Talk:Charles Pike/@comment-35.40.66.146-20161206205529

As much as I hated Pike, I blame the writing more than I do the character. If they allowed for more conversations between him and Kane we would be able to understand what happened to him and how he changed. The mountain men didn't have flashbacks but we understood their point of view based on conversations between Cage and Dante. I also understood why Arkadia supported him, Kane, Abby, and the other main characters were the minority while most of Arkadia justed observed the groundered and went off based on what they heard from Kane and Abby. Kane while was a better leader then Pike wasn't neccessarly a good leader because his sales pitch for getting elected was we should put blind faith in Lexa and the peacekeeping army when there's no guarentee they'll keep their promises. Pike similer to Trump was able to tap into the anger and bitterness of Arkadia where some people were willing to overlook his irrational strategy of going to war where they cannot win due to numbers and resouces.