#Yair Zakovitch says that the author of Samuel left out any story of David’s childhood to portray him as a self-made man

[davonati]

currently obsessing over these midrash saying that everyone hated and abused David as a child because they thought he was born either from adultery or from a slave woman (of course he wasn’t actually — it’s a long story).

but like, why? what is this urge to give him a horrible tragic backstory???? is this just whump for its own sake???

[anniflamma]

You see, how are we supposed to feel bad for David when he does dumb shit and only regrets it when the consequences show up? Him having a tragic backstory would fix it. XD

currently obsessing over these midrash saying that everyone hated and abused David as a child because they thought he was born either from adultery or from a slave woman (of course he wasn’t actually — it’s a long story).

but like, why? what is this urge to give him a horrible tragic backstory???? is this just whump for its own sake???