I'm taking Dexter from the end of season two, just for reference. So this is going to reflect that and I'll essay again when he updates after season 3 is finished
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1) How is Dexter going to deal with the fact that the people he killed don't stay dead? I was under the impression that the ultimate death was pretty impactful on Dexter (part of the ceremony in a way, as the MO includes a lot of very specific things down to the elimination of the body). So when they come back, won't this be a pretty large blow to his psyche?
2) I am also a bit confused as to why he would be familiar with their canon when he seems to do most of the research himself and the canon seems a bit too . . . fictional/not solid for him to depend on that as good evidence for killing people. Is there a reason why he wouldn't do the research by hand like he normally does?
I just woke up so this may not be coherent but I'll try |D
1) It is very important, yes. Something I didn't mention here because we haven't worked out the details yet is that Biz and I are discussing some kind of thing where the Director gives him actual NPC people to kill offscreen every now and then (obviously killers though), so that he is actually properly killing people. I want to watch season two again to make sure he actually needs that though, since the whole season is about him getting over his addiction. But being given people to kill isn't the same as stalking them himself, and I think he's going to want to do that as well. Either way, he's going to know about the moogles and coming back to life before he kills anyone, and he's going to be prepared for it. It's about power, and even though it's not quite as ultimate a power as he was exercising before, there is still something in the ritual of it, taking someone out of their life and making them helpless like that
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Oh, definitely. I wouldn't dream of having him kill someone's character without working with them every step of the way to make sure they're totally comfortable with how it happens. There's always creative solutions, this was just a very general idea of how I think it might work.
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RIGHTO I HAVE JUST A FEW QUESTIONS:
1) How is Dexter going to deal with the fact that the people he killed don't stay dead? I was under the impression that the ultimate death was pretty impactful on Dexter (part of the ceremony in a way, as the MO includes a lot of very specific things down to the elimination of the body). So when they come back, won't this be a pretty large blow to his psyche?
2) I am also a bit confused as to why he would be familiar with their canon when he seems to do most of the research himself and the canon seems a bit too . . . fictional/not solid for him to depend on that as good evidence for killing people. Is there a reason why he wouldn't do the research by hand like he normally does?
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1) It is very important, yes. Something I didn't mention here because we haven't worked out the details yet is that Biz and I are discussing some kind of thing where the Director gives him actual NPC people to kill offscreen every now and then (obviously killers though), so that he is actually properly killing people. I want to watch season two again to make sure he actually needs that though, since the whole season is about him getting over his addiction. But being given people to kill isn't the same as stalking them himself, and I think he's going to want to do that as well. Either way, he's going to know about the moogles and coming back to life before he kills anyone, and he's going to be prepared for it. It's about power, and even though it's not quite as ultimate a power as he was exercising before, there is still something in the ritual of it, taking someone out of their life and making them helpless like that ( ... )
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