Oh My God Dirk Fully Sees Himself As Pechorin From Mikhael Lermontov's Novel "A Hero Of Our Time" In

oh my god Dirk fully sees himself as Pechorin from Mikhael Lermontov's novel "A Hero of Our Time" in season 2!

(here's why and also why he's better than that, because I don't want to prepare for my literature exam that much)

Season-2 Dirk is forever doubting himself and wondering about his purpose. He goes on and on about hurting everyone around him, going through life chasing rainbows and leaving a trail of dead people behind. Well.

Pechorin (1841, strong romantism motives + realism) is a character who represents all of that. He even describes himself as 'the fate's axe'. However, he, being all the worst qualities of the romantic, byronic heroes, is actually awful and doesn't need the universe to help him hurt other people.

In every part of the novel, he makes life of others miserable. He doesn't pass the test of love, or friendship; he gets at least six young ladies and gentlemen killed or dishonoured, he seriously disrupts lives of even more people.

And he does it - wait for it - because he's bored. Nothing supernatural or weird happens. He just makes ladies fall in love with him to prove that he can, then abandons them and/or getting them killed; stages a duel, goes over his head for cold blooded revenge and mercilessly kills someone. He's just like that.

He also explores the idea of fate, puts his life at mortal peril and gets someone else killed instead.

And here's the difference between him and Dirk: Dirk doesn't quit being a friend. He does his best to resist the universe hurting those around him. He actually cares.

That's why watching Dirk feeling so bad about himself hurts so much - because it's not that supernatural, it's not that unimaginable in real life.

So yeah. Absolutely love the show and the character that Max Landis wrote and Samuel Barnett portrayed so well.