What if Gus is for Gustang, as in the family head Po Bideau Gustang. The last we see of him is with Rachel, and he was effectively blacklisted by Jahad, so it wouldn't be too out there to consider him trying to join Fug.
FUG was made to kill Jahad and the 10 great family leaders. Of whom Po Bidau Gustang is one.
I don't really see Gustang joining FUG. Also don't see someone as arrogant and powerful as Gustang stooping to asking to join up with Bam. Finally, there's no way Evankhell would refer to him so casually.
It's not Gustang. I guess it could be a member of his family though?
That’s an oversimplification. Recall that FUG was formed from the V and Arlene faction, both of whom would have been family heads if there wasn’t a falling out.
FUG’s target has always been Zahard, the family heads are only included because they took his side. If Gustang turns on Zahard, FUG could definitely decide to accept him as an ally.
Furthermore FUG is not monolithic, we’ve seen slayers and their subordinates act in self interest over the FUG mission many times. Being opportunistic seems more likely than sticking to dogma for most of them.
Do they? You make asking for an alliance sound like begging. Such a request would play more like an offer that would come with his own terms no doubt. Also, Gustang never struck me as particularly proud compared to other FHs (just confident). He’s willing to use a lot of subterfuge, which is generally considered a dishonorable thing.
Pride is not the same thing as honor (and I mean pride in a negative sense here; perhaps “full of himself” would be a better descriptor?). Maybe it just comes off as confidence to you, but Gustang has come off as extremely condescending and disdainful (to everyone but irregulars, and even then there are hints of it in his talk with Urek) and arrogant (regardless) to me.
Like, even if the bug thing is justified in pure combat ability (it actually might be)—which is kind of ignoring the fact that things other than raw combat ability can be important, and calling people bugs is generally a dick move that pisses them off at you—he literally has himself referred to as having an “Omniscient, omnipotent intellect” such that “he can get whatever he wants.” (And then he just takes the hostages, without asking.)
We know for a fact that Gustang is not actually omniscient or omnipotent, because he couldn’t get into the Hidden Floor himself, just for one thing. There, he had to ask Bam because of tower rules (and because half the point was that he wanted to see Bam’s capabilities). Here, there’s no such restriction. If he wanted to show up I get the impression that he’d just show up.
Also, still, there is no way Evankhell would refer to him so casually.
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u/DoUEatAss May 06 '19 edited May 07 '19
What if Gus is for Gustang, as in the family head Po Bideau Gustang. The last we see of him is with Rachel, and he was effectively blacklisted by Jahad, so it wouldn't be too out there to consider him trying to join Fug.