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Post by walkingdeadrules on Nov 16, 2015 12:19:55 GMT -5
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Post by Ripley on Nov 16, 2015 13:01:15 GMT -5
"...Daryl just sort of is, a force of nature who strides through the post-apocalyptic zombie hellscape with a crossbow and a conscience. ..And that, in a nutshell, might be why he's so popular. This kind of character is always popular, and in a Daryl-heavy hour like "Always Accountable," it's worth considering why..." Daryl operates on similar principles. In many ways, he's a canny inversion of the rogue archetype. If most rogues threaten to turn toward the forces of darkness every so often, Reedus somehow manages to make it feel surprising when Daryl does the right thing — even though this is literally the entirety of his character arc, as "Always Accountable" underlines. Daryl looks like a rogue. He carries himself like a rogue. But the key psychological element of a rogue type is someone who seems like he could break bad at any moment. And we don't really get that from Daryl. So who is he? Like Glenn, Daryl is an audience proxy... Thanks for sharing this with us walkingdeadrules - I agree with a lot of the comments here and how Daryl's character, not in the comic has many nuances and layers developed far beyond the shallow "bad-boy" tropes we often see in television. Comparing him to Hans Solo and Sawyer on Lost (which I haven't seen) as well as Glenn, the show's other "everyman" character, was a great use to explain why Daryl is the man he is on the show.
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Post by TWD Zone Site Admin & Owner on Nov 19, 2015 20:19:38 GMT -5
Writer made some good points about Daryl's character and not one reference to a ship. I like that.
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Post by tschandler on Nov 20, 2015 1:40:45 GMT -5
Its obvious that the concept of the Lancer is more often than not going to be a very popular character. They are the 2nd to the protagonist but their personality can clash with the protagonists so it makes them seem cooler in comparision. Han, Wolverine, Sawyer, Melinda May, Miles from Revolution, Numerous Power Rangers (which almost always follows the Five man band set up - Leader, Lancer, Smart Guy, Big Guy, Chick, and Sixth Ranger). They pretty much codified it. If you are going to have a Science Fiction/Fantasy setting built around a team dynamic of some sort your lancer will be your breakout character. It is how it works.
They have the power/skills to lead but an edge that makes the protagonist a better leader.
If you aren't familiar with the Five Man Band set up essentially it breaks down like this. The use of guy and chick are gender neutral btw.
Leader - Protagonist - Rick - Other examples - Cyclops, Luke, Ripley, Coulson, Jack, Red Rangers, Oliver from Arrow Lancer - Leader's 2nd - Contrasting personality to that of the Leader - Daryl - Wolverine, Han Solo, Melinda May, Sawyer, Tommy early on, later Ray from Arrow Big Guy - Best/most physical fighter on the team - Abraham but also Ty and T-Dogg before - Colossus, Chewie, Ward before he turned, Diggle from Arrow Smart Guy - Tech Support/Don't do a ton of fighting - Glenn - Beast, C3P0/R2, FitzSimmons, Felcity from Arrow Chick/Heart - Rallying symbol for the team/sometimes the token female - Maggie, Jean, Leia, Daisy, Speedy from Arrow
6th Ranger - joins the team later in the narrative - Michonne, Lance Hunter/Bobbi Morse, Lando, Ray from Arrow before he because Red Hood
Mentor - does less fighting than Smart Guy/Heart - Hershel, Zordon, Coulson at times, Ra'Al Ghul from Arrow, Obi Wan Kenobi.
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