i was going to say 'you' but that sounded kinda mushy..and maybe creepy coming from someone you don't know from a bar of soap..heh
It's alright; I like you too! I'm a mushy person (though I know what you mean. Online and with strangers I tend not to be so mushy ;o)
Besides teh fact you write the most wicked fic, even your journal posts are interesting, and make me think.
Why, thank you. I try to be interesting when I post. Irl I have a tendency to ramble and can be pretty boring ;o)
Was lindsey's family ever mentioned on angel
In AtS S1, "Blind Date." That's the ep when Lindsey claims he wants to work with Angel against W&H. Lindsey says to Angel, "I'm talking dirt poor, no shoes, no toilet. Six of us kids in a room, and come flu season it was down to four. I was seven when they took the house. They just came right in and took it..."
Another time Holland says something about Lindsey being poor and having had to work harder than everyone else. So, we know some things about Lindsey's past, but have to fill in the rest.
I always find the families of the 'bad' guys interesting.
Me too, but especially with Lindsey and Faith. I think extreme poverty was a factor in both of their lives, and I think they both have secret leanings towards a desire for redemption (though I think Lindsey's desire for that is a lot less about redemption and a lot more about his arrogance).
Like with Lilah for instance.
Always wondered about her too. I don't think she ever talks about her family or childhood on the show. My take on her is that she was a rich suburbs only child with pushy parents--pushy to the point of barely breathing. Her success made her hated by her peers, but nothing was ever good enough for her parents. She thought that if she could just be successful enough, her parents would have to approve and her peers would have to like and admire her, and that made her manipulative. Her mother was a sparkly socialite who slept with their socialite male friends because Lilah's father was often out at night sleeping around with the socialite female friends. And then one night Lilah learned she could use her body to manipulate people as well.
Poor Lilah.
Would he be like the big brother to his siblings? (when they were alive) Does he have any living siblings, and does he help his family out with money? Or has he cut off all ties, whether from fear of W&H finding them, or just because.
My take on it is that he wasn't the oldest. I prefer to think he was really close to a sibling who died (turns out there were two; I didn't read the dialogue close enough) and that after that he felt estranged from the rest of his siblings. The rest of his childhood was about him trying to prove that he was better than they were.
Imo, he used to send money back home, but stopped because they didn't use the money the way he wanted them to, because he didn't think they appreciated it enough, because all his peers had snazzy suits and went to fancy restaurants, and because he didn't want anyone thinking he was a mama's boy or had any weaknesses (which in his mind, is protecting his family. If they don't think he has a weakness for his family, they won't hurt his family to get to him.)
Wow, this is way too much fun. Thanks for making me think about the characters like this.
it could be tough depending on which character is doing them
Definitely! But yeah, the surveys are fun. Have you been reading them? The one for Illyria did a pretty good job on the "why would she subject herself to this?" thing, I thought.
Perhaps writing these questions into a series of fics about Lindsey
I'd definitely love to do some fics about Lindsey--something like "The Confessional," which would let me explore Lindsey's background while at the same time exploring something that took place in canon. But it's strange, as much as I really love his character I've had very few ideas about fics for him.
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It's alright; I like you too! I'm a mushy person (though I know what you mean. Online and with strangers I tend not to be so mushy ;o)
Besides teh fact you write the most wicked fic, even your journal posts are interesting, and make me think.
Why, thank you. I try to be interesting when I post. Irl I have a tendency to ramble and can be pretty boring ;o)
Was lindsey's family ever mentioned on angel
In AtS S1, "Blind Date." That's the ep when Lindsey claims he wants to work with Angel against W&H. Lindsey says to Angel, "I'm talking dirt poor, no shoes, no toilet. Six of us kids in a room, and come flu season it was down to four. I was seven when they took the house. They just came right in and took it..."
Another time Holland says something about Lindsey being poor and having had to work harder than everyone else. So, we know some things about Lindsey's past, but have to fill in the rest.
I always find the families of the 'bad' guys interesting.
Me too, but especially with Lindsey and Faith. I think extreme poverty was a factor in both of their lives, and I think they both have secret leanings towards a desire for redemption (though I think Lindsey's desire for that is a lot less about redemption and a lot more about his arrogance).
Like with Lilah for instance.
Always wondered about her too. I don't think she ever talks about her family or childhood on the show. My take on her is that she was a rich suburbs only child with pushy parents--pushy to the point of barely breathing. Her success made her hated by her peers, but nothing was ever good enough for her parents. She thought that if she could just be successful enough, her parents would have to approve and her peers would have to like and admire her, and that made her manipulative. Her mother was a sparkly socialite who slept with their socialite male friends because Lilah's father was often out at night sleeping around with the socialite female friends. And then one night Lilah learned she could use her body to manipulate people as well.
Poor Lilah.
Would he be like the big brother to his siblings? (when they were alive) Does he have any living siblings, and does he help his family out with money? Or has he cut off all ties, whether from fear of W&H finding them, or just because.
My take on it is that he wasn't the oldest. I prefer to think he was really close to a sibling who died (turns out there were two; I didn't read the dialogue close enough) and that after that he felt estranged from the rest of his siblings. The rest of his childhood was about him trying to prove that he was better than they were.
Imo, he used to send money back home, but stopped because they didn't use the money the way he wanted them to, because he didn't think they appreciated it enough, because all his peers had snazzy suits and went to fancy restaurants, and because he didn't want anyone thinking he was a mama's boy or had any weaknesses (which in his mind, is protecting his family. If they don't think he has a weakness for his family, they won't hurt his family to get to him.)
Wow, this is way too much fun. Thanks for making me think about the characters like this.
it could be tough depending on which character is doing them
Definitely! But yeah, the surveys are fun. Have you been reading them? The one for Illyria did a pretty good job on the "why would she subject herself to this?" thing, I thought.
Perhaps writing these questions into a series of fics about Lindsey
I'd definitely love to do some fics about Lindsey--something like "The Confessional," which would let me explore Lindsey's background while at the same time exploring something that took place in canon. But it's strange, as much as I really love his character I've had very few ideas about fics for him.
that way we get to read more of your writing
hey, thanks again!