I have been thinking about this since the eclipse. Maybe some of you find it enjoyble joining me in this thought process.
So there is Femto. There is Falconia. The kingdom has arrived. Undoubtedly, it would not seem in the slightest that Griffith is anywhere near satisfaction. The question is: why?
Technically, his dream is now fullfilled. He never said anything about the kingdom lasting so and so long or it achieving this or that milestone. So why go on?
It certainly isn't far fetched to say that Femtos perspective includes an enormously more vast horizon than that of Griffith the human ever did.
Is he still pursuing a dream? Or did he make his old dream to be another "pebble" to path the way to whatever Femto desires next?
An especially interesting scenario could be him realizing where, how and by whom the strings of destiny are woven. How "the fish in the pond" are being led. Maybe Femto plans to eradicate the rest of the God Hand. The God-Being never told him not to lay hand on that system or anything like that. Just to "do as thou wilt". Maybe Griffith plans on becoming a "real" dark Messiah in using death and horror as means to dissolve the whole God Hand, God and maybe as a form of self-entitled retaliation even himself. Leaving Guts and Casca with a "you hate me and you are right but I always loved you *dies*". That part specifically is a bit cheesy as I read it now but on the other hand this would be a plausible path that has been taken successfully before by other authors.
A more satisfying variant of this idea would be Griffith setting up Guts to make him sacrifice but one being: Griffith himself - to finally equip Guts with enough power to plow through Mr.Brain and his crew and eventually even "God". Perhaps by reason of "I got my dream, now it's your turn".
Nobody ever expects Griffith to be forgiven. But I refuse to believe that there is no internal understanding in him that the spiral of evil will never slow down if everybody keeps pursuing egocentric goals. So inside his narcicism he maybe thinks to be the hero to end it all in black and white - maybe even to fail horribly and for a completely different solution engulfing the world after his death.
Please tell me what you make of this unnecessarily large wall of text. :-)
So there is Femto. There is Falconia. The kingdom has arrived. Undoubtedly, it would not seem in the slightest that Griffith is anywhere near satisfaction. The question is: why?
Technically, his dream is now fullfilled. He never said anything about the kingdom lasting so and so long or it achieving this or that milestone. So why go on?
It certainly isn't far fetched to say that Femtos perspective includes an enormously more vast horizon than that of Griffith the human ever did.
Is he still pursuing a dream? Or did he make his old dream to be another "pebble" to path the way to whatever Femto desires next?
An especially interesting scenario could be him realizing where, how and by whom the strings of destiny are woven. How "the fish in the pond" are being led. Maybe Femto plans to eradicate the rest of the God Hand. The God-Being never told him not to lay hand on that system or anything like that. Just to "do as thou wilt". Maybe Griffith plans on becoming a "real" dark Messiah in using death and horror as means to dissolve the whole God Hand, God and maybe as a form of self-entitled retaliation even himself. Leaving Guts and Casca with a "you hate me and you are right but I always loved you *dies*". That part specifically is a bit cheesy as I read it now but on the other hand this would be a plausible path that has been taken successfully before by other authors.
A more satisfying variant of this idea would be Griffith setting up Guts to make him sacrifice but one being: Griffith himself - to finally equip Guts with enough power to plow through Mr.Brain and his crew and eventually even "God". Perhaps by reason of "I got my dream, now it's your turn".
Nobody ever expects Griffith to be forgiven. But I refuse to believe that there is no internal understanding in him that the spiral of evil will never slow down if everybody keeps pursuing egocentric goals. So inside his narcicism he maybe thinks to be the hero to end it all in black and white - maybe even to fail horribly and for a completely different solution engulfing the world after his death.
Please tell me what you make of this unnecessarily large wall of text. :-)