Originally posted by: Vaishnavi_
The fact that Alexander had actually agreed to kill Porus by luring him in with a 'sandhi' proposal via Ambhiraj is putting me off. Chanakya did the same with him but Porus didn't kill him. How can he do this? As everyone was saying that time that this isn't hook or crook, but plain cheating! A very lowly move!
Why is SidT destroying Alexander's principles like this? If you remember, Luckysnow had told us how Aristotle advised Alexander to call Darius for a compromise as a response to his letter after the Battle of Issus and kill him in cold blood to avoid any future battle with him and how the real Alexander had dissed his idea.
Nothing SidT does with Alexander's character surprises me anymore. In fact, if Alexander had said no, then it would have been a shock for me! 😆
Maybe by putting Alexander far from the scene of Ambhiraj's fight with Porus, he remains outside of this series of events altogether, so consider it a blessing in disguise. I don't know, but somehow the way Alexander was so casually changing plans and going off to the Hindu Kush route showed that this little plan of Ambhiraj's was not that important to him. He's happy to watch from the sidelines and wait for the final outcome in order to make his next move. Not sure if all this is intentional by the CVs. 😆
If Alexander said yes to avenge Bucephalus as he promised he would, then I'm all for it, but I'm not sure if we will ever hear him speak of Bucephalus again. I don't know what the point was of killing off his horse and showing Alexander mourning if he doesn't follow through with his revenge. Was it just a catalyst to go find his mother? Even then, he had to agree to bargain with Porus just to get his mother back rather than by storming the palace. If there's no more mention of Bucephalus on the show then the whole dialogue about Bucephalus' loyalty would have no meaning. What a waste of a powerful death sequence with so much potential to drive the story. 😡
Edited by inlieu - 7 years ago
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