History Characters / TheExpanseTVFreeNavy

* {{Expy}}: He shares many a similarty with [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack CCA]]-era Char Aznable, both being [[VisionaryVillain Visionary Villains]] born in space with an ideological opposition to those born on Earth [[spoiler:responsible for [[ColonyDrop dropping asteroids]] on the planet]]. His outfit even resembles a blue version of Char's Neo Zeon attire.

* CharClone: He shares many a similarty with [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack CCA]]-era Char Aznable, both being [[VisionaryVillain Visionary Villains]] born in space with an ideological opposition to those born on Earth [[spoiler:responsible for [[ColonyDrop dropping asteroids]] on the planet]]. His outfit even resembles a blue version of Char's Neo Zeon attire.

%%* {{Expy}}: As pointed out above given his similarity to Char Aznable, but also to Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias from ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''. Like Veidt, Marco fancies himself a savior who truly thinks what he's doing is what's best for his people. Unfortunately -- ''unlike'' Veidt -- he only sees that as far as his own ego will take him. Change only matters if ''he's'' the one bringing it. A Belter state only means anything if ''he's'' the one establishing it. Ultimately, ''none'' of it matters unless it's squarely about ''him.'' Even his own son's worth to him is due to the fact that in him is ''his'' legacy and nothing more; Filip is nothing more than an extension of his will that he wants to impose on everyone else.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The last time he's on screen, he's locked in the brig of the ''Pella'', having an emotional breakdown. He isn't shown [[spoiler:dying when the enemies of the Ring Builders destroy the remnants of the Free Navy]], but he would have no chance of surviving... unless [[spoiler:Filip decided to save him from the brig before defecting.]]

* RenegadeSplinterFaction: Although the OPA is more of a loose coalition, so calling any of them "splinter" might be inaccurate, Marco's "Free Navy" is so ruthless compared to the rest of the OPA that it counts. After the Free Navy's sneak attack against Earth, Mars, and Fred Johnson's OPA, they promptly bully all the other OPA factions into falling in line under their control - even the ones that ''loathe'' Marco - through sheer brutality and a calculated program of keeping political hostages.

%%* {{Expy}}: As pointed out above given his similarity to Char Aznable, but also to Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias from ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''. Like Veidt, Marco fancies himself a savior who truly thinks what he's doing is what's best for his people. Unfortunately - ''unlike'' Veidt - he only sees that as far as his own ego will take him. Change only matters if ''he's'' the one bringing it. A Belter state only means anything if ''he's'' the one establishing it. Ultimately, ''none'' of it matters unless it's squarely about ''him.'' Even his own son's worth to him is due to the fact that in him is ''his'' legacy and nothing more; Filip is nothing more than an extension of his will that he wants to impose on everyone else.

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* PragmaticVillainy: [[spoiler:Although he harbors a great deal of hatred for the "inners" he's been more than willing to work with disaffected members of the Martian military in order to acquire advanced Martian technology on the black market]].

* SmugSnake: Marco is an egomaniac who is convinced he's a military genius, even naming his ship ''Pella'' after Alexander the Great's birthplace...but he's really just a BloodKnight terrorist, capable of staging a few clever ambushes -- that result in the death of ''billions'' -- but with inept long-term strategy and logistical skills. At the beginning of Season 6, he gives grandiose speeches that Ceres will be the new Belter capital, even as his advisors tell him they can't possibly hold it. They ultimately have to abandon it and leave it bereft of resources to screw over the Inners, causing much of the Belt to turn on him. After his cloaked asteroid attacks are compromised, he eagerly insists that this is good news because he's "always" been able to defeat the Inner fleets before, even though all his past battles relied on ambushes and his fleet is hopelessly outgunned by their fleets individually, much less aligned against him. The reality is he was always just the pawn of the rogue MCRN faction that settled on Laconia, who provided him ships and other resources to stir up trouble and keep eyes off them. [[spoiler: This culminates in the Season 6 finale when Marco, on the edge of defeat, sends a message pleading for Laconia to send help, only for their leader Duarte to flat out tell him "You have been a useful distraction". At the same time a strike team manages to take out the Ring station's railgun defenses, and while he could still retake the station from the small strike team composed of our main protagonists, he no longer has any realistic hope of holding the station against the combined Earth/Mars/Belter fleet that's fast on his heels...at which point he gives a truly IRejectYourReality Hitler-in-his-bunker style speech ranting about how invincible he is and victory is assured.]]

* VillainHasAPoint: This is arguably his most dangerous trait, and what makes it so easy for him to convince others to do horrible things on his behalf or to get other factions to join up in his cause. For example, he makes a number of very valid points when he talks himself out of a death sentence in Season 4, and, technically speaking, ''nothing'' that he says in his message when he establishes the Free Navy was a lie. The entire foundation of his armada was based on Earth and Mars treating Belters as less than human for centuries, and for all his numerous war crimes, far more crimes against humanity have been committed towards his people -- in his own lifetime alone, no less. [[spoiler:After his defeat even Holden comments that Marco had valid points about the treatment of and attitudes towards the Belt. Holden pointedly reminds Chrisjen and the other leaders that Marco tapped into a frustration and rage that existed because of actual problems with how the Inner Planets treated the Belt, and unless they take real steps towards change it may spawn another Marco in the future.]]

* AdaptationalAttractiveness[=/=]AdaptationalUgliness (depending on personal preferences): In the source material, belters tend to be unusually tall and slender for humans due to a live in a low gravity environment. The TV show has very few of these characters (for practical purposes), but the actors are generally on the slimmer side or at best normal-built as a rule. Cyn is an exception to this rule.

* BigBrotherInstinct: He's a self appointed big brother to Marco, Naomi, and Karal, and was for a long time. Tragically, this instinct has led him to tragic mistakes.

** Second, during Season 5, [[spoiler:Cyn becomes convinced Naomi is about to commit suicide by throwing herself into space and desperately tries to stop her, not aware she was actually planning on crossing a short distance to another ship. Cyn, who hadn't put on a vac suit in his rush to try to talk her out of it, winds up being accidentally killed when she opens the airlock]].

* OldSoldier: A lot of OPA members are angry teens and twenty somethings, Cyn is a balding middle-aged man with white hair who has been in the game for decades.
* OlderSidekick: Cyn knew Marco, Naomi, and Karal when they were just teens who talked big in between work shifts and Cyn was their older co-worker who looked after them. Despite being older, he became Marco's follower, recognizing Marco's charisma and gift for tactics.

* WontDoYourDirtyWork: One of the few times he ever truly stands up to Marco or refuses to carry out an order is when [[spoiler:Marco orders him and Filip to kill Naomi]]. Cyn becomes so enraged he not only defies Marco, he also just barely stops short of getting in a fight with Marco then and there.

* CharClone: It's virtually impossible for anyone familiar with ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' to not be reminded of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack'' while watching any scene featuring him. Politically at least - his personality is nothing like Char, a NobleDemon verging on anti-hero in a morally gray setting.

* VillainHasAPoint: This is arguably his most dangerous trait, and what makes it so easy for him to convince others to do horrible things on his behalf or to get other factions to join up in his cause. For example, technically speaking, ''nothing'' in his message of establishment of the Free Navy was a lie. The entire foundation of his armada was based on Earth and Mars treating Belters as less than human for centuries, and for all his numerous war crimes, far more crimes against humanity have been committed towards his people -- in his own lifetime alone, no less. [[spoiler:After his defeat, even Holden has to admit that Marco had a valid point about the treatment of and attitudes towards the Belt, and pointedly reminds Chrisjen and the other leaders that Marco tapped into a very real problem, and unless they take real steps to change that problem may well rear its head again in the future.]]