10-08-2016, 12:34 AM
(10-07-2016, 11:23 PM)irukandji Wrote: I'm just saying it appeared to me that Renard feared Bonaparte. I was thinking about the scene where Bonaparte turned Adalind to stone, slipped the cursed ring on her finger, and threatened her and her children. I was wondering what Renard would have done if he had been present. I think he wouldn't have done a thing, not because he approved of Bonaparte's methods, but because he was afraid of what might happen to him if he did interfere.
I don't think Renard would have liked what Bonaparte did to Adalind. However, despite being a slimy and unethical character who's out for his own good, the one thing I've never seen Renard do is physically hurt a woman. In fact, he's actually helped Juliette and Adalind on occasion without any benefit for himself. But in this case, he wouldn't dare interfere with Bonaparte. He would have taken a gigantic risk in doing so.
Nick had pretty much defeated Bonaparte's henchmen that were sent to the fome to kill him. It was only when he was fighting Bonaparte that it appeared he was going to lose. This time Renard was present and had a weapon in his hand. However, he did nothing to help Bonaparte and nothing to help Nick.
You are right, Renard had the power. Had he helped Bonaparte to kill Nick, he would have become even more powerful. Yet he did nothing. If Bonaparte had won the fight, how would he have interpreted Renard's lack of assistance? Would he have rewarded him for staying out of the fight, or punished him for insubordination? I have a feeling Bonaparte would not have been happy with Renard and would have punished him. Bonaparte appears to be a leader who deals severely with those who defy him. Renard having a weapon in hand and not aiding in killing Nick could be looked upon as an act of defiance.
I know the consensus is that Diana helped Nick that night, but I don't think so. I think she helped Renard. I have a feeling Diana's still working on uniting Renard with Adalind.
Hmmm...granted Renard is a fictional character but the portrayed demeanor reminds me of couple of people I have known. I have maintained that just the name of the character is suppose to convey the essence of his character, Renard being French for Fox. And as I have mentioned I always felt he was far more powerful than he ever was willing to let anyone see. Note he fought Kenneth without woging, I thought that was strategic on his part. And he always seemed content to take a few blows from Nick before responding.
I am not sure it is exactly fear, so much as analytical mind desperately trying to gauge just how powerful Bonaparte was and figure out the angle of attack. He may have feared Bonaparte but I doubt it was so much fear of the man as more fear of what he did not know about the man.
When I boxed, (at first) you entered the ring without knowing much if anything about your opponent. So the first round or two, you felt him out. Fed him attacks to see how he defended, how he attacked, how much was feigning to draw a calculated response from you or how much was instinctual or reflective, then you created your strategy and initiated your attack. I used the same methodology in business in boardrooms and meetings throughout the country. Renard reminds me of some very adroit political players I met in those boardrooms and they never show their hand unless it is a feint designed to elicit a response. Those types fear the unknown more than anything, always confident they can outwit their opponents if their intel is good enough.
For all we know, Renard may never have seen what a zauberbiest can actually do. He may be in large part ignorant of his own powers. Part of military training is learning what the human machine is actually capable of. Young men go in after 18 or so year of knowing their bodies, but it is n illusion, they don't really know their bodies.. They come out of basic with a whole knew mindset of what they are actually capable of and the potential they actually have. Often it is only after see someone else do something that opens up the possibility to you. I could find it very believable that Renard does not even know hos own potential and much of power may lay in was unused because he has not even conceived he himself was capable of things. But ow that he has seen Bonaparte that may all change,
Then again, maybe he was afraid of Bonaparte. Perhaps, but I suspect it was more uncertainty than anything. I guess the writers will tell us in time.
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