It's always frustrating when I'm more interested in a side character thant he story has any business being. But in this case, the only reason I can see for killing Dewhurst is to make the villain eeeeeevil, something the rest of the screenplay manages to avoid, and to raise the stakes. But then why do it if no one really pays attention? There's about five seconds of grief, then Percy says "Well, he knew the risks." That's it.
I keep thinking about the relationship Percy must have with this (let's face it) boy, who is obviously a scion of another noble family. It's hard to extrapolate from so little, but I'd compare it to movie-Chas to Constantine (and I mean completely without the slash, just in the platonic sense). In which case, Percy's going to have to at the very least tell Tony's family that he was killed. It should be heartbreaking that one so young and obviously impressionable was killed in this battle.
I knew I was out of step with the emotional arc of the story when it came to the climactic scene between Percy and his wife in prison. Up till then I was completely on-board with her angst - I quite liked that actress. But I wanted Percy to point out to her that her foolishness had gotten Tony Dewhurst killed. Which is of course completely inappropriate to the scene, which is one of reconciliation.
*shrug*
Unfortunately there's, as far as I can tell, no fic based on the A&E series, except for the one crossover with Hornblower. I also have to point out that I've never seen/listened to the musical.
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Date: 2006-03-31 06:14 pm (UTC)It's always frustrating when I'm more interested in a side character thant he story has any business being. But in this case, the only reason I can see for killing Dewhurst is to make the villain eeeeeevil, something the rest of the screenplay manages to avoid, and to raise the stakes. But then why do it if no one really pays attention? There's about five seconds of grief, then Percy says "Well, he knew the risks." That's it.
I keep thinking about the relationship Percy must have with this (let's face it) boy, who is obviously a scion of another noble family. It's hard to extrapolate from so little, but I'd compare it to movie-Chas to Constantine (and I mean completely without the slash, just in the platonic sense). In which case, Percy's going to have to at the very least tell Tony's family that he was killed. It should be heartbreaking that one so young and obviously impressionable was killed in this battle.
I knew I was out of step with the emotional arc of the story when it came to the climactic scene between Percy and his wife in prison. Up till then I was completely on-board with her angst - I quite liked that actress. But I wanted Percy to point out to her that her foolishness had gotten Tony Dewhurst killed. Which is of course completely inappropriate to the scene, which is one of reconciliation.
*shrug*
Unfortunately there's, as far as I can tell, no fic based on the A&E series, except for the one crossover with Hornblower. I also have to point out that I've never seen/listened to the musical.