I just finished watching 4.03 'In the beginning' and boy, did that surprise me. In more sense than one. The biggest surprise was that kiss between Mary and her possessed father. Now that's some rough material, hard on the edge of all good and holy. But then again, this show is 'unnatural', so all is game, I suppose. Additionally, what better way to get to someone than by sex/love/family? It's peoples Achilles heel in 99,9% cases.
I have to say, that in general there are time I am fine with incest and others I am not. But overall I prefer sibling relationships to parents/children because I feel that siblings are on equal grounds (no matter the age the differences) while parents are not and then there's the whole children being 'produced' by parents thing which is a total turn off for me.
In this particular show I think that the show writers can get away with this underlying theme because of the extreme life and circumstances which is shown here. For me the situation is similar to scifi shows which come with more opened mindedness than your regular shows which are usually aimed at certain groups/ages.
Personally, I see little to none romantic involvement between those two but definitely something like co-dependency. Additionally, I don't think the brothers are truly good for each other, it's more like they are each others drug to survive the next day, the next case and the next demon. but not like they are the best option in a partner for each other.
On another thought - from religion, we do know that G-d is purity. Incest is as impure as it comes - and I guess it is pretty safe to say that that is one way for the dark side to ensure that the players and champions become distracted and even catapult themselves out of the game. It's a worthwhile thought. If I were a demon and had two co-dependent brothers who are bound by demon pacts, self-sacrificing and family history so tightly together - then yes, I would push them into the incest direction. To ensure that they lose their last shred of innocence and goodness and will be literally unable to stand against me. (oh the incest conflict would rip them apart inside and probably create a chasm between them, full of resentment and hate - if the incest was a spur of the moment thing)
Since those two are so separated from 'normal' life and people, it is not hard to put them into situations where one of them might snap and it actually comes to some sex - which probably would seal the 'fall', so to speak.
I guess, we will wait and see. :)
Thank you for posting this meta and linking me - it was quite interesting to read up on how others perceive this recent development.
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Date: 2009-03-05 06:12 pm (UTC)I have to say, that in general there are time I am fine with incest and others I am not. But overall I prefer sibling relationships to parents/children because I feel that siblings are on equal grounds (no matter the age the differences) while parents are not and then there's the whole children being 'produced' by parents thing which is a total turn off for me.
In this particular show I think that the show writers can get away with this underlying theme because of the extreme life and circumstances which is shown here. For me the situation is similar to scifi shows which come with more opened mindedness than your regular shows which are usually aimed at certain groups/ages.
Personally, I see little to none romantic involvement between those two but definitely something like co-dependency. Additionally, I don't think the brothers are truly good for each other, it's more like they are each others drug to survive the next day, the next case and the next demon. but not like they are the best option in a partner for each other.
On another thought - from religion, we do know that G-d is purity. Incest is as impure as it comes - and I guess it is pretty safe to say that that is one way for the dark side to ensure that the players and champions become distracted and even catapult themselves out of the game. It's a worthwhile thought. If I were a demon and had two co-dependent brothers who are bound by demon pacts, self-sacrificing and family history so tightly together - then yes, I would push them into the incest direction. To ensure that they lose their last shred of innocence and goodness and will be literally unable to stand against me. (oh the incest conflict would rip them apart inside and probably create a chasm between them, full of resentment and hate - if the incest was a spur of the moment thing)
Since those two are so separated from 'normal' life and people, it is not hard to put them into situations where one of them might snap and it actually comes to some sex - which probably would seal the 'fall', so to speak.
I guess, we will wait and see. :)
Thank you for posting this meta and linking me - it was quite interesting to read up on how others perceive this recent development.