Comments | kattahj: Why would a woman want a guy like him?

kattahj

Why would a woman want a guy like him?

Jan 10, 2006 16:46

I'm hanging out at work even though my hours are over since I won't have time to go home before double quartet practice anyway and might as well get some quality computer time in. Seems like the perfect time to make a post trying to figure out why on earth I'm so nuts about Sawyer ( Read more... )

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violetcreme January 10 2006, 16:51:04 UTC

Can't comment on the Lost stuff as I'm not a fan of the show at all, however the PG stuff was very interesting to me. I always enjoy reading others assesments of character. It was so good in fact, can I beg you to post it at _____holding_on ? The idea of empahty almost disguised or misunderstood is one of the reason Lynda fascinates me so much, and indeed, it's interesting to me in any character.

kattahj January 10 2006, 21:57:25 UTC

I'm afraid I can't really at this point separate the PG part of the post from the rest - it's all tangled up in my mind. And I don't really feel I'm saying any news where Lynda is concerned either; it's just that it took me a while to see the similarities between her and Sawyer. (On a first glance, they're very very different.) Still, never say never and all that - with some more thinking, who knows if I could come to a solution that's less about Sawyer and more about Lynda.

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kattahj January 13 2006, 19:07:13 UTC

While I didn't know the most of major characters you were comparing him to, this was still an interesting read -- as you debate with yourself!

I have years of experience of doing that. I'm always amazed at people who simply have opinions without second-guessing themselves. *g*

As for Sawyer, I hated him early on and gradually grew to tolerate-verging-on-liking him. He finally won me over completely when he stepped up to protect Walt on the raft. He's not among my top favorites, but I still like him a lot.

Yeah, my journey was similar, though he won me over sooner. Seeing the season for a second time was interesting, because I noticed the number of times people assumed he did something wrong whether he did or not, and the number of times he did something right and nobody noticed.

Which isn't a "poor Sawyer" redemptionista thing, because he cultivates the asshole image and thus deserves the response he gets (and judging from the haircut clip I saw seems utterly dismayed when met by kindness); it's just an interesting thing to notice ( ... )