tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409203774253961958.post1839608981507207286..comments2024-03-03T11:07:26.751-06:00Comments on True American Stories: The Absolution of FragilityBernie H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07495216592033548760noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409203774253961958.post-46390641268557711002014-11-09T18:26:33.859-06:002014-11-09T18:26:33.859-06:00But Jocelyn has that vision of dumping him into th...But Jocelyn has that vision of dumping him into the pool. Isn't her conflicted response to the fragile Lou questioning the trope -- and not just perpetuating it?Bernie H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07495216592033548760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409203774253961958.post-58122892425270081622014-11-07T00:00:26.524-06:002014-11-07T00:00:26.524-06:00Whoa. Great post. Aside from thinking the title of...Whoa. Great post. Aside from thinking the title of the post is extremely cool, I completely agree with your opinion of Lou and others like him, fictional or not. I may not have completely hated Lou quite as much (there was definitely enough reason to hate him; I never feel very strongly about fictional characters) but I agree that his past wrongs cannot suddenly be forgiven or forgotten for the sole reason of increased age and fragility. I can understand the people who believe he deserves sympathy and forgiveness - to an extent - but passage of time alone is not enough to reform a person's character.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409203774253961958.post-67614768610743840692014-11-06T22:48:02.164-06:002014-11-06T22:48:02.164-06:00I'm really happy you made this post. It is so ...I'm really happy you made this post. It is so so easy for us to fall into this trap of sympathetic immoral character. We see this a lot in television and movies, and I've seen many things on the internet that claim these villainous/wrongdoers/generally bad people are to be forgiven because of some (pardon my language) bullshit reason or another. This isn't a good mindset to have. You don't just forgive a murderer because he says sorry. Just because he feels remorse later doesn't mean that he can just take it back. I think that you're also right, it's easy to do this with a fictional character, as they aren't real, but the key is to be able to set them apart from reality, and know that the world just shouldn't work like that. People need to have consequences for their actions. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409203774253961958.post-64679655222427870212014-11-06T22:23:35.020-06:002014-11-06T22:23:35.020-06:00I really like this post! I agree, I hated Lou as w...I really like this post! I agree, I hated Lou as well, and for a second found myself falling in the "trap" of false innocence that you talked about when I was reading about his sickness. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com