Did Anyone Like Jesse Ramirez?
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2017 4:24 pm
I've recently been rewatching Roswell, and now that's I'm nearing season 3, I was wondering if anyone actually liked Jesse. I mean... he wasn't a bad dude. I liked him for what he was. I believed that he really did love Isabel and even though it took him awhile to accept that Max, Michael, and his wife were aliens, he always did protect them even before then.
I just didn't like the fact that they brought his character in as a complete replacement for Alex, like we as viewers were supposed to forget that Isabel and Alex had loved each other and existed within the canon. I mean, I understand that Isabel had to find a way to accept Alex's death and move on...but it felt like she was throwing away everything she had ever shared with Alex to do so... and when she said that she had never felt the way she did about Jesse with nobody else, I felt like screaming that only a few episodes ago she had told Alex she would always love him.
The 180 just didn't make sense. Alex was such a beloved character that bringing in Jesse's character to take over and replace him just wasn't going to work. I think people would have accepted Jesse more if he wasn't a such one-dimensional character that's only purpose was to revolve around Isabel.... I get that they had been only granted eighteen episodes for season 3, but they still could have take some time to develop him. Also what was with the sudden wedding...? It just really didn't make any sense, and it pissed me the hell off. Alex wasn't even died a year yet! Now I'm not saying she has to be alone, but you can't make a lifetime commitment with someone you haven't even told the whole truth to yet.
Jesse didn't sign up to be married to alien and even though he came around, but what if he hadn't? Isabel could have put everyone in serious danger with her irrationality. Isn't Isabel usually reserved to the point of circumspect? Didn't it take Alex almost two years to finally get Isabel to truly open up to him? The Isabel I know would have never rushed into a relationship like she did with Jesse.
I don't know... I think that I could have really liked Jesse if they had took the time to made him more relatable and real to me, and if they didn't throw away two years of characterization just so his character could fit into the mix. What are your guys thoughts?
I just didn't like the fact that they brought his character in as a complete replacement for Alex, like we as viewers were supposed to forget that Isabel and Alex had loved each other and existed within the canon. I mean, I understand that Isabel had to find a way to accept Alex's death and move on...but it felt like she was throwing away everything she had ever shared with Alex to do so... and when she said that she had never felt the way she did about Jesse with nobody else, I felt like screaming that only a few episodes ago she had told Alex she would always love him.
The 180 just didn't make sense. Alex was such a beloved character that bringing in Jesse's character to take over and replace him just wasn't going to work. I think people would have accepted Jesse more if he wasn't a such one-dimensional character that's only purpose was to revolve around Isabel.... I get that they had been only granted eighteen episodes for season 3, but they still could have take some time to develop him. Also what was with the sudden wedding...? It just really didn't make any sense, and it pissed me the hell off. Alex wasn't even died a year yet! Now I'm not saying she has to be alone, but you can't make a lifetime commitment with someone you haven't even told the whole truth to yet.
Jesse didn't sign up to be married to alien and even though he came around, but what if he hadn't? Isabel could have put everyone in serious danger with her irrationality. Isn't Isabel usually reserved to the point of circumspect? Didn't it take Alex almost two years to finally get Isabel to truly open up to him? The Isabel I know would have never rushed into a relationship like she did with Jesse.
I don't know... I think that I could have really liked Jesse if they had took the time to made him more relatable and real to me, and if they didn't throw away two years of characterization just so his character could fit into the mix. What are your guys thoughts?