Aazealh said:That's not what he thought, and details matter here. Anyway, you don't try to kill someone you love. That's not what love is. And people can be possessive without loving. You can decide to destroy an asset rather than have it fall into someone else's hands, though. It's the reasoning Griffith followed here. That's how he worded it to Guts and to himself too.
Like I said, there's an ambiguity about Griffith's feelings for Guts, and it's purposeful, but it's just that, an ambiguity.
You're not remembering things properly. Guts never found himself a dream. And really, you would be better off basing yourself on the manga when it comes to fine analysis of the story.
From what your saying it sounds like you think that Griffith viewed Guts a a valuable assent and nothing more? why then would Griffith be so broken when Guts leaves and act so irrationally by sleeping with Charlotte to try and heal his pain? He had pretty much achieved his dream at that point, he didn't really need Guts anymore to further his dream in any case.
The point im trying to make about Guts dream, is that the conversation at the fountain with Charlotte is very significant of Guts and Griffiths relationship, in that Griffith states that a true friend would pursue his own dream and stand up to even Griffith himself if he crushed his dream, which is what Guts is now doing, he may be the only one who can can save Griffith from the evil that he has become, and Griffiths true friend in that sense.
I see Griffith more as a tragic villain who was put in an impossible situation and has been tainted by Evil since, I liked Griffith pre Eclipse, so I find this kind of thing interesting. But I understand that other people may not see Griffith in that way.
I guess it depends on whether you think Griffith was always Evil, or corrupted, but I guess either way he was following what fate had set for him and was powerless to it.