Originally posted by: sashashyam
Now this is an intriguing possibility. It has the major advantage of not exposing Olympias before the PR lot, which Alexander would not want to do if he could help it.
But what would this option say about whether he is aware of where his mother is?
Morever, it would not really address my chief desire, that the PR lot should learn to respect Alexander. They would probably be more puzzled than grateful or impressed.
In the end, I expect it will be neither your variant nor mine, but some other unconvincing mess. It depends on how positively they want to portray Alexander.
As for the Cleitus part, I just don't know. I have a feeling that too is linked with how they want to show Alexander. If he kills Cleitus for slandering Olympias, that would be perfectly acceptable to the viewers. Not if he kills Cleitus for criticising a decision of his.
Incidentally, just think of the killing of Kanishka, who was supposed to have been Alexander's substitute tohfa for Porus, in place of Chanakya. Alexander seems to have forgotten all about this tohfa, and in fact does not even seem to have noticed that the corpse has disappeared!
Shyamala Aunty
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