wouldn't likening someone to Mitchell not humanise so much as woobify them?
Ah, well, it wasn't entirely likening - and this was the point in S2 when Mitchell had gone Very Very Dark (on a serious slaughter spree, basically), so the comparison was as much in Mitchell's disfavour as anything.
Good point about Lolita - I suppose I was thinking more about mainstream TV/media etc, rather than 'literature'. Of course, I don't know anything about Dexter either.
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Date: 06/08/2010 08:12 (UTC)Ah, well, it wasn't entirely likening - and this was the point in S2 when Mitchell had gone Very Very Dark (on a serious slaughter spree, basically), so the comparison was as much in Mitchell's disfavour as anything.
Good point about Lolita - I suppose I was thinking more about mainstream TV/media etc, rather than 'literature'. Of course, I don't know anything about Dexter either.