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eldrichhobbit links to two interesting essays:

Good Bye, Jedi, and Good Riddance: I have a lot of difficulty disagreeing with this. Not just because I'm evil.

Boone: Why We Care (huge spoilers for Lost): Examines Boone, Everyman. While I do see the author's point, I don't much identify with Boone. (Ed.: Well, you're not Everyman, are you?) I love the author's summary of the other male characters:

I mean, who else is there to identify with? Sawyer? He steals things and gets gonorrhea from hookers. Doctor Jack? He’s a superhero. Lottery-winning Hurley? There’s nothing wrong with him that, say, a few months on a desert island wouldn’t cure. (Unless . . . the island doesn’t want him to lose weight!) Sayid? He used to work for Saddam Hussein. Jin? He’s a mafia legbreaker. Michael? His son’s got psychic powers. Charlie is a heroin-addict former rock star. And Locke is some kind of Jedi survivalist shaman psycho. How do you identify with that?

Apparently, you just have to be me. Of course, given my history of liking not terribly likable weirdo characters, this doesn't surprise me. Of all the characters, I most like Locke. Pressed for a second, I'd choose Sayid. Strangely, none of the women appeal to me at all. Claire is too sweet and dependent. Shannon is a manipulative man-eater/victim of her wealthy, shallow parents, neither of which have any relation to my reality. Kate is the Thief with the Heart of Gold; the only way they could have made me hate her background more is by making her the Hooker with the Heart of Gold. Sun is the sheltered daughter of a mafioso. I suppose admire her most, since she has shown an enormous amount of backbone, and I sympathize with her torn loyalties. But none of the women are Everywoman, or any character I particularly relate to. I wish the older black woman with the dead/notdead husband hadn't fallen off of the island after she comforted Charlie with her Bosom of Unconditional Love.

Comments

[ashton7.livejournal.com]

I adore Locke. I liked Jack in the beginning. I still like him. But for all the depth they've given him, he still seems "flat" next to some of the other characters like Charlie and Sawyer and Sayid and Locke. Sun has become my favorite of the women. I like Michael better after knowing his back story.

But Locke is definitely the one that always intrigues me.

Boone? I really didn't care about him and was glad they picked him to die. In fact, I think he was a brilliant choice. Someone that isn't so wildly popular with the audiences as, say, a Locke or a Sayid but someone who was very involved from the beginning with the group. It is believable that the other members of the group on the island *do* care about him dying. I don't care, but they do ... and that makes me care. If that makes sense.

[nausica2.livejournal.com]

I had started to like Boone more two episodes before they killed him, which is very clever of the writers imho. He was my nº1 to die, and I hated that he died, but as someone had to die, it's the best choice, if that makes sense. And like Annie, I'm very interested in seeing how this affects the rest of the characters.

I'm quite fond of Sawyer (it's the redeemable thing, can't help it), but I also like Sayid, Locke, Charlie, Claire and Kate a lot. Actually, the one I find more boring is Jack, because I feel he hasn't got a story as interesting as the others. Yeah, issues with dad bla bla, but compared to what Locke or Sayid have... The last one wasn't bad, but I was more interested in knowing what happened to Boone than Jack's love life, sorry.

Now that you have mentioned Locke. I have changed my view of him a bit. I thought he had control. That he had seen "something" (it's beautiful, he said) and was one with the island so he was becoming something of a spiritual guide, a medium, helping the others find themselves.

But after what happened in the plane... I'm not so sure. What Locke has, it can be taken from him easily, and it's obvious "the island" didn't want him to get into the plane, so they took the "gift" away.

And that's scary, because if the "gift" can be taken, what would Locke do if he's presented with a choice between it and the people? He's a man of integrity but...

Ah, how do I like Lost. :D

[claddagh.livejournal.com]

I didn't care when they killed off Boone, but my Fiance thought it was a really good episode.

Personally, I like Locke and Sayid the best. I agree that Jack is flat and too much a superhero. Sun is also cool.