#hunter hap

Can you imagine Dr. Workaholic distracting himself by dating or becoming engaged to a girl during college? This is the closest that he could ever get to a marriage. No wonder he jumped into a dimension where he is straight away married to Prairie.

Okay, so I haven’t really even thought this out, but I’m just gonna type it all out and it’ll probably be word vomit, but here we go.

Everyone is trying so hard to compare Hap to Elias or to Prarie’s biological father, but what if his comparison is her adoptive parents, Nancy specifically? Abel just seems very sympathetic toward Prarie (maybe he represents Khatun? Prarie’s biological dad could represent Khatun, as well. Maybe Khatun represents father figures?)

Okay, so: 1) Hap immediately has an interest in Prarie because of her unique ability (musical talent due to an NDE) and her blindness. Nancy immediately has an interest in Prarie because of her unique ability (calming the baby) and her blindness. 2) Hap “saves” Prarie from her adoptive parents and becomes the sort of parental figure she’s been hoping for. Nancy “saves” Prarie from her aunt and becomes the parental figure Prarie was hoping for. 3) Hap becomes very attached to Prairie because her blindness makes him believe she needs him. Nancy admits to Abel that the reason she chose Prarie was because she was blind and would always need her. 4) Hap imprisons Prarie and the others for 7 years by drugging them and keeping them in cages. Nancy medicated Prarie for years, keeping her imprisoned in her own mind.

Abel and Khatun both basically watch from the sidelines, hoping Prarie can find her happiness and peace.

Idk. This just snowballed in my head and I had to write it out.

I should separate these because it’s so long, but whatever.

I also think that the last episode was Prarie waking up in a mental hospital, which she’s been in ever since the police officer (Statue of Liberty security guard?) found her in New York. Hap might be the doctor at the hospital she’s in, who medicates her and keeps her locked in her room. Elias is probably her therapist. Either Homer and the others, or Steve and the others (or all of them), are patients in the mental hospital. Probably all of them, really. Every single one of them suffered from some type of mental trauma in their life that could have landed them in a mental hospital.

I mentioned in a previous post that I would like to see a redemption arc for Hap. I want to offer a clarification + an amendment:

Clarification: I was thinking of a very specific scenario, where Hap would lose all memory of who he was and what he’d done. Have you seen the SyFy show Dark Matter? Bc that kind of a scenario is what I’m talking about. The criminals on that ship were HORRIBLE people, but the show begins with them waking up with no memory of their past. Clean slate. And they make different choices and become these AMAZING heroes who will end up saving the galaxy.

When you compare Hap to his mentor, you can see Hap has a few positive character traits: he believes in something bigger than himself, he hungers for truth, he is humble. His mentor is vengeful and egotistical and petty. I don’t see redeemable character in his mentor, but in Hap?? I see the potential for good given the right circumstances. Unfortunately, he’s already done such horrible awful things, I think it would take something drastic, like a mind wipe, for him to have any chance at redemption.

On that note…