| Mojo said: It just felt jumbled and I think there were too many characters that were underdevelopped. I would much prefer a smaller cast that I had the time to grow attached to. To name one specific point though, the feud between Gabranth and Bosch never made much sense, especially at the end. I get why Bosch hated Gabranth, he screwed him. But why did Gabranth have such a hate on for his brother and then when he defeats him all is forgiven? It felt really forced. |
Basch never hated Gabranth. Gabranth hated Basch because he abandoned Gabranth and their mother to go fight in the war, and then he failed. Their mother died. basch essentially left Gabranth alone, and Gabranth lost everything - his brother, his mother, his homeland, his identity. He became a dog of the army that had destroyed his homeland, and his hatred is what drove him for so long, fed to becomee stronger and stronger by his own actions.
Gabranth did not cease to hate Basch in defeat - he ceased to hate Basch because, in those last moments where he protected Larsa, hee found that one could find a neew purpose in the aftermath of loss, like what Bsch had done in protecting Dalmasca. To fail in protecting is not dishonor, so long as you give yourself over to protection.
That was what the conflict between Gabranth and Basch was about.
