A man named cole
Jan. 26th, 2003 02:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chrisvenusJust after reading and thinking about some redemption stuff on LJ and then watching spawn I was reminded of an old character of mine called cole. I really enjoyed cole and I really liked the end to his story. The setting was a fictional 20s city during the gangster season.
He lived in silver harbour when he was young and his father got on the wrong side of the mob. I can't remember why, its not important. He had the sense to try to leave the city with his wife and son but was shot on the way out. Cole's first experience of gangsters.
Cole grew up as a cop. The sort that would find it much more easy if the murderer resisted arrest and had to be shot to prevent his escape. He had morals though. He had his own ideas of when laws should be applied and when they shouldn't. He had no problem with minor crimes that never hurt anybody. But those who lived by the sword would die by the sword.
On his second trip back to silver harbour from his new home of chicago he found jonny eight-ball. After a lot of investigation into various things he discovered that Jonny had been the man to pull the trigger on his father. But he seemed reformed now. He was getting married and about to settle down. Cole had the shot, his finger on the trigger. A single choice ahead of him.
Should he shoot the man who killed his father or should he let go this man who was trying to start a new life? In the end cole pulled the trigger. In his eyes jonny eight-ball had made his choice long ago, and he was going to pay for that choice.
Its a story of redemption in a way. Cole had a chance to stop being the vigilante and in some ways bad guy that he was. Jonny had a chance at a new life having pulled himself from the life of crime. Cole didn't believe in redemption. He just believed in justice, his kind.
Some people criticized the ending but I thought it worked. I liked it. It was one of my darker characters in a way. Cole was a clear cut good guy compared to most but he still had a distinct dark streak to him. He would have no problem beating up a bad guy for information if needed. But they were bad guys, right?
Just got me a bit nostalgic really. It was a great game and a great character. I just thought I'd have that little reminisce before it left my mind again.
He lived in silver harbour when he was young and his father got on the wrong side of the mob. I can't remember why, its not important. He had the sense to try to leave the city with his wife and son but was shot on the way out. Cole's first experience of gangsters.
Cole grew up as a cop. The sort that would find it much more easy if the murderer resisted arrest and had to be shot to prevent his escape. He had morals though. He had his own ideas of when laws should be applied and when they shouldn't. He had no problem with minor crimes that never hurt anybody. But those who lived by the sword would die by the sword.
On his second trip back to silver harbour from his new home of chicago he found jonny eight-ball. After a lot of investigation into various things he discovered that Jonny had been the man to pull the trigger on his father. But he seemed reformed now. He was getting married and about to settle down. Cole had the shot, his finger on the trigger. A single choice ahead of him.
Should he shoot the man who killed his father or should he let go this man who was trying to start a new life? In the end cole pulled the trigger. In his eyes jonny eight-ball had made his choice long ago, and he was going to pay for that choice.
Its a story of redemption in a way. Cole had a chance to stop being the vigilante and in some ways bad guy that he was. Jonny had a chance at a new life having pulled himself from the life of crime. Cole didn't believe in redemption. He just believed in justice, his kind.
Some people criticized the ending but I thought it worked. I liked it. It was one of my darker characters in a way. Cole was a clear cut good guy compared to most but he still had a distinct dark streak to him. He would have no problem beating up a bad guy for information if needed. But they were bad guys, right?
Just got me a bit nostalgic really. It was a great game and a great character. I just thought I'd have that little reminisce before it left my mind again.
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I liked Cole.
Date: 2003-01-27 12:36 pm (UTC)Pity I didn't survive to see it. But I did enjoy kidnapping Cole's relatives and getting away with it. :)
Re: I liked Cole.
Date: 2003-01-27 01:31 pm (UTC)My memory of that is a little fuzzy to be fair though so I could be wrong. :)
Re: I liked Cole.
Date: 2003-01-27 02:01 pm (UTC)I did manage to keep you from conclusively proving I'd done the kidnapping, basically by framing a lot of other folks--though by the end I was highly unlikely to have kept up the act long. Luckily, what 8-Ball was blackmailing me about was the fact that I'd been having an affair with the wife of my boss (Mr. Sweet, head of my gang family), and gotten the young lady pregnant. I then, with 8-Ball's help, managed to kill Mr. Sweet, and blamed it on some other poor souls.
Unfortunately, my beloved found out I'd killed her beloved husband (even though she'd been cheating on him, she felt loyalty), and decided that though she loved me, she'd have to kill me. Which, in best film noire fashion, she did, mostly because she was the one person on the face of the planet I wouldn't emotionally manipulate, which means I wouldn't play the 'I love you' card.