of lampooning. :0
I wasn't in the meetings between SWC and the powers that be so I have no idea what happened. I've read an account of what happened. I can't help but feel like despite all their 'we did this and we did that' that it didn't have to end like this. I get it. PB is a brutal show. The show breaks your heart. And I'm a shipper so I'll take it harder than someone who didn't like M/S or didn't like Sara or SWC even still if you can feel like it was wrong, then it must be wrong on some level.
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But pushing the M/S in S2 (and keep in mind that I always found it really sudden and ridiculous) and then preemptively deciding that for S3 to work Sara had to die... it smacks of a failure to EVER think long-term in the story and character arc, and they made her death worse by how much they inflated the relationship in S2. Guaranteeing that the M/S fans they catered to and in some cases created are going to be REALLY pissed off at them ( ... )
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Here would have been a novel idea for S3: have the story arc being Lincoln returns a freakin' favor for a change and he has to break MICHAEL out (because SONA's a deadly place if I ever saw one). That provides motivation for both characters (Michael trying to help Lincoln help him, Lincoln actually deserving some of Michael's devotion for a change) and also balances out the brother relationship more. Not to mention making DP work harder for a paycheck than unbuttoning his shirt a little. ;)
Even as a shipper, I found Sara being kidnapped along with LJ ridiculous. Why not just LJ? Not enough motivation ( ... )
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Funnily enough, I thought that was going to be the plot for this season. I could've sworn I'd read or saw an interview with DP or someone else about how in S3 Michael was going to land back in jail and Lincoln was going to have to break him out. Which would've been so much more interesting, if only for the fact that it would put more pressure on Lincoln this time to get Michael out, rather than a retread of S1.
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Yes-- it would have been balance, both in the story and also in their relationship (which has been awfully one-sided from what we an see). Plus, what must they be smoking to think repeating Season 1 is the answer?
I tell you, if you haven't read my S3 CrackFic, you should. Because at this point, the show really deserves that kind of lampooning. :0
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