Descent, Lex and villainy
Apr. 20th, 2008 01:40 pmOkay, I did watch Descent, after reading a spoiler that made it pretty much required watching. Hey, that was a good episode again. I think there's no way around it, I'm going to watch the rest of S7.
( Descent reaction, but pretty quickly devolves into long, long meta about villains in general and the state of Lex's sanity in particular )
Lex may not be sane in the "well-adjusted, productive member of society" sense, but he's sane in the sense of "I know what I am doing and I stand by it." That, in my opinion, is the pre-condition for true evil. If Lex's motivation is truly the "greater good" or something far more selfish, remains to be seen. But he *has* motivation, he has a conscience, and he makes choices. He is a villain, but he's also a man, not a monster.
( Descent reaction, but pretty quickly devolves into long, long meta about villains in general and the state of Lex's sanity in particular )
Lex may not be sane in the "well-adjusted, productive member of society" sense, but he's sane in the sense of "I know what I am doing and I stand by it." That, in my opinion, is the pre-condition for true evil. If Lex's motivation is truly the "greater good" or something far more selfish, remains to be seen. But he *has* motivation, he has a conscience, and he makes choices. He is a villain, but he's also a man, not a monster.