What do you think Samson was like at school (Templar training)? Was he the one who tried very hard in the classroom and did every homework? Or the one who skipped classes and was just having fun? Was he a quiet boy? Or was he a bully?
He could’ve been any of these things! He’s in his late 40s as we meet him in DAI, people can grow and change a lot over that time. Maybe for a few years as a kid he was a bully, maybe he was bullied, maybe he was very studious, maybe he grew into his studies as he got older! Maybe he had hard sitting still, maybe he had a hard time making friends, maybe he had many friends, maybe he found reading difficult for a few years!
Personally, he strikes me as someone who wasn’t very studious and a bit of a scrapper. I do think he was a bully for a bit of his kidhood and learned better. He was a charming kid, and we learn from Paper & Steel that his troops love him, so I think he still is charismatic when he wants to be.
The world’s our oyster, friendo. That’s the beauty of fandom in this regard.
