In a group of 13, you'd know if 2 seem to be pairing off.
I am puzzled. You do realize that Zahard proposed to Arlene right after he became King (from what we know). So either it wasn't as clear as you make it seem or Zahard was blinded by his feelings and didn't see what was happening right before his eyes.
and why would Hansung know or be so sure? Luslec, most likely. Luslec was a contemporary that would have known), he understands it to make perfect sense having known them during their journey together. The pocket says Zahard had a crush on her from the 'very start' while she liked someone else, V. They began a relationship BEFORE the end of the journey, when data Eduan would have still been a part of the OG13.
Maybe Luslec, maybe someone else. Someone told Hansung. For Luslec, the commander of V's forces, knowing stuff like that would be like Adori, the commander of Zahard's forces, knowing about the hidden meaning behind the princess system......do you think she knows?
So it's far from being clear.
If he knows, it would make sense that Luslec only makes half assed attempts to keep Bam safe, if he knows that V isn't the father.
They began a relationship, yes. First of all, i never said otherwise. Second, how do you know when this relationship started? All that Data edhuan told us was that arlene was like a mediator between the two. So we have no idea when exactly they got together. Was in 1month before Zahard became king? Was it two years? The pocket isn't clear on that part as well.
If they were together since Data edhuan, it even raises more questions - like, why waiting for making a child? Ok, the climb is rough and maybe not the best envrioment for raising a child, but i doubt that a war is a better place to do so. And after the war, they wanted to continue climbing, fror alle´we know. So it doesn't make much sense to wait.
And Zahard. So they were together since the times of Data edhuan, meaning before floor 50. And in all that time Zahard didn't ralized it and proposed to arlene anyway?
You think a guy like that takes a "no" as an answer?
You mean the pocket she actually showed Baam? Is your thought that rape would be too much for Baam? Infanticide and the knowledge you were resurrected and aren't your original self and that you must kill the unkillable king - that's OK; Baam's ego won't shatter over that knowledge. But that his mother was raped is a bridge too far? Rape is the only thing that could make sense at this point for you to be correct.
That his mother was raped and that he was killed by his own father is easy to take in?
That everybody wants him to Kill Zahard is something that has been on his mind, shown in the conversation inside of him (where he draws the white line). But his "arch enemy" being his father? That's something even more hard to accept. If the "evil" you fight is your own flesh and that the prophecy is about you taking revenge for your mother to kill your father? I think that this scenario is waaay more personal and complicated.
Although rape is the thing i have in mind, i will give you another example. They climb the tower and at one point, close to Zahard becoming King, they get separated. During a tough test or battle or.....so there are Zahard and arlene, all alone, not sure if they will survive or meet with the others ever again..... And i just thought this one on the spot. Given the info we have, it's plausible. Not likely, but plausible.
The main thing for my theory is that neither Gustang nor Zahard nor garam called Bam son of V, Gustang being the most obivous. He could have just said something like "i won't talk about V". But he decides to say " i won't talk about your father". Kepp in mind that this is Siu. So why did he do that if he wanted to be clear? Unless he didn't want to be clear. Which raises the question why he didn#t want to be clear. He never confirmed it in one of his blog posts, or i missed something. All he needed to do is Zahard saying something like "you sure resemble V", or "Son of V & Arlene". But no.
'I'm not going to talk about your father, but can you go get your father's data please?'
Ok, you are a ninja. Your Master sends you on a mission to retrieve some ancient, important treasure. He knows that your father will meet you there, but as an enemy. Does he tell you and risks your mind being conflicted even more? Or does he wait til you find out for yourself? Depends on your master, i guess. Since Gustang doesn't seem to share that much of his information, i suspect he would keep quiet about it.
Nothing in the tower happens that quickly.
that's your belief and you can feel free to think that way. But just two examples for situations that could have taken much much less time that had an impact on the tower.
1) Enryu killing the admin
2) Phanta invading Zahard's palace.
for all we know it could have happened in just a day. Maybe a week, maybe years. We just don't know. And a war where irregulars are involved can get ugly pretty fast. If they are able to use the skill Urek used (partial whatever on the floor of death) they could move pretty quick.
We don't know anything about the time it took for the war to be over. So you could be right, or wrong. If it gets confirmed that the war took 5 or 100 years, we can talk again about this argument.
We also don't know if, in the final battle between arlene , V & zahard, Zahard won and took his "price". Odd enough that V survived the war. Arlene, ok, she had the immortality contract.
So all this will be a problem for my theory if it is confirmed, until then, nothing much changes.
I understand that you don't find it likely. It's ok. But it's not confirmed to be false, nor the truth. It's all about interpretation and believing.
