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I must not have read the same book, as in mine there was no mention of any abuse or crimes toward Erik due to his appearance. If he was condemned to death, it was because the kings he built castles for were afraid he knew too much - after all he invented all their secret passages and spying devices - and so had to rid themselves of an embarrassing witness. He was already inclined to evil doings - didn't he see torture and murder as enjoyable pleasures to inflict on others? Growing up, yes he was shown as a "freak" but also and I feel above all taught so many tricks of the trade, and allowed to educate himself and be educated in so many areas that he became accomplished in music, illusions, etc. Who would end up such a prodigy after being abused for years? They gave him solid foundations to build on and he used them to distance himself further from us lowly humans who were to be tortured for fun until he fell in love with Christine and decided she would be his or die.
@Stépiphanie Reikcnor Oh really? He was put on the street by his parents who were horrified at his facial features. He joined a circus, but was made to be looked at as a freak. He alludes to no one ever having wanted to be with him in any intimate way. And you can see all this demonstrated at how people react to his actual face, incuding Christine herself, at the very least at first (for her.) She calls him ugly, technically. At least once. And speaks of how horrifying he looks to her. And what does being a progidy have to do with anything? Many people despised by society all over the world have been prodigies. You can't use that as an argument at all. It's an argument thinner than rice paper even.
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I must not have read the same book, as in mine there was no mention of any abuse or crimes toward Erik due to his appearance. If he was condemned to death, it was because the kings he built castles for were afraid he knew too much - after all he invented all their secret passages and spying devices - and so had to rid themselves of an embarrassing witness. He was already inclined to evil doings - didn't he see torture and murder as enjoyable pleasures to inflict on others? Growing up, yes he was shown as a "freak" but also and I feel above all taught so many tricks of the trade, and allowed to educate himself and be educated in so many areas that he became accomplished in music, illusions, etc. Who would end up such a prodigy after being abused for years? They gave him solid foundations to build on and he used them to distance himself further from us lowly humans who were to be tortured for fun until he fell in love with Christine and decided she would be his or die.
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@Stépiphanie Reikcnor Oh really? He was put on the street by his parents who were horrified at his facial features. He joined a circus, but was made to be looked at as a freak. He alludes to no one ever having wanted to be with him in any intimate way. And you can see all this demonstrated at how people react to his actual face, incuding Christine herself, at the very least at first (for her.) She calls him ugly, technically. At least once. And speaks of how horrifying he looks to her. And what does being a progidy have to do with anything? Many people despised by society all over the world have been prodigies. You can't use that as an argument at all. It's an argument thinner than rice paper even.
