But I’m familiar with tempers – children have them
eah, but so do adults - and they quite often end in death and the newspapers, or at least severe beatings.
Do I think Doyle would go that far? Probably not, but it doesn't mean that level of uncontrolled violence (until someone's able to control themselves) doesn't frighten me! And i'm not sure that a victim of domestic violence, say, would appreciate the idea that it "shows you're human"!
But do you not think that losing your temper is a fairly natural/human characteristic? And domestic abuse is such a minefield, so much of it is a sustained, premeditated form of control as opposed to a a sudden loss of temper and where there is violence from temper it's often fuelled by drugs or alcohol, so it's almost a different class of behaviour from that shown by Doyle.
that scene with Kathy towards the end of Hunter-Hunted – he barely touches her but his actual physicality is threatening Yeah, but the thing is, I never believe that he'd actually do it, not in cold blood.
That's the thing, I didn't know for certain!
I'm more chilled there by the idea that Cowley really would sit back and let him kill someone
I agree and looking so avuncular!
. And look what happens when Bodie's out to get May-Li, who actually did shoot Doyle, several times. Bodie was all cold-revenge then ("For Christ's sake, who did it Ray?") but when it came to it, he didn't go through with it. He could have stared May-Li down while she died, or just left her dumped there as his revenge, but he didn't.
I agree (again!) and that's why I find him so fascinating and more complicated than he first appears to be.
I suppose it all comes down to the different things that scare us about people! Not that Doyle scares me, but I'd be just as wary of him as I would be of Bodie, for slightly different reasons...
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RE: Part 2
Date: 2019-04-09 04:11 pm (UTC)eah, but so do adults - and they quite often end in death and the newspapers, or at least severe beatings.
Do I think Doyle would go that far? Probably not, but it doesn't mean that level of uncontrolled violence (until someone's able to control themselves) doesn't frighten me! And i'm not sure that a victim of domestic violence, say, would appreciate the idea that it "shows you're human"!
But do you not think that losing your temper is a fairly natural/human characteristic? And domestic abuse is such a minefield, so much of it is a sustained, premeditated form of control as opposed to a a sudden loss of temper and where there is violence from temper it's often fuelled by drugs or alcohol, so it's almost a different class of behaviour from that shown by Doyle.
that scene with Kathy towards the end of Hunter-Hunted – he barely touches her but his actual physicality is threatening
Yeah, but the thing is, I never believe that he'd actually do it, not in cold blood.
That's the thing, I didn't know for certain!
I'm more chilled there by the idea that Cowley really would sit back and let him kill someone
I agree and looking so avuncular!
. And look what happens when Bodie's out to get May-Li, who actually did shoot Doyle, several times. Bodie was all cold-revenge then ("For Christ's sake, who did it Ray?") but when it came to it, he didn't go through with it. He could have stared May-Li down while she died, or just left her dumped there as his revenge, but he didn't.
I agree (again!) and that's why I find him so fascinating and more complicated than he first appears to be.
I suppose it all comes down to the different things that scare us about people! Not that Doyle scares me, but I'd be just as wary of him as I would be of Bodie, for slightly different reasons...
It *is* subjective.