#and imma say it's not Jayce's fault bc its writers who clearly didn't understand their own characters

[rowie264]

Season 1: parallels are just nice addition to the story, making it deeper if you notice them

Season 2: parallels explain the plot, characters' actions and motivations

I have huge problem with Jayce being stuck in that chasm in alt_timeline as a parallel to Viktor's life (beside the fact that Viktor just watched him suffer when he could easily help him but not the point). This parallel just doesn't work for me because writers fucked it up.

First, i must say that parallel itself is not entirely correct.

Jayce breaks his leg on accident while Viktor was disabled because of gasses where he grew up. Personal mistake vs something beyond your control.

Jayce crawls his way up to survive in the wild while Viktor was fighting his way up among people. Fight against nature vs fight against society.

These little nuances wouldn't even matter if the show wasn't trying to convince you that Jayce understood Viktor and his motives after this expirience.

Because he didn't.

More precisely, writers didn't.

They wrote "you've always wanted to cure what you thought were weaknesses" speaking about Viktor's leg and desease and this line ruins everything because it's simply not true.

It was never shown that Viktor saw it as weaknesses. He just wanted to save himself from dying.

So the parallel doesn't work for me because in the end it just looks like Jayce judged wrong (even though the show sets it up like he was right)

[fulcrums501st]

thank you, visual parallels shouldn’t be the only tool used to explain the plot and themes like you need actual writing to back it up to make it an ACTUAL thematic parallel. s2 just throws random shots at you and calls them parallels when there is no thematic substance behind it.

Season 1: parallels are just nice addition to the story, making it deeper if you notice them

Season 2: parallels explain the plot, characters' actions and motivations

I have huge problem with Jayce being stuck in that chasm in alt_timeline as a parallel to Viktor's life (beside the fact that Viktor just watched him suffer when he could easily help him but not the point). This parallel just doesn't work for me because writers fucked it up.

First, i must say that parallel itself is not entirely correct.

Jayce breaks his leg on accident while Viktor was disabled because of gasses where he grew up. Personal mistake vs something beyond your control.

Jayce crawls his way up to survive in the wild while Viktor was fighting his way up among people. Fight against nature vs fight against society.

These little nuances wouldn't even matter if the show wasn't trying to convince you that Jayce understood Viktor and his motives after this expirience.

Because he didn't.

More precisely, writers didn't.

They wrote "you've always wanted to cure what you thought were weaknesses" speaking about Viktor's leg and desease and this line ruins everything because it's simply not true.

It was never shown that Viktor saw it as weaknesses. He just wanted to save himself from dying.

So the parallel doesn't work for me because in the end it just looks like Jayce judged wrong (even though the show sets it up like he was right)