I can go either way with Nathan. It's possible to argue that his self-centeredness is of the same type as Peter Parker's: he has to put himself first because he has greater responsibilities than just to his family. In the pilot, he pretty much dismisses both Peter's and his mother's problems, but his family has Drama with a capital D. Since he's in the middle of this extremely delicate and dangerous operation with the FBI, I can see why he'd see Peter's obsession with flying and his mother's shoplifting as things they were doing to him.
I just keep thinking about that scene in "Six Months Ago." Putting aside the broyay, he seemed very in tune with his wife and happy, as opposed to in the series where he doesn't even refer to his children by name.
If he's a villain, it's in the same way Linderman is. After the accident, it seems like Nathan's been gathering power to himself in the belief that when he controls things he can make sure everything is done right. It's almost self-less, his hunger for power. He wants to be President not for the rush but so he can cause the right changes to be made. Which is exactly what has led Linderman to be what he is—gaining power so he can control events. Linderman doesn't see himself as evil, and I don't think Nathan ever will either, no matter how far down that path he goes.
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Date: 2007-06-19 06:21 pm (UTC)I just keep thinking about that scene in "Six Months Ago." Putting aside the broyay, he seemed very in tune with his wife and happy, as opposed to in the series where he doesn't even refer to his children by name.
If he's a villain, it's in the same way Linderman is. After the accident, it seems like Nathan's been gathering power to himself in the belief that when he controls things he can make sure everything is done right. It's almost self-less, his hunger for power. He wants to be President not for the rush but so he can cause the right changes to be made. Which is exactly what has led Linderman to be what he is—gaining power so he can control events. Linderman doesn't see himself as evil, and I don't think Nathan ever will either, no matter how far down that path he goes.