Ambrose

K has been getting more bold with his revenge on Ambrose as the story goes on. I think it will lead to some broken stones by the eolian and his expulsion.

I kinda think it has to do with what lalaley said, about his pride being hurt and Kvothe making him look bad and what not. Plus, I think he is also just jealous of Kvothe because he is smarter and better at most things. I do think that others have probably stood up to him, but they have all disappeared afterward.
Just like he tries to drive Kvothe away, I'm certain he has practiced this with others, it's just Kvothe WONT go away. He has nothing to go away too. I think this also annoys Ambrose because he is used to "winning" if you can call it that.

As for the way he wastes his money...apperantly not. Honestly, I thought the hat with the plume was far worse than the inn LOL!! I can only imagine how completely ridiculous he looks with that thing on.

I think Ambrose honestly believes that if he keeps trying he will win. So he keeps trying. Either that or he just can't let Kvothe have the last say because it would be like him coming out on top. Some people are completely irrational like that.

I've also always wondered how he got the Modegan Girl to get involved with the plum bob thing. I have no idea. All I can think is he MUST have had something over her, because it seemed to me that she was really upset about having to hurt Kvothe like that. Maybe she owed him money or her family did?

I know a lot of people theorize that either Ambrose or Baron Jakis (his father) orchestrated those deaths at sea, but I always kinda wondered if that was even possible. Who agrees to wreck there ship at sea? I wish we could get the full story on that because I just have no clue. I know Pat did write it up so maybe some day in the future we will see it in an anthology or something. That'd be awesome. What kind of ideas do you have on this?? Can you pay someone to wreck there own ship and risk there life as well just to assassinate some dignataries?? And if so, how would that work?

As for the escalation, Kvothe doesn't have his gram anymore remember? He looses it in the sea when his shipwrecks. So really him an Ambrose can just go back to the norm with eachother. Though I'm sure they will eventually have more serious confrontations.

Oh did he? How did I freakin' miss that in all my reads? *facepalm*

Obviously I care very little about grams. LOL! Makes sense though.

I always assumed they hired pirates to sink them, or hired a person to go on board and damage the ship and slip out on a dingy in the night.

Who would you cast as Ambrose if you were making the movie?

I would want an older version of that evil kid from Game of Thrones. Or a young Vincent Cassel.

Yah I actually love that kids acting, he's amazing. But I heard he's gotten so much hate mail he doesn't think he'll continue acting after the show, which to me, is really sad.


Honestly, I kinda always pictured him to look like Hayden Christensen a bit.

I hadn't heard that about the Geoffrey kid, that's horrible! Acting is a terrible job, I'd hate it. He needs to take a role like Ambrose, to be honest. A baddie that's kind of funny and in the end, effectively harmless. Ambrose is a terrible, terrible person but in the story he never really lands a solid blow against Kvothe. The closest he gets is the plum bob, and even then he gives up the game and tips off Kvothe before he can blow his admissions interview. He's a buffoon more than he's a villain, really. That'd be a perfect way to get back from "full villain." You never go full villain.