How do you feel about Ryssa? Do you think she truly helped Ash? Or do you feel that,in the end,she did more harm than anything.<i>'The road to hell is paved with good intentions'.</i> -- RBL Dark Hunter Board

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Date Posted: 21:53:54 09/01/08 Mon
Author: Bodicea

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Subject: How do you feel about Ryssa? Do you think she truly helped Ash? Or do you feel that,in the end,she did more harm than anything.'The road to hell is paved with good intentions'.

I liked her at first,I especially liked reading the story through her eyes,the first person diary.I think it helped me get the full,wrenching impact of Ash's past w/out going overboard.I lost respect for her,however,when they came and took Ash away.I realize we are talking about the ancient world & that most women had little to no influence or say in what happened to them or anyone else,but I was mad & disappointed that she didn't put up more of a fight,even physically,to keep him safe.It seemed at odds with the same girl who had the balls to think up,then execute the rescue of her brother with only a loyal male servant for help.Her father & Styxx already knew she 'stole' Ash,and they were planning to use her to appease Apollo,so what did she have to lose by giving it everything she had,down to her last breath,into keeping him there? Or do you think she did the right thing,maybe biding her time,waiting for a second chance to help him?

AND,what kind of loving sister was she,when he was locked up in that dungeon or whatever,not to investigate further WHY he wasn't answering her?!? She just assumed he was giving her the silent treatment,when I really think,that based on the state of his mind/self-esteem when she saved him the first time,she would understand a little better,maybe be more willing to go that extra mile for someone she knows for a fact,based on previous exp.,is going to resist help?!??! Instead she tells him to go ahead and die or whatever,and she was the only person who had ever shown him kindness,that is not what he needed,to have the only person he ever trusted,to betray him in that way,to push him over the edge.Tough love is one thing,but she knew what he thought of himself & so I feel she shouldn't have made that comment.Maybe it was in the heat of anger,but it was still a selfish thing to say,and I feel it was just the first taste of betrayal by someone who supposedly loved him.Very sad.

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[> Liked her through the diary, wanted to smack her afterwards. I got that she couldn't help him when her father grabbed him back, although I didn't really understand why it took so many months to find him a better place to hide. But her expectations of him were so selfish - wanting him to come to the temple, for example. And her judgment of him - he's turned out into the street naked and alone and she doesn't understand why he can't find 'respectable' work? Her lack of understanding was sooo frustrating. -- Beth, 22:49:13 09/01/08 Mon [1]

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