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However you get to the nub of it in that Edmund purposefully left Warwick out of the war council for a number of reasons. Indeed, the instructed mistrust. So too perhaps that it was not Warwick that rescued him (even though he likely had a hand in planning it.) Finally, like Edward before, Edmund is showing that he has his own mind and will not be led as Warwick might like. Hence..."Another one."
As to Edmund's military genius, or lack thereof, I would put it to his comparing his choices/decisions with Edward (or his idea of what Edward might do.) It is not a secret that he does not feel quite the equal to his older brother and may feel a sense of "imposter syndrome." One might say he is overcompensating. It worked this time, but you are right. It may not always.
To all - So this last scene might be the last of the attempts to marry real life events to what is happening in the story. I must admit, it was convoluted in my thinking as to how to do it. I needed to place things but the actors were far apart from where they were historically. In RL, Somerset died in this battle. Here, he is already dead and at Caen. In RL, Ralph Percy died in this battle. Here, he is already dead after kidnapping Edmund. The year/events matched up slightly so it made some sense to use this as a guide, but the actors are almost entirely changed from RL other than the brothers Neville (Warwick and Montagu.)
With that change, it offered a chance to build on the growing mistrust of Warwick and develop Edmund more as a character. I could have avoided the battle and used an after the fact scene to do this, but I wanted to place Edmund in the situation and show Warwick's reaction. I wanted a POV from Warwick and likely could have extended the battle for that purpose but the result of the battle really didn't matter to my thinking. It was more the reaction to the event that I wanted to highlight. Rightly? Wrongly? As always, you be the judge.
We will return to France soon enough. There was some unfinished business to the north that we needed to look at. And it does appear true (as suggested below) that no matter what Warwick does or says, it will not be good enough or accepted. That said, Richard did tell Edmund before he left to be wary of Warwick. This is part of that.
Likely sue for peace because this is a lost war for them. In game, they did fairly well at first (as suggested by the story) but once things were basically over in France, they did not last long.
An extremely good point. I will say that perhaps a liked the way "question my suggestion" sounded to my ear when I wrote it. Mayhap too much?
However you get to the nub of it in that Edmund purposefully left Warwick out of the war council for a number of reasons. Indeed, the instructed mistrust. So too perhaps that it was not Warwick that rescued him (even though he likely had a hand in planning it.) Finally, like Edward before, Edmund is showing that he has his own mind and will not be led as Warwick might like. Hence..."Another one."Maybe not the wrong side of an issue but seen to be on the wrong side. At least how he sees it. I don't think it is any mystery that I am building toward a thing with Warwick (to the uninitiated, wait for it) and the way that I read it, it was not one big thing but a series of little things that lead to what is likely to happen. Maybe it won't.
As to Edmund's military genius, or lack thereof, I would put it to his comparing his choices/decisions with Edward (or his idea of what Edward might do.) It is not a secret that he does not feel quite the equal to his older brother and may feel a sense of "imposter syndrome." One might say he is overcompensating. It worked this time, but you are right. It may not always.
They might have, but the Scots were pretty much spent by this point.
Perhaps, but this is pretty much what happened in real life even if the actors and situation were a bit different.
Quite. Also recall that in this timeline, the Scots are ruled by a boy King. And unlike in RL, Percy is already dead (in RL, Ralph Percy died in this battle and for some reason his dying words suggested that he had a bird in his pocket. Huh? )
Most of the decent military leaders are in France right now (save for Montagu) and Warwick, as established, was not much of a military mind. That said, Edmund might have listened to him. It worked this time, but I cannot disagree.
Once again, Edmund's comment might be stupid but it is his consideration of what Edward might have done. He showed in battle, so good on him. Especially considering he does not think much of it. What may be more important is his constant comparing of himself with his dead older brother. Warwick specifically (and rightly) calls this out in the scene.
To all - So this last scene might be the last of the attempts to marry real life events to what is happening in the story. I must admit, it was convoluted in my thinking as to how to do it. I needed to place things but the actors were far apart from where they were historically. In RL, Somerset died in this battle. Here, he is already dead and at Caen. In RL, Ralph Percy died in this battle. Here, he is already dead after kidnapping Edmund. The year/events matched up slightly so it made some sense to use this as a guide, but the actors are almost entirely changed from RL other than the brothers Neville (Warwick and Montagu.)
With that change, it offered a chance to build on the growing mistrust of Warwick and develop Edmund more as a character. I could have avoided the battle and used an after the fact scene to do this, but I wanted to place Edmund in the situation and show Warwick's reaction. I wanted a POV from Warwick and likely could have extended the battle for that purpose but the result of the battle really didn't matter to my thinking. It was more the reaction to the event that I wanted to highlight. Rightly? Wrongly? As always, you be the judge.
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