Inconsistent

i wanted to animate this but my software crapped out on me so. :/

based on this and the rest of the gang! maybe never let these guys near horses

I feel like we JUST got Casca back, the rest of the crew is beginning to learn the kind of person she is, she's finally present in the narrative and in control of her life- but she can't look at Guts nor can she even fathom confronting Griffith. Wouldn't it then make sense for Guts to be the one removed from the narrative next?

The team is hypercarried by him, like no one can even come close to doing what he does, they can only aid him in those major battles. They're definitely useful to Guts, and they've saved him over and over again, but Guts is invaluable to them. Losing Guts means they lose their pillar, their main fighting force, and the kindest/most sensible among them as well.

But, Casca was a general. She's gotten her mind back, she's more in charge than ever- certainly more composed and skillful than Farnese and arguably Silke, definitely at least on par with Serpico, and I won't even mention the little guys. She could act as the kind of mentor Guts just can't be towards the group; where Casca intentionally lifts and guides people, Guts takes a more hands off approach, allowing people to grow at their own pace while he protects their existence. Going on an insane fetch quest, through apostles and demons, to find a man Casca can't even look at would also be such an amazing grounds for growth for her and the rest of the crew. They could figure out ways they could handle apostles without Guts, and Casca would get the chance to overcome her trauma and rise to the occasion.

And that's not even mentioning what would happen to Guts while under Griffith's thrall again.

He'd be a caged bird much like Casca, but I think Griffith would've actually put him right back where he was; his right hand man. Guts says something about Griffith when he sees him again, "It was as though he were plucked from the past, unchanged, and for a moment, I forgot to kill him." THAT'S INSANE, but to me, I think it reveals that a part of Guts longs for a world where he could turn back the clock and never leave Griffith's side, where seeing his white falcon again would strike awe and respect in him, and not dark resentment and bloodthirst. So, imagine if Griffith had wiped Gut's mind of everything after their last ownership battle? If he'd been plucked from the past unchanged, by Griffith's side again unknowing that anything would be wrong? I think when Guts would eventually break out of that thrall, he'd be devastated. The wounds would all reopen, and so would the love and safety he felt while he was with Griffith. +, with Guts in Falconia, he would be able to see the paradise Griffith created, the dream he made reality. I think that would be a definitive blow to Gut's motivation to kill Griffith even after he remembers.

Cause honestly, I can't see Berserk ending with Guts winning. I feel like he could only, realistically within the confines of the story, die or give up. So, in the vein of giving up, having Guts be so devastated by being robbed of that compassion and care he'd been missing again, and seeing the world Griffith made possible, could be a good way to avoid the berserker conflict also. If Guts can't bring himself to fight Griffith, then the berserker serves no purpose.

I think unfortunately, we'll never know what Miura really wanted to do with Berserk. I know he supposedly wrote the ending before he tragically passed, but the chapter released after he did so felt so jarringly different from the rest of Berserk that I pretty much lost hope immediately. If I were to have communed with Miura beyond the grave, I think what I said above shouldve been what happened.

In canon, all she really wants is a man’s recognition. First from Griffith, then from Guts. And her shifting allegiance to Guts is presented as “development.“ But in reality, her arc should be about her, not about him.

Canonically, Casca was born in a village, sold into servitude, and nearly raped by her master. Then Griffith saves her and gives her a sword. She follows him, becoming his sword.

But now, imagine this:

Casca doesn‘t want “recognition as a woman.” What she wants is something concrete: a home and a family. Like she used to have. Ideally, back in a village again. But she suppresses her own dream because she believes Griffith’s dream is more important, and she owes him her life.

In this version, she‘s not so much jealous of Guts as she is envious that he has retained more independence than she has.

So we have a trio of dreams:

· Griffith: An enormous, all-consuming dream.

· Guts: The absence of a dream, a void, the desire to be more than just a sword.

· Casca: A small dream, which she herself believes is insignificant.

The Eclipse isn’t just violence. It‘s the destruction of a small, “insignificant” dream in the middle of a huge conflict.

Her tragedy is no longer just about being a “broken lover.” It becomes about being a person whose small, human dream was trampled by two epic, gigantic ambitions

This might be one of the main reasons why his character post torture is so dear to me, there is no winning or losing anymore, just an effort to survive it all on your own terms. It is ugly and raw because that is how pain and loss is, and the point is that it is so very deeply human too, even this ugliness and pain. Eveybody who has ever said anything else, either never sat down and thought about it or just doesn't truly care. It is painful and unimaginable to witness, much less live through.