[spoilers] Lucas. Just Lucas.

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(31-10-2010 12:38 PM)theeyeshaveit Wrote:  Before I answer you, can I just say, I don't think Lucas would be morally capable of taking this path as far as he has, but I was just addressing the problems I see with him choosing this as a practical option.

He has been in hairy situations, personal and professional, past and present, before where he has not panicked, I don't see why he would panic and become irrational in this one, certainly not for long enough to keep going with it when he realised how much Vaughn wanted and exactly how far he would have to go to please him. I guess we have to agree to differ, I don't think Lucas would make such a poor choice when he has reason to expect some understanding from Harry, and if he did when first surprised by Vaughn, I don't think he would have persisted with it when he realised what he was going to have to do to succeed. Why would he ever believe Vaughn meant what he said and that he and Maya would ever be free, Vaughn has just continually asked more as blackmailers do? Lucas knows how blackmailers operate Perhaps he has just lost his marbles.

One's morality and ethics can easily be compromised when emotions/revenge/self preservation are taken in account. We've seen Harry crossed the lines of morality and rule of law when it came to dealing with revenge, it would not be impossible for Lucas to cross that line either considering the nature of his job and his tendency to test the boundaries.

Yes Lucas has been in hairy situations before, but none as threatening as this has been. Before it was about his physical life or because he may loose a love relationship, but this time, it's about his entire reason to live, his entire reason for existence. This secret that he is so desperately trying to hide could be the very reason that everything he has ever fought so hard to achieve will come tumbling down in smokes.

Perhaps you have a hard time understanding the reasons of Lucas's actions, and I get that, sometimes we are just different and have different views, that's cool.

But for me, I understand Lucas's desperation, especially concerning why he is going so far to hide this secret even though he should by all logic know that Harry would understand. I've stood in Lucas's shoes before, although definitely not as dramatic as the choices he has been dealing with, but the same feeling and the same general line of thought. There are times when it doesn't matter how much logic and intelligence you possess, because when you feel trapped, when you fear that your whole life is threatening to tumble down around you, you would do anything, and I mean anything, to stop it from happening. Your instincts kick in and you just want to hide and make it go away even though you always know in the back of your head that it wouldn't be this easy.

I think for us as viewers it's easier to stand on the outside and observe objectively and wonder why characters make certain choices when they know it's not logical or intelligent, but the thing is that not everything we do in life is logical or intelligent, sometimes we make dumb choices, we do irrational things in the name of love or in the name of survival or the greater good.

Lucas isn't the first character to walk down a road of stupid choices even though he should know better than that, and I think that creates for me a sense of humanity in these characters. They are flawed, not perfect, and if they make stupid decisions, well, I can understand that because I've made plenty of dumb choices in my short lifetime.

But these are just my opinions, yours are different and that's fine with me. I just feel like I can relate to Lucas's current situation, and well, you know what they say, "the road to hell is paved with good intentions", and for me that's certainly what it's looking like for Lucas.

As for the whole thing with Vaughn, we still don't know how he is connected to Lucas and what their relationship really is, so until I know that, it's hard for me to determine why Lucas would agree or why Vaughn seems to have such a hold on Lucas.

I think for Lucas right now, he's in a struggle between two personalities, who he was before as John, and who he has become now as Lucas. These two personalities are fighting it out.

What really comes down to it in the end is what choice will Lucas make, will he do what is right or what is easy?