Hmm, interesting thoughts on Jane there. I admit, I wasn't fazed at all- it was something totally in character for him, God complex and all. His family was killed by someone he hasn't managed to catch yet- this woman lost a loved one and that man wasn't paying, so he manipulated circumstances to make sure he suffered just like the woman had suffered her loss. *shrugs*
Of course this isn't something we'd want real people in RL to run around doing, but I guess I don't have a problem with Jane doing it because according to the rules and structure of Mentalist!verse, Jane is infallible. He will always identify the guilty culprit and never make an error, so if he chooses to punish someone, we can be assured that they deserve whatever he's meted out. It appeals to that dark side in all of us that wants to get revenge on people that have wronged us, y'know? There's more than one person I can think of that I'd like to retaliate against in the most unpleasant of ways, if I were not constrained by, um, the law and common decency and stuff.
With Jane, there isn't the consideration that an innocent person may suffer unfairly or anything because the writers have set him up as the high authority in this show. And there also isn't the consideration that other people may do the same because nobody else could EVER be as lucky as Jane is on a regular basis- the planets align and the stars converge in a pattern that grants him the ability to make anything he want happen the way he wants it to happen and ain't nobody else benefiting from that.
I guess what I'm saying is that within the context of the show, what he did is- if not acceptable- then justifiable. But if it were RL, I totally would not support his actions. I make those sorts of distinctions, because otherwise I couldn't live with myself when I'm watching CM, going, 'OMG, that victim is too stupid to live! KILL THEM, KILL THEM NOW!' Lol.
See that's just it, it's very in character for him, I can't think of him doing anything else in a situation like that, it's just that the part of me that thinks "hai, real world" knows that it's a bad idea, no matter how much the rest of me thinks that it's probably what I'd do in the same situation. That's why it gets to me.
because according to the rules and structure of Mentalist!verse, Jane is infallible.
Heh. Noticed that. It seems like things work very differently in the Jane!verse. I suppose this is another suspension of disbelief moment xD
I guess what I'm saying is that within the context of the show, what he did is- if not acceptable- then justifiable. But if it were RL, I totally would not support his actions.
I hear that, there's a lot that tv gets away with that would never work in real life, and distinguishing that's definitely important. Also, LOL at your comment about CM. PS. That episode was like a JAG kids reunion. Mae Whitman and Hallee Hirsh? lol.
Of course this isn't something we'd want real people in RL to run around doing, but I guess I don't have a problem with Jane doing it because according to the rules and structure of Mentalist!verse, Jane is infallible. He will always identify the guilty culprit and never make an error, so if he chooses to punish someone, we can be assured that they deserve whatever he's meted out. It appeals to that dark side in all of us that wants to get revenge on people that have wronged us, y'know? There's more than one person I can think of that I'd like to retaliate against in the most unpleasant of ways, if I were not constrained by, um, the law and common decency and stuff.
With Jane, there isn't the consideration that an innocent person may suffer unfairly or anything because the writers have set him up as the high authority in this show. And there also isn't the consideration that other people may do the same because nobody else could EVER be as lucky as Jane is on a regular basis- the planets align and the stars converge in a pattern that grants him the ability to make anything he want happen the way he wants it to happen and ain't nobody else benefiting from that.
I guess what I'm saying is that within the context of the show, what he did is- if not acceptable- then justifiable. But if it were RL, I totally would not support his actions. I make those sorts of distinctions, because otherwise I couldn't live with myself when I'm watching CM, going, 'OMG, that victim is too stupid to live! KILL THEM, KILL THEM NOW!' Lol.
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because according to the rules and structure of Mentalist!verse, Jane is infallible.
Heh. Noticed that. It seems like things work very differently in the Jane!verse. I suppose this is another suspension of disbelief moment xD
I guess what I'm saying is that within the context of the show, what he did is- if not acceptable- then justifiable. But if it were RL, I totally would not support his actions.
I hear that, there's a lot that tv gets away with that would never work in real life, and distinguishing that's definitely important.
Also, LOL at your comment about CM.
PS. That episode was like a JAG kids reunion. Mae Whitman and Hallee Hirsh? lol.
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