#botros

exactly!!! This was exactly what I was trying to communicate!!

that pride in your own abilities turns to arrogance and inability to work with others which becomes stupidity that gets you fucking killed. It gets others killed.

as a soldier, and especially as a bodyguard on a team, you do not have the privilege or the luxury of being solitary. A good solider can collaborate and work with others. A good fighter understands strength comes from multiple perspectives and minds dedicated to the same goal. A good bodyguard understands they are not fool proof or perfect.

I also feel (and this may just be me) that Bo has been done a disservice by being so one-dimensional in the way he’s written. The reason I didn’t enjoy his character when reading was not because he was a rude ogre, not because he didn’t like the main character, not because he was unpleasant to be around. It was because that was all he was. He doesn’t have any personality outside of being a tough soldier unsatisfied with his position believing himself to be the most capable person there because he’s trained and is strong.

What does he want? The throne eventually, which he’d get through violence. But he would be so much more interesting if he wanted to become a new kind of King, the kind who thinks flexible and knows others have something to offer. Who wants to bring about security and change for his people.

(contains legacy spoilers)

linh to talk about her visit to choralmere

to know if Prentice will still be relevant

sandor and Grizel moments bc they my otp

ro and Bo interactions

I have several, nonsie

his attitude as a solider infuriates me to no end, just “hnnng strength gotta be strong I don’t work with others” and all that. It’s a defining character trait and attitude but after a certain point it just becomes arrogance and an inability to perform his job and improve

if he can’t accept that his position requires collaboration then he won’t be able to be an effective bodyguard or solider in general

at first it was just “hmm I’m an ogre surrounded by people who hate me but I’ll be secure in my beliefs” which is perfectly fine, but I now find myself annoyed when he speaks a lot of the time. I don’t have any quotes off the top of my head but there are multiple scenes where he shows off his strength like it’s a solution to everything. Like see, I’m strong, that’s means i know what im doing.

this has gotten kind of ranty instead of analyzing, oops.

As a character he feels flat and unexplored, stuck in one mindset and serving to create drama with the other bodyguards. I’d like to see an ogre who can be flexible and work with others in a way where they don’t use their strength as their one ability.