A Subjective Difference

[lea_hazel]

I realized today, at the end of a long thought-process, that the dead characters on Heroes divide according to a fairly clear, albeit entirely subjective line. Some of the dead characters are ones I was starting to really like just as they were killed off, and some were ones that died before they received any substantial character development, and

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[lea_hazel]

I see where you're coming from. Looking back, I'm wondering if I'd have felt differently if I'd paid more attention to D.L. right from the beginning. I was upset that his marriage to Niki seemed so dead, and that Micah only seemed to like to be around him when Niki was there also. The whole time Niki was in prison/away their relationship felt too distant to be satisfying

[sabonasi]

If your reactions to the characters differed, I'd like to hear it. It'll give me some perspective.

I really liked Isaac in the latter parts of season one (that he was in) because just as he was really maturing, he was also becoming more and more affiliated with the Company and we could understand perfectly why. I thought it made Heroes as a whole more interesting by demonstrating just how perfectly good people could get mixed up in the "evil organization" of the show, and I was looking forward to Isaac's growing moral dilemma the farther in he got.

But then he died. :(

[lea_hazel]

In the beginning of the season, yes. He was tragic and conflicted and pathetic in a human, relatable sort of way, and then he joined the Company and I was scared that he would turn out to be an inadvertent villain. After that, though, he seemed to stagnate. It was like halfway through the season they realized that they were going to kill him off, and so they better stop wasting time with character arcs and personal growth nonsense, and just have him churn out plot-point paintings until Sylar eats his brain.

What struck me was that once I realized that Simone was dead and Isaac was (probably) about to die, I also realized that both of their characterizations had tapered into the point where they were just plot elements. After that, I was so sure in predicting D.L.'s death that I was pleasantly shocked when he lived to see the last episode.

[miss_universe93]

If your reactions to the characters differed, I'd like to hear it. It'll give me some perspective.
I really loved Isaac all throughout season one, especially as his character became more morally conflicted and, as sabonasi said, ebcame more closely affiliated with the COmpany for reasons the audience could understand. I also think he highlighted the good side of the Company a little, as they did do some good for him even if it was for their own self-serving purposes. However, I understand why he was killed off and why he had to die the way he did. His death to me was just so perfect for his character, accepting his fate and knowing that he had done all he could to save the world, ebcause ultimately I don't think he would have become a drug addict if he didn't think somewhere inside that he was worthy of death and coupled with the death of Simone and maybe his Company affiliation he didn't have anything to stay for anymore. I think they took his character as far as they could and I'm so glad he didn't just swiftly get his head opened - his

[lea_hazel]

I really think they could have done a lot more with Isaac, and used him to introduce a different kind of element to the show, one that the largely middle-class characters (with a few rich businesspeople and down-on-their-luck working class people) would not have encountered otherwise. I just feel like they used Peter to void his character of his unique powers and, once his powers were no longer necessary, they felt like his character was unnecessary, too. But Peter, even if he can paint prophecies, does not have an artist's persona, and that's what I wanted from Isaac that they didn't give me.