Thread:LucidPigeons/@comment-27729149-20151204153148/@comment-1145641-20160120044943

I think Griffith is very tragic. Being arrogant doesn't make you evil, y'know.

He was just a mercenary trying to make a living with high aspirations. Being Betrothed to Charlotte would've made him Consort of the Land, a pretty powerful position, but in grief he sleeps with the princess early because Guts left him and it tortured for a year straight, probably longer. His tongue has removed, he's been starved, beaten, and who knows what kind of psychological damage he's endured. I don't believe he deserved any of that.

It's quite possible he felt something for guts, which is why he attacks Casca when she visits him, out of jealously probably. Later he tries to kill himself and cannot even manage that, he's so helpless. How is this NOT tragic? Saying a person can't be a Tragic Villain and a Complete Monster sounds more like an opinion to me. Perhaps not both at the same time, but maybe one and then the other? Definitely.