I honestly feel like Michael’s death served a really weird bloodlust for the fans.
Huh. As a fan, I’m tempted to just tell you where to stick it. It’s not as if I was watching the episode while holding up a Homer Simpson-style pennant reading “Murder”. Seriously, “weird bloodlust”? Way to paint all the people who’ve been watching your show as a bunch of armchair psychopaths. And need I remind you, Michael killed two innocent people? Well, one innocent person and Ana Lucia. Point is, it’s not like fans picked Michael at random as a focus for their hatred.
Yes, a lot of fans didn’t like Michael. That’s because he made bad and hurtful choices. He let The Others manipulate him, and he murdered two people. In fiction,
when somebody pays for their transgressions, it’s called storytelling. Especially in a moral universe like the one Lost presents – people are eventually punished for their sins, whether by their conscience, Island-dwelling fanatics, or a sentient column of black smoke. I trust you’ve seen the show, right? Michael was not an innocent here. He did, however, redeem himself in death. For all his flaws, he died nobly, saving the lives of at least three people and a fetus. Not everybody gets that redemption on Lost.
Bottom line, I resent the implication that I just want to see people die.
