Charlie's moral core feels to me like it came from books. I love that idea since it's how I developed my own moral core...but I haven't really seen any evidence that there were books in her town. Miles also said to Nora in "Ghosts" - When was the last time you saw a library? As if they were very rare in the MR. I guess Miles and Bass didn't really groom education in their world. ;) Aaron appeared to be teaching w/o books...didn't he? Don't remember.
But this I TOTALLY agree with: she seemed incredibly sheltered, as if all her decisions were made in a vacuum. Until she left the village, none of her ideas about the world were tested and that's why she faces ethical dilemmas once they are. I still think she has one of the stronger moral cores on the show - Miles calls her "unusual" for it. They live in an incredibly dangerous place and to survive you must kill (for instance, many soldiers retain a moral core in the midst of their jobs); however, I do think Charlie's conception of morality seems to revolve around family rather than a strict sense of right and wrong. You protect and love your family at all costs - that's your goal in life. I think she wanted to save that scientist dude because she saw a parallel to her own family. (Now that I think about this, it's not such a different vision of morality than Rachel has...uh oh!)
Can we talk about her relationship with Jason for a minute, particularly since Buttercup isn't a fan? *snorts* Someone else take that one on. I think I'm just a little too old to get into Jason - he's too boy bandy for me. I'm such a cynic that if I'm going to get into young love, it needs some quintessential innocence about it to rope me in. Charlie has a charming purity about her I dig; Jason zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. *drools self awake* Wha? What happened?
Ha, swear I'd not read down this far. My theory fits though, not books but stories from books. Charlie's desire for adventure, to go to all those places on her postcards, would fit well with a kid raised on stories like Star Wars and Lord of the Rings?
I do wonder if Ben had some sort of ... tool... like Doctor Wallace to protect his town. For being on the outskirts (? it's all 'vaguely in the middle :D) of the Monroe Republic, they seemed very comfortably off. They were wary when the militia arrived - but Charlie seemed stunned by the discovery there were bandits. (I still think it would have better if she'd grown up seeing the militia as a good thing, who protected the town and kept them safe, and only realised that wasn't the whole story when she was on the other side of it.)
Jason and Charlie
It isn't my favourite pairing. I think it's because the writers - despite apparently being very invested - don't seem that into it. We never really see their relationship develop? Half the time it just seems they are the only two young adults around so they hang out because that's the choice.
I mean, it's meant to be a 'Romeo and Juliet' romance, but that would take Jason to have an allegiance to something beyond himself and he never has. He wasn't PARTICULARLY loyal to the militia, he hates his Dad, he's just...a bit jello-like. His allegiance shifts with convenience.
(Changing sides to get out of being shot? Fair enough. I would. But Neville actually threw in with his Dad. 'Just don't kill Charlie, or her mum. Slaughter the rest of them.'
I would have been all over a good Romeo and Juliet romance, but this isn't one.
(Off to work. Darn the system of currency in exchange for goods that we slave under)
If the writers are into the relationship, they aren't communicating that very well. I saw a lot of criticism of Tracy's acting because in Clue she was so flatly "Jason did it" instead of conflicted, but in Revolution Revealed she said she asked if she could show a little sympathy or confusion and was told no. There's so much potential in Revolution and so many management issues mucking it up.
If it's to be a Romeo and Juliet then it's a huge fail. He's been on three sides in 20 episodes. Only his father has more allegiances under his belt. Perhaps Jason's allegiance to family is supposed to mirror Charlie's and we're supposed to see him as drawn to a "bad" family and her to a "good" family but Kripke so loves his shades of gray that it isn't coming through.
I guess I find the relationship (or lack of it) fascinating because I don't know what it is. For all the other relationships, the character is 20ish and trying to figure out how to relate to adults as an adult under extreme circumstances. While not a full yawn, it gets redundant. Over and over she sees that they're flawed but she loves them. At least since they're all homeless we'll be spared the debates over who gets to / has to host Thanksgiving.
Charlie's desire for adventure, to go to all those places on her postcards, would fit well with a kid raised on stories like Star Wars and Lord of the Rings?
This has become my head canon henceforth. I'm so eager for someone to fic Aaron as crap school teacher and this just...*dissolves into cackles* it just works. Then, during recess Aaron takes out the town guitar and plays AC/DC, and Aaron can't figure out why all the kids have run away.
Aaron standing in the front of the class reciting:
Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die, One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
I love that idea since it's how I developed my own moral core...but I haven't really seen any evidence that there were books in her town. Miles also said to Nora in "Ghosts" - When was the last time you saw a library? As if they were very rare in the MR. I guess Miles and Bass didn't really groom education in their world. ;) Aaron appeared to be teaching w/o books...didn't he? Don't remember.
But this I TOTALLY agree with:
she seemed incredibly sheltered, as if all her decisions were made in a vacuum.
Until she left the village, none of her ideas about the world were tested and that's why she faces ethical dilemmas once they are. I still think she has one of the stronger moral cores on the show - Miles calls her "unusual" for it. They live in an incredibly dangerous place and to survive you must kill (for instance, many soldiers retain a moral core in the midst of their jobs); however, I do think Charlie's conception of morality seems to revolve around family rather than a strict sense of right and wrong. You protect and love your family at all costs - that's your goal in life. I think she wanted to save that scientist dude because she saw a parallel to her own family. (Now that I think about this, it's not such a different vision of morality than Rachel has...uh oh!)
Can we talk about her relationship with Jason for a minute, particularly since Buttercup isn't a fan?
*snorts* Someone else take that one on. I think I'm just a little too old to get into Jason - he's too boy bandy for me. I'm such a cynic that if I'm going to get into young love, it needs some quintessential innocence about it to rope me in. Charlie has a charming purity about her I dig; Jason zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. *drools self awake* Wha? What happened?
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I do wonder if Ben had some sort of ... tool... like Doctor Wallace to protect his town. For being on the outskirts (? it's all 'vaguely in the middle :D) of the Monroe Republic, they seemed very comfortably off. They were wary when the militia arrived - but Charlie seemed stunned by the discovery there were bandits. (I still think it would have better if she'd grown up seeing the militia as a good thing, who protected the town and kept them safe, and only realised that wasn't the whole story when she was on the other side of it.)
Jason and Charlie
It isn't my favourite pairing. I think it's because the writers - despite apparently being very invested - don't seem that into it. We never really see their relationship develop? Half the time it just seems they are the only two young adults around so they hang out because that's the choice.
I mean, it's meant to be a 'Romeo and Juliet' romance, but that would take Jason to have an allegiance to something beyond himself and he never has. He wasn't PARTICULARLY loyal to the militia, he hates his Dad, he's just...a bit jello-like. His allegiance shifts with convenience.
(Changing sides to get out of being shot? Fair enough. I would. But Neville actually threw in with his Dad. 'Just don't kill Charlie, or her mum. Slaughter the rest of them.'
I would have been all over a good Romeo and Juliet romance, but this isn't one.
(Off to work. Darn the system of currency in exchange for goods that we slave under)
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If it's to be a Romeo and Juliet then it's a huge fail. He's been on three sides in 20 episodes. Only his father has more allegiances under his belt. Perhaps Jason's allegiance to family is supposed to mirror Charlie's and we're supposed to see him as drawn to a "bad" family and her to a "good" family but Kripke so loves his shades of gray that it isn't coming through.
I guess I find the relationship (or lack of it) fascinating because I don't know what it is. For all the other relationships, the character is 20ish and trying to figure out how to relate to adults as an adult under extreme circumstances. While not a full yawn, it gets redundant. Over and over she sees that they're flawed but she loves them. At least since they're all homeless we'll be spared the debates over who gets to / has to host Thanksgiving.
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This has become my head canon henceforth. I'm so eager for someone to fic Aaron as crap school teacher and this just...*dissolves into cackles* it just works. Then, during recess Aaron takes out the town guitar and plays AC/DC, and Aaron can't figure out why all the kids have run away.
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Aaron standing in the front of the class reciting:
Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
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