10-30-2015, 12:50 PM
I would like to add a new thought to my last reply.
The characters in a story has no free will. Their decisions and choices are defined by the writers of the story. Those definitions are taken by the writers depending on what they want or need for the future of the story.
Let’s take Kelly’s death for example. The actress was out of the show. The writers needed to take the character out of the story. Because of that Juliette betrayed Nick and Kelly, Nick didn’t saw Juliette was betraying him and Kelly was killed apparently easy (considering the past story of Kelly’s character in the show).
It is fun to debate why Nick didn’t saw this coming, why it was easy to kill Kelly, why didn’t Diana helped Kelly, why Juliette went to royal’s side, and so on. But in the, the simple answer is: because the writers wanted/needed that things were this way.
In this point, jsgrimm45 is right when he considers that there is no evil or good in the character’s actions since the characters are just following a predefined plot.
In this context, Nick’ actions as detective is different from the actions of a real detective since Nick has no choice while a real one has. But, connecting this to my prior post… Each person will see Nick’s actions and interpret it depending on her/his own background. Some will consider that the writers should write Nick’s actions according to a real detective. Some will consider that the writers can follow a different path.
The point is that we should not forget that the characters are locked inside writer’s decisions and writing.
The characters in a story has no free will. Their decisions and choices are defined by the writers of the story. Those definitions are taken by the writers depending on what they want or need for the future of the story.
Let’s take Kelly’s death for example. The actress was out of the show. The writers needed to take the character out of the story. Because of that Juliette betrayed Nick and Kelly, Nick didn’t saw Juliette was betraying him and Kelly was killed apparently easy (considering the past story of Kelly’s character in the show).
It is fun to debate why Nick didn’t saw this coming, why it was easy to kill Kelly, why didn’t Diana helped Kelly, why Juliette went to royal’s side, and so on. But in the, the simple answer is: because the writers wanted/needed that things were this way.
In this point, jsgrimm45 is right when he considers that there is no evil or good in the character’s actions since the characters are just following a predefined plot.
In this context, Nick’ actions as detective is different from the actions of a real detective since Nick has no choice while a real one has. But, connecting this to my prior post… Each person will see Nick’s actions and interpret it depending on her/his own background. Some will consider that the writers should write Nick’s actions according to a real detective. Some will consider that the writers can follow a different path.
The point is that we should not forget that the characters are locked inside writer’s decisions and writing.