From: chriskern99@gmail.com   
      
   On Thu, 02 Nov 2006 09:07:37 -0500, Phoenix    
   posted the following:   
      
   >However, I figure the purpose here is to set us up the next episode   
   >where Pegasus finally does reveal his past.   
      
   In a way that makes the implicit message even worse because it makes   
   Pegasus look like a manipulator.  As far as I can tell, there's no   
   story internal reason why Pegasus only reveals his past when he does.   
   I mean, it's pretty clear that he wanted to wait until he could really   
   trust Chibi-Usa but I don't see what changed between now and episode   
   158 -- except that C-U showed Pegasus she's willing to let him dictate   
   the terms of their friendship.   
      
   So what we have here is that Pegasus refuses to tell Chibi-Usa about   
   his background when she asks him, and shows her that he is completely   
   prepared to leave her alone, in an instant, if she presses the issue.   
   She finally apologizes and he comes back, and then very soon after   
   that he tells her about his background on his own.  I doubt the   
   writers intended it to come off like this, but what it really looks   
   like is that Pegasus had no problem with telling C-U his background   
   but he just wanted it to be clear that he was doing it because *he*   
   wanted to, not because Chibi-Usa asked.  Almost as if Pegasus is   
   saying "Now that you understand the way things work, I'll tell you as   
   much of my background as I want, but if you try to press further you   
   know what's going to happen."  And indeed she gets the message loud   
   and clear; in episode 159 she tells Pegasus that she's not going to   
   ask about him anymore.   
      
   (I think the message the writers were perhaps trying to send is that   
   people have secrets they can't tell, and when you have a friend with a   
   secret you should let them tell you on their own, if they want to,   
   rather than making it a condition of your friendship that they tell   
   you all their secrets.  But to me the way the show handled it   
   transmits something of a darker message.)   
      
   -Chris   
      
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