I usually don't go for happy endings (I'm all about angst - probably one of the reasons why I first latched onto Alex as a character) but in PB it's different somehow - I want some happiness for them, dammit, after all they went through *g*.
That's so true. Canon itself gives you all the angst you could ask for -- any character that comes within five minutes of being happy usually has something horribly painful happen in the next scene. It's a pattern of PB and yet it keeps us all watching!
Having said that, in my heart of hearts I probably prefer a kind of bittersweet ending for Alex in the show itself because I feel he still needs some sort of redemption.
Strangely enough, I don't feel the need for an Alex redemption. Objectively speaking, after the deaths he's caused (especially Tweener, since his death can't be emotionally justified by the idea of him being a danger to other people), I should. I should feel that Alex's decisions were -- to a good extent -- his decisions. Made under a certain amount of pressure (danger to his loved ones) but still his choices, and he should have to work to be redeemed from them. And yet... hmmm.
I think it's the actual death of Cameron. The way that it hurt him so deeply, the way that having a child die before you is always horrible, but knowing they died in fear and pain (as a way of getting to you) is so much worse.
It's also a sign of how much I like certain characters. I will forgive them for things I understand. Killing to protect those you love -- I can forgive that, frighteningly enough.
But a happy ending will be good (as long as they don't have him get back with Pam. I couldn't buy that she would want that, not now, not after everything that's happened).
I don't want him back with Pam. Like you, I don't think it's going to be healthy for either of them and I don't think they'd ever be able to be together without being constantly reminded of Cameron's death. But I don't know if I trust the writers to come up with a happy ending that doesn't involve Pam (especially not given T-Bag's references to Alex's "wife". It feels like the start of a Pam/Alex conclusion).
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Date: 2009-05-06 02:15 am (UTC)That's so true. Canon itself gives you all the angst you could ask for -- any character that comes within five minutes of being happy usually has something horribly painful happen in the next scene. It's a pattern of PB and yet it keeps us all watching!
Having said that, in my heart of hearts I probably prefer a kind of bittersweet ending for Alex in the show itself because I feel he still needs some sort of redemption.
Strangely enough, I don't feel the need for an Alex redemption. Objectively speaking, after the deaths he's caused (especially Tweener, since his death can't be emotionally justified by the idea of him being a danger to other people), I should. I should feel that Alex's decisions were -- to a good extent -- his decisions. Made under a certain amount of pressure (danger to his loved ones) but still his choices, and he should have to work to be redeemed from them. And yet... hmmm.
I think it's the actual death of Cameron. The way that it hurt him so deeply, the way that having a child die before you is always horrible, but knowing they died in fear and pain (as a way of getting to you) is so much worse.
It's also a sign of how much I like certain characters. I will forgive them for things I understand. Killing to protect those you love -- I can forgive that, frighteningly enough.
But a happy ending will be good (as long as they don't have him get back with Pam. I couldn't buy that she would want that, not now, not after everything that's happened).
I don't want him back with Pam. Like you, I don't think it's going to be healthy for either of them and I don't think they'd ever be able to be together without being constantly reminded of Cameron's death. But I don't know if I trust the writers to come up with a happy ending that doesn't involve Pam (especially not given T-Bag's references to Alex's "wife". It feels like the start of a Pam/Alex conclusion).