[spoilers] Lucas. Just Lucas.

[BravoNine]

Oh you have no idea how much I LOVE your post A Cousin!! Well said!!

I don't mind at all this storyline of pushing Lucas to the brink where his desperation is pushing him into doing things that he would not do before. I've always known that there is a dark side to Lucas, and this storyline brings that side out of him and I find it fascinating to watch him having this internal struggle of which side to choose. I don't have a problem with the writers as long as I can see Lucas struggling with the choice of turning against his people, I don't have a problem with the writers as long as they don't just turn around and say that Lucas is completely evil with no remorse. It is not that I have a hard time accepting the possibility of Lucas being a traitor, it is that I have to see a GOOD reason for his choices, and as right now the writers aren't giving us the big reasons, I'm just fearing that we won't see those reasons and THAT is where my problem is.

I can accept any storyline for Lucas as long as I see good reasons, but as of right now, the writers are holding back this big dark terrible secret that is making Lucas do this, so all I can hope for is that this big secret is worth Lucas's struggle with himself.

And Nitrus, you may say that you don't think our views are less valid, but you keep on making these assumptions and statements that ALL of us are just clouded in our views because we idolize Lucas, and frankly, the way your words are phrased is why I feel like you think your views are better and that we Lucas fans should just listen to you and stop putting him on a pedestal. And the thing is, none of us are putting him on a pedestal, none of us are thinking he is holier than thou god-like person, we have admitted that we know he is flawed, we have admitted that Lucas is not always perfect, he has a maverick streak where he's always running off doing things his own way, but in our view, we have seen multiple times where Lucas risked his own life and safety for this team and in those moments, we see his loyalty, we see his bravery, and we believe that Lucas is a loyal agent who will protect his people. Our beliefs have nothing to do with idolization, our beliefs comes from what we see on screen, we choose to believe the good side of Lucas. That is not wrong nor are we just delusional fans who thinks of nothing but making Lucas out to be this perfect person.

Your counter-argument to us is that you think the writers make sense, and that we are just viewing Lucas as a perfect god-like creature so we won't admit his mistakes and flaws, frankly your assumption that we won't admit his wrongs because we think he is so god-like is what I find condescending about your posts as if you are the only one who is objective and we are not. We have our beliefs from what we have seen for 2 series, if that doesn't fit your views, it doesn't mean we just think he's god-like and won't admit it. We like to believe in the goodness of Lucas and we clearly see that these decisions are haunting him and eating him up inside, we don't believe he is a rotten character to the core. And if you disagree, that's fine, but the way you phrase your words makes me feel like you are just intent on crushing our beliefs and making us agreeing with you because you are objective and we are just delusional.