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queenerdloser · 4 days ago

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okay there are some revenge stories where the "you're losing yourself to revenge you need to choose forgiveness instead :(" argument actually has some merit, but tbh every time a character has brought that up in count of monte cristo i'm in my corner shouting THEY PUT HIM! IN A DUNGEON! FOR 15 YEARS!

#out of petty jealousy and ambition! he was completely innocent and they stole half of his life bc he was inconvenient to them!#im sorry!!! but to me he can do whatever the fuck he wants to them in return!!!!!!!#also like. even LEAVING ASIDE that VERY GOOD reason for revenge...#they CONTINUE to commit crimes. like fernand straight up let a dude be murdered to get his fortune.#villefort tried to murder his own baby bc it was born out of an affair #danglars is possibly the only one who who isnt quite as bad... but he still does a lot of shady business and insider trading #so it's even MORE insane to me for anyone to talk to dantes about 'forgiving' them and leaving his revenge aside lmao #like not only did they personally fuck with his life but theyre doing bad things so like. theyre just getting the consequences of that.#i feel like the book doesnt push this idea nearly as much tbh. like a BIT when mercedes pleads for albert's life #but to me that reads as: ALBERT didnt commit the crimes so he shouldnt be the one punished. which makes sense.#but in the miniseries there's so many of 'oooh revenge is so bad for you :(( oooh you need to stop :(((" like SHUT UP.#the count of monte cristo #is this now a monte cristo blog? who's to say

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