I don't think small worlds represents a consensus, although I agree with you that they couldn't think of anything else to do.
I don't think the consensus broke down in EoD - I think what we were seeing was a classic paradigm shift. No-one believed in the old paradigm (Jack) any more, it was time to get a new one.
I think that is different to village justice, where the headman only rules with the consent of his tribe. I think it is closer to robber barony (or any other form of tyranny) where the leader remains the leader for as long as he is *strong* enough to do so. Jack showed weakness in EoD, and the pride replaced him.
We're obviously looking at the same set of events, but putting different interpretations on them, which is interesting in itself. Given that the cast couldn't understand why Owen shot Jack, and had to take itself off for a long discussion before they could come back and play those scenes, I think that the possibility that there is one consistent theme being played out over the whole series is perhaps overoptimistic.
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Date: 2007-10-07 12:09 am (UTC)I don't think the consensus broke down in EoD - I think what we were seeing was a classic paradigm shift. No-one believed in the old paradigm (Jack) any more, it was time to get a new one.
I think that is different to village justice, where the headman only rules with the consent of his tribe. I think it is closer to robber barony (or any other form of tyranny) where the leader remains the leader for as long as he is *strong* enough to do so. Jack showed weakness in EoD, and the pride replaced him.
We're obviously looking at the same set of events, but putting different interpretations on them, which is interesting in itself. Given that the cast couldn't understand why Owen shot Jack, and had to take itself off for a long discussion before they could come back and play those scenes, I think that the possibility that there is one consistent theme being played out over the whole series is perhaps overoptimistic.