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). Interesting again... (you always write interesting things!)
I am??? I AM!!! Blimey and thank you.
So - would it work for you if the difficulty between their relationship was actually on Doyle's side, rather than Bodie's? That there was something dark and unreachable about Doyle that had to be surmounted?
That’s a really interesting question and I think I’d have to say no but I’m not sure why... I love Doyle as well so I must love him for reasons which are different to those I give for Bodie. He *is* violent but it’s more a case of losing his temper whereas canon Bodie is pretty much in control of his violence e.g. in the Monday morning footballers row with Cowley in Slush Fund, Bodie’s face actually darkens with anger but he just about manages to contain himself and yet it’s no less deadly and terrifies me which Doyle’s temper never does. I suppose I’d always hope that Doyle is open to reason whereas I’m not sure Bodie’s version of reason would correspond with mine!
And talking of Sebastian, there’s is a story by her which I can’t find and can’t remember the title of, where the lads have got someone in custody and they torture him purely for sadistic reasons. It’s horrible, pointless and I just don’t see them here and so I really wouldn’t want to read it again and I suppose that would be an example of misrepresentaion as opposed to exaggeration.
You shouldn't be hitting people so hard that it turns out to be a possibility!) Well that’s the ideal but desperate situations call for desperate measures and really depends on what’s at stake. Even Cowley was preparing to electrocute someone in custody in one episode (with an incredulous Doyle restraining the suspect).
Cowley's cold-blooded (e.g. shooting Manton), but I don't think he lets his agents be like that except under strict orders (although now I'm thinking about that too - hmmn, does he?)
If Cowley shoots people in the back who aren’t even threatening his life then he can’t really expect different standards from the men beneath him. And it wasn’t just Manton he did that to but also the character played by Stephen Berkoff in A Man Called Quinn.
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RE: Part 2
Date: 2019-04-07 06:18 pm (UTC)Interesting again... (you always write interesting things!)
I am??? I AM!!! Blimey and thank you.
So - would it work for you if the difficulty between their relationship was actually on Doyle's side, rather than Bodie's? That there was something dark and unreachable about Doyle that had to be surmounted?
That’s a really interesting question and I think I’d have to say no but I’m not sure why... I love Doyle as well so I must love him for reasons which are different to those I give for Bodie. He *is* violent but it’s more a case of losing his temper whereas canon Bodie is pretty much in control of his violence e.g. in the Monday morning footballers row with Cowley in Slush Fund, Bodie’s face actually darkens with anger but he just about manages to contain himself and yet it’s no less deadly and terrifies me which Doyle’s temper never does. I suppose I’d always hope that Doyle is open to reason whereas I’m not sure Bodie’s version of reason would correspond with mine!
And talking of Sebastian, there’s is a story by her which I can’t find and can’t remember the title of, where the lads have got someone in custody and they torture him purely for sadistic reasons. It’s horrible, pointless and I just don’t see them here and so I really wouldn’t want to read it again and I suppose that would be an example of misrepresentaion as opposed to exaggeration.
You shouldn't be hitting people so hard that it turns out to be a possibility!)
Well that’s the ideal but desperate situations call for desperate measures and really depends on what’s at stake. Even Cowley was preparing to electrocute someone in custody in one episode (with an incredulous Doyle restraining the suspect).
Cowley's cold-blooded (e.g. shooting Manton), but I don't think he lets his agents be like that except under strict orders (although now I'm thinking about that too - hmmn, does he?)
If Cowley shoots people in the back who aren’t even threatening his life then he can’t really expect different standards from the men beneath him. And it wasn’t just Manton he did that to but also the character played by Stephen Berkoff in A Man Called Quinn.
Blimey, I'm exhausted....