Wtf is up with Phillip Greyrat

skysurf said:
I'll save you time by summarizing some of the answers you're probably gonna get:

- "It's a very realistic portrayal of (insert here whatever convenient plot device is used to provide the MC with ecchi situations) in the middle ages"

- It's a flawed character and doing that is totally important for character development/world building/etc.


Or some variations of the above.

skysurf said:

Wrong forum. Please read the title and content of the first post and try again.

Apurv_S13 said:
That was messed up. If u rewatch the scene he was saying that rudeus could just sit on the throne while he (Phillip) takes care of the stuff. That's basically saying that I'm selling my daughter for the throne

MrCrit said:
I can't get over this man. I understand that Rudeus technically isn't a pedophile, but can we talk about Phillip? I watched episode 8 a couple weeks ago and this line has been ringing in my head since.

"If you want, I'll leave Eris in your bed with her hands tied tonight."
-Phillip Boreas Greyrat (AKA her father wtf)

I understand setting up your daughter to be married like this, considering the medieval setting, but tying your 10/11 year old daughter up and letting some little kid have his way with her is beyond creepy.

What was your reaction to this?

MrCrit said:
I can't get over this man. I understand that Rudeus technically isn't a pedophile, but can we talk about Phillip? I watched episode 8 a couple weeks ago and this line has been ringing in my head since.

"If you want, I'll leave Eris in your bed with her hands tied tonight."
-Phillip Boreas Greyrat (AKA her father wtf)

I understand setting up your daughter to be married like this, considering the medieval setting, but tying your 10/11 year old daughter up and letting some little kid have his way with her is beyond creepy.

What was your reaction to this?

AnimeLeviathan said:
Well, this is actually logical. From what we've seen almost if not everyone in the Greyrat family are extremely weird and perverted.

But if you really want to know my reaction, it was basically this:

"Wait... did this motherfucker really just say that to a kid? LMAO"

MrCrit said:
I can't get over this man. I understand that Rudeus technically isn't a pedophile, but can we talk about Phillip? I watched episode 8 a couple weeks ago and this line has been ringing in my head since.

"If you want, I'll leave Eris in your bed with her hands tied tonight."
-Phillip Boreas Greyrat (AKA her father wtf)

I understand setting up your daughter to be married like this, considering the medieval setting, but tying your 10/11 year old daughter up and letting some little kid have his way with her is beyond creepy.

What was your reaction to this?

thewiru said:
>her father consented
>her mother consented
>she consented
>she is a girl that has most likely already started ovulating
>is doing with a boy close to her age
>would have massive political gains for both families

I fail to see the problem?

thewiru said:
>her father consented
>her mother consented
>she consented
>she is a girl that has most likely already started ovulating
>is doing with a boy close to her age
>would have massive political gains for both families

I fail to see the problem?

palmthree said:
Phillip is characterized as an extremely ambitious noble and he is playing the game of thrones. It was established that Rudeus is a Notos Greyrat, which gives him claims on the Notos lands. And if Rudeus was to marry into the Boreas name, it would give Phillip the casus belli to declare war on the Notos lands and seize them all under the Boreas name. This is a huge power grab that could accelerate Phillip to dukedom or possibly even a grab for the Asurian throne itself.

Rudeus is considered to be a genius and extremely strong, being able to claim himself as a chantless saint water mage at the age of 5, while Eris is an extremely strong-willed woman who even if Phillip was to try to marry her off politically would probably just beat her husband before coming back. That is if she does not just run away to become an adventurer. And Phillip is under a time-limit too. Rudeus has only about 2 more years under their care before he goes off into magic university. And after that, who knows what will happen. Phillip also knows that he is providing a +1 university ticket. A childhood love interest perhaps? No, if Phillip wants to expand his domain he needs Eris and Rudeus to marry as soon as possible. And the best way to do that is to have Eris get pregnant. Then he can force Rudeus to marry her. This is also why he told Rudeus to use protection against those other noble daughters way back. Yeah while the chance is extremely small for an 8 year old, better to nip all opposing factors in the bud while you can.

What I find interesting is that Phillip talks about initiating a coup and that he was already ready to do it. But the current head of the Boreas lands is still the grandfather, Saurus. Phillip had only lost the succession as heir. So when he initiates the coup it will most likely be against the grandfather and he will take him hostage to facilitate his demands. He would force the title as head of Boreas from his father, to him.

This is even more interesting if you think about it because as was explained, the current heir takes all the male children of his brothers and adopts them. This is to help ease the succession and better control the Boreas dynasty. I wonder why Saurus always hangs out in Phillip's household instead Philemon's house, even though he is the current heir. Why is Saurus so particular to Eris? It is possible that Phillip is actually a true son to Saurus and Philemon was an adoptive son from Saurus's brother.

MrCrit said:
I can't get over this man. I understand that Rudeus technically isn't a pedophile, but can we talk about Phillip? I watched episode 8 a couple weeks ago and this line has been ringing in my head since.

"If you want, I'll leave Eris in your bed with her hands tied tonight."
-Phillip Boreas Greyrat (AKA her father wtf)

I understand setting up your daughter to be married like this, considering the medieval setting, but tying your 10/11 year old daughter up and letting some little kid have his way with her is beyond creepy.

What was your reaction to this?

r_justo said:


Regardless of what you think, Rudeus is still a child! Yes, he can have a mind of an adult but he is a child in any way possible.
I will not count that he lived 10 years as a child already, but also that his physical body, and the way people treat him and take him seriously is as a child.
He is a pervert... lol! Like his dad? Like his uncle?? Like his grandfather?? (and yes! Rudeus is the son of Paul Greyrat!) BIG DEAL!! Even the soo pure "child" that he "attempt" to "molest" was hinting for him to do it!! The show itself is oversexualized from the start. Eager (in bed) parents, kinky maid, kinky teacher... Didn't you ever hear that son of a fish knows how to swim?

NOW THE PROBLEM WITH YOU GUYS: You that are sooooooo much concerned about the children, how about this world being soooo dam morbid to them?? Pretending to be a kidnap, turn out to be a real thing? Smash a child's face with a boot! The kids run away? Lets try to kill them, shall we?? OH!!! Let's save those kids that are scared to death? EXPLODING THE GUYS HEAD IN FRONT OF THEM!!!
BUT FOR THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE "CHILDREN"!!! F-U!!

Like I said in my OP, ENVY is a hard thing to deal with it!

PS: OH! And btw, maybe not at 10yo or earlier, but at 12ish-13ish I was almost as pervert as him! It's natural when children start puberty (in boys ~12 and girls a little earlier, scientific facts!), to think about doing "sexy" things! This one just started earlier (by the eyes of those people) and was even instigated by his uncle to do it.
Stop putting the blame on the MC. As of what I could see (and I finished the series) he's trying his hardest to be a better being than he was! People that cannot see that, aren't worthy of an unbias opinion!