Thread:Fire Eater/@comment-20797702-20131203063202/@comment-1037137-20131206233008

I still don't think they're all that bad, but maybe they'd benefit from not being side-by-side or in the same season if one or the other were to return in the future. I still think they're great characters, but this season admittedly didn't use them well, they were better used in Revenge. They actually had to struggle through the challenges and face some tough obstacles in preserving their bond. And Zoey's naivete is more forgivable in her first season than it is in her second. Trust me, by Episode 10, I was no longer convinced that anyone should've still been missing the obvious threat Mal was. And the annhilation of Mike's alternate selves was unnecessary and stupid, especially in the way it was played out.

But if we bring them up here, I want to avoid the heated rhetoric that often accompanies any talk of the two, because I just don't think we need to be going that far with a debate over the merits over each individual character.

As for Lightning, I honestly don't get his existence and following. I mean he's literally got nothing going for him. He was a complete snore in Revenge except for a handful of amusing moments, and I do mean just a handful, and in All-Stars I personally did not welcome his presence. Although it makes sense to cast him as a villain, I think the two of us agree that he's still a bad villain.