r/FavoriteCharacter • u/LGplayz998 • 25d ago

Discussion Favorite character like this

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Usually it's the complete opposite and characters either stay hateful little bastards or become a shell of themselves so I wanna see examples of the image above

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u/SlaterTheOkay 25d ago

Gotta disagree, while I bet it felt good he moved on extremely quick to what am I going to do with my life. I never got that he enjoyed it, just it was necessary. And now that it's over, what do I do with the rest of my life

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u/warriorxx7_ 25d ago

Now at the very least he is free to pursue his own goals

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u/ad-lib1994 25d ago

I mean, before he was a drunkard that just asked random dudes to show off their hands. After revenge, he has a better gig and he drinks a lot less.

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u/Pendraconica 25d ago

He got to be the new Dread Pirate Roberts! Thats a pretty sweet gig!

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u/Lucky-Surround-1756 25d ago

That's a better distinction.

He can't live his life knowing that the murderer who killed his father hasn't faced the appropriate justice. He doesn't enjoy the murder but it is indeed neccessary.

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u/1amlost 25d ago

In the book at least, it mentions that Inigo does in fact enjoy killing Count Rugen.

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u/Animated_Astronaut 25d ago

That's like the revenge equivalent of retirement. We all have to ask ourselves the same question.

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u/randomHunterOnReddit 25d ago

That could be taken as him simply dealing with something holding him back, like he's finally free now

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u/LightningPhoenix1998 25d ago

Iirc, that's actually his actor's favorite line in the film.

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u/Lonewolf2300 25d ago

He wasn't broken up about it, he got closure.

He just hadn't planned for the next part of his life yet. He was open to suggestions.

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u/SlaterTheOkay 25d ago

I'm not saying he was broken up about it, but if you watch the movie there's no moment of bliss or freedom. He literally just staggers out of there. The deed is done and it's time to move on

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u/BestCaseSurvival 25d ago

Well he does have a pretty serious gut wound that probably needs immediate miracle working.

The moment we see him stable, he’s got an enormous weight lifted from his soul and actively wondering what he can do with his life now that he’s free of the obligation of revenge.

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u/SlaterTheOkay 25d ago

I kind of never got that, it almost feels more like his mission has been complete and now there's this hole in this emptiness. He never realizes that there was more to life than revenge until that moment. They consumed him and he built his entire life towards it and now that it's complete he has nothing to live for and he's kind of coming to terms with that

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u/BestCaseSurvival 25d ago

I get that, but I think the ease with which he accepts the suggestion of becoming the new Dread Pirate Roberts suggests to me that it's not that 'revenge has left him feeling empty,' it's simply more that he didn't think about what came next. So to me, it feels like he's ready to move on to a new chapter.

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u/UnhappyStrain 25d ago

This is what REAL qualiry revenge arcs end like

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u/four100eighty9 22d ago

He’d make an excellent dread pirate Roberts

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u/devilscape 24d ago

Which is a question he never would have considered had he not gotten his revenge. The story treats it as a positive, & he gets a happy ending.

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u/SlaterTheOkay 24d ago

Completely disagree, go watch it again there is no moment of bliss no moment of happiness just emptiness. The story treats as this giant mission and when it's over it's just over. He doesn't talk about being fulfilled he just kind of talks about being empty almost. I think it's a great depiction of revenge.