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I am distracting myself from the realisation that, after writing solidly for over a week on trains, lunch breaks and the odd coffee break, I am not even halfway through the first draft of my yuletide story. I've never worried about getting something done in time before, but...
Anyway. From fannish5, If you could resurrect/bring back five characters, who would they be?
1. Gan, Blake's 7
I could make comments about the toll in later seasons, but let's start with S1, why don't we. I watched S1 and was astounded that we lost a major character so early on, and for no apparent gain. The earlier episodes didn't really give us much of an insight into his character, and there weren't any retrospectives after his death. Frankly, thinking about the rest of the characters, having Gan there might have cut out a lot of the melodrama.
2. Talia Winters, Babylon 5
There can be debate over whether or not she actually died, but I'm taking Bester's word on this one. Plus, bringing Control out definitely killed the original Talia, and if it counts for Fred/Ilyria, then it counts here. I liked Talia. If she'd stayed on we could have had a proper relationship with her and Ivanova, as opposed to a retrospective throw-away reflection. More importantly, she could have handled a lot of the plot stuff that Lyta otherwise carried, and then maybe we could have done without Byron? *crosses fingers*
3. Cyclops, X-Men: Last Stand
Because killing him off off-screen is just insulting. Also, it was pretty obvious that the only reason they killed him off is that they didn't know what to do with him in a film with Dark Phoenix. If we'd had Scott having to go up against Jean the film might have actually had some heart.
4. Data, ST: TNG
The writers didn't seem too convinced about this one, either. Data's death serves no purpose, and feels oddly out of place in that film. You take that away, and the film instantly feels more throw-away, something that needs to pick up on several points and work harder.
5. Jack Bristow, Alias
Because he's not dead. Obviously.
and one I wish hadn't:
Arnold J. Rimmer, Red Dwarf
Rimmer's just much better as a dead man. Having him be human again basically pushed the reset button and try to go back to pre-series level of interaction, which was really problematic for me as the rest of the characters had moved on. Can we bring back the hologrammatic version instead?
Anyway. From fannish5, If you could resurrect/bring back five characters, who would they be?
1. Gan, Blake's 7
I could make comments about the toll in later seasons, but let's start with S1, why don't we. I watched S1 and was astounded that we lost a major character so early on, and for no apparent gain. The earlier episodes didn't really give us much of an insight into his character, and there weren't any retrospectives after his death. Frankly, thinking about the rest of the characters, having Gan there might have cut out a lot of the melodrama.
2. Talia Winters, Babylon 5
There can be debate over whether or not she actually died, but I'm taking Bester's word on this one. Plus, bringing Control out definitely killed the original Talia, and if it counts for Fred/Ilyria, then it counts here. I liked Talia. If she'd stayed on we could have had a proper relationship with her and Ivanova, as opposed to a retrospective throw-away reflection. More importantly, she could have handled a lot of the plot stuff that Lyta otherwise carried, and then maybe we could have done without Byron? *crosses fingers*
3. Cyclops, X-Men: Last Stand
Because killing him off off-screen is just insulting. Also, it was pretty obvious that the only reason they killed him off is that they didn't know what to do with him in a film with Dark Phoenix. If we'd had Scott having to go up against Jean the film might have actually had some heart.
4. Data, ST: TNG
The writers didn't seem too convinced about this one, either. Data's death serves no purpose, and feels oddly out of place in that film. You take that away, and the film instantly feels more throw-away, something that needs to pick up on several points and work harder.
5. Jack Bristow, Alias
Because he's not dead. Obviously.
and one I wish hadn't:
Arnold J. Rimmer, Red Dwarf
Rimmer's just much better as a dead man. Having him be human again basically pushed the reset button and try to go back to pre-series level of interaction, which was really problematic for me as the rest of the characters had moved on. Can we bring back the hologrammatic version instead?