[spoilers] Lucas. Just Lucas.

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(10-01-2011 12:44 PM)HellsBells Wrote:  I think this is really interesting, Jo and Lucas had so much in common but never really spoke to each other.

When Lucas speaks to Harry I think that maybe he is annoyed by the fact that Harry hadn't notice Jo's suffering, and is reflected by the fact that Harry seems to be oblivious to Lucas' own suffering.

Well, Harry seems oblivious about a lot of things, which I think it's not really oblivious as much as accepting that there are always consequences in this line of work. It seems that for Harry, it truly is defend Queen and Country at whatever the cost, but a lot of his subordinates seem to draw the line at somewhere, but Harry really doesn't share this nor does he really seem to understand or see it in the same way.

Take a look at that argument he and Lucas had when Harry told Lucas about Sugar-Horse and asked Lucas to recall his memory from his torture, and then Lucas was enraged and told Harry that "there are limits to what you can ask of people, Harry, even in our line of business", this rather indicates that to Lucas, in his mind, there are some lines you don't cross, and somehow I don't see that with Harry.

I always felt like Harry never really focused on his team's emotional status unless it interfered with an operation, he seems to think that its their own issue to deal with and fix, and I think that it's that mentality that fosters his own people to run amok or break down like Tom did. Harry expects his team to just take everything that's thrown at them without really realizing that not everyone is him, and it's through that ignorance or maybe even avoidance of emotions, that Harry allows his people to fall prey to thoughts of betrayal or change.