I think he's a great villain. I didn't care too much for his expanded past though, as attributing the reason for the evil of a human villain to supernatural causes just spoils him I guess.
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I think he's a great villain. I didn't care too much for his expanded past though, as attributing the reason for the evil of a human villain to supernatural causes just spoils him I guess.
A hound will die for you, but never lie to you. And he'll look you straight in the face.
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It was a bit out of left field, but I'm a sucker for additional canon
Yes, Jonas was a great character (well done Sai King), but as said by many of you he was indeed evil.
As to the argument that he could have become a true Gunslinger had he bested Fardo... - I think not. Just look at how easily he was beaten by Roland when it came to killing-time. In the end Jonas was nothing.
Eldred Jonas forgot the face of his father and I was glad to see him fall under Roland's guns. I do think he was a well-written adversary for Roland's first ka-tet as I liked the idea of them facing a tet led by a failed gunslinger.
Something that I was glad to see being bought up in the comics was the question of the elitism that surrounds gunslingers. The comics implied that people in latter day Gilead had begun to question the wisdom of banishing all failed gunslingers, because these men seemed almost entirely to become enemies of gunslingers/the affiliation.
I did not like him. I'm not high on totally self serving people.
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There's always this problem with "liking" and "disliking" characters. I hated Cordelia and Jonas, but I agree they were very well written, so I rather loved them as characters; alas, opposite examples could be given (that is, when you try your best to like a "good guy/girl", but they are deplorably poorly written.)
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's pretty much how I feel Jean. I believe there is a difference between a well written character (which Jonas was) and a flesh and blood person.
In the second case, I did not like him.
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Jonas was a superb villian, so no I didn't like him. I'd love to see a darktower movie with Gary Oldman playing his part.
Being sent west. Isn't that like a conservative being sent to California?
All that's left of what we were is what we have become.
Send this conservative to California!
It's worth it for the boobs and weed.
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I would have never pegged you as "conservative," Matt. I thought I was the only conservative who believed in the weed.
Legalise it damn it!
"I reget that I have only one bud to burn for my country."
"One nation, under god, with Liberty, Justice and bud for all."
"Give us, this day, our daily bud."
Ok back on topic. I'm sorry.
All that's left of what we were is what we have become.
I liked Jonas a lot. He seemed like an interesting look at what a Gunslinger could devolve into after being abandoned by his people.
As for the expanded stories in the comics, I got the impression that they were supposed to be myths and tall-tales, rather than hard and true facts. The whole "broken mirror" thing was probably a pretty common trope among storytellers for explaining away how evil people could get power.
"I serve only one masta: DAAKNESS" - Peter Boil, Swashbuckler
I agree with this post, a billion times over aside from the pittance part. Although I haven't read any more of Jonas than what was written of him in Wizard and Glass, I do feel like he held the potential to be a force of good, rather than wickedness. In the end, the worst blow anyone ever inflicted on him was the exchange with Roland, where the teen says that he is an exile of Gilead. A failed gunslinger.
The fact is really hurt Jonas says a lot of his character. I like him as a villain.