SexyCharlotte
All those who wander are not always lost
Well, now that I long ago finished raving about how fine he was, here's something I think all of you know, but I'm going to say it anyways.
One of the reasons Griffith is my favorite character is because he stood against the aristocracy and their old traditions of 'being born' into a certain family would guarantee the throne or nobility by birth alone. Griffith represented the 'poor man' or the 'common man' who, through the sheer willpower and goal to achieve his dream of ruling a kingdom, was able to take the Hawks that far by winning battles. Even if one thinks he's a self-centered evil jerk who betrayed his Hawks, still, one must give him credit for bestowing a lot of his own fame and fortune on the Hawks. After all, if it weren't for them, there'd be no army, and no army=Griffith has nothing.
The Hawks all aspired to something greater, even if some of them realized their own limitations. And yet when Griffith was made White Phoenix general, they couldn't believe their 'good luck' in becoming nobles themselves. By helping Griffith come closer to achieving his dreams, they too, were able to reach for the stars.
Oscar Wilde : " We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars."
When Griffith caught the nobleman raping Caska, he immediately said, " Just because you're a nobleman, you think you can do what you want to this girl?" Though Caska's price for Griffith's interfering was high, what he said showed his contempt for the upper class. Remember this was a guy who was a poor kid running along slum alleys and looking up at the castle ( figuratively and literally) in the sky. And all along thinking, "That is going to be mine one day."
In those brutal Medieval times, very few people if any at all aspired to such ambition and made it out of poverty and common birth.
And then there's the part where he has the Queen murdered..." You are not used to being in battle, but sitting in a chair. On a battlefield one's RANK/BIRTH does not matter. You either win...or LOSE."
With that kind of optimism, confidence , charisma, and infallible belief in himself ( which so many called self-centered and arrogant) he was able to transcend poverty and 'common birth' to the elevated status he was before his tragic downfall. One has to give him credit for that much...like Guts said, with such lofty ambitions, always flying so high.
Unfortunately, he fell. But he rose again...and will continue to rise until, phoenix-like, he finally gets his dark kingdom.
LG
One of the reasons Griffith is my favorite character is because he stood against the aristocracy and their old traditions of 'being born' into a certain family would guarantee the throne or nobility by birth alone. Griffith represented the 'poor man' or the 'common man' who, through the sheer willpower and goal to achieve his dream of ruling a kingdom, was able to take the Hawks that far by winning battles. Even if one thinks he's a self-centered evil jerk who betrayed his Hawks, still, one must give him credit for bestowing a lot of his own fame and fortune on the Hawks. After all, if it weren't for them, there'd be no army, and no army=Griffith has nothing.
The Hawks all aspired to something greater, even if some of them realized their own limitations. And yet when Griffith was made White Phoenix general, they couldn't believe their 'good luck' in becoming nobles themselves. By helping Griffith come closer to achieving his dreams, they too, were able to reach for the stars.
Oscar Wilde : " We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars."
When Griffith caught the nobleman raping Caska, he immediately said, " Just because you're a nobleman, you think you can do what you want to this girl?" Though Caska's price for Griffith's interfering was high, what he said showed his contempt for the upper class. Remember this was a guy who was a poor kid running along slum alleys and looking up at the castle ( figuratively and literally) in the sky. And all along thinking, "That is going to be mine one day."
In those brutal Medieval times, very few people if any at all aspired to such ambition and made it out of poverty and common birth.
And then there's the part where he has the Queen murdered..." You are not used to being in battle, but sitting in a chair. On a battlefield one's RANK/BIRTH does not matter. You either win...or LOSE."
With that kind of optimism, confidence , charisma, and infallible belief in himself ( which so many called self-centered and arrogant) he was able to transcend poverty and 'common birth' to the elevated status he was before his tragic downfall. One has to give him credit for that much...like Guts said, with such lofty ambitions, always flying so high.
Unfortunately, he fell. But he rose again...and will continue to rise until, phoenix-like, he finally gets his dark kingdom.
LG