And at the same time, there's a huge part of Neal that is unacceptable to Peter (for very good reason) and so Neal flits between the two of them and they both want to force him to choose, both fully expecting that when push comes to shove, he'll choose their side.
Agreed.
I may be i nthe minority with this, but I see Neal as a character with a tremendous amount of self-doubt, and I think he relies too heavily sometimes on what either Peter or Mozzie tells him is "right" for him. Now, generally, I think Peter is a little more in sync with what Neal really wants for himself than Mozzie is -- Mozzie's got that very fatalistic, jaded view of the world that I don't think Neal shares -- but I think even then, Neal defines himself a little too much by how Peter sees him. He doesn't have the confidence (ironically) to believe he's a good person if Peter isn't telling him he is.
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Date: 2011-11-02 12:48 pm (UTC)Agreed.
I may be i nthe minority with this, but I see Neal as a character with a tremendous amount of self-doubt, and I think he relies too heavily sometimes on what either Peter or Mozzie tells him is "right" for him. Now, generally, I think Peter is a little more in sync with what Neal really wants for himself than Mozzie is -- Mozzie's got that very fatalistic, jaded view of the world that I don't think Neal shares -- but I think even then, Neal defines himself a little too much by how Peter sees him. He doesn't have the confidence (ironically) to believe he's a good person if Peter isn't telling him he is.