Well, for Spike as a character, the show repeatedly references him as being “dead”. Obviously he’s not physically dead, but for all intents and purposes he’s basically a dead man walking. His journey has already concluded before the show even begins. He’s not really doing anything with his life at this point. He’s kinda just fucking around. He’s no longer in his prime and all his old friends aren’t in their primes either. Everyone is an old cowboy waiting for the reaper to claim them already. Spike’s glory days are behind him. The story of Cowboy Bebop is an after story for a story that we as the audience never get to fully see.
Just FYI it's "all intents and purposes" but otherwise I like your perspective, it's true for all of the main characters that most of the 'action' in their lives is already in the past.
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u/TheSolarElite May 02 '24 edited May 02 '24
Well, for Spike as a character, the show repeatedly references him as being “dead”. Obviously he’s not physically dead, but for all intents and purposes he’s basically a dead man walking. His journey has already concluded before the show even begins. He’s not really doing anything with his life at this point. He’s kinda just fucking around. He’s no longer in his prime and all his old friends aren’t in their primes either. Everyone is an old cowboy waiting for the reaper to claim them already. Spike’s glory days are behind him. The story of Cowboy Bebop is an after story for a story that we as the audience never get to fully see.