So I am forced to conclude that unless I'm grossly misremembering or missed out important scenes, the fanon that Sark was abused as a child by his bad father and that this was the motivation of torturing and killing the guy doesn't have any basis in canon. I mean, other than the wish to give Sark some motivation.
I believe, when he's torturing Lazarey, he says something about how he was treated as a child before Lazarey abandoned him. I don't remember what it was, though.
I did get a very maternal vibe from the way Irina interacts with Sark--at least, as maternal as Irina ever gets. Since Sark has to have some emotions--he is, as far as we know, a human being--his relationship to Irina is the best place to look for them, I figure. And it squares with his speech to Neil Kaplan about how what he wants is what he never had or something like that.
I'm with you on the general indifference to Sark, though. I think people are fascinated by him because of the contrast between his babyfaced looks and his ruthlessness, but on a show with Jack and Sloane and Irina, there's really no room for me to be interested in Sark.
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I believe, when he's torturing Lazarey, he says something about how he was treated as a child before Lazarey abandoned him. I don't remember what it was, though.
I did get a very maternal vibe from the way Irina interacts with Sark--at least, as maternal as Irina ever gets. Since Sark has to have some emotions--he is, as far as we know, a human being--his relationship to Irina is the best place to look for them, I figure. And it squares with his speech to Neil Kaplan about how what he wants is what he never had or something like that.
I'm with you on the general indifference to Sark, though. I think people are fascinated by him because of the contrast between his babyfaced looks and his ruthlessness, but on a show with Jack and Sloane and Irina, there's really no room for me to be interested in Sark.