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I'm surprised that the creators of Lost didn't take their chance to humanise the monster that is Martin Christopher Keamy.

Keamy has become Lost's most violent and bloody character..he has been unflinching and unremorseful over his actions. All too ready to follow "protocol", the man seemingly had the disconnect button on his morals firmly OFF.

Which surprises me slightly, since all other characters in Lost have at least some sympathetic strand to them. Think of season 2/3 Ben, before you guys loved him, even he had his tangible sympathetic moments..as did Friendly Tom. Even Widmore seems to have more sympathy than keamy - which is rather ironic seeing as he is the instigator, the puppet master of so much bloodshed. But then, that is the purpose of puppets, and this is partly why I have so much respect for Ben. He doesn't hide..he toes the line himself..coming to see Locke in Season 2 when he could easily have sent Tom or someone. Going out to intercept the Losties in the season 3 finale, when he could have simply scuttled off the the Temple and hoped for the best.

Anyway, back to my main observation - The writers had the perfect chance to 'humanise' Keamy at a crucial moment in the episode. It came as Keamy and his band of brothers were marching Ben to the helicopter. Ben asked Keamy whether it was his decision to murder his daughter, or whether it was a specific instruction from Widmore. Keamy being keamy (hey, he's not big on talking, as he said) refused to answer..and subsequently lost any sympathy that he might otherwise have gained.

I just thought it was extremely interesting that the creators decided to do that - it makes sense of course, but it's a rarity in Lost that a character lacks 'any' shade of grey.