OOTS #914 - The Discussion Thread

[Porthos]

What if Tarquin is being deliberately genre blind because everyone knows the evil sociopath doesn't understand the power of love?

Similar to how Elan knew Nale was dead because everyone assumes that someone's dead even if they know they won't be.

But Tarquin's love of tropes would force him to lampshade such a notion.

Tarquin can't have it both ways here. He can't claim to let the audience think he is being an emotionless heel while really being choked up about it while simultaneously cashing in on the fact that he constantly lets the world know just what tropes he is applying.

To put it another way: Sometimes a cigar is in fact just a cigar.