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[spoilers] Lucas Discussion 2
06-03-2011, 06:44 PM
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RE: [spoilers] Lucas Discussion 2
(06-03-2011 06:28 PM)Nitrus Wrote:  Byatil, a lot of your last post (if I am reading it correctly) is questioning why Lucas/John made some wrong decisions that would ultimately condemn him?

I think it's a bit unreasonable to expect the character to always make the right choices as it is to expect that from any human being. We are after all human and we do not always make the right choices no matter how informed we might be.

So I think it's totally plausible for the character to make wrong choices that only add to his strife. I'm willing to bet that if you were under the stress and pressure that Lucas was you wouldn't make the correct choice at every crossroads.

It just seems rather OOC for someone who is portrayed as a very controlled, logical character to then decide not to make the decisions which would ultimately save him? In 7.2 (I think it's that episode) Lucas is working as a double-agent for both the FSB and MI5. In that situation, he picks and chooses his lies and truths in order to secure the best possible outcome for himself. Why then in series 9 is he unable to act in the same manner? I can obviously accept that people do silly things "in the name of love" and "under pressure", but kidnapping a colleague and holding her ransom seems a tad extravagant Tongue

You say "...you wouldn't make the correct choice at every crossroads.", which I agree, I doubt anyone would. But Lucas/John seems to make the wrong choice at every crossroad. The fact that the only justification given by the writers/executive producer is that he has some "psychological flaw" suggests there is no real justification for why he acted in the way he did; aside from because he was apparently "passionately in love" with Maya (which there is no real justification for either).

It would have made more sense for Lucas/John to simply elope abroad with Maya, if he was apparently so disenchanted with his job, and wanted nothing more than a relationship with this woman. If he was in a position where he had high-level security clearances, I'm sure it wouldn't have been mega-difficult to simply make himself and Maya "disappear". Correct me if I'm wrong, though!

Of course, I could just be extremely bitter about the entire affair and be taking it all far too seriously Silba

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[spoilers] Lucas Discussion 2 - Nitrus - 05-03-2011, 08:38 PM
RE: [spoilers] Lucas Discussion 2 - Byatil - 05-03-2011, 08:52 PM
RE: [spoilers] Lucas Discussion 2 - Nitrus - 06-03-2011, 12:07 AM
RE: [spoilers] Lucas Discussion 2 - binkie - 06-03-2011, 10:52 AM
RE: [spoilers] Lucas Discussion 2 - xRuthx - 07-03-2011, 06:05 AM
RE: [spoilers] Lucas Discussion 2 - binkie - 07-03-2011, 10:55 AM
RE: [spoilers] Lucas Discussion 2 - Byatil - 06-03-2011, 02:25 PM
RE: [spoilers] Lucas Discussion 2 - Nitrus - 06-03-2011, 06:28 PM
RE: [spoilers] Lucas Discussion 2 - Byatil - 06-03-2011 06:44 PM
RE: [spoilers] Lucas Discussion 2 - JHyde - 07-03-2011, 11:27 AM
RE: [spoilers] Lucas Discussion 2 - xRuthx - 07-03-2011, 12:03 PM
RE: [spoilers] Lucas Discussion 2 - xRuthx - 07-03-2011, 12:36 PM
RE: [spoilers] Lucas Discussion 2 - binkie - 07-03-2011, 05:22 PM
RE: [spoilers] Lucas Discussion 2 - binkie - 07-03-2011, 07:54 PM
RE: [spoilers] Lucas Discussion 2 - Byatil - 07-03-2011, 08:07 PM
RE: [spoilers] Lucas Discussion 2 - xRuthx - 08-03-2011, 08:22 AM
RE: [spoilers] Lucas Discussion 2 - Byatil - 07-03-2011, 08:10 PM
RE: [spoilers] Lucas Discussion 2 - Byatil - 08-03-2011, 11:05 AM
RE: [spoilers] Lucas Discussion 2 - Belle - 08-03-2011, 09:56 AM
RE: [spoilers] Lucas Discussion 2 - xRuthx - 08-03-2011, 10:08 AM
RE: [spoilers] Lucas Discussion 2 - Byatil - 08-03-2011, 05:59 PM
RE: [spoilers] Lucas Discussion 2 - JHyde - 09-03-2011, 03:13 AM
RE: [spoilers] Lucas Discussion 2 - xRuthx - 09-03-2011, 07:50 AM
RE: [spoilers] Lucas Discussion 2 - Nitrus - 09-03-2011, 12:36 PM
RE: [spoilers] Lucas Discussion 2 - xRuthx - 20-03-2011, 11:36 AM
RE: [spoilers] Lucas Discussion 2 - Byatil - 21-03-2011, 06:49 PM
RE: [spoilers] Lucas Discussion 2 - binkie - 22-03-2011, 06:04 PM
RE: [spoilers] Lucas Discussion 2 - xRuthx - 22-03-2011, 09:39 PM
RE: [spoilers] Lucas Discussion 2 - binkie - 24-03-2011, 04:14 PM
RE: [spoilers] Lucas Discussion 2 - Byatil - 29-03-2011, 01:55 PM
RE: [spoilers] Lucas Discussion 2 - xRuthx - 31-03-2011, 10:14 PM
RE: [spoilers] Lucas Discussion 2 - xRuthx - 31-03-2011, 10:27 PM
RE: [spoilers] Lucas Discussion 2 - xRuthx - 31-03-2011, 10:34 PM
RE: [spoilers] Lucas Discussion 2 - xRuthx - 02-04-2011, 10:27 PM
RE: [spoilers] Lucas Discussion 2 - Byatil - 06-04-2011, 10:35 PM
RE: [spoilers] Lucas Discussion 2 - Byatil - 06-04-2011, 11:47 PM
RE: [spoilers] Lucas Discussion 2 - xRuthx - 07-04-2011, 10:16 PM
RE: [spoilers] Lucas Discussion 2 - JHyde - 16-05-2011, 12:12 AM
RE: [spoilers] Lucas Discussion 2 - xRuthx - 26-05-2011, 12:46 AM

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