Looked like it was that or having him die with her so I think it was a pretty sensible choice.Telling your son to "please live" while throwing him into a raging river next to a waterfall is sadistic.
You're right, she should've just let him be torn apart by a mobTelling your son to "please live" while throwing him into a raging river next to a waterfall is sadistic.
Did you miss what did happen to his mother?Telling your son to "please live" while throwing him into a raging river next to a waterfall is sadistic.
To buy time maybeWhy did she not choose Option 3: Clutch your child and jump into the river together?
I kind of doubt it bought any time at all.To buy time maybe
If she jumped with him they'd be pursuing them to wherever they'd end up at, instead they were busy lynching the mom so they wouldn't care about the boyI kind of doubt it bought any time at all.
If arrows were a concern, jump over in a way that puts her on top of him, so any arrows hits her in the back instead of him.
No one would have bothered jumping into the water after them, not even the horniest bastards.
I'm fairly certain they would be far more concerned about having their fun with the other villagers possibly still alive, looting, and pillaging, than to bother following what they'd more likely than not deem already dead the moment they jumped over the edge of the bridge.If she jumped with him they'd be pursuing them to wherever they'd end up at, instead they were busy lynching the mom so they wouldn't care about the boy