Maybe he is. Or maybe he's a sad guy who was finally given the motivation to try his hardest, and then crashed out and lost his mind when his best wasn't good enough.
He's chill at first because he thinks nobody can actually fulfill the undead prophecy, so he doesn't worry about it and just hangs out. Then you ring the bells and prove him wrong so he goes out to try to make something of himself as well, but when he gets to New Londo Ruins he can't progress, loses his mind and goes hollow from lack of purpose. That's all mostly implied, in true Souls fashion they never state it outright, but that's what I believe is going on with him.
It's one of the central themes of the series, and affects multiple main characters in some way throughout the series. It's portrayed as traumatic and horrible, but I totally understand not wanting to engage with it in any way regardless.
Claymore reads like the love child of Berserk and The Witcher. I don't know what came first so maybe chronologically that's not right, but that's the vibe of the series. I hope you enjoy it too!
I started my own list of DS / Berserk references as well, but I lost it in a PC reformat. I'd love to see yours when you finish it, there really were a lot of references and it's fun to see the ones I missed
I still love how Batman Beyond got cancelled to get the animation team on a new show, Static Shock, so they just wrote the ending to Batman Beyond into a time travel episode of Static Shock lol.
I'm a simple man. I see an opportunity for another feat, I take it.
Maybe he is. Or maybe he's a sad guy who was finally given the motivation to try his hardest, and then crashed out and lost his mind when his best wasn't good enough.
He's chill at first because he thinks nobody can actually fulfill the undead prophecy, so he doesn't worry about it and just hangs out. Then you ring the bells and prove him wrong so he goes out to try to make something of himself as well, but when he gets to New Londo Ruins he can't progress, loses his mind and goes hollow from lack of purpose. That's all mostly implied, in true Souls fashion they never state it outright, but that's what I believe is going on with him.
It's one of the central themes of the series, and affects multiple main characters in some way throughout the series. It's portrayed as traumatic and horrible, but I totally understand not wanting to engage with it in any way regardless.
Claymore reads like the love child of Berserk and The Witcher. I don't know what came first so maybe chronologically that's not right, but that's the vibe of the series. I hope you enjoy it too!
I started my own list of DS / Berserk references as well, but I lost it in a PC reformat. I'd love to see yours when you finish it, there really were a lot of references and it's fun to see the ones I missed
I still love how Batman Beyond got cancelled to get the animation team on a new show, Static Shock, so they just wrote the ending to Batman Beyond into a time travel episode of Static Shock lol.