Quote from: Barrington Boots on 12 June, 2023, 09:43:32 AMI'd be interested to know if you think a redemption arc is possible for the character now you've taken her down a far darker path - although I appreciate you may not want to discuss future plans for her!
Cheers, Barrington! The ambiguity is interesting, right? Civilised societies pride themselves on the notion that everyone – no matter how evil - is capable of some sort of redemption. Then again, what kind of redemption could ever be possible for crazed, remorseless monsters like Hitler or Ian Brady? Who gets to choose where that line is drawn? And, when it comes to popular stories about hitmen and killers, where do our sympathies lie? Which faction or species is getting 'othered' by whom?
Kim Newman (again) made a really good point in Shivers magazine back in the day regarding Buffy. He said that the premise of the show kinda unravels the moment a single vampire is capable of being rehabilitated. Every vampire Buffy nails could be a potential redemptee! It makes what she does feel less like heroism and more like genocide. I guess it's all in how you frame the story.
Thanks to everyone for reading!