Talk:Ethan Ramsey/@comment-36836718-20190322183651/@comment-36277500-20190324184730

Welcome to the club. And I'm still stating that even after buying diamond scenes.

Nearly every of my early premonitions came true:


 * 1) the authors tried to give him a human face, in purpose of justifying his actions;


 * 2) there was horrible t(o)rauma from his past, which allegedly damaged him emotionally - in the same purpose;
 * 3) the final result of justifying is totally implausible, weak and stilted, because his actual behaviour strongly opposes his "diamond" excuses.

Examples of incoherency?


 * 1) He preaches about "responsibility for the ones in his care", but where he was when Annie had collapsed? He ought to be responsible for both Annie and Rookie (whom he blamed for HIS own negligence as attending).
 * 2) He says that "he's not obliged to make someone's day better", but wastes his oh-how-precious time on gossiping with elder lady about sweet little nothings (perhaps fooling around was particular reason why he was too busy to help Rookie with CPR?)...
 * 3) He says that "idolizing doctors is foolish", but he doesn't mind bathing in his admirers' openly lovestruck gaze. Later he idolizes himself indeed, whining that "he's one and only" (thanks to God). And he wants to make his clone of Rookie, because the latter one "shows some potential" to be another specimen like him. As if the other elder doctors were idiots and he was the only one intelligent.
 * 4) He's also not obliged to make anyone's day worse, although he does it with obvious bliss... He makes excuses about his "lack of patience", but he's hateful and passive-aggressive even without any slightest provocation what could trigger his outbursts, like throwing insults and false accusations towards young doctors during morning rounds before they did anything wrong (unless you count breathing).

The whole difference between his theory and practice, and between both of his two faces (two shades of Grey...s Anatomy???) - is just incoherent and inconsequent. There was literally only one moment when he was quite convincing - when Dolores died. Either the author underdeveloped this character, or Ethan isn't honest with Rookie and himself - even in diamond choices - and still wears his mucho-macho mask to hide the fact he's actually weak and vulnerable.

I'm trying to romance him, though it's Count Sacher-Masoch's work (even Jackie notices that)... I literally flinch when he spits some of his controversial, spiteful and hateful comments. However, he's still more interesting than the other potential suitors. Also, I like playing with fire.

Oh, and I noticed that my first post about him was deleted. My opinion was brutal, maybe too emotional, but still true.