I think a lot of my initial dislike with Hallana stemmed directly from using the fourth chapter of HH as a study break. It's very hard to appreciate and enjoy someone who seems to have it all - including advanced training in two largely unrelated fields and the sheer brains to tie those fields together - when you're staring at exams.
Re: Antagonist: I may have felt sorry for him for about two paragraphs. Then I realized he totally wasn't coming clean to Our Protagonists. When he was introduced, I had about one electric moment when I thought, "A Miles analog! We are saved! And Lois has lost her mind!" and then I realized he wasn't, and had an Agenda he wasn't persuing with cards played very close to his chest. The ensuing character dances - who knows what, how can they spin that, what are their real agendas - are the sort of stories I adore.
I don't know that I'm cheering on the other side, but he was certainly a fun villain.
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Date: 2005-05-28 11:12 pm (UTC)Re: Antagonist: I may have felt sorry for him for about two paragraphs. Then I realized he totally wasn't coming clean to Our Protagonists. When he was introduced, I had about one electric moment when I thought, "A Miles analog! We are saved! And Lois has lost her mind!" and then I realized he wasn't, and had an Agenda he wasn't persuing with cards played very close to his chest. The ensuing character dances - who knows what, how can they spin that, what are their real agendas - are the sort of stories I adore.
I don't know that I'm cheering on the other side, but he was certainly a fun villain.