Lucas North Speculation

[BravoNine]

(18-12-2010 11:34 PM)BoHenley Wrote:  

(18-12-2010 07:25 PM)BravoNine Wrote:  

(18-12-2010 06:16 PM)HellsBells Wrote:  ....walking out of the shower please!!!

You're not having one of those fantasies again are ya?

Works for me! Of course, it's only so we can analyze those tattoos...

Oh yes of course, analyze the tattoos...*coughcough*

(18-12-2010 11:34 PM)BoHenley Wrote:  

(18-12-2010 07:25 PM)BravoNine Wrote:  I should think it would be rather simple to remake him into a good guy again, I already have a million plausible ideas that can excuse his actions. Not that hard if the writers just use their brain for once.

USE THEIR BRAIN(S)??? Oh dear...

But I agree. It's easy to do with the right story. Brainwashed, manipulated, blackmailed...tortured...I've seen some bloody good ideas on this forum. Just requires good PLANNING, with a PLOT that ties into what we already know.

I doubt Lucas could go straight back to MI5, but he could be "held pending investigation," brought out for an assignment, and even if he died during that assignment (if they really want to end the character) it'd be better than the crud of S9. I like your link with Tessa idea too, BravoNine.

Yes I know using their brains is a bit of a stretch, but perhaps after all the time I spent threatening them with flamethrowers and pitchforks have finally worked! A girl can dream eh?

I already have a good idea that can tie perfectly into the storylines, and I've see plenty of others with good ideas too. So clearly it's not that difficult to make it work, the issue is more of will the writers actually want to use the effort or will they want to be lazy again.

I don't even care if Lucas will go back to MI5, maybe they can have the team discover that maybe Lucas is alive, and that he was used as a pawn and brainwashed or manipulated by the Chinese or Russians to betray his country and team and basically they are using Lucas to bring down MI5 and get Harry out of the way. Maybe they save Lucas and get him away from the bad guys, but they discover that his mind has been so badly damaged by the tortures and what the bad guys have made him do and how they had messed with his head that his very fragile psyche can't handle it anymore and he suffers a complete breakdown and maybe go into a catatonic state where he just simply can't function anymore. The story could end that they put Lucas into a mental care facility in the hopes that maybe one day his broken mind can heal.

I mean, a story like that would totally work, and it would be so perfect in the dramatic and tragic sense that it basically shows just what one would really have to sacrifice for this line of work, it would be perfect to show how this job can destroy a person so completely, and what they have to loose.

Wouldn't that be a better story to tell with Lucas's character? I mean, he sacrificed so much already, why not do it all the way instead of this complete 180 character flip!