I'm pretty sure it's intentional, it's too obviously played with:
They both have the same goal - making Hell's Kitchen a better place -, but a very different understanding of what that entails.
They both think that the ends justify the means. ("What are you going to do?" - "Whatever it takes.") The difference is in where they draw the line. They're both physical to the point of violence. Again, the difference is in where they draw the line.
They both have interpersonal/commitment issues, both find ways to get close to a select few. The difference here is who, and how, and how that closeness works.
It's even alluded to in imagery: Rabbit in a snowstorm and a world on fire. The pictures Vanessa introduces to the two are almost identical in artistic style and intention, but differ radically in colour and therefore in mood and expression.
The difference between those pictures is more or less the difference between the men.
Re: mat and fisk parallels r killing me
They both have the same goal - making Hell's Kitchen a better place -, but a very different understanding of what that entails.
They both think that the ends justify the means. ("What are you going to do?" - "Whatever it takes.") The difference is in where they draw the line.
They're both physical to the point of violence. Again, the difference is in where they draw the line.
They both have interpersonal/commitment issues, both find ways to get close to a select few. The difference here is who, and how, and how that closeness works.
It's even alluded to in imagery: Rabbit in a snowstorm and a world on fire. The pictures Vanessa introduces to the two are almost identical in artistic style and intention, but differ radically in colour and therefore in mood and expression.
The difference between those pictures is more or less the difference between the men.