So.

[godzina.livejournal.com]

I couldn't agree more with katschei. I was afraid of speaking up before, because there's just so many people who deserve to be mentioned.

I'll mention Cable, and whoever plays him. Preplotting. How much preplotting are you doing?! It is unbelievable how many layers there are to the story. It reads like a whole novel of its own, and I am deeply awed and amazed. You took a character from the comics who was a walking fanboy dream and whose background was convoluted only so the X-Men could save the world past, present and future, and made him human.

So, there. I picked one.

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A Life of Layers

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((Don't how accurate, or, um, coherent, this is as 1. I haven't read all the logs posted since February (when I lost my Internet connection) and 2. It's 6 am and I haven't been to bed yet. I'll try to write you something better, which may take a few days, as this looks to be a Hellish Weekend with no time for sleep. :cries: But, um, for now, this is what you get. Sorry, Paige, you'll get something better when I'm not awake only by the grace of a caffeine IV.))


Paige is special. Which is hokey-sounding, but true. She's the girl who would do anything, be anything for you: but deep down she's doing it for one reason: she needs you to need her. She draws strength from fixing your problems for you, and the end of the world will come when she asks for help with hers. She needs to be independent, and she needs to be needed. She needs to be stronger than her brother, and wants to be an X-Man because she finds value in herself by protecting others. She needs to be stronger than you. And she must be in control. It's why she rejected Angelo's proposal, because instead of seeing it for what it was, him telling her how much he needed her, she saw it as an attempt to control her. And Paige rejects anything she sees an attempt to control who she is. Or anyone who tries to control her. Like her brother Sam, who, by attacking the people she loved, unwittingly became someone she could take out her frustration with things she couldn't control on, without anyone guessing that was the deep-down reason. And Sam didn't need her, not like Jono and Angelo and Sarah did, so it was okay.

Her power is appropriate because she loves to hide behind the happy mask. Little does she know, the only person she's hiding from is herself. Others think she pretends bad things don't exist, when in reality, she's all too aware of them, and has no coping mechanism. How does Paige cope with stress? Honestly, now.

Well? I'm waiting.

Paige is the character you bite your fingernails watching, because you want so much for her to have a happy ending (or, better yet, no ending at all) , knowing all the while that because of who she is, who she's built herself to be, that it can never happen. But you want it to work out for her so badly. You want to fix all her problems even though you know she'd never even let you try. I break my own heart watching her, because someone as beautiful and good as her deserves only wonderful things, but she's self-destructive and ultimately self-sabotaging. She took pleasure in hiding her problems and didn't freak out until people called on her act.

So, in summation :g:: Paige: the girl we've all been or dated or loved, whose problems we can't fix, and whom we love too much not to try. It's possible she's also played by a god, for what else could create such a deeply layered person, too complicated for me to fully understand her, even now, yet somehow able to accept that fact.

Re: A Life of Layers

[xp_daytripper]

*applauds* So bloody true - a wonderful description of a wonderful character. And yes, we're all killing ourselves with worry about Paige here, even if some of us don't particularly show it.

Beyond anonymous cookies, of course. ;)