Alas, not really. I still find the whole concept (beyond the law, armed against the future, LOL at civil liberties, yay torture) to be revoltingly offensive. As is Jack's shoot-first-ask-questions-later attitude. And despite the nifty meta I read on my FL, I don't actually think the writing is particularly sharp; usually I can't tell if they're being morally ambiguous on purpose or if they're just too lazy to think through the implications of what they're writing.
It might be balanced out if I loved one of the characters, but I haven't connected with any of them at all. I'm an OTC type person so if there's no character for me to get into, I'll never be drawn into a fandom. :(
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Date: 2008-03-12 09:39 pm (UTC)Alas, not really. I still find the whole concept (beyond the law, armed against the future, LOL at civil liberties, yay torture) to be revoltingly offensive. As is Jack's shoot-first-ask-questions-later attitude. And despite the nifty meta I read on my FL, I don't actually think the writing is particularly sharp; usually I can't tell if they're being morally ambiguous on purpose or if they're just too lazy to think through the implications of what they're writing.
It might be balanced out if I loved one of the characters, but I haven't connected with any of them at all. I'm an OTC type person so if there's no character for me to get into, I'll never be drawn into a fandom. :(