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#i also just feel like there is so kuch meta about hawk that i have nothing to contribute
robbyykeene · 2 years
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Hawk!
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Okay feel like I need to elaborate on this one so prepare for an essay below
I don’t dislike Hawk, and I actually really love and appreciate his character for the role he serves in story and the very specific narrative they were telling with him. My problem is more that everyone else’s own ck radicalization arcs have watered down Hawk’s. When it was just him and Tory, their arcs and motives were different enough that they both felt like worthwhile stories to tell. But then they threw in Robby, and then Kenny, and while neither one was quite a repeat of Hawk, it just made his storyline in retrospect feel tired and kind of killed it for me. Which is a huge shame, because I think arguably Hawk is the only character they actually displayed the radicalization process really well for.
On top of that, I was disappointed with where they took his character in season 4. Hawk’s done a lot of really terrible things in the show, and it felt like instead of meaningfully addressing that, they just had something equally terrible happen to him to try and minimize it all. And even if that wasn’t the writers’ intentions, that’s how it came across to me. Which just feels like such lazy writing, especially for a character who had one of the more interesting arcs in the show.
And I’m not going to lie and pretend I’ve ever liked Hawk’s character in a way where I feel personally connected to him/relate to him, but that doesn’t mean I don’t really love certain aspects of his character and the specific role he serves in the story. In particular how his devolution was a direct result of Johnny’s failures as a teacher/mentor, and how that served the larger themes of the show. Which is why it’s doubly a shame they had his “True Redemption” hinge upon the forced cut, and not on a positive mentor figure guiding him in the right direction. Be that Johnny or Daniel. I think there would’ve been ways to do both that felt like a complete resolution to his arc.
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