Taking Sides: Aeon Flux v. Trevor Goodchild

Yep, Trevor IS suave. John Lee was chosen to be the voice actor because he was somewhat a Sean Connery's voice, ( another very suave guy).

Chung the creator of AF, stated he didn't believe people were intrinsically good or evil. His characters are complex and difficult to discern their natures, as far as I'm concerned.

Aeon cos Trevor don't show his legs off as much.

... Umm, I change my tastes per episode, really. Sometimes I think Aeon is right, othertime Trevor.

usually more Aeon than Trevor, though.

Aeon. Always, always Aeon. My god, she kicks SOOOO much ass. Trevor's just power hungry, which makes him seem sad and desperate. Especially when it comes to Aeon, who always has the power.

Trevor. I've gone off on tangents about him before, but his character has so much more depth to it than most people recognize. Beneath his brilliant, forceful, charismatic exterior is a self-absorbed individual whose arrogance and amorality end up twisting his well-intentioned plans; beneath that is an idealistic, hopeful intellect that sincerely hopes and plans for a better Bregna; and beneath [i]that[/i] is a fundamental insecurity and the need for reassurance and comfort despite his strong, fiercely individualistic willpower. Trevor Goodchild is a character of great charisma, emotion, impetus and paradox. Each of these facets of his personality reveals itself at different times in the series, and the best episodes of the half-hour series are those that bring each of these aspects into play with one another.

Aeon Flux is a multifaceted character too, but not quite to the extent that Trevor Goodchild is. The best aspect of her character is her fierce individuality and willpower, which creates an extremely compelling character dynamic and conflict with that of Trevor. Really, Aeon's character wouldn't be half as engrossing if Trevor weren't such an effective foil. And although Aeon shows moments of conflict, she doesn't seem to have nearly the range or ambition of Trevor.

Despite what a lot of people I know think of Aeon Flux, I personally think Trevor is easily one of the best characters to come out of modern pop-culture science fiction. As an English major and an avid reader of literature, I have yet to come across many characters as complex as Trevor Goodchild, and the more I analyze him and his actions the more potential I see.

Well put Ubik.

I think Trevor is sublime - he's certainly my favourite.

Trevor Goodchild, the evil Brian Eno of the animated universe ... have y'all seen the Reign thing? I was really pleased about his character more or less coming back as Aristotle ... same voice actor too, I believe.

Honestly, it's Trevor. I often sympathized with his crazy communist schemes. I identified with him, I guess. Maybe it's just 'cause I was a 15 year old boy. In the 10-part series...

1. (Deuteronopia) Like both. Trevor's crazy blue dress thingy is very sweet. I also like it when he takes off his robe and impresses all the folks with his big dong... and then immediately after that to foil the newslady's attempt to assassinate him. Also his little truth and justice speech at the beginning got me hooked right then.

2. (Bird people) Trevor is an ass. Aeon is whatever.

3. (Cybil) Trevor is a pervert and a cruel dictator but I still liked him. Aeon was definitely the one who was "right" in that episode.

4. (Cloned Aeon) I identified with Trevor at the time, but looking back I can see where Aeon was coming from. Trevor was really belittling her toward the end. Which is really too bad for him... he could have had it all. I felt pretty bad for him when Aeon 1 got gunned down. But now I think he sort of brought it on himself.

5. Like Trevor WAYYYY better. Aeon is a total bitch for trying to fuck with the demiurge. Damnit Aeon, the demiurge is good, sez I.

7. (Chronophasia) Love them both to pieces in this episode. Wouldn't change a thing. Maybe love Aeon a little more in this episode because Trevor isn't very central. But when he's on screen, he rules hardcore. "It's clear to me now, Aeon, madness is the way! ... Exposed, yes! .. We were never here to begin with! We were always here!! Always will be here!!!"

9. (The purge) I love them both so much in this episode, but Trevor is so awesome that it makes my eyes bleed to watch him. Sitting in his little chair working on his gadgets in his tiny short shorts and meanwhile about ten steps ahead of Aeon while she is at the cabbage bank? The scene where he downs Bambara with poison darts single-handedly? That crazy alcoholic cactus? His little blonde daughters? He's too cool for the world in that episode. Aeon is cool too but she's runner up for the cool prize by a mile in that episode.

10. Aeon sure was dumb for destroying the human race and everything... Obviously Trevor was better in it that Aeon. I didn't like this episode so good. How did the radiation instantly affect the aliens who lived light years away?