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Originally Posted by gmw
The more I think about it, the more I think that the real villain of the (Outlander) piece was the Warden (soon to be king of Elfland, and Sylvie and Bruno's father). He demonstrated early that he knew what was going on, but he knowingly left the people he was responsible for, and even his own children, in the hands of the Vice Warden and his wife. Why? Because he got a better job offer! I wonder if the Elfanders know what they're getting for a king.
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That's my assessment, also. When the vice warden's wife planned the picnic for Sylvie and Bruno to get them out of the way, it evoked to me the plans for Hansel and Gretel and for Snow White, when they were taken off the woods and weren't expected to return. I was surprised that nothing more nefarious was part of the plot, but it would have been harder to give the Warden a free pass had something in fact been planned.