I see that Derek does bring that... I just don't like him. I think a big part of it is the actor, who doesn't do anything for me. And then the character is so gruff and inhuman. I need him to be humanised a little bit, maybe?
it's pretty clear that being a soldier from that age has ... made him not quite right in the head, yes? Yes. Not in a way I have really managed to get 'into' yet though. Just in an 'I'm a really angry guy' kind of way. I may be knee-jerking slightly against his hyper-masculinity... I don't like that he views Sarah as a light-weight and feel really defensive on her behalf.
Perhaps it will just take some time... he didn't actively annoy or bore me in this episode (and he has before), so I feel like I could be won round... Oddly I did really like the episode that focussed on his story, and I do like his narrative purpose, I just don't find him charismatic.
John took a while to grow on me too, but I'm impressed I like him as much as I do now. Teenage boys aren't an easy sell for me (except in FNL!) but he's got some redeeming characteristics.
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Date: 2008-09-11 12:56 am (UTC)it's pretty clear that being a soldier from that age has ... made him not quite right in the head, yes?
Yes. Not in a way I have really managed to get 'into' yet though. Just in an 'I'm a really angry guy' kind of way. I may be knee-jerking slightly against his hyper-masculinity... I don't like that he views Sarah as a light-weight and feel really defensive on her behalf.
Perhaps it will just take some time... he didn't actively annoy or bore me in this episode (and he has before), so I feel like I could be won round... Oddly I did really like the episode that focussed on his story, and I do like his narrative purpose, I just don't find him charismatic.
John took a while to grow on me too, but I'm impressed I like him as much as I do now. Teenage boys aren't an easy sell for me (except in FNL!) but he's got some redeeming characteristics.