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Current Talk '09 I / Re: Discuss - Ep #0780
« on: May 29, 2009, 04:02:11 PM »
For me, the characters in 1897 seem better drawn and more interesting and easier to care about than the relatively neutral "present day" characters, so they matter more to me. It's all fiction, and the late 60s are 40 years ago now, so every era in DS is now a sort of period piece populated with many now-deceased characters.
I also think it matters how and when people die. Not everyone is doomed to die in 1897, and the fact that that happened in 1795 doesn't mean it will in 1897. Many could live fulfilling lives after all this is over. If Barnabas saw the people of 1897 as disposable though in the way you're talking about, because he came from the future, that would be an interesting part of his motivation in killing Carl.
I also think it matters how and when people die. Not everyone is doomed to die in 1897, and the fact that that happened in 1795 doesn't mean it will in 1897. Many could live fulfilling lives after all this is over. If Barnabas saw the people of 1897 as disposable though in the way you're talking about, because he came from the future, that would be an interesting part of his motivation in killing Carl.