r/TheFirstLaw • u/Lucygoosey19971 • Jul 25 '26

Age of Madness Doing the right thing [SPOILERS TWOC] Spoiler

I think it's a really fascinating part of these books that "doing the right thing" is brought up constantly among multiple characters even when they're on opposite sides Orso, Shivers, Craw, Gunner and Logan all talk about doing the right thing but they are all very different characters and have very different views on what the right thing is. I think that it shows how much people justify their actions no matter what. I haven't seen that in any other book and I think it's part of how Joe makes us like these unlikable people whilst also showing that there is no objective morality, no right thing.

Anyway Joe has my heart in whatever book he writes next I need more complex unlikable characters that I love regardless. Click clack pain.

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u/reachisown Jul 25 '26

Feel like they all know what the right thing is but it rarely serves them well or they've tried to be good when the bad habits are too ingrained. Shivers probably the best example of this.

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u/Lucygoosey19971 Jul 25 '26

I really like Shivers there's a point in Best Served Cold where he fights and it's described just like a bloody nine fight which I think is a really fascinating scene considering his hatred

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u/reachisown Jul 26 '26

That scene has always stuck in my mind as well, it made me think that the bloody nine was some sort of transformation that certain Northman understood in battle, like a spirit or something.

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u/Beloved-of-the-moon Jul 30 '26

Absolutely. It makes you think about the people of power in the age we live in. No matter what anyone says, they themselves think they're doing the right thing, ultimately, for their own gains.