Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-3125844-20151118000212/@comment-24399666-20151209234630

Syscrash53 wrote: After watching the Rat King episode I am begining to think the uprising is not as much wesen not wanting to have to hide anymore. But to rise up and no longer be dominated by the more powerful wesen. Bauerswain rising up against Blutbaden, Reinigen rising up against Klaustreich  The problem, the war is causing calateral damage. Just like Nick was torn between supporting the Reinigen, because they where being abused by the Klaustreich, or does he arrest the Reinigen because they wanted to kill Selina a Klaustreich. I see Miesner, Trubel and the SGO are going after wesen not making a difference. They see all wesen as part of the uprising. This point of view will put Rosalee and Monroe in danger. It will also put ADalind and Kelly in danger because they are also wesen.

The new mayor is part of the wesen that are trying to stop the uprising. except they are with the Klaustreich and other powerful wesen. So does Nick help the underdog which would be the uprising wesen. are does he work with the ones trying to stop the uprising so they can continue to pray off the weaker wesen. What side does Sean take, as a zauberbiest he would be part of the Klaustreich group, but he also has compassion for the Fuchsbau and Bauerswain communities. Where do you see Meisner, Trubel, and the SGO going after Wesen not making a difference? I've just seen them going after the militant members of the group. I've never seen them going after innocent Wesen (the Uprising, on the other hand...) And Trubel would never agree to going after all Wesen.

I think maybe you're getting caught up in the word, "uprising," and their catchphrase, "Occul Tatem Libera," and ignoring what they're actually doing. What they're doing is going after Kehrseite and, according to the preview next week, going after totally innocent Wesen. What they're doing is recruiting children and adolescents, promising them "family." What they're doing is reminescent of (best-case scenario) a cult, and  (worst-case scenario) an international organized terrorist group.

There's no indication, btw, that the Rat King subplot of this episode had anything to do with the Uprising. They were just a Wesen-of-the-week - none of the Reinegan were shouting, "Occul Tatem Libera!"

And most of the actual Uprising members we've seen so far are hardly "underdogs" - quite the contrary. They've all been powerful Wesen. Balam, Gelumcaedus, Phansigar, Quijada Vil, Drang-Zorn, Murcielago, Wendigo, and we also saw them recuiting an Apgadnieks, Dickfellig, Wildermann, and Schakal. Not an Eisbieber, Seelengut, or Mausherz in the bunch.