My favourite is when she’s going to launch the drug supplier out to space, Ashford is like “can I talk to you” and Drummer’s delivery when she says “in a minute” is pitch perfect. Like “you can see im in the middle of something”
Inaros should have send her out the airlock the second he could bc she's by far the most dangerous enemy he has in the belt. She's a true belter, he should have known better :D
"I have seen blood spilled my entire life - and I've spilled enough myself to know that the future, OUR future can not be build on violence" "You sound like a politician...." "Oh I'm just old...." Oh Ashford, you'll be our favorite space pirate forever.
My God. The most UNLIKELY of pairings that warped into one of the most iconic duos in sci-fi history. i simply ADORE the both of them...and their against all odds friendship. I actually disliked BOTH characters initially. But who knew that these two would become my alltime favorite pairings in The Expanse.
Ashford has to be one of the best character arcs I've ever seen in any space-oriented franchise. I legit hated the guy when he came on screen and was always waiting for him to backstab Drummer. He turned out to be one of my top three favorite characters by the end of the show.
Ashford, in the books, was a backstabber loyal only to himself. In the show, he was masterful, brilliant, wise and loyal to the belta cause. Where he starts the drumbeat for Drummer's speech before they take the generation ship in to the ring gate, he shows that loyalty. And with his "Spin the Drum, bring your injured here", you know he values life, not even wanting to see the Earther and Dusters suffer.
Such an unlikely duo. They both live for the belt. Everything they did they thought was best for their people, and they both understood that and respected each other for it and became fast friends. I love it.
The show made his character so much better than in the books. The books are great and better in various respects but some parts of the show really are a refinement of what the guys did on paper.
In a show full of unbelievably wonderful characters, these two might just have been the best. Especially Drummer. She was literally wall paper in Season 1 & 2, but by the end of 6, she was probably the most important character in the entire show.
Klaes Ashford was such a strong character it was almost a shame to see him go with what he and Drummer went through, but it was gloriously noble how he went.
I was sad that Ashford met his end, I would definitely have written him off. You could have had an entire SPIN OFF series just with Ashford and Drummer.....wow.
the expanse was a masterpiece. the actors and actresses involved were mystical and transported us all to an amazing place and told us an amazing story that will stay with me for the rest of my life. these characters were so good. drummer, ashford and amos are my three favorites.
What a great pairing they were. Initially Drummer hates the bloke, but they develop a grudging respect and then a proper friendship. It was fantastic to watch it unfold.
Family doesn't need such labels, they could be still family without father-daughter or brother-sister bond, they simply fight together for the same goal and they respect each other as partner, they're best friend to each other because they need each other
The interaction between these two, getting Strathairn to play Ashford without limits and Gee being able to run with her character, on top of the AMAZING Re-Write of these from the 'was also there' characters in the books to core essential players with completely different arcs in the show, When you see Ashford singing his last dittie, as a viewer you feel rage, you feel what Drimmer feels, and you cheer for her when she tactically black-eye's Inaro.
@@13rute camina was actually given bull's roll not really Ashford. Ashford they just kind of tweaked. He did pretty much all the same things as in the book he just wasn't a dick and was apologetic about it afterwards. Actually cared about the crew instead of his reputation like in the book.
"...A man is not just one man. A man is his family, friends..." Ashford (I'm paraphrasing). ☺ I can't farm, I can't build, I can't do many things. So...me just do what me can to help. 🙏
That is how you write great science fiction and build characters. So many people I know initially hated these two characters and over time they grew to become beloved heroes in the Expanse and science universe. Greta writing, great acting.
Generally, shows and films are worse than the books they are based on, but there are exceptions. David Strathairn as Ashford is a massive improvement over the book version, who was pretty bland and generic.
