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ellestraI have tendency to like people and pairings that aren’t popular. That causes a lot of disappointments. I usually am pretty fatalistic about it. It’s not as if I don’t expect it to be not the way I like it but this really made me sad.
Because, you see, I really liked Isabelle Tyler.
It’s probably the same thing as with Felisin Paran. I disagree with what they do but I understand why they do it and why they don’t get how they hurt people who care about them and who they care about.
Iasbelle didn’t give in to Matthew’s demands of mass murder of all 4400s. She tried to find the solution to imbalance of power and growing divide between powerful and powerless – even if it was by creating cold war like standoff. It only when it backfired, she lost the control and everybody she cared about rejected her she went out of the bat and really lost it.
She tried to do best but all she got was Jordan Collier calling her evil and unredeemable.
She killed her mother, stolen her life – even if unintentionally and felt that her father didn’t know how to deal with that and with her.
Even mature, stable personalities would have problem to handle it.
She was only two. Even with a grown up body and all the absorbed knowledge she was too young. She just lacked the life experience. All those years we spent on trial and error to learn how to deal with life and how to behave towards others. Learn what’s right and wrong and how to make moral choices.
And she got all that powers which only made it worse – would you give a gun to a toddler? When a child does something wrong you are able to overpower it so it won’t hurt itself or others. She was the most spoiled child of all – no one could forbid her anything.
I think Richard had good idea but it should have happen sooner.
Still I think de-powering worked as well – she had to learn she can’t get anything she wants. And that other people’s wishes matter too. She was able to see how it is to be ordinary. She could no longer force people to do what she wanted, had to convince them.
She was finally growing up and then it all went wrong.
I didn’t mind her getting powers back. I though she got more responsible – even under blackmail she still didn’t want to be a tool for the Marked. I hoped to see how she would deal with being all powerful and indestructible again. She was becoming more and more interesting and they killed her off.
Isabelle was only three years old. She just lacked the experience to understand all the implications of what she did. She also had enough power to corrupt even saints and was under immense pressure from people who wanted to use her for their own goals. Still she tried to do her best, help the people she loved, make the world a better place. I think she did pretty well in the end.
But I despise Jordan Collier.
I never liked him. This whole pseudo-religious sect dealings (I know it was scientology-like intentionally and I dislike them too). His lust of power, money, control and most of all of people’s admiration always made him kind of creep.
Now he’s even worse. He collects followers to live together and build paradise where he promises they will all live happily ever after. He intentionally persuades billions of people to commit suicide. He gets more sect-like. Follow me or die.
The world he tries to build can be a nice place – after all was built on the genocide of Indians and it pretty nice place today, same with Australia. Still it makes Collier no messiah, but a murderer and sooner all later they would have to deal with that. You could not build paradise on genocide. It’s 3 000 000 000 (billion) people who would die if everyone just takes promicin. It’s worse then Stalin and Hitler and all the other genocides combined.
I also don’t like the assumption that all people get better with power – what about Oliver Knox - psycho killer? Nor are all powers good thing – like that plague lady – she should’ve been better without it. Look what it did to Danny.
And what about people who won’t agree with what Collier does and would want to use their powers to oppose him – all to be de-powerized because he dislikes them.
Does he really believe there’ll be no more crime and sorrow. No thieves, no cheats, no crimes of passion? What if a person who can blow up the world gets broken-hearted and wants it all to end?
Unlike Isabelle he is grown up person. He should know better. He’s not much different then Graham and I hope he would share his faith.
I loved the ending with everyone’s powers – especially Marco’s – because teleportation is one of the big ones. I wonder what Tom will do. Would Diana ever get to have one?
But deep down I mourn for a girl that everybody hated and whose life was too short.
Because, you see, I really liked Isabelle Tyler.
It’s probably the same thing as with Felisin Paran. I disagree with what they do but I understand why they do it and why they don’t get how they hurt people who care about them and who they care about.
Iasbelle didn’t give in to Matthew’s demands of mass murder of all 4400s. She tried to find the solution to imbalance of power and growing divide between powerful and powerless – even if it was by creating cold war like standoff. It only when it backfired, she lost the control and everybody she cared about rejected her she went out of the bat and really lost it.
She tried to do best but all she got was Jordan Collier calling her evil and unredeemable.
She killed her mother, stolen her life – even if unintentionally and felt that her father didn’t know how to deal with that and with her.
Even mature, stable personalities would have problem to handle it.
She was only two. Even with a grown up body and all the absorbed knowledge she was too young. She just lacked the life experience. All those years we spent on trial and error to learn how to deal with life and how to behave towards others. Learn what’s right and wrong and how to make moral choices.
And she got all that powers which only made it worse – would you give a gun to a toddler? When a child does something wrong you are able to overpower it so it won’t hurt itself or others. She was the most spoiled child of all – no one could forbid her anything.
I think Richard had good idea but it should have happen sooner.
Still I think de-powering worked as well – she had to learn she can’t get anything she wants. And that other people’s wishes matter too. She was able to see how it is to be ordinary. She could no longer force people to do what she wanted, had to convince them.
She was finally growing up and then it all went wrong.
I didn’t mind her getting powers back. I though she got more responsible – even under blackmail she still didn’t want to be a tool for the Marked. I hoped to see how she would deal with being all powerful and indestructible again. She was becoming more and more interesting and they killed her off.
Isabelle was only three years old. She just lacked the experience to understand all the implications of what she did. She also had enough power to corrupt even saints and was under immense pressure from people who wanted to use her for their own goals. Still she tried to do her best, help the people she loved, make the world a better place. I think she did pretty well in the end.
But I despise Jordan Collier.
I never liked him. This whole pseudo-religious sect dealings (I know it was scientology-like intentionally and I dislike them too). His lust of power, money, control and most of all of people’s admiration always made him kind of creep.
Now he’s even worse. He collects followers to live together and build paradise where he promises they will all live happily ever after. He intentionally persuades billions of people to commit suicide. He gets more sect-like. Follow me or die.
The world he tries to build can be a nice place – after all was built on the genocide of Indians and it pretty nice place today, same with Australia. Still it makes Collier no messiah, but a murderer and sooner all later they would have to deal with that. You could not build paradise on genocide. It’s 3 000 000 000 (billion) people who would die if everyone just takes promicin. It’s worse then Stalin and Hitler and all the other genocides combined.
I also don’t like the assumption that all people get better with power – what about Oliver Knox - psycho killer? Nor are all powers good thing – like that plague lady – she should’ve been better without it. Look what it did to Danny.
And what about people who won’t agree with what Collier does and would want to use their powers to oppose him – all to be de-powerized because he dislikes them.
Does he really believe there’ll be no more crime and sorrow. No thieves, no cheats, no crimes of passion? What if a person who can blow up the world gets broken-hearted and wants it all to end?
Unlike Isabelle he is grown up person. He should know better. He’s not much different then Graham and I hope he would share his faith.
I loved the ending with everyone’s powers – especially Marco’s – because teleportation is one of the big ones. I wonder what Tom will do. Would Diana ever get to have one?
But deep down I mourn for a girl that everybody hated and whose life was too short.
