"This essay barely mentions James in seasons four and five, which I think is a mistake, since they are extremely important to his character - perhaps the most important. There's also scant attention paid to the fact that the episodes up to/including 5x08 and the episodes after/including 5x08 take place three years apart. In this time, James has grown up and built a life for himself. Got the girl and lived in peace - something that he hasn't had since he was a child."
Those years with Juliet and his "heroic" acts in S4 did not develop Sawyer's character. Especially since his habit of scapegoating resumed following Juliet's death.
I don't like Jack, never have. Jack is not a good guy. Yes, it is true that Sawyer has done more criminal acts than Jack has, and he built a career on it to boot. But Jack is not squeaky clean either, and that's one of the things that tends to annoy me about Team Jack - they don't acknowledge Jack's wrongdoings, and there's a laundry list of those (stalking his ex-wife, assaulting his father, assaulting Achara, as a start). Now I can't claim to speak for Team James as a whole, but from my experience, most of Team James acknowledges Sawyer's wrongdoings and James' flaws.
This article was not about Jack. It was about Sawyer. Why are you turning this into a Sawyer vs. Jack issue? I'm not concerned about this.
Jack tends to deal with them by blaming other people. His father, his ex-wife, the Others, whoever was convenient. Sawyer blames himself.
Where you reading this article? Sawyer solely blamed Tom for Walt's kidnapping, knowing damn well that Ben had ordered it. At least he did by the end of S3. He solely blamed Anthony Cooper for his parents' deaths, ignoring the fact that his father was more responsible than Cooper. He blamed Jack for Juliet's death. By the time he realized that he was partially to blame for her death, his resentment toward Jack lingered long enough for him to be partially responsible for Sun, Jin and Sayid's deaths.
Sawyer is just as good as Jack when it comes to blaming others.
Those years with Juliet and his "heroic" acts in S4 did not develop Sawyer's character. Especially since his habit of scapegoating resumed following Juliet's death.
I don't like Jack, never have. Jack is not a good guy. Yes, it is true that Sawyer has done more criminal acts than Jack has, and he built a career on it to boot. But Jack is not squeaky clean either, and that's one of the things that tends to annoy me about Team Jack - they don't acknowledge Jack's wrongdoings, and there's a laundry list of those (stalking his ex-wife, assaulting his father, assaulting Achara, as a start). Now I can't claim to speak for Team James as a whole, but from my experience, most of Team James acknowledges Sawyer's wrongdoings and James' flaws.
This article was not about Jack. It was about Sawyer. Why are you turning this into a Sawyer vs. Jack issue? I'm not concerned about this.
Jack tends to deal with them by blaming other people. His father, his ex-wife, the Others, whoever was convenient. Sawyer blames himself.
Where you reading this article? Sawyer solely blamed Tom for Walt's kidnapping, knowing damn well that Ben had ordered it. At least he did by the end of S3. He solely blamed Anthony Cooper for his parents' deaths, ignoring the fact that his father was more responsible than Cooper. He blamed Jack for Juliet's death. By the time he realized that he was partially to blame for her death, his resentment toward Jack lingered long enough for him to be partially responsible for Sun, Jin and Sayid's deaths.
Sawyer is just as good as Jack when it comes to blaming others.
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