I'm probably not the right judge, because all I could think was, "Hmmm, I bet baby boar meat is a lot more tender than grown-up boar meat." Although, practically speaking, there'd be more meat if little piggy growed up.

I'd like to argue that he's not woobified. I'd like to, but I'm not sure I can. Still, he killed a guy in cold blood, and it was the wrong guy. And let's face it, he was stupid about it. Just some minor fact-checking might have been in order. I'm not saying it would've been easy, but if you're going to kill someone dead, take some steps to make sure it's the right someone. His source wasn't so much relible, right? He'd already screwed him once.

And then he withheld the but-your-daddy-was-so-prouuuuud from Jack. Mean.

So, there you have it. Still a hot jackhole with no excuse. Being persecuted by a wild boar. Island justice, baby.

Since Sawyer apparently thinks the pissing-on-his-shirt boar is male, I don't think so.

So what was he saying when he was wiggling the pig? Even if he got his genders mixed up, I thought he was using it as a lure.

I thought he was using it as a lure.

That's what he was doing.

Being persecuted by a wild boar. Island justice, baby.

Except -- they stared off. I thought it was animal totem absolution.

Or whatever. It feels to me like the writers are assiduously asserting that it's okay to like him, he's just damaged a bit.

Me? I don't care. Hot either way. Preferred Spike in S2, and all that. But they're erasing the big jagged edges of his persona.

But daddy boars don't care about baby boars.

This man knows NOTHING about porcine social systems. IJS.

Does being woobified mean he's no longer a jackhole, or just that there's now a much larger fanfic contingent that won't treat him that way? 'Cause I have no real desire to wrap him in a woobie blanket and feed him soup, traumatic childhood or no. Unless "woobie blanket" and "soup" are euphemisms for "hot monkey sex," in which case I'm all for it.

But daddy boars don't care about baby boars.

Oh, I thought you were saying that Sawyer wasn't making sense.

As you were.

I thought it was animal totem absolution.

I concur. He retained some entirely gratuitous assholishness with Jack at the end, though, which gives me hope. I don't even find him that hot, but I like him much better when he's being all amoral self-interested guy than anything else.

Except -- they stared off. I thought it was animal totem absolution.

No, you're right. It's done. I love persucution by boar and wanted to write it down.

Me? I don't care. Hot either way. Preferred Spike in S2, and all that. But they're erasing the big jagged edges of his persona.

Yeah, I can see that that might be the aim, but I'm ignoring their attempts, and I wish they would stop. At least they've left a lot of good material for me to work with. I'm not particularly invested, but I'll keep my eye on the bad bits just like those who would woobify him will focus on what makes him sympathetic. Back offa the jagged edges, people.

I liked his work inthis ep. On the first visit as he watches Not!Sawyer cook shrimp, his face changes from anger to resolve to not being able to do it to furious sadness. Good stuff.