I think Clint's trying to be something he already is, but he doesn't see that about himself. I think the key to Clint is the very early moment of wanting to be a hero or at least a good guy like Iron Man. And when he gets there, his image of himself is still someone who's trying to be like Tony and Steve, instead of someone who is like them. He's a good guy who doesn't think he is.
I see the parallel more in the way Steve and Fraser really know who they are and what they think is right and so on, and just the relationship dynamic in general, even though Fraser is quite a bit more cartoony 'lawful good' than most versions of Cap.
I don't think I'm far enough into Due South to figure out that much about Kowalksi. What is it that he's trying to be that he isn't? So far to me he just seems like a guy who's kind of living in the past. He knows his marriage is over-over, but he follows his wife around in a way that would be creepy if it wasn't just obviously dysfunctional. And he can't really move forward because he's clinging so hard that hetries to fix things in the stupidest ways possible. (What is waylaying that guy at his mom's funeral going to help, anyway? It's this flailing pointless action, and Fraser just goes along with it and backs him up and tells him that yes, as a woman, he'd find Ray very attractive. And it's played for laughs, but that conversation was pretty painful, and then it segues right into therobbery story, so I guess it's all these reasons Ray thinks he's not good enough for her, or something.)
I sort of think Ray's mom wishes that they'd get back together too, which is why she tells him things like she has no serious dates, etc. She's like the parental version of kids who want their parents to reconcile. Or maybe she thinks it makes him feel better to feel like there's a possibility of that.
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Date: 2013-03-23 03:51 pm (UTC)I see the parallel more in the way Steve and Fraser really know who they are and what they think is right and so on, and just the relationship dynamic in general, even though Fraser is quite a bit more cartoony 'lawful good' than most versions of Cap.
I don't think I'm far enough into Due South to figure out that much about Kowalksi. What is it that he's trying to be that he isn't? So far to me he just seems like a guy who's kind of living in the past. He knows his marriage is over-over, but he follows his wife around in a way that would be creepy if it wasn't just obviously dysfunctional. And he can't really move forward because he's clinging so hard that hetries to fix things in the stupidest ways possible. (What is waylaying that guy at his mom's funeral going to help, anyway? It's this flailing pointless action, and Fraser just goes along with it and backs him up and tells him that yes, as a woman, he'd find Ray very attractive. And it's played for laughs, but that conversation was pretty painful, and then it segues right into therobbery story, so I guess it's all these reasons Ray thinks he's not good enough for her, or something.)
I sort of think Ray's mom wishes that they'd get back together too, which is why she tells him things like she has no serious dates, etc. She's like the parental version of kids who want their parents to reconcile. Or maybe she thinks it makes him feel better to feel like there's a possibility of that.