It does seem to inevitably end in death. Which is perhaps prophetic? Dexter has to continually kill his shadow selves in order to be with the people he loves. And if these shadow selves are a symbolic manifestation of his inner Dark Passenger, then he keeps having to kill that part of himself. Dexter himself sometimes breaks his own code, even changes his code to suit his evolution.
He sees his family as incompatible with his Dark Passenger. So it's the constant conflict. But it is repetitive with the plot. Though I think each shadow self has something new to show Dexter, something new for him to learn from them and thereby more greatly learn about himself. But they seem to inevitably fail him and he kills them once he's learned all he needs to know. When they're no longer useful to him, but instead become a threat, when he can't dissect his experience with them and take away any knowledge about his Dark Passenger, they must die.
It makes me wonder what the series finale will entail. Will Dexter have to kill himself? It feels like he's forever seeking a way to find the harmony between his Dark Passenger and his family connection. He started out completely compartmentalizing the sides, but now they're starting to bleed over into each other.
But yeah, I don't know what other way to make the plot different--to not have Dexter kill them. Perhaps it needs to be someone else that kills the villain. Perhaps there needs to be two Big Bads--one that must be killed, another that is somewhat redeemed and saves Dexter by killing the other Big Bad. Or actually, I think once, just once, Dexter needs to unleash the police on a serial killer. HIs hunt to be the one to kill his shadow self endangers a lot of people every time. I wonder if he'll ever realize that fully. That by notifiying the police, he'd simplify matters. What would happen if he stopped feeding his Dark Passenger?
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Date: Jun. 23rd, 2010 01:02 am (UTC)He sees his family as incompatible with his Dark Passenger. So it's the constant conflict. But it is repetitive with the plot. Though I think each shadow self has something new to show Dexter, something new for him to learn from them and thereby more greatly learn about himself. But they seem to inevitably fail him and he kills them once he's learned all he needs to know. When they're no longer useful to him, but instead become a threat, when he can't dissect his experience with them and take away any knowledge about his Dark Passenger, they must die.
It makes me wonder what the series finale will entail. Will Dexter have to kill himself? It feels like he's forever seeking a way to find the harmony between his Dark Passenger and his family connection. He started out completely compartmentalizing the sides, but now they're starting to bleed over into each other.
But yeah, I don't know what other way to make the plot different--to not have Dexter kill them. Perhaps it needs to be someone else that kills the villain. Perhaps there needs to be two Big Bads--one that must be killed, another that is somewhat redeemed and saves Dexter by killing the other Big Bad. Or actually, I think once, just once, Dexter needs to unleash the police on a serial killer. HIs hunt to be the one to kill his shadow self endangers a lot of people every time. I wonder if he'll ever realize that fully. That by notifiying the police, he'd simplify matters. What would happen if he stopped feeding his Dark Passenger?