I'm not ready yet to answer any questions regarding Aaron, I just wanted to stop by and snigger at the fact that the Aaron appreciation week has no posts, which is what he deserves. *gloats and skips out of the thread*
I'll come back later with actual thoughts.
OK, apparently I have some thoughts:
1.Was Aaron being selfish or selfless when he left his wife Priscilla in the forest to fend for herself? Is this even a question? He was being selfish and a coward- even if he couldn't physically provide for her (which he would have learned eventually- see Aaron Vs. fire 2.0) he would have given her emotional support and love and they would have been handling it together (which always feels better than having to deal with crap on your own).
2.Grace suggested that Ben deliberately sought out Aaron in the woods. How'd that work - was he secretly chipped? No clue and I'm not a fan of the whole "Aaron is the Chosen One" storyline in the first place.
3.What is Aaron's driving motivation going to be on the second season? What does he want?
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You should check the tumblr tags - there are some passionate non-Aaroners on there!
And I think the thing that gets me about him and Priscilla - that I can't forgive where I find Rachel justified, - is that he didn’t leave Priscilla because it would make her life easier (how? she could sell herself to men in return for matches without feeling bad her husband was watching?). He did it because it protected his pride. He didn’t want Priscilla to see him being out of his depth instead of the techie big shot she married.
That’s why I hold it against Aaron. He picked his pride over his wife - and never went looking for her again. Maggie crossed a continent more than once for the rumour of a way to get back to her sons. Yes, she eventually gave up, but I think that was six years into the Blackout. Aaron didn’t even try.
Also, he never learns not to say 'take whatever you want!' when travelling with attractive women and assaulted by bandits or rapists.
I don't have a tumblr, so I don't often go there at all, but I might try just for the Aaron hate! Love the link, btw, those were LOL worthy Aaron-thoughts.
And I think the thing that gets me about him and Priscilla - that I can't forgive where I find Rachel justified, - is that he didn’t leave Priscilla because it would make her life easier (how? she could sell herself to men in return for matches without feeling bad her husband was watching?). He did it because it protected his pride. He didn’t want Priscilla to see him being out of his depth instead of the techie big shot she married.
Yesssss, which is why I cheered when hallucination!Priscilla was all "you can be strong for Charlie, why couldn't you be strong for me?" and everything, because he deserved the guilt trip. And then I cackled when Priscilla came back, was happy with a new family and even when he tried to rescue her, she needed to save his ass. He's such a failure. And he doesn't learn (not to repeat certain sentences) and it's always all about him. And I was so sick
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Also, he never learns not to say 'take whatever you want!' when travelling with attractive women and assaulted by bandits or rapists. True. Miles chastising Aaron for letting Mia get in his pants for the pendant was maybe Mia's best moment (and she wasn't even there for it).
First, let me just say I'm watching UK pace and may not have the full story on Aaron (we're up to episode 18, Clue). I'm not an Aaron hater, but I do think he could have been better written as the slightly useless but well meaning geek, which is how he came across in the first episode, rather than the slightly selfish, moody, useless geek he's become.
1. Was Aaron being selfish or selfless when he left his wife Priscilla in the forest to fend for herself? He did leave her with the group they were with, so she wasn't alone - although we don't know how long they'd known these people, so it could be he left her with a group of almost strangers. I don't know if he was being selfish, but it was a very strange thing to do. I know they needed a reason he was alone when Ben found him, but it just doesn't ring true that he'd wander off to fend for himself when he knew he couldn't.
2. Grace suggested that Ben deliberately sought out Aaron in the woods. How'd that work - was he secretly chipped?I wondered about that and decided that Ben just
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Where does Aaron keep getting the prescription filled for his glasses? Surely in the 15 years since the blackout they must have broken at some point and even assuming he had spare ones he'd surely have run out by now. He had different glasses in his flashback with Priscilla (and then no glasses for a bit), and these appear to be scratchy, so I'm guessing he nicked them off of some dead body. That's the story I prefer anyway. :)
And he does take good care of them. I imagine that he spent a couple of months blind as a bat without them - TOTALLY dependent - until he found an optician or a dead, short sighted person.
TOTALLY dependent Yes, as someone who would be blind and crawling on the ground without my specs, I would be all over every dead person collecting glasses.
Was Aaron being selfish or selfless when he left his wife Priscilla in the forest to fend for herself? Yes. But I also believe Aaron was in a similar mindset to a person who wants to commit suicide: "I'm such a loser that I make everyone's lives harder. If I die they'll be sad, but eventually things will be better for them." This mindset is selfish, but it is also a marker of deep-seated self loathing. I do have sympathy for him despite not being down with his actions. This is a human response to an overwhelming problem: Aaron feels he is not cut out to care for the one he loves.
Grace suggested that Ben deliberately sought out Aaron in the woods. How'd that work - was he secretly chipped? Something like that. Maybe Rachel will slice him open sometime to see what blinking thing lies beneath. Sadly, Aaron needn't even be dead for Rachel to shank him and find out. She's hardcore like that.
What is Aaron's driving motivation going to be on the second season? What does he want?He needs to branch out a bit from the group, giving the sh*
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I think Aaron was meant to be the audience stand-in? Only he didn't really work - some people like him, but I think the majority or either indifferent or dislike him - and they had to scrabble to find something for him to do. Only his only skill-set - only interesting, mineable facet - is computers
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Snerks...I was DYING for the Morlocks to turn out to be nano-doppelgängers. It would have been so creepily cool - Danny or Ben. Have you ever read Ian McDonald's Planesrunner series? They are YA and they are AWESOME. He does some very cool stuff with nanotechnology in bk2. (Bk1 he just does cool world building stuff)
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I'll come back later with actual thoughts.
OK, apparently I have some thoughts:
1.Was Aaron being selfish or selfless when he left his wife Priscilla in the forest to fend for herself? Is this even a question? He was being selfish and a coward- even if he couldn't physically provide for her (which he would have learned eventually- see Aaron Vs. fire 2.0) he would have given her emotional support and love and they would have been handling it together (which always feels better than having to deal with crap on your own).
2.Grace suggested that Ben deliberately sought out Aaron in the woods. How'd that work - was he secretly chipped? No clue and I'm not a fan of the whole "Aaron is the Chosen One" storyline in the first place.
3.What is Aaron's driving motivation going to be on the second season? What does he want? ( ... )
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And I think the thing that gets me about him and Priscilla - that I can't forgive where I find Rachel justified, - is that he didn’t leave Priscilla because it would make her life easier (how? she could sell herself to men in return for matches without feeling bad her husband was watching?). He did it because it protected his pride. He didn’t want Priscilla to see him being out of his depth instead of the techie big shot she married.
That’s why I hold it against Aaron. He picked his pride over his wife - and never went looking for her again. Maggie crossed a continent more than once for the rumour of a way to get back to her sons. Yes, she eventually gave up, but I think that was six years into the Blackout. Aaron didn’t even try.
Also, he never learns not to say 'take whatever you want!' when travelling with attractive women and assaulted by bandits or rapists.
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And I think the thing that gets me about him and Priscilla - that I can't forgive where I find Rachel justified, - is that he didn’t leave Priscilla because it would make her life easier (how? she could sell herself to men in return for matches without feeling bad her husband was watching?). He did it because it protected his pride. He didn’t want Priscilla to see him being out of his depth instead of the techie big shot she married.
Yesssss, which is why I cheered when hallucination!Priscilla was all "you can be strong for Charlie, why couldn't you be strong for me?" and everything, because he deserved the guilt trip. And then I cackled when Priscilla came back, was happy with a new family and even when he tried to rescue her, she needed to save his ass. He's such a failure. And he doesn't learn (not to repeat certain sentences) and it's always all about him. And I was so sick ( ... )
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True. Miles chastising Aaron for letting Mia get in his pants for the pendant was maybe Mia's best moment (and she wasn't even there for it).
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1. Was Aaron being selfish or selfless when he left his wife Priscilla in the forest to fend for herself?
He did leave her with the group they were with, so she wasn't alone - although we don't know how long they'd known these people, so it could be he left her with a group of almost strangers. I don't know if he was being selfish, but it was a very strange thing to do. I know they needed a reason he was alone when Ben found him, but it just doesn't ring true that he'd wander off to fend for himself when he knew he couldn't.
2. Grace suggested that Ben deliberately sought out Aaron in the woods. How'd that work - was he secretly chipped?I wondered about that and decided that Ben just ( ... )
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Where does Aaron keep getting the prescription filled for his glasses? Surely in the 15 years since the blackout they must have broken at some point and even assuming he had spare ones he'd surely have run out by now.
He had different glasses in his flashback with Priscilla (and then no glasses for a bit), and these appear to be scratchy, so I'm guessing he nicked them off of some dead body. That's the story I prefer anyway. :)
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Yes, as someone who would be blind and crawling on the ground without my specs, I would be all over every dead person collecting glasses.
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Was Aaron being selfish or selfless when he left his wife Priscilla in the forest to fend for herself?
Yes. But I also believe Aaron was in a similar mindset to a person who wants to commit suicide: "I'm such a loser that I make everyone's lives harder. If I die they'll be sad, but eventually things will be better for them." This mindset is selfish, but it is also a marker of deep-seated self loathing. I do have sympathy for him despite not being down with his actions. This is a human response to an overwhelming problem: Aaron feels he is not cut out to care for the one he loves.
Grace suggested that Ben deliberately sought out Aaron in the woods. How'd that work - was he secretly chipped?
Something like that. Maybe Rachel will slice him open sometime to see what blinking thing lies beneath. Sadly, Aaron needn't even be dead for Rachel to shank him and find out. She's hardcore like that.
What is Aaron's driving motivation going to be on the second season? What does he want?He needs to branch out a bit from the group, giving the sh* ( ... )
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