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Originally Posted by lost-lover
Yeah, I'd have to agree with all of that. Especially how it unites all the fans groups, someone for everyone to agree on, because that person threatens both groups of characters and therefore both groups of fans.
I think really, that when Keamy was taunting Ben over the "dead man's trigger" amd how he'd killed Alex he'd lost his last chance for sympathy to be honest. Then again, one could argue that he lost the right to sympathy after he killed the doc and the captain on the freighter just to get Frank to fly him back to the island.
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Yeah, the senseless murder of Ray was just chilling. And as you say the taunting just took it to another level. I mean doing it is one thing, but to taunt someone over the execution of their 16 year old daughter..man that is deep.
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Yeah, I noticed that little bit too. Maybe he was concerned about just what Ben had done that made Widmore so desperate to find him, or was he just curious, or even goading Ben a bit? Even mecenaries get curious it seems, even if they don't all have a conscience. If he does, it was very deeply buried inside him.
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Yeah, it could have been his way of making Ben feel small..almost mocking him in the fact that
he could cause Widmore so much trouble, perhaps.
Yeah, ultimately I do think he was just curious.
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Originally Posted by Beach Crew
Keamy had been in the army right? (Prepare yourselves, I'm about to make an Eastenders comparison  ) I can't help but wonder if the things he did, and the things he saw may have altered his character into the monster that we saw. Take Sean from 'Enders - the stuff that happened to him in the army has changed him from a fairly normal person to an animal.
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lol, good cultural reference! EE gives me joke.
Anyway, that's interesting..I can certainly buy that notion - war must surely change a person..I guess it could either make you lean more towards peace..or it could push you over the edge and turn you into a monster. It could be that he's seen so much blood and misery that he's lost all faith in the world, God, people..whatever. I guess that if you have nothing precious to hold onto then it could destroy you..the knowlegde of what you've seen could eat away at you from the inside (to use a Locke quote
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I can certainly buy that..I just find it interesting that the creators didn't decide to show us any indication of this..I guess he didn't have the benefit of a flashback etc, so perhaps we'll never know whether Keamy had any 'excuse' (for want of a better word) to do the things that he did in such a monsterous way.
It's interesting to consider how they could have made him more sympathetic though - another way could be by having him reference his family..perhaps giving us a little indication that he was doing it for them..perhaps Widmore was holding them hostage or something? Of course this is complete fabrication..but it makes you think of ways that a monster could have been made more understandable.
Good stuff guys.