ext_1685 ([identity profile] thassalia.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] itsallovernow 2003-07-24 02:23 pm (UTC)

Ooh, very intriguing. I think Crichton started to understand how all this worked in LGM (I could maybe make a case for LATP, but since I'm hiding from that ep right now, we'll just ignore it). He traded himself for Jothee, for freedom for his friends because he thought there was no other choice, and from that point on, has always known that somehow, somewhere, there's always another option - doesn't mean better, just means other.

In WWL, he's again forced into the role and looks for something to save him. He's again a willing sacrifice, but Grayza thinks she's gaining something. By TF, he's learned to play two sides of himself - the returning hero and the alien, trying to desperately balance both sides, and by the time we get to WSS:FA, he understands the game, how to be two people, how to lie and finagle and do it all with coldness and clarity, and I love the Riki-Tiki-Tavi analogy with the nurse. They both know it's a game, a dangerous fake, both trying to gain something they want.

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