[ SECRET POST #5286 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5286 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

The first time I watched this I was under the impression that this WAS Matthias's first mission and he was essentially kept on the boat to guard the captives. That kind of alleviated the issue for me, since he wasn't directly directly involved in the kidnappings.

But then the second time around I realized that HE was the guy who threw the rope-thing through the window that incapacitated Nina (she notices it when he chains her up) - so oof, he's been doing this for a while. Which kinda put the whole thing in a much darker and less appealing context.

And yeah, in the books they're at least a decade younger.

[(Anonymous)]

Just having guard duty for now would have worked.

I think they did try to show he was somewhat new at this, like when he's told to kill the captives if something goes wrong and Matthias protest they haven't had a trial yet, but it's definitely undercut by how practiced he is at grabbing Nina.

[(Anonymous)]

And there was that other line from the Grisha who eventually finds Nina in which he knows Matthias by first/last name because he's apparently one of the BEST witch-hunters that his country has.

They just didn't think the implications of this subplot through.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, he seemed to genuinely believe that they had committed evil deeds but would have a fair trial, which is fine for a teenager on his first mission, but not for a 20-something actively engaged in the kidnapping part.