(I wasn't going to say anything about the metatext - but it works. One's opinions of the deceased are formed by the reactions of those who knew them, after all. Going REALLY close to home, at my Dad's wake I was approached by SO many people who my parents had given massive help over the years - money, favors, etc - I'd had no idea about. I always knew they were good people, but not to the extent of aid they'd given others.)
Besides you twigging to Nisha's unresolved Callahan issues, her internal monolog on Graves also helps contextualize his death.
As a reader, I had forgotten Nisha's affair with Callahan. Your Author's Note reminded me. This isn't a complaint or criticism - you didn't have Nisha's internal monolog go into it. Instead she merely thinks "...it had been his case after all..." Since Nisha has always been emotionally closed, AND has gone through all the shit, AND has formed a stable relationship with Zoltan, this is right and proper. It's absolutely how she'd state it to herself. All the unresolved emotions hidden behind the veneer of *finishing Callahan's work.*
Yay, Golding! Thanks for helping. Guess it's a good thing you knew your squad were all basically assholes, or you'd be falling apart right now. A bit sad Jones was the one killed, not Scarra or Pensthorpe. Jones was the one who could have learned from his mistake.
Yeah, there was a little bit of metatextual commentary going on there, I think. Nisha observing Graves' invisible efforts as the author attempting to retcon his own oversight. :P
One day Disney+ can do a limited series all about Graves and remove all the mystery from his backstory.
Glad the Nisha stuff worked.
And yes, good job Golding. John Wicking his entire squad was quite handy, eh? One of those instances where it'd feel a bit too convenient, without his previous decision to 'help' Clarke and the others by 'only' arresting them, combined with the generally unpleasant nature of his crew.
Jones is someone who would be a good person if surrounded and led by good people. Put into the mix with bad people, and he's a bad person. He forms into whatever society he's in. Exactly the sort of person a fascist regime requires.
(I wasn't going to say anything about the metatext - but it works. One's opinions of the deceased are formed by the reactions of those who knew them, after all. Going REALLY close to home, at my Dad's wake I was approached by SO many people who my parents had given massive help over the years - money, favors, etc - I'd had no idea about. I always knew they were good people, but not to the extent of aid they'd given others.)
Besides you twigging to Nisha's unresolved Callahan issues, her internal monolog on Graves also helps contextualize his death.
As a reader, I had forgotten Nisha's affair with Callahan. Your Author's Note reminded me. This isn't a complaint or criticism - you didn't have Nisha's internal monolog go into it. Instead she merely thinks "...it had been his case after all..." Since Nisha has always been emotionally closed, AND has gone through all the shit, AND has formed a stable relationship with Zoltan, this is right and proper. It's absolutely how she'd state it to herself. All the unresolved emotions hidden behind the veneer of *finishing Callahan's work.*
Yay, Golding! Thanks for helping. Guess it's a good thing you knew your squad were all basically assholes, or you'd be falling apart right now. A bit sad Jones was the one killed, not Scarra or Pensthorpe. Jones was the one who could have learned from his mistake.
Yeah, there was a little bit of metatextual commentary going on there, I think. Nisha observing Graves' invisible efforts as the author attempting to retcon his own oversight. :P
One day Disney+ can do a limited series all about Graves and remove all the mystery from his backstory.
Glad the Nisha stuff worked.
And yes, good job Golding. John Wicking his entire squad was quite handy, eh? One of those instances where it'd feel a bit too convenient, without his previous decision to 'help' Clarke and the others by 'only' arresting them, combined with the generally unpleasant nature of his crew.
Jones is someone who would be a good person if surrounded and led by good people. Put into the mix with bad people, and he's a bad person. He forms into whatever society he's in. Exactly the sort of person a fascist regime requires.