Altan Barr Revisited

just a a quick apology for hte lateness, I had a serious case of indigestion last night, groaning and bitching like a baby.

The biggest thing I wanted to say about Altan, and it perhaps trumps a lot of things I've said about him in the past is that he is something of a three layer cake. Anger, frustration, revenge on either side of a very compassionate man. For all his goodness, he is driven by his hatred of Zayn, and the more he learns about Zayn, the greater that hatred grows. This isn't some light side/dark side thing, he won't necessarily have a redemptive moment. It might not even go down that cliched path where someone just like him sets it straight and he gives up the hate.

Maybe, just maybe, that hate needs to play out. It fuels him, and perhaps this hate ensures he'll never be the sort of man who lives in Boondis after the war, he'll still follow his path for his patriotism. I'm still not sure entirely.

I just wanted to make it really clear that this character is definitely angry.