You can feel his dispair when he fails his strength check (can’t knock down door) and is insulting by the fist commander. She basically calls him useless “as usual”. His face looks so disappointed after she said that…. Almost felt sorry for him.
I get it that he had to meet expectations put on him by his status and dad. Never being good enough, everything he put hands to he failed and could never be good enough. He saw an entire town put to the sword and he had no way of fighting back. Once again showing him what kind of failure he is. Until he made the pack… She showed him affection, respect, honor, and granted him the ability to actually be someone for once.
I honestly feel for him and see him as more tragic than arrogant. It’s an emotional response, I have seen in a few kids who couldn’t live up to their parents/societies expectations. I have lost a few friends by suicide because of this…
