I'm curious exactly how "successful" Sarah'd need to be for you to feel like John wasn't coming back to save her. Is it enough for her to blow up some factory and postpone it a bit?
Heh. Good question. I'm not sure that's one I can even answer.
I'm mainly concerned that John could return, armed with info that significantly helps the present-day battle. From a story standpoint, it's a bit of a cheat and has the potential to dilute the struggle. In order to balance that, Sarah needs to have had enough success that John's return won't amount to something like "hey mom, I know what to do to stop Kaliba now and you've been going about it the wrong way."
John took off in the middle of the fight (Kaliba is still out there and judgement day is around the corner) on a personal quest to chase down Cameron. It can be argued that it was a brave or valiant thing to do for love, but in terms of the fight it was completely irresponsible. So I don't want to see that rewarded by having him return in such a way that it makes it seem like it was a good thing he went or that Sarah was stupid to have stayed behind.
My hope is that John's trip to the future will end up being more about personal growth — finding his purpose and understanding the importance of his role in all this. And he'll come back ready to rejoin the fight with a dedication and maturity we've not seen in him before.
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on 2009-04-19 06:24 pm (UTC)Heh. Good question. I'm not sure that's one I can even answer.
I'm mainly concerned that John could return, armed with info that significantly helps the present-day battle. From a story standpoint, it's a bit of a cheat and has the potential to dilute the struggle. In order to balance that, Sarah needs to have had enough success that John's return won't amount to something like "hey mom, I know what to do to stop Kaliba now and you've been going about it the wrong way."
John took off in the middle of the fight (Kaliba is still out there and judgement day is around the corner) on a personal quest to chase down Cameron. It can be argued that it was a brave or valiant thing to do for love, but in terms of the fight it was completely irresponsible. So I don't want to see that rewarded by having him return in such a way that it makes it seem like it was a good thing he went or that Sarah was stupid to have stayed behind.
My hope is that John's trip to the future will end up being more about personal growth — finding his purpose and understanding the importance of his role in all this. And he'll come back ready to rejoin the fight with a dedication and maturity we've not seen in him before.