[spoilers] Lucas. Just Lucas.

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(20-01-2011 12:19 AM)Saerwen Wrote:  I'm afraid I am not as good as expressing myself as others have so eloquently with their marvellous posts but here goes.

I think Lucas had a subconsious grudge against Harry. He wanted Harry to have the same experience as him, feel what he felt and Albany fulfilled that need.

On the contrary, this is very eloquently expressed and I agree completely

I think the entire "Ruth kidnapping" aspect of the story made sense - as you say, Lucas probably wanted Harry to feel the same pain he felt when he was torn away from Elizabeta.

As for multiple-personalities, as has been said... I think it could have made sense if they'd explained it properly. The amount of emotional trauma Lucas has suffered by the start of S9 warrants some form of emotional break-down, and as you say, it only takes one suitcase to push him over the edge.
The problem with this plot is that John isn't simply a 'different personality' - he's a real person. Lucas isn't a 'personality' either, he was a real person. We have no grounds on which to compare the "real" Lucas North with John's depiction of him, so we can't really determine whether Lucas was a completely new persona for John, or simply a convenient new identity.

If Lucas had had an emotional breakdown and gone a bit crazy, I think we could have accepted that as a viable character development. As it stands, it simply doesn't seem at all realistic and is in fact totally out of character.

I almost think Lucas' character was "too perfect", so the writers felt they had to come up with a truly colossal flaw for him.

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Interesting thought - Lucas inadvertently causes Adam's death in 8.1 when he renders 'Tranquillity' unconscious. Significant?