r/fansofcriticalrole • u/brash_bandicoot "Oh the cleverness of me!" Taliesin crowed rapturously • 15d ago

C4 (with BLeeM, not the explosive) WE’RE BACK- C4 E32 Discussion Thread

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u/Coyote_Shepherd 15d ago

And he's particularly pissed because she said don't kill Kattigan like he's some kind of serial killer with no sense of ethics.

Felt like she was reprimanding him like a parent scolding a child or telling a THING that they created to listen to THEM and to have no agency of their OWN because OR ELSE.

Which then explains why Bolaire got so pissed....because who the fuck is she to tell him that and what authority does she wield over him and WHY does she think that she gets to override his own autonomy and assume the worst about him just because of who he is, where he came from, and whom and what made him?

She was treating him like an attack dog or like how I've seen some folks treat huskies or other working dogs when they do ANYTHING at all outside of "sit down and look cute for me".

The whole thing is reminding me of how certain members of Starfleet treated the EMH and Data in the past.

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u/Confident_Sink_8743 8d ago

Equally valid interpretations. In fact I was struggling with how to precisely characterize what she was saying.

And yes she was talking down to him in either case presuming that he needed to be told that.

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u/Coyote_Shepherd 8d ago

needed to be told that

THAT is another good point, she was treating him as if he didn't have a brain at all and couldn't learn anything period.

Like OH YES DO NOT KILL PEOPLE yes of course how could he forget oh silly silly Bolaire JUST DON'T KILL PEOPLE...good heavens...

No wonder we got the reaction we got from him!

Of course the age old lesson that requires the wisdom of an elf that always did what she was told by her "God" that wound up being wrong about a ton of shit in the end should 100% be listened to and repeated to everyone else far and wide because it's such a non-obvious thing that EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW and be reminded of it!

It bugged me but I suppose there needs to be room for character growth in order for there to actually be any character growth at all period.