So, I've been thinking about the Princess Bride...

[conuly]

The scene where Westley is complaining to Buttercup about her lack of faith in him. Whine, whine, whine.

And then it occurs to me. Yes, Westley, Mr. I-rob-and-kill-people-for-money, in all this time, you were so much in love, you couldn't've dropped her a letter? A quick note saying "Dear Buttercup. I'm not dead. I might get killed in the morning, but then again, I might not. Hard to say. Do me a favor and water my ficus. Thanks. Yrs, Dread Pirate Roberts Westley."

I mean, would that have been so hard? He could've had one of the fired pirate crew members go over with a message or something, or dropped some parchment in a bottle, or asked that old marshmallow, The Pirate Formerly Known as Roberts, and Ryan Before That to kidnap her or something.

Westley's a bastard. Really.

On the other hand, this probably is why he looks a lot better as a pirate than as a farmboy. Because he's got that bad boy mystique going.

Comments

[moggymania.livejournal.com]

Just to add -- I never did like Buttercup or Westley.

I always identified much more strongly with Inigo, and found him much more appealing as well. ;)

[conuly]

Well, Buttercup's a ditz, and Westley's a dolt. They can't help it, either of them, but it's really bad when Humperdink comes out ahead of them.

[moggymania.livejournal.com]

Hmm -- I know that Buttercup was dim, but I could have sworn it that Westley was actually very intelligent. (In the book, he's said to be constantly reading in the middle of the night, then he's the one that orchestrates the creative raid on the castle, etc.)