Actually, no. I don't frequent any forums, other than looking up fansubs and looking through Dwayne McDuffie's Ben 10 Q&A, which for obvious reasons, isn't an option anymore. My partner-in-crime brought it up to me, which had me reading the comics out of morbid curiosity, and then when it could have turned into an interesting plot development, they dropped it wholesale and I began bitching.
As you're going to see when I get to my Ryuki reviews, I don't mind assholish characters when they've got a reason behind it. If something they have to be because they're fighting for something or looking for something. Or as in one memorable case, when they're charming enough to get away with it (plus, the guy's a lawyer, so I expect him to be scum). Matt had no reason to be vengeance and the night. It came out of left field, it went against everything we already knew about his character and his history, and it required butchering the characterization of half the supporting cast. As opposed to Shagon v 2.0 in the series, who I actually liked, and I'll get to my thoughts on him when I get to that point in the series. There's a big setup for Matt's character development along with everyone else's as I get closer to season 2.
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Date: 2011-05-17 01:31 am (UTC)As you're going to see when I get to my Ryuki reviews, I don't mind assholish characters when they've got a reason behind it. If something they have to be because they're fighting for something or looking for something. Or as in one memorable case, when they're charming enough to get away with it (plus, the guy's a lawyer, so I expect him to be scum). Matt had no reason to be vengeance and the night. It came out of left field, it went against everything we already knew about his character and his history, and it required butchering the characterization of half the supporting cast. As opposed to Shagon v 2.0 in the series, who I actually liked, and I'll get to my thoughts on him when I get to that point in the series. There's a big setup for Matt's character development along with everyone else's as I get closer to season 2.