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the G-man said:
With all due respect, Rob, you're falling into that common trap of excusing implausible reactions simply because of the genre. -{SNIP}- However, that fantasy element doesn't mean that we have to accept when people act implausibly or out of character.



i'm all for accepting actions within the genre. im a nerd, after all. i just found it funny that you were discussing how crazy this little personality trait was on a show where, almost literally, nothing makes sense.

however, my point is that what you and pro are asking isn't shown to be within the realm of the characters you're asking it of. from your lil analogy, its you two who are asking marty to boff his mom. ...and you're both disgusting.

sayid's character is acting as sayid's character has always acted. sayid has a military and vicious background, but its one that he often recoils from and wishes he didn' have. he has no aspirations, and has yet to show a desire, to overtake any form of leadership.

and jack's character is acting as jack's has. an emotional man in an emotionless role, being consistantly looked up to to fix the problem, even if he doesn't want to be. most everyone on the island, including sayid and a reluctant sawyer, look to him, and not of jack's choice -- in fact, often much to his chagrin.

off the topf of my head, a truly out of character moment i can think of was when charlie went rogue and beat up a girl. ...and then that sorta went away. that was mostly outta left field, both before and after -- even for his crack whoring self.

but having sayid confront jack and call him a punk and smack him around cuz jack is doing crazy shit? how does that fit in anything we've seen of sayid?

even recently, on the trip to rescue jack, locke was all goin nutty and blowin shit up and murdering people with sonar dog fences and carrying around cartoonish sticks of dynamite (you know, "typical actions within the genre") and sayid was all but didn't do anythign to stop him. and that was of locke and in a smaller group -- a much lesser and easily approachable scenario for sayid to make his "hey, wait a tick, i was a torture guy! " scenario.

its much more likely that sayid's quiter, meticulous and careful character relented to the idea of the chick comin to their beach party because, now, he can keep a closer eye on her. he can spot her moves and plot from up close. its possible he thinks jack has been turned, i.e; michael.

those i can see as "in character" actions.

and then locke can ride in on the monster smoke giraffe and stmop them all to death.

in time.

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