Pride comest before the Fall ...

Which no doubt is one of the reasons.

perhaps

Pride is considered the first sin for a reason

I think that it was vanity actually.

Guess that's the equivalent to gets a call reporting your parents had a car accident and be kicked in the nuts as you're processing the information...

so then he become a villian, and murderdeathkilled everyone
:D

Im saying the same about it

pretty sure his parents are gonna go apeshit on him for beeing a failure

"Who filled my head with dreams? Who drove me to train until my bones crack? Who denied me my DESTINYYY?!"

That Fits too well here.

Sir/madam are you a Skaven?

I think it might be a Demolition Man reference.

I was thinking kongfu panda

I think its gonna be more like:

Dad: well, great! Now how can we get a new guardian in the family?! >:U

Little Brother that had been neglected this entire time: Look, dad. I drew a picture.

Dad: Who da heck are y- U8<

-OH YEAH! 08

I just yelled "Oh nooooooh!" out loud as I got to the end of the page. ;-;

The calm before the storm, and yet for some reason I don't think this is the storm. I actually think that Nigel's going to take this a lot better than we might think. However I'm actually more concerned with what happens afterwards, and I'm hoping that it isn't what I think is going to happen, though if his ref sheet is any indication, I fear that it is likely going to happen. I really REALLY hope the "Family Tradition" isn't what I think it is.

Wait what do you expect- I've looked over the sheet and I didn't think there was anything ominous

First and foremost Nigel's ref sheet makes in evidently clear that shit happened, and it changed him drastically, the cloths he wears here are are tidy, high quality and he looks well of, whereas in the ref sheet he looks impoverished and the cloths he's wearing are of low quality, not only that, this prologue chapter has made it abundantly clear that he originally wasn't a eternally peevish and sulking individual but a rather hard working and positive person. Furthermore he talks in a way that would imply that he's been forgotten, and or cast aside.

As many had assumed, he wasn't going to get chosen, but like I said, considering how he is now, sure it would upset him, but I don't think this will make him hate the world, if anything, I can see him taking the failure in stride, and using it to work harder.

However that ominous feeling that I got, from everything that we've been shown, in addition to Nigel mentioning that "he was too young to realize how sick it was", gives me the impression that his family has a very twisted tradition in regards to becoming guardians, and it leads me to believe that one, Nigel's parents are going to do a complete 180 in regards to their treatment of him, two, Toby is going is going to end up receiving all the love and support from his parents and Nigel is going to end up getting pushed to background like he once did, which is probably going to gradually change his personality, and three Toby's going to succeed where Nigel failed, and in doing so his parents are going to disown him, for not living up to his families expectations.

Those bastards...

"I sense GREAT FEAAAAR in you..." or something lmao... DENIED = (

Because he was not doing it for himself but for selfish needs "MY destiny, MY parents, MY goal" right ? Which is not his fault since he was conditionned for it

If so then it would really confusing. Because if his purpose was given to him by someone else, but he truly enjoyed it - why is it a bad thing? He doesn't look like he's doing it because of pride or selfishness.

I think it's more of a case of, if this is the path that he wants to walk, then there's nothing wrong with that, but he has to genuinely want to walk that path himself, and have the personal desire to do so, and not go on that journey because he was made to by others. For comparison, Leopold has a motive and is 100% devoted to that cause, not only that he chose that path, and worked hard to ensure that he would be successful at all costs. Whereas Nigel from what it seems, he is on this path not cause he chose to be, but because he was expected too.
It's likely he wasn't chosen not because of his bad traits, which to be entirely honest from what's been shown so far he doesn't seem to have many, he's seems like a good natured kid all things considered, but because he, as an individual doesn't have a personal motive to become a guardian outside of what is expected of him and following tradition

"I'm sorry my child... but I think you'd be better suited over there."

"Weenie Hut Jr's? Are you saying I belong at Weenie Hut Jr's?"

"Oh no, sorry- i was pointing to the one next to it."

"SUPER Weenie Hut Jr's?"

Getting Tai Lung vibes.

Oooooooh, this is so dissapointing. Ooooooooh.

I set another Bet: he didn't pass once, now his parents focus in on his younger brother (with more pressure, but Nigel just see his brother stole his parents love)

or he never return home to avoid to face his parents and tell his fail after all those over-expectations

in both cases, he abandon his home with the belive he wasted his childhood

Immediately enormously curious why. O.O So many potential variables. Hoping it will be something like 'you either got it or you don't' so it isn't technically his fault it's literally just something you're born with or not and his family line were just incredibly lucky. @.@ Doubt that's it but just feel it would be a huge weight off the little guys shoulders if it was simply never an option to begin with rather than something he failed to do somehow.

Oh no :c

Critical hit!

Tai Lung alllllll over again

Ouch I can feel what's going to happen to him. :(

I’m actually shit scared where this is going now.

Curios as to why, but man is Luna’s expression subtle. Nigel seems to be the flip side of the young lion.

And when your parents don't get to live vicariously through you, that's when the real parents come out...

Betrayal.

And from then on, his whole world comes crashing down on top of him. Betrays him. Turns its back on him. Stabs him in the back.

Did he fail because he was doing this for himself?

Oh noooo... the poor baby :'<

Right in the feelz!!!

Often, many of our greatest 'Failures',,,
*INSPIRE* us to strive higher, work harder, to achieve our goals!

AWESOME!!!

Former Gifted Child vibes

oml that li'l shark gator bab is so dang cute tho

:(

Wait! She's a tree? I thought she was some kind of a Reindeer spirit.

The story is called "Tree of Life"... I think it should have been a bit... Obvious.

The worse part about this... Is that Nigel had the immature right to turn on Luna, for considering him "Unworthy" (Like how Tai Lung did.)

Yet he is mature enough not to do so, instead rightfully condemning his family for their ways and methods. (His role is very much "Protagonistic", not "Dragon to the Antagonist", since his attire and weapon would have reflected his allegance... Also, I am rather certain the Antagonist would have had the decency to force-feed Nigel every now and again.)

From this scene and the image, Nigel is not a "Tai Lung", even though his backstory should have reflected it, but here, he doesn't try to condemn her... Instead, his Vitrol is aimed not only at his family, but at himself as well... Feeling that he's not worth a damn... (Crap, I just imagined Nigel as a 40K Krieg Soldier.)

...I'm still going to imagine Nigel having to be forcefed by his Party members... Matter of fact, I think I should try making it myself when I get the drive...

Wait, I just realized something... If these Guys became Chosen as Guardians... Where the Bloody Helheim did they Go by Chapter one?!

I had a feeling that something like this was going to happen, as are many of those who comment here, but I think things are going to get worse for Nigel from now on, especially with his parents.

Nooooo why did you shattered his dream QQ

you can't make a sword out of 'straw' and not of 'steel'

guess so...

It's all the more crushing for him cause he was absolutely certain he was going to be chosen cause of his lineage of guardians in his family...
But I imagine to be a Guardian, you must have humility....not hubris.

Villain material right here
Tailung like fate

Ah, Probably because your fly was undone!

'And then came the day were I tried to get the permission myself and take the Dragon Scroll by forc-"
Oh wait, That's a different story.

This is the showcase of Viktria portrait prowess. The faces :)

It's because she knew you wouldn't be a beefcake, Nigel, thus unsuited.

I'm so sorry...

aww, maybe next year, kiddo.

Oh dear, his parents aren't going to be happy about this.

My guess is that the pride and affection of the parents is going to switch to younger Toby, the real hope of the family.

Wonder why he wasn't worthy?

he crave the 'office' and not the responsibilities it intakes; as a guardian he's.. 'empty'

Awwww. So sad. I wonder how Leopold would have reacted if it was him?

Oooo dollar short.

Do you want super villains? Because that's how you get super villains

F

you crave the wrong things, kid.. and she sensed it

I hope it's Toby that was considered worthy
what a slap in the face that would be

ouch. that's gotta sting little one

(sob)

I can hear it! I can hear as the dreams shatter!

Hopefully this won't turn him into a big bad. Saw enough stories that end up like this.

Gotta wonder tho; why wasn't he found worthy?

Well, that will be hard to cope with. Let us hope the boy will get over it. (I don't think that would serve to story tough).

If watching both Kung Fu Panda and The Rising of Shield Hero has taught me anything, it's how to know what kind of story this is gonna turn out to be. Basically, I believe Nigel's background story is gonna be a mixture of Tai Lung's childhood and training to be a mighty warrior and Naofumi's tragic tale of being betrayed and abandoned by those who he thought he could trust.

That is a good summation on what is happening here. Nigel was groomed to be a guardian as tradition for his family. Somewhere along the line, the way his parents raised him caused him to become unworthy in the Tree of Life's eyes. It's obvious that the way Nigel ended up was his parents' fault, not his. Probably arrogant fools too prideful to see that it was their mistake on why their son didn't become a guardian.