[spoilers] Lucas. Just Lucas.

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(25-10-2010 03:49 PM)Nitrus Wrote:  Well of course if you only highlight the times he's shown some loyalty he comes off as very very loyal. You can't even put across a reasoned argument for his loyalty because you refuse to see both sides of the argument. Your view of Lucas is very clouded and you play him up to be this almost god-like figure when in truth he is just as flawed as everyone else.

I'm sure that's not what you're trying to sound like, but I just find this post to be rather condescending, as if Lucas fans have to "wake up" or something and see that your opinion is better. That's what I get by reading your post.

Many of us have already admitted that Lucas does have his own maverick streak and agenda, but he has shown to us enough times that his loyalty can be counted on when the going gets tough. And I don't see how it is wrong for us to highlight his moments of loyalty, how can we put forth our argument if we don't mention those moments. It seems that we are the not the only ones refusing to see both sides of the argument.

No one is putting him up on some kind of pedestal and say that he is god-like and is never ever evil and treacherous, all we said is that we want to see a GOOD REASON shown of WHY Lucas is doing what he does because for 2 series we have seen him risking his life for this team, and calling it home, for him to just suddenly throw it all away without a good explanation is something that we have a hard time accepting.

He is flawed, he is damaged, and that's why we love him, because underneath his tortured psyche, he still came through for Harry and MI5 when they needed him. Maybe our view is clouded, maybe we are biased, but so what? We ARE his fans, we love him, just as you have your favorite and things that you would have hard time accepting your favorite would ever do.

To us, Lucas isn't some perfect god-like creature, we can accept the storyline of him being evil, being a traitor, all we are asking for is the writers to give us a good reason and explain his actions. Is that so much to ask for?

And all we are asking for is for you to be considerate, it's easy to accept storylines when the character is not your favorite, but for us Lucas fans, he IS our favorite, we are emotionally invested so if we fear that we may not get an ending that makes sense to us, it's only natural, just as you would with your most favorite character. You seem intent on crushing our view of Lucas being loyal. All I can say is that if Ros can make a comeback after all her betrayal and be Harry's most trusted officer, then I see no reason why Lucas can't.

This is suppose to be a safe haven where we can vent our fears and frustrations and hope that somehow the Lucas we love can come out of this safe and sound. Right now I just feel like somehow the views of Lucas fans are considered ignorant or insignificant. It just doesn't feel like a discussion anymore, it feels like we are being told that we are silly and should change our views.

In the end, this discussion is kind of a moot point, Lucas fans are gonna keep on believing what we want, we're gonna keep on believing the goodness of Lucas until we see otherwise.