Banged his mom? Seemed like a ridiculous part of Ahmad's past. Also, him killing her because of that was just dumb. In the last episode when he's on the throne talking to Jinghim, he talks about how his parents were killed by the Khan and that killing the Khan would bring him into greater power in history. I don't know, it just seemed like Ahmad was being portrayed as heartless. Oldboy handled this trope better lol
shareI took it a little differently. I never even thought it was his mother until I read the message boards. I took it as he loved his mother, and as most children, they do not wish for their mothers to lie about them being special. She wrote that song for her son, "wrote it" but maybe it's just some song that mothers hum to their children and say that to them to make their children feel special. I thought he killed her because she took away that "special" loving memory of his mother. However, with reflection, maybe she was his mother.
shareHe never slept with his mother. That Persian woman was a reminder of the life and culture that was taken from him as a child. Ahmed's mother was murdered by the Mongols, the lullaby part of the story as fabricated. Ahmed wanted to destroy the Mongols as revenge for what they did to his people and rule in the place of the Khan. Since everything was taken from him, he wanted everything in return.
I believe he killed her because she would have prevented him from pursuing his revenge. She could have easily become some sort of mother figure to him, remind him what he could have had had the Mongols never came. He murdered her, so he will know that he can't let the only remaining comfort from home derail his ambition.
Pretty sure it was his mother.
They wouldn't have wasted time with the lullaby and Ahmad's insanity after she announced who she was if she wasn't. Yes, Ahmad slept with his mother, just as the writers want us to believe.
Exactly, and she even stated she "wrote it for her baby boy" and that she thought her son and husband had been killed.
John F. Kennedy is assassinated at the end of Oliver Stone's "JFK".
You miss the fact that Ahmad is a compulsive liar. He told Nayan that it was Kublai who bound Ling's foot when it was really Sidao. Ahmad will say anything to manipulate people to his advantage.
shareThat was the exact opposite of a compulsive lie. Bad example.
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I believe he killed her because she would have prevented him from pursuing his revenge.
Now that I've watched it again, I think that's what they're trying to imply. A lot of the things she says to him could be seen to have double meanings, "I like taking care of you." "My husband and little boy are always with me. Right here with me."
It's pretty ridiculous considering they more or less looked the same age as others have pointed out. The show runners really could've done with a bit more development around why he snapped and killed her.
I think they were trying to be interesting instead of going with something more stereotypical (kublai killing her because she's just a "whore" and Ahmad resenting him because of this was the route I thought they'd go down) but it wasn't sold in a clear or convincing way so it's just left everyone confused!
It's also just weird that he wouldn't recognise her. I mean, how young was he when he was taken by the Mongols?
shareMore strange she wouldn't recognize him.
shareIt's also just weird that he wouldn't recognise her. I mean, how young was he when he was taken by the Mongols?
Yeah this was really stupid!
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