LOVED THE POST
Love the fact that a person can think about a story and delve into the details. I am so tired of a lot of the claptrap junk they put on TV …. the so called reality shows that are staged and promotes what is the lowest common denominator in our society. So over them; rarely like watching TV except for HOW TO SHOWs / PBS any more….
I agree with you that RUMPLE might be a TRAGIC HERO… I have not seen the first stories so it is hard for me to judge how evil he has been. I see/ agree with some the points you have made….
I do disagree with the statement that RUMPLE was cowardly when fighting in the OGRE WARS… I do not feel we know enough about the wars to say the was cowardly. ( Not all wars are just.)
My questions about the war are: Who started it was it the greedy landowners who were fighting the OGRES for glory / land/ stolen riches….Or are they defending the home land? from invading FTL?
RUMPLE was a simple SERF ( much akin to slavery) under the servitude of a GREEDY LAND OWNER who took advantage of Rumple/ his family. RUMPLE/ his son/ the other serfs would be killed and the landowner gets any profits from the war. So why should he fight? for the Duke.
The DUKE labeled RUMPLE as cowardly but was he really? I would not believe anything the Duke said. FROM what I have read of the dark ages and serfdom (based on costumes and the society as exhibited on the show) I would not side with the Duke and consider RUMPLE a coward.
I do agree with the majority of the rest of your post.
NOnnie
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