I was getting frustrated about him yelling in English too. I can chalk it up to desperation but a diplomatic tone might have been more productive. Then again maybe provoking your captors could lead to some kind of unexpected opening to make progress. Like they lose their tempers and fumble and then you have a chance to learn something, s…
I was getting frustrated about him yelling in English too. I can chalk it up to desperation but a diplomatic tone might have been more productive. Then again maybe provoking your captors could lead to some kind of unexpected opening to make progress. Like they lose their tempers and fumble and then you have a chance to learn something, steal the keys, or even escape. Sounds like a story beat we've all seen before - in fact there's plenty of fun TV Tropes pages on the topic.
Yes. At the very beginning he thinks he's so superior, as an Englishman and a (Protestant!) Christian and the Japanese are savages and idiots not deserving of respect. But he knows nothing of their culture at that point and also to be fair he's just been through some horrific ordeal at sea. All this to say I agree the way he acted at the beginning was annoying (including just yell in your native language to make them understand ugly foreigner trope) but understandable in context and he changes his tactics pretty quickly after that point
I was getting frustrated about him yelling in English too. I can chalk it up to desperation but a diplomatic tone might have been more productive. Then again maybe provoking your captors could lead to some kind of unexpected opening to make progress. Like they lose their tempers and fumble and then you have a chance to learn something, steal the keys, or even escape. Sounds like a story beat we've all seen before - in fact there's plenty of fun TV Tropes pages on the topic.
I don’t think Blackthorne, at this point, is smart enough nor does he see the Japanese as anything other than brutes to be diplomatic.
Yes. At the very beginning he thinks he's so superior, as an Englishman and a (Protestant!) Christian and the Japanese are savages and idiots not deserving of respect. But he knows nothing of their culture at that point and also to be fair he's just been through some horrific ordeal at sea. All this to say I agree the way he acted at the beginning was annoying (including just yell in your native language to make them understand ugly foreigner trope) but understandable in context and he changes his tactics pretty quickly after that point