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That is an interesting thought, actually. I am not familiar with many fandoms, and I cannot think readily of many examples of this, but yes it does happen and it's amazing how much latitude the audience gives the protagonist when they do something they shouldn't. Or appear to.
The only instance I can sort of think of is Fraser running off with Victoria in dS. OK, during the episode itself you can never really tell if he's really going to go through with it or not - and of course he very conveniently gets shot so he can't - but then he tells Ray that he *was* going, abandoning his two best friends in the process and, to all intents and purposes, bankrupting Ray and his family. And yet everyone is all "Poor tragic Fraser", so yes, I suppose a pretty face can go a long way. What about poor RayV? He nearly loses his house and then his friend. Yet this part of the story is often used in fic to stoke up the perceived inimity between RayV & RayK. If I'd been Vecchio, I'd have beaten Fraser with a stick as soon as he got better, never mind be so patient and understanding, LOL.
I suppose in that example it's all meant to look OOC - which, as a one-off, makes for fairly good drama I think - but I would be curious to know of any examples where anyone actually managed to go through with the "wrong decision" so to speak, and how fans reacted to that.
Your icon just got me thinking (always a dangerous thing): I am very, very fuzzy on Torchwood, I've not even seen all of the episodes, let alone had a good think about them, but aren't there a couple of examples of this going on there as well? Or am I getting mixed up again?
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Date: 2007-04-07 03:45 pm (UTC)That is an interesting thought, actually. I am not familiar with many fandoms, and I cannot think readily of many examples of this, but yes it does happen and it's amazing how much latitude the audience gives the protagonist when they do something they shouldn't. Or appear to.
The only instance I can sort of think of is Fraser running off with Victoria in dS. OK, during the episode itself you can never really tell if he's really going to go through with it or not - and of course he very conveniently gets shot so he can't - but then he tells Ray that he *was* going, abandoning his two best friends in the process and, to all intents and purposes, bankrupting Ray and his family. And yet everyone is all "Poor tragic Fraser", so yes, I suppose a pretty face can go a long way. What about poor RayV? He nearly loses his house and then his friend. Yet this part of the story is often used in fic to stoke up the perceived inimity between RayV & RayK. If I'd been Vecchio, I'd have beaten Fraser with a stick as soon as he got better, never mind be so patient and understanding, LOL.
I suppose in that example it's all meant to look OOC - which, as a one-off, makes for fairly good drama I think - but I would be curious to know of any examples where anyone actually managed to go through with the "wrong decision" so to speak, and how fans reacted to that.
Your icon just got me thinking (always a dangerous thing): I am very, very fuzzy on Torchwood, I've not even seen all of the episodes, let alone had a good think about them, but aren't there a couple of examples of this going on there as well? Or am I getting mixed up again?