Xanatos for world dictator

[sincere]

TOTALLY RANDOM

We watched a lot of Gargoyles today and I just have to note that I find our protagonists to be adorably dumb. Yeah, Xanatos does some bad things to people, but the dystopian future that Goliath saw actually had absolutely nothing to do with Xanatos. It was Xanatos's evil AI crazy Lexington Puck's illusion designed to make Goliath fall into despair.

On the other hand, what we do know of Xanatos is that when Puck said to him, "You can have one wish from me, or a lifetime of service from Owen," Xanatos chose Owen.

That is not the decision of the kind of guy who is so short-sighted that he would own the world and run it into the ground without noticing or caring. Xanatos's one obsession has been immortality (and I guess owning the world) and when Puck offered it to him, Xanatos knew that in the long run, having a smart, competent, and powerful servant would be worth more than taking the quick and easy route to immortality.

Also probably he knew that Puck, being the Puck, is not one to grant wishes without strings attached, and it would not be the kind of immortality he'd like. But that only makes it better.

Xanatos is not the kind of guy who would let his dreams eclipse the practical things. He's already demonstrated that he doesn't.

He's awesome.

Also I've shipped Xanatos/Puck since I was like, 14.

Comments

[kay-willow.livejournal.com]

You make an excellent point, the bargain itself was a cruel little stab. But I also think that Puck would have been disappointed if Xanatos had picked the easy way out, and possibly been tricksy on his end out of spite. The fact that Xanatos did pick a lifetime of service over his dream obviously caught Puck off-guard, though -- one way or another, he was expecting the human to take the easy way out -- so it was a choice that only made him admire Xanatos all the more.

For some reason the Weird Sisters also seem to hate Puck. Like, a lot. No idea why.

I read that it was awesome, and I'm thinking about picking it up. X3

[terrykun.livejournal.com]

David Xanatos does not get depressed, he gets inspired. I'm sure it only took him half a second to process that good help is hard to come by, and after he secured some other route to immortality (and of course he WOULD, because he's The Goddamn Xanatos) then he could get an ETERNAL lifetime of service from Owen. (:

Daddy loved Puck best, that's why.
Probably because Puck seems to have a genuine respect for the mortal races' capacity for unpredictability and growth. The Sisters, and much of the Third Race in general, seem to view humans more as tools or amusements at best.

More interesting Oberon definition (pertaining to the Gargoyles version) here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberon's_children#Oberon