my beserk theory (while tripping balls)
THE YING YANG THEORY
it not “who’s the bad guy” “who’s the good guy” in Beserk, Guts is the hero and the villain, Griffith is the hero and the villain. Griffith isn’t worse than Guts nor is Guts worse than Griffith, they both exist in the Beserk universe to clash with each other and rebute each other. Griffith is seen as this shining beacon of hope during a dark time in the beserker armor arc and Guts is seen as this small insurgence fighting against Griffith’s new Band of the hawk, so in a sense Grifith is the good and Guts is the bad in this scenario. Secondly Grifith is seen during the first band of the hawk arc in the same light, a beacon of hope in a cursed land, but once Guts become more powerful than Grifith the universe must balance it self out again which is why the eclipse must happen so Grifith can beat Guts. But again as we see Guts never actually dies he is saved to once again grow strong and balance out the universe by fighting against Grifith. now then the more i type this out and think about it it seems like we are all Guts and the world is Grifith and we r just living in grifiths world damn
Posted Mar 21, 2021, 5:37 AM UTC
Agree for the most part, but Griffith is definitely worse than Guts from the readers viewpoint because we have seen the whole story. But for many people in the world Guts is the villain tearing apart the “perfect” world Griffith created. We as readers can see the horror behind the veil of the “perfect” world. I love how Guts looks like a villain and Griffith like a hero despite the opposite being true.
Agreed I also believe once people see what Griffith is really doing behind the scenes of his “perfect kingdom” it will cause them to sort of have a Stockholm syndrome in a way. I think he is feeding on souls based on when he slept with princess Charlotte again in falconia & grabbed his hair which looked like something was wrong with it implying maybe he needs nourishment in dark ways to retain his new reincarnated form. I also think that the souls he is projecting of the dead to loved ones in the goodbye ceremonies at the alter with the pontiff are actually being sent to Hell like we seen with Vargas in earlier chapters.
There's a scene early on when Mule initially joins the new Band of the Hawk. He asks Griffith where the souls of the departed that he sent away go and Griffith answers "to where they become one" or something along the lines.
Now if we consider the Idea of Evil canon, this basically means eveyrtime Griffith does that ceremony in Falconia he's basically sending more souls into the vortex as fuel.
I think it really depends on how you look at it though right, in falconia the beasts fight for mankind, even though it took the sacrifice of many to get to that point, you could argue that perhaps that level of sacrifice could be worth it for a utopia like griffith created. I definitely find myself siding with guts, especially because of what was done to casca and griffith just seems very self absorbed and evil to me, but its still interesting to see how he chooses to run his kingdom. It makes you see him in a little bit of a different light.
I tend to view it as Guts breaking the status quo in order to reveal the dark secrets of Falconia. The citizens will hate him for it, but then realize it never was a utopia in the first place.
I agree, but i feel like some will think for the luxurious and peaceful lives they live there now that the sacrifice of the band was worth it. Griffith did it for power and to be admired and his reasoning was purely driven by ego but the results make everyone adore him. A true evil genius.
It's the matrix conundrum once again. Because there will be people like Cypher who want the comforting lie of the matrix.
My favorite part about his character is that he was always the same. As leader of the band he let countless comrades die to get to his position as general before the charlotte incident. He always seemed close with them but really they were just necessary means for his rise to the top. Once he found the quickest route to that power he desired, he didnt even hesitate. And youd like to think he wouldnt but he always showed the signs, a beautifully written antagonist