Then he found out what was behind it and immediately responded by doing the thing she'd been wanting to do all along. So her positive reaction wasn't a matter of "he did this to protect me, oh, isn't that great" but a matter of "he gets why that was important to me, and now that he gets it he's willing to do this thing he felt strongly about not doing."
The way I see it, Elizabeth wanted revenge, and Philip took it away from her by doing it himself. So, yes, it wasn't an issue of protection, and Philip showed he cared, but I do see it as more of a 'you touched my woman, prepare to die' kind of thing (and frankly, I think that storywise they had no choice, because they had to bring those two together *somehow*).
He does the same for his daughter. And so later, when he wants revenge on the guy who beat up his wife, he's doing the exact same thing he did in the Pilot. He's not saying that Elizabeth can't handle the guy and he's not really protecting her, because most chances are she's not going to see him again anyway. He just wants revenge.
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Date: 2013-07-07 07:29 am (UTC)The way I see it, Elizabeth wanted revenge, and Philip took it away from her by doing it himself. So, yes, it wasn't an issue of protection, and Philip showed he cared, but I do see it as more of a 'you touched my woman, prepare to die' kind of thing (and frankly, I think that storywise they had no choice, because they had to bring those two together *somehow*).
He does the same for his daughter. And so later, when he wants revenge on the guy who beat up his wife, he's doing the exact same thing he did in the Pilot. He's not saying that Elizabeth can't handle the guy and he's not really protecting her, because most chances are she's not going to see him again anyway. He just wants revenge.