Oh, I never had any doubt that Raye-then and Raye-now are, in essence, two different people. Alistair's arrival and the whole Magical Girl thing would
have been a watershed moment for anybody, including a messed-up young girl (perhaps especially so).
I prefer this interpretation over the Superman-esque "Eva's always been perfect" concept, which always grated on me a little. Don't get me
wrong, I like Eva, I do. But I've never been able to identify with her the same way I could with, for example, Space Mage -- who didn't have quite as
gritty GrimDark a background, no, but let's face it -- being the outcast geek is something that we can identify with, up to and including the... nervous
breakdown, I suppose you'd call it.
With Eva, all we've ever had before is just that her home life is a bit on the lonely side. She's a latchkey kid and her parents are hardly ever home,
but she still worries a little about what they'll think, so the implication is it's not an abusive relationship, just an absentee one. Which hardly
(to me, anyway) seems like a hardship. I'd rather see her make a turnaround instead of just drifting into the hero biz.
Maybe I'm rambling, I dunno. I just like the concept of her not having been miss goody-two-shoes her whole life. If nothing else, it certainly helps
explain how she can identify with and lead people from some of the backgrounds we have in the Legendary -- she's been there, man, she knows what's up.
--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs
have been a watershed moment for anybody, including a messed-up young girl (perhaps especially so).
I prefer this interpretation over the Superman-esque "Eva's always been perfect" concept, which always grated on me a little. Don't get me
wrong, I like Eva, I do. But I've never been able to identify with her the same way I could with, for example, Space Mage -- who didn't have quite as
gritty GrimDark a background, no, but let's face it -- being the outcast geek is something that we can identify with, up to and including the... nervous
breakdown, I suppose you'd call it.
With Eva, all we've ever had before is just that her home life is a bit on the lonely side. She's a latchkey kid and her parents are hardly ever home,
but she still worries a little about what they'll think, so the implication is it's not an abusive relationship, just an absentee one. Which hardly
(to me, anyway) seems like a hardship. I'd rather see her make a turnaround instead of just drifting into the hero biz.
Maybe I'm rambling, I dunno. I just like the concept of her not having been miss goody-two-shoes her whole life. If nothing else, it certainly helps
explain how she can identify with and lead people from some of the backgrounds we have in the Legendary -- she's been there, man, she knows what's up.
--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs