[spoilers] Lucas. Just Lucas.

[BoHenley]

(14-11-2010 07:29 PM)Kazters Wrote:  i sort of agree aria i mean they do ignore everything we have come to trust and like about the charactor! but we never did get much back story for him i sort of hoped we would get that this series

And I think that's the whole point. As viewers, you build up an affinity with a certain character, you invest your emotions with them, "ride with them" with their victories and failures, and it's irrelevant whether or not you're a "fan" of the actor/actress involved. It's the CHARACTER that ropes you in, and in two series Lucas was set up as trustworthy and loyal, okay with a few flaws and slightly maverick tendencies, but hey, that's what made him Lucas.

To trash all that, even under the banner of a courageous storyline (which it is), really cheats the viewer.

[Adding an edit] I'm trying to stop clutching at straws about Lucas's survival. In one of RA's interviews, he said he'd like a "quiet" death for the character, and Kudos would've had to have discussed this with him around the time of the interview (or before). As much as I'd love an escape for him, and I WOULD, I do think Lucas stepped off the roof. But (as posted elsewhere) a scream and a car alarm don't mean a body. There were the footsteps (...Bo picks up the packet of straws...)