although he can be angry and violent, it's not without cause, and then there is that whole other side, the playful, silly, joking side Yes, exactly! That's how I see him too. And I think if he was deep-down callous and brutal, then that joking silliness would come out in entirely different ways... I can go with a redemption arc, but I've got to believe that someone can go from A to B with the background they've had. Actually it's one problem that I often have with Angelfish - I do like her writing, which can be exquisite, but she tends to damage the lads so badly that I just can't see them being in CI5 to start with. It feels a bit like that with Bodie in this story, though I think she's avoided it with Doyle so far... although we certainly see people touching him in the eps without being thrown off, so I guess he's got some redemption coming too, if he's going to be canon-Doyle.
He wants to be human, but he doesn't know how. See, that's what I don't get in Bodie - our Bodie is beautifully human. Flawed human, yes, which I think we see alot of in Close Quarters and Klansmen, but flawed in the way that ordinary people are before they start thinking things through. I tend to wince a bit if the lads are given orbits which are too wobbly, but.. well, we'll see, I guess! *g*
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Date: 2019-04-06 12:24 pm (UTC)Yes, exactly! That's how I see him too. And I think if he was deep-down callous and brutal, then that joking silliness would come out in entirely different ways... I can go with a redemption arc, but I've got to believe that someone can go from A to B with the background they've had. Actually it's one problem that I often have with Angelfish - I do like her writing, which can be exquisite, but she tends to damage the lads so badly that I just can't see them being in CI5 to start with. It feels a bit like that with Bodie in this story, though I think she's avoided it with Doyle so far... although we certainly see people touching him in the eps without being thrown off, so I guess he's got some redemption coming too, if he's going to be canon-Doyle.
He wants to be human, but he doesn't know how.
See, that's what I don't get in Bodie - our Bodie is beautifully human. Flawed human, yes, which I think we see alot of in Close Quarters and Klansmen, but flawed in the way that ordinary people are before they start thinking things through. I tend to wince a bit if the lads are given orbits which are too wobbly, but.. well, we'll see, I guess! *g*