I know i am actually the least active person ever on my blog but-- BROTHER. I cannot tell you how many times I've reread the scene where leonidas gets struck by lightning. I wish we had gotten more of stan and leonidas traveling together.
ALSO I haven't read the books in a while but like he really threw himself into becoming a better person. There was an insane amount of devotion there to not only leave the weird freaking cult but then also track down the president of the "enemy" nation in order to help him, all while the president himself wants to kill him
Something about the way leonidas so completely wants to become better that he is willing to let stan hurt him to prove it,, makes me crazy
Sorry for typing a bunch of random stuff in your asks. We don't even know each other im just being a freak cause you've got me hyped up again about EC
Oh my god I've been reading this and it's been giving me thoughts so. Hope this sounds coherent. It's 8.00am right now so it probably won't be.
Firstly, you are so right. If there's one thing I absolutely LOVE about Leonidas it's how hard he works to be a better person. I feel like in a lot of media there's a lot of emphasis on the good guys convincing the bad guys to be good again (undertale comes to mind when I say this), but what I love about Leonidas is that he decides on his own accord that he's going to leave the alliance and join the good guys side. Like no one ever tells him to leave or gives him a reason to join the good guys side. He just does. And honestly, the will that man has to leave a toxic cult like organisation like the Noctem Alliance is crazy especially when you think their leader is herobrine aka most powerful being in Minecraft.
Side note but I'm also really thinking about when Leonidas just attempts to sacrifice himself to save a villager's life. Like dude that is very admirable if not slightly concerning at how willing he is to just. Die to save someone else.
Also never apologise for ever typing random stuff in my inbox. If there's one thing I love more than rambling about EC it's other people rambling to me about EC.
@crowkkeeper
Holy shit I read this and it does not deserve to be stuck in tags. Oh my fucking god yeah literally this.
Yeah if there's one thing I've noticed about Leonidas (and a few other characters to an extent) is how passively suicidal he is. Like throughout book 3 every time he's faced with a near death experience he just. Accepts it? Like near the end of book 3 when he thinks he's about to die he just accepts it like it's inevitable and he's happy because he did the right thing and it's like. I can't really word it but it's like he thinks that now he's done the right thing his life immediately has no purpose. It's like he only thinks he's existing so he can do the right thing and help people and not to be like. Happy. ( I also think in book 3 part 1 there's a moment where Leonidas considers just letting himself die because of how tired and fed up he is but I'd have to double check it because it feels like something I've imagined)
Side note but now I'm thinking about it the only person who actively tries to convince a bad guy to go to the good side is Leonidas when he tries to convince Spyro to stop fighting at the end of book 3. I'm not having coherent thoughts but Something something Leonidas was part of the alliance so he's obviously seen a different side to them than the good guys see and so doesn't see them as all inherently evil. Just a thought idk.
Honestly the ending is one of the most powerful parts of the series and the fact that Stan can look past everything bad the Noctems have done and give them another chance is incredibly strong of him. I dunno I love the ending of EC I'm just insane about it
Every part of this is so extremely correct. He treats himself like heās just a vessel for people even after he chooses to join Stan and the gang. First, Kev uses him, then Lord Tenebris (aka Kev), then even Stan almost uses him I would say. Itās certainly voluntary, but even after choosing to join Stan, Leonidas just throws himself into almost serving them like thats all heās made for. And you can clearly see that in, again, the way uses his own body to protect others. To shield others. To serve others.
Right after Stan tries to kill him, Leonidas jumps off a fucking tree and tries to beat the crap out of Arachnia to save Stanās life. Thatās not just an attempt to convince Stan that heās on his side or Leonidas trying to do the right thingāit is those things, but thatās not it. Itās him throwing his body around to protect somebody like his life means nothing. A human meat shield.
Maybe Iām just making stuff up now or remembering wrong, but I swear that he ends up in more dangerous situations than practically any of the other characters. Like he really goes through it. And if Iām right, I think that itās just because he doesnāt value himself as much as he should.
Like when he kills āThe Bossā (or whatever his username was) and his group. Those guys were not actively hurting the villagers. All that they were doing was taking advantage of them and their resources, which is messed up, but not necessarily dangerous. And yet, Leonidas still risks his life to stop them. In the end, the villagers themselves kick him out of the village for the consequences of his actions, which is understandable, but you can see Leonidas again and again fighting for people who often hate him or end up hating him or used to hate him.
And again, you can see it when he tries to get through to Charlie (charlieonidas real).
I know that Iām repeating myself, but the man is suicidal! He seems completely depressed while heās a part of RAT1 and only slightly better in the Noctem Alliance. And I like to think that he tried to pull himself together in the Noctem Alliance mostly because of Spyro.
If we go further back, I would say you could even trace it back to when he lived at the village, before Kev forced him to leave. His whole thing is that heās āThe Sacred Oneā who protects the villagers. Itās always him, protecting someone else. Like heās a shield or a weapon or a dog or a tool.
I am sure that I am totally exaggerating all of this because I havenāt read the books in a couple years and Iām getting super hyped up right now, but I just had some more thoughts that I wanted to put down.
YEAH LITERALLY THIS.
(also I found that passage I was talking about earlier. Turns out I didn't imagine it)
I don't have that much to add on, but honestly, the fact that he only hangs onto living is because he feels like he needs to do something good before he does is honestly heart wrenching, and only confirms the things you've just said.
Honestly, now that I'm thinking about the sacred one thing, it's probably one of the many things that started his belief that he's unlovable and unworthy of living if he's not helping someone. He probably thinks that the villagers only kept him around because he protected them and not because of the fact that they actually like him (which they obviously do). Like you said, his self sacrificing nature is probably something that started then and then kind of spiralled after he was in the Noctem Alliance.
and he never focuses on his own issues. In book 3 he constantly throws himself into trying to help Stan, trying to resolve Charlie's issue with him, and also sort of trying to mend Bob and Mechanist's friendship by being the mediator. Never once does he take a break or ever stop to do something just for himself or even allow someone to help him. It's heartbreaking.
But yeah it's early in the morning and I'm running out of things to ramble about. The main point is. That man has issues. Someone send him to therapy.
