Board Thread:Series Discussion/@comment-71.200.48.223-20150223062605/@comment-27098221-20160119055104

I love Slaine. I connect with him so much. He's the type of character that will be misunderstood by most people because he requires reading between the lines to understand. You really need to read context and let your imagination flow out beyond being told verbatum what is going on.

People probably hate him because things are getting lost in translation and they're taking what he says too literally. Everyone is so busy trying to ship the whole Inaho thing that they seem to be ignoring the political situation with the orbital knights. At the time Asseylum got shot, his only option to keep her alive was to return with both her and Saazbaum in order to use his resources to keep her in stable condition. As far as he was concerned, he couldn't trust the terrans - especially Inaho who left him for dead the first time they met even if he was crucial in defeating the Kataphract. Remember? He was tortured almost to death after that and didn't say a word. If it was only as simple as flicking a switch around and making everything better the moment Asseylum woke up.

You have to remember that Slaine couldn't trust anyone - not even Lemrina - not even Saazbaum. It wasn't just Saazbaum who was in the coup and even up to this point he had no way of knowing so his only choice was to play the role. Lemrina posing as Asseylum was Saazbaum's idea. He had to roll with it. All he had to do was wait for Asseylum to wake up and run away with her but after Saazbaum adopted him and then died in a salvo meant for Inaho, he had to roll with that too. Then there's that jealous sister you still have to deal with this whole time. Had Asseylum woken up one day sooner, that first engagement wouldn't have been called and Slaine would have just had to keep holding his own against the other knights... but no... he gives into despair.... can't blame the guy.... your babe has been in a coma for two years... just marry her sister... now he has to play his role as Napoleon. All this crap falls on him and he just takes it. At somepoint he has to realize that there's no turning back even if Asseylum wakes up... especially if she wakes up. She'll need to separate herself from the warmonger but the irony is that the warmongering is what has kept her a secret from the other knights this whole time.

After all that, there is no turning back. He knew at some point it was eventually going to be his life for hers and he's shown early on that it's something he is prepared to do.

You can't help but feel sorry for the guy. Barely reunited with Asseylum, he doesn't even get a chance to ever tell her what he's really thinking - he gets setup to tell Asseylum somthing that was meant for Lemrina. Lemrina being someone he's currently lying to in order to keep Asseylum safe... the guy can't catch a break.