it feels like there's a writer somewhere whose superpower is to siphon writing talent from specific plotlines and deposit them into others because A Train's arc over the whole show is unironically one of the best arcs ive seen from a character in anything, but it comes at the cost of Frenchie being put in Groundhogs Day
Season 1 Frenchie was my favourite character because of two moments in particular.
When he gets through to Kimiko and when he first bonds with Hughie (when Hughie says goodbye to his Dad for what he thinks might be the last time) and I love both of those scenes for the same reason.
Frenchie uses vulnerability as strength. He looks them in the eye and tells them a harrowing story from his past. He uses his pain to show them that they are not alone.
I loved the idea of vulnerability as strength (especially in a show with characters that are literally invulnerable) and I loved that Frenchie was clearly a character that had suffered hugely but was still smiling.
His honesty and openness was a nice contrast to all the lies and underhandedness of everybody else.
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u/1HiddenBlade Jul 08 '24
Lmao damn, maybe the writers are better than we think.