And his freakish civic-mindedness is also one of his most endearing qualities. It's almost like he's expanded his people to include all of Deadwood in certain respects.
Yes, that's absolutely right. It doesn't stop him from exploiting the people under his control, but damned if he'll let anyone else victimize them. And in a sense you're right that he's the bad guy, but that's weighed out by the fact that there's no good guy, really. I mean, at first we all thought it was Seth, but Seth's anger-management issues are so painfully clear that it's hard to see him as "the good guy" in any simplistic sense. He's trying to do what he thinks is right, but he's less successful than any number of other people in the camp.
I really like how you put the relationship between Al and Trixie here -- yes, that he's having to see her differently, and is struggling with her being a person rather than a possession.
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Date: 2006-09-18 04:20 pm (UTC)Yes, that's absolutely right. It doesn't stop him from exploiting the people under his control, but damned if he'll let anyone else victimize them. And in a sense you're right that he's the bad guy, but that's weighed out by the fact that there's no good guy, really. I mean, at first we all thought it was Seth, but Seth's anger-management issues are so painfully clear that it's hard to see him as "the good guy" in any simplistic sense. He's trying to do what he thinks is right, but he's less successful than any number of other people in the camp.
I really like how you put the relationship between Al and Trixie here -- yes, that he's having to see her differently, and is struggling with her being a person rather than a possession.