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That exchange was amazing. The actor playing imperial boss guy (I suck at names) is soooo good at it. Just giving off "You do have to kiss my ass, but you also have to it without patronizing me. Walk that tightrope."
Partagaz. He scares the shit out of me bc he is an imperial guy avoiding all the things that hamper irl fascists, like falling for your own propaganda, becoming overzealous, being an anti-intellectual dingus to begin with or expecting underlings to sucker up to you and sugar-coat everything. Where the rest of the Empire are space nazis, this guy could be space Kissinger. Utterly evil, but also dangerously competent at what he's doing.
Well put. He's a really well written character and the performance brings it home to a tee. I would actually like to see more character depth brought in, cause it does raise the question of what his deal is, what's he like off work? There's a one dimensionality that works fine for what he serves ploy wise and humanizing the space nazi too much isn't the best but I would like to know his personal motivation. What's getting him up every day so he csn be the best damn space nazi he can be? Cause he doesn't seem like a true believer cause he's too detached from any fanaticism, he can't just be there for the paycheck cause he's working too hard for that. Maybe not exploring that angle makes him too perfect a space nazi as well, he can't be shown to be competent and correct (situationally) when he'd fundamentally pursuing incompetent and incorrect goals. Really that kinda applies to every but Syril as far as the bad guys go. I think you can explore a character without making them sympathetic
Partagaz is under Wullf Yularen anyway, he is just another cog in the machine. I guess he was employed in the republic's intelligence services and just kept working for that government post name change.