arcadiaego replied to your post “So – I recently saw a post about Silver’s actions in the finale of…”
The removal of choice is definitely the problem with Silver’s actions for me. He waited until the last possible moment to tell Flint about Thomas and he didn’t tell Madi *at all* what was going on. I understand that it was because he was conflicted, not because he was being cruel on purpose or anything, but morally it was a selfish decision. The show definitely leaves the ambiguity there as well. (Incidentally Jack is to blame for doing all this also.)
Yeah – I’m quite as angry about him keeping the news of Thomas’ survival from Flint as long as he did as I am about the rest, tbh, because there shouldn’t have been any conflict. If a friend is hurting and you find a way to fix some of that hurt, you don’t let that friend keep suffering. You fix the problem immediately, and you sure as shit don’t think to yourself – you know how my friend’s husband has been locked away from the world for no particularly good reason for ten years? I think I’ll leave him there and mark that place down as a good place to stow my friend as well, despite that being the literal antithesis of everything the said friend has ever believed in. Oh, and while I’m at it, why don’t I dehumanize my friend’s husband that little bit more by using him as a damned bargaining chip when I tell my friend he can either die or be imprisoned for the rest of his life.
And yes – I’m angry at Jack as well, but less so because Flint was not his friend, they had never been more than tentative allies, and Jack was not the grand maestro that put this scheme together – in fact, Silver had this all ready to go before Jack ever arrived on scene, meaning that Jack’s only real part in it was to suggest a way to deal with Rogers and to agree not to kill Flint for Madame Guthrie. He did go along with it though, and that’s not something I’m happy with him about.
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