Arquen wrote...
Since we have no idea how much Fenris' actually knew about the ritual and what he was competing for we can't assume that Leto would not have rebelled after receiving the markings. As this has been discussed at length before, I'll only say that I don't believe Leto was a loyal slave "fond" of Danarius.
Agreed, I don't think he harbored any
genuine feelings of affection or loyalty for Danarius. However, there's a large difference between loyalty and mind control/brainwashing. Admittedly, I'm making an assumption, but the fact that he grew up a slave leads me to believe that this would have been a very large factor in Leto's psychological make-up.
Also, I think someone who went through something so traumatic would still come out with a hate, and would have MORE reason to run if he remembered his family. Being alone, having his memory wiped allows him to be completely dependent on Danarius for everything. He would be less inclined to run because he doesn't have a place, a person, or a life to run to. The only life he knows is as a slave with Danarius.
Hatred would certainly be there, I agree, but I think fear would overpower that in a situation where the person in question has been systematically abused their entire lives and never taught to think critically or question. It's amazing the kind of crap someone can get away with simply by convincing their victims that they are worthless, which would absolutely happen in a slavery situation as it make the slaves easy to control. Someone with no self-respect isn't going to rebel. It's why there are so many people in abusive relationships who stay. Sure, they'll still act on behalf of those they
care about, but doing anything to help themselves would require a kind of self-esteem they never would have had the opportunity to develop.
The fact that he competed for freedom for his family shows how much he cared about them, and likewise you don't think they would try to come back for him somehow? Imagine if he had remembered Varania and saw her on the street living as an urchin or a **** or whatever she had to do to get by. He wouldn't think of escaping to help her? He wouldn't try to reconnect with them somehow? I seriously doubt he would be paralyzed with fear of escaping because Danarius might go after them. As Fenris he literally becomes someone who has nothing. Why does someone who has nothing to live for and no-one to care about want to escape?
I actually don't think they would have come back for him. They didn't come back for when his memory got wiped, why would they if it hadn't? Which is not to say they didn't love and care for him, but I don't think they would even have any idea what to do with themselves once they were free (thus Varania's "Freedom was no boon!"), why would they want to drag Leto into that as well? Especially given that freedom would be basically meaningless simply because they're elves. How are they supposed to make a better life when no one would even consider giving them the chance? Leto's heart was in the right place, but given the circumstances he did his family no favors by buying their freedom.
And if Fenris was going to see Varania at all, why would it matter if his mind had been wiped or not? In a memory wiped scenario, she would either approach him and address him as family, not recognize him, or not approach him because Danarius had threatened her. And if Danarius had threatened her to stay away in the first place and planned on them never seeing each other again, why bother with a memory wipe? Seems like a lot of unnecessary trouble to go to over someone who's already a slave. Leto doesn't
have anything either, except the idea of a family he would have no contact with anyway.
It becomes a sort of Stockholm syndrome - in that he probably felt Danarius was giving life by simply not taking it. In that sense, Danarius becomes the person in control of Fenris' basic needs for survival and his life itself (paraphrased from the stockholm wiki). This is also why I don't believe Danarius means that Fenris genuinely was FOND of him, but is a leer and sarcastic jab at the life that Fenris had where he didn't try to escape.
This is true. However, this is the mindset Leto would have been raised in from the start in all probability, so why reset it?
Family and memory represent hope, and THAT is why I don't think it was an accident, but a carefully decided manipulation. Someone who has everything taken is easier to manipulate. It wouldn't be that Danarius is afraid of Fenris' will to escape, but he is going to protect this investment and if there is a way to wipe his memory to make it easier to train him and prevent him from running. He is going to do it.
Except taking everything away from someone doesn't mean you have to make them forget everything that's ever happened to them. There would be a lot more amnesiacs walking around if that were the case. You just have to convince them that their life hase no purpose beyond serving their master's will, which is how most slaves would feel to begin with. What hope is there in that kind of situation, even if the slave has loved and been loved by other slaves? I agree that Danarius wouldn't be afraid of Fenris's will to escape, he wouldn't figure on him
having a will to escape. As far as he's concerned, he wouldn't
need to do a memory wipe.
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) but thanks to him Fenris has some nice banter in the end.
