Ambition, low self-esteem and obsession: three questions about the plot

Alysha 2022-12-09 07:47:53

I started chasing "Legend of Sword Wind" because I saw Griffith's words in the Muyu Micro Theater.
"Dream, in his opinion, is the reason for his own survival, the determination to destroy all obstacles, and it is absolutely not attached to anyone's ideas." The
words awakened Gus, and also surprised me, so he finished watching the movie three in one breath. Department, hearty.
The amazing thing about Jianfeng lies in his themes, ambition, low self-esteem, and obsession. These three animation works are mostly involved, but few can express the key points like Jianfeng. Ambition, inferiority and obsession are unified in the dream in the sword wind, and become the root of the behavioral logic of the two male protagonists (hereinafter referred to as Shuangge). Ambition is no longer the Jack-Soo-style embellishment of the protagonist, but the driving force of double destiny. The inferiority complex described by Jianfeng is not ordinary inferiority. It is not the inferiority caused by Sophie in "Hal's Moving Castle" because of his family and personality, nor is it caused by Sakuragi in "Slam Dunk" because of his inferior skills. The inferiority complex is rooted inferiority that is connected to the meaning of existence only due to the existence of dreams and the disappearance of ambition. The infatuation in Jianfeng is the love that is mixed with respect. The love between two figures is not only the love of lovers, but also the love of sympathy.
When I first watched the movie, the puzzles about Shuangge's many behaviors can be solved easily after returning to these three words. The following are my three questions about Griffith's behavioral logic when I first watched the film. There may be suspicions of YY, but I want to share with you.

1. Why did Griffith sleep spookyly, the princess
Griffith slept spookyly after Gazi left, and was caught righteously, this should be the place where many moviegoers regretted the most. . "Hey, if you didn't find the princess, just find an ordinary woman to extinguish the fire!" "Why is it so unlucky, it would be nice not to be seen by that servant!" This should be what many people think when watching movies. In fact, I think so too. When I saw Gerry's face disfigured, I deeply regretted Gerry's prosperous beauty, "Hey! Even if you get caught, don't disfigure your face!!! Hey! Xiaoge, you just fell in love. Lose love, can't you sleep alone!"
After breaking up in love, she gave up on her own, and the princess fell asleep on her own. This should be most people's explanation for Gerry's misfortune. But later, when I used "ambition and low self-esteem" to connect the whole plot, I got a new understanding of the plot that became the turning point of the dual fate: Princess Gerry Sleep is inevitable, and it is not self-defeating.
The reason why Sleeping Princess is inevitable is that Gerry’s depression not only occurs in the dimension of love (yes, it’s love, Ji’s is so obvious, you tell me it’s brotherhood, who believes in the righteousness of the emperor and minister... .) It is also because he and Gus have changed positions in the dimensions of ambition and low self-esteem. The reason why the two dimensions are clearly distinguished is that after Xue Di Jue (li) and (hun), Gerry's mentality has produced a very hierarchical evolution in these two dimensions.
When the long sword broke, the pride that Grein’s ambitions had collapsed. The man he had always been a minister of arms turned away from him, and he had always been as an ambitious "companion" who had the same as himself. Ambition. Once upon a time, ambition was the source of all Griffith's sense of pride, nobility, and leadership. Because he wants to own his own country, he can sleep with King Doldore's old pervert and at the same time deeply despise him, because he knows that ambition will forgive all his filth; because of the castle on the top of the mountain in his dream, he can Give all the members of the Eagle Group that indescribable momentum. But the moment the Remnant Sword landed, this sense of pride burst instantly, because his ambition was not only something he had, Gus also had it, and at the same time he was stronger than him. Gerry lost the kind of making himself independent from him. A sense of pride above the mundane.
Gus was indeed frustrated at this time, but what he was suffering was not the frustration of being broken in love, but the loss of pride, nobility, and leadership. This feeling is like you feel that you are awesome because of a xx dream, that the bird has a good ambition, and that you have such a high style of Yu Boya that you may not meet Zhong Ziqi in your life, and you find that you are very strong. Friends who are not satisfied with the soul mate above are more ambitious than you, even better than you, and more capable than you. At this time, the mentality of ordinary people collapses. Well, dreams and ambitions are the only capital that distinguishes oneself from others, that's it. The source of an unreasonable sense of aristocracy.
Kneeling in the snow Riggs must have thought a lot. But I still don't think Gerry realizes that he is broken in love at this time, because he hasn't realized that he is Agus. Gerry’s frustration at this time is the frustration of the ambition dimension, not the frustration of the love dimension. The frustration of ambition can only be filled with ambition, so he will want to sleep with the princess, not Casca, not just a few people. When the ambitions are shattered, the past painstaking efforts become absurd, and the princess is exactly the object of Gerry’s ambition to please the dog who wants to please him. It is a concrete embodiment of his ambition. The sleeping princess is not only Gerry’s self-deprecating ambitions, but also him. Struggling to get back that sense of nobility.

2. When did Gerry forget my dreams
"Among tens of thousands of people, only you have made me forget my dreams." This is a well-recognized proof of the love of duality, but I think Gerry did not forget before the farewell in the snow. Live his dream, because before that, Gus in his heart was not worthy of him forgetting his dream, Gus was not even qualified to become his friend. But the moment the sword broke, Gerry realized that the friend he was looking for, the one who could sit on an equal footing with him, was by his side, but he was about to lose him at the moment he realized it. The flashback of Gus's back when he was holding business affairs with the public made Griffith suddenly realize that he loves Gus. (It can’t be more explicit, okay? Normal people would think of friends when they are doing business with their girlfriends. Don’t have such a beautiful style. This is a naked love that surpasses love.) It’s after this flashback. , Gerry realized that his Qingluan had never been dancing in front of the mirror, but the person who was next to him was always by his side. He had already been tempted by him, but lost him the moment he discovered love. He realized that he was broken in love. So after he finished hosting with the public, he sat on the bed alone and cried. That cry was no longer a frustration in the snow, but a missed beautiful spring feeling that could have been grasped.
At this point, Gerry's state of mind has completed the expansion from the ambition dimension to the emotional dimension. He no longer only looks at everything through the filter of ambition, Gus is no longer a member of his team, no longer a tool for his ambition. Dream is no longer the only one in his world. After that cry, another door in his heart opened, and the moonlight of obsessiveness spilled in. He also "forgot the dream" at this moment.

3. Griffith's unprovoked hatred
I think the biggest puzzle of Eclipse is where Griffin's hatred of Gus comes from, and it's so strong that he's going to be xxoo Kascar in front of him. Even if I can use ambition, low self-esteem and obsession to straighten out the plot now, I still feel that this is a hatred imposed by Miura in order to strengthen the conflict between the protagonists. (Don't hit me...) Back to the topic, many people think this is a resentment, resenting Gus for putting himself in jail and ruining his future. But this resentment should have faded the moment Gerry was embraced in Gus's dungeon. Otherwise, after being rescued by Gus, Gerry should be opposite and cold-eyed, why are there so many scenes of carriages reminiscing about the past. My understanding is that this hatred stems from the sense of loss of obsession, the sense of ambition being taken away, and the logic of behavior that is radicalized by low self-esteem.
Gerry is a character supported by ambition. After that cry, his pillars have become two: ambition and infatuation. Infatuation makes him miserable, but Gus can still be hugged by Gus. But Caska's sympathy gave Gerry a deep sense of inferiority. Gus' escape plan made the pillar of infatuation crash. When the fascination faded, Gerry became the monster driven only by ambition and low self-esteem. Yes, I have forgotten my dreams for too long, and now I have fallen to the point of being sympathized by my subordinates. Gerry has to make the final struggle, to redeem his ambitions, to fill the vacuum created by inferiority complex, or he will die. The eclipse gave Gerry an opportunity like this. With the ravages of Casca and the humiliation of Gus, he filled the vacuum created by inferiority complex that swallowed everything in his heart.

The above is my yy+ analysis of Gerry's psychology. I have to say that Jianfeng is a very special work. He grasped the theme of ambition and deeply interpreted it with the protagonist's fate changes and behavioral logic. Ambition is not the Jack-Soo-style embellishment on the protagonist, but the internal logic that drives all the protagonist's actions. Inferiority complex is not ordinary inferiority, it becomes dependent on dreams. Infatuation is no longer love. At first, Gerry can only pet Gus, but when the two dreams collide, this love rises to the love that Gerry can self-destruct, because two hearts are caused by dreams. And after waiting, it was at this time that Gerry shed the first tear for this love. Ambition, low self-esteem, and infatuation are all defined by dreams and unified in the theme of dreams. This is where the love of children in the sword wind touches me. I have to say that Miura is really a manga world Wang Feng who hides his merit and fame. . .

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Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III - The Advent quotes

  • Casca: It's all your fault! Griffith and the Band of the Hawk, it all went to hell because of you!

    Guts: Because of me? How so?

    Casca: How stupid are you? Damn you! You are the one Griffith wanted! It was always you! You were the only one!

  • Skull Knight: Heed my words, Struggler. Soon a rain of blood, the likes of which you cannot imagine, shall fall down upon you. It will be a storm of death. But take heed, Struggler. Struggle, endure, contend. For that alone is the sword of one who defies death. Do not forget these words.