He's also just a little too god-like for me in other ways - all in black, perfect body, apparently perfect in sex, the perfect shot with all kinds of weapons (implied),
I can see that but it didn’t really bother me as long as an author is just exaggerating a character rather than completely misrepresenting them. That’s part of the attraction of fan fiction for me - the chance to play around with canon and make of the characters what you will. And happily for me (again!) the Bodie in this story (so far) is my kind of Bodie. Which takes me to a note I made last week when I read this chapter…. Why is it that I like this brutal, violent Bodie? What makes him so attractive? Hopefully it’s not because I’m brutal and violent or so unoriginal that I imagine being able to ‘tame’ him. No, I think it’s partly because the darker and more unreachable Bodie is depicted, then the more intriguing/fascinating is the eventual relationship between him and Doyle (and the fact that it's happened in the first place).
but I just don't see Bodie in the eps as that vicious,
I agree with this, I can’t see Bodie killing someone in custody deliberately but perhaps accidentally? The guy died from a blow to the head I think? (Can't spell the right medical term.) I can see that happening if things got out of hand or if there’s some kind of pre-existing condition. Doyle believed that he’d killed Coogan’s brother with one punch to the guts and even though it turns out he wasn’t responsible, then presumably he thought it was possible and that’s without even trying. But yes, an out of control Bodie isn’t the Bodie I recognise from the episodes.
And Bodie and Murphy's relationship… another note I made last week was that I couldn’t work out how they knew each other originally – where they’d met – and that was bugging me, but then much later on the answer popped up, but somehow I couldn’t see Murphy in the SAS - he seems too laid back and relaxed! And Bodie and Murphy together? No, that jarred on me
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Date: 2019-04-06 04:21 pm (UTC)I can see that but it didn’t really bother me as long as an author is just exaggerating a character rather than completely misrepresenting them. That’s part of the attraction of fan fiction for me - the chance to play around with canon and make of the characters what you will. And happily for me (again!) the Bodie in this story (so far) is my kind of Bodie. Which takes me to a note I made last week when I read this chapter…. Why is it that I like this brutal, violent Bodie? What makes him so attractive? Hopefully it’s not because I’m brutal and violent or so unoriginal that I imagine being able to ‘tame’ him. No, I think it’s partly because the darker and more unreachable Bodie is depicted, then the more intriguing/fascinating is the eventual relationship between him and Doyle (and the fact that it's happened in the first place).
but I just don't see Bodie in the eps as that vicious,
I agree with this, I can’t see Bodie killing someone in custody deliberately but perhaps accidentally? The guy died from a blow to the head I think? (Can't spell the right medical term.) I can see that happening if things got out of hand or if there’s some kind of pre-existing condition. Doyle believed that he’d killed Coogan’s brother with one punch to the guts and even though it turns out he wasn’t responsible, then presumably he thought it was possible and that’s without even trying. But yes, an out of control Bodie isn’t the Bodie I recognise from the episodes.
And Bodie and Murphy's relationship… another note I made last week was that I couldn’t work out how they knew each other originally – where they’d met – and that was bugging me, but then much later on the answer popped up, but somehow I couldn’t see Murphy in the SAS - he seems too laid back and relaxed! And Bodie and Murphy together? No, that jarred on me