I have now actually written too much lecture, I think, so I'll attempt this question.
Hm. Well, I like him better than most of the other Kryceks I write--in that sense he's much closer to my heart! And I do think that that was still a valid interpretation of the character. The difference is that ILWT Krycek has a world outside the conspiracy (or did until the events of that series, anyway!) and has been shaped by that world in a way that my other Kryceks (and especially the K/Ma Kryceks) don't and haven't. For them, the whole universe has narrowed down to this one struggle and the series of horrific choices it brings, whereas ILWT Krycek can still see a world beyond that. At least, he can sometimes. And that makes him less frightened, and less mean--I think a lot of the reason my Kryceks are so mean is that they're terrified. The world is ending, and they're terrified that there's nothing they can do about it, and they deal with that by lashing out at everyone around them.
As an aside, I sometimes think that I'm unusual among Krycek-writers for really preferring later-season Krycek--but I love his desperation, the sense that he's always just on the knife-edge of utter destruction. (It's possibly a wonder that Krycek puts up with me, as an author.)
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Date: 2004-11-23 01:59 pm (UTC)Hm. Well, I like him better than most of the other Kryceks I write--in that sense he's much closer to my heart! And I do think that that was still a valid interpretation of the character. The difference is that ILWT Krycek has a world outside the conspiracy (or did until the events of that series, anyway!) and has been shaped by that world in a way that my other Kryceks (and especially the K/Ma Kryceks) don't and haven't. For them, the whole universe has narrowed down to this one struggle and the series of horrific choices it brings, whereas ILWT Krycek can still see a world beyond that. At least, he can sometimes. And that makes him less frightened, and less mean--I think a lot of the reason my Kryceks are so mean is that they're terrified. The world is ending, and they're terrified that there's nothing they can do about it, and they deal with that by lashing out at everyone around them.
As an aside, I sometimes think that I'm unusual among Krycek-writers for really preferring later-season Krycek--but I love his desperation, the sense that he's always just on the knife-edge of utter destruction. (It's possibly a wonder that Krycek puts up with me, as an author.)