I forget why Long Feng is supposed to be a villain again.
I'd say because he leads a police force that lies to the public about the state of the world, enforces a strictly stratified society in order to maintain that lie, and abducts and brainwashes people who try to tell the truth (or, as in the case of the first Joo Dee, someone who simply fails at controlling people who are trying to tell the truth). And given what ultimately happens to Jet, he's willing to kill people who threaten his order.
I wouldn't have minded seeing him return after S2 just because he was an interesting character. Making him an ally would interest me for its potential to explore the question of how far you'd be willing to compromise your values to attain victory, but not because I think that of course Long Feng should be a Team Avatar ally just because he's efficient (for a while) at what he does.
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Date: 2011-08-08 01:13 am (UTC)I'd say because he leads a police force that lies to the public about the state of the world, enforces a strictly stratified society in order to maintain that lie, and abducts and brainwashes people who try to tell the truth (or, as in the case of the first Joo Dee, someone who simply fails at controlling people who are trying to tell the truth). And given what ultimately happens to Jet, he's willing to kill people who threaten his order.
I wouldn't have minded seeing him return after S2 just because he was an interesting character. Making him an ally would interest me for its potential to explore the question of how far you'd be willing to compromise your values to attain victory, but not because I think that of course Long Feng should be a Team Avatar ally just because he's efficient (for a while) at what he does.