Meta: Why Ten is like Wesley.
1 February 2011 10:31 amI have had what I can only describe as a backwards epiphany. And I’ve even managed to think up an metaphor for it...
The thing is, that for years I’ve been saying that Ten is *broken*, and damaged. (This is not exactly news, just look at ‘Handlebars’). But for me it was like a tune that I knew well. I fitted Ten beautifully, but I was sure I’d heard it somewhere before. I thought maybe it was Angel’s tune, and certainly there are similarities, but Angel’s tune fits Jack much better. I thought it might be Buffy’s, but that wasn’t quite it either, despite certain overlaps. And then yesterday, I suddenly realised what the words to that tune were, and - they were Wesley’s:
When you strip everything else away, the self thatWes Ten is left with is like glass; sharp, brittle. Damaged. Wes Ten has the potential to snap. More than potential, even.
Those are the words that have been in the back of my head whenever I’ve thought of Ten. And oh, it doesn’t end there...
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ETA: One more thing. From![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
yhlee's review of TGiQ:
"I can't believe I forgot how Denisof as Wesley can stand there and exude pain. It's like a superpower."
I rest my case.
The thing is, that for years I’ve been saying that Ten is *broken*, and damaged. (This is not exactly news, just look at ‘Handlebars’). But for me it was like a tune that I knew well. I fitted Ten beautifully, but I was sure I’d heard it somewhere before. I thought maybe it was Angel’s tune, and certainly there are similarities, but Angel’s tune fits Jack much better. I thought it might be Buffy’s, but that wasn’t quite it either, despite certain overlaps. And then yesterday, I suddenly realised what the words to that tune were, and - they were Wesley’s:
When you strip everything else away, the self that
Those are the words that have been in the back of my head whenever I’ve thought of Ten. And oh, it doesn’t end there...
( Read more... )
ETA: One more thing. From
yhlee's review of TGiQ:"I can't believe I forgot how Denisof as Wesley can stand there and exude pain. It's like a superpower."
I rest my case.
