That time Spirit really just need to shut the fuck up. Long post ahead.
I will never get over it. This has bothered me since I read the ending. Because seriously, fuck this noise. Spirit please be quiet.
Spirit, c’mon. Don’t. Please.
You know what Medusa was like. You tried to punch her in the face.
D-don’t do this.
Just be quiet, please.
No Spirit shut up please.
Look I understand why Spirit is saying this, I do.
He wants to show Maka that no matter how much she says she hate him, he’ll always always be there for her. (Unlike her mother. WHo doesn’t ever bother to show up)
But Spirit loves Maka.
Medusa doesn’t love Crona. She never loved Crona, except maybe as an inventor loves a bomb.
Thanks for giving Crona advice that doesn’t fucking apply to them Spirit.
You know what would have been better?
ANYONE ELSE TALKING TO CRONA ABOUT THIS. (Except Maka, who also has no idea what Crona’s going through. Look it’s true. She worships her mother and her father adores her completely. She also give Crona terrible advice about mothers and families.)
Tsubaki: Tsubaki loved her brother, but she also understood when he crossed the line. Tsubaki could understand that you need to cut people who are hurting you out of your life even if they’re your family.
Soul: Soul left his home expressly to cut some bonds from his family. Where’s his opinion?
Black*Star: Black*Star’s birth family was extremely toxic situation of black mailers and assassins. He could have been a lot like Crona if the DWMA hadn’t taken him. He could probably explain that your birth doesn’t define who you are.
Even Kid has his ‘You are no my father’s son’ moment with Asura. What about him cutting off ties?
Kim cut ties with the witches and Ox made it clear he accepted her.
Liz and Patti seemed to have escaped their abusive mother and express 0 interest in ever reconnecting.
Stein understand Medusa’s manipulation, Marie could explain that it takes more than giving birth to be a mother, basically anyone other than the Albarns could explain this better to Crona.
(Thanks btw Maka for the ‘Of course silly, she’s my mother’ :) Maka, please. You’re killing me.)
Why has the ‘Your birth doesn’t define you’ until we hit Crona and then it’s ‘We’ll not you. You’re irredeemable and have to sacrifice yourself on the moon to be of use. Sorry.’
This has such an impact that Crona says
‘I do take after my mother’
Medusa is irredeemable by her own hand. She burns every bridge and shows no interest in ever being a better person. She’s manipulative and controlling. She wants chaos for chaos sake. Her entire character revolves around literally driving a child to insanity. And she’s never punished for it either. Her last slap to Crona, by having them kill her, is too good of an end for her.
Crona honestly wants to do good, but is constantly told that they belong to Medusa and will never be good and they’ve decided that they need to punish themselves on the moon to cleanse themselves of sin. Yeah they fucked up, but it was all things Medusa instructed them to do.
Crona is nothing like Medusa.
Spirit telling the child that they’ve lost their bonds to Medusa, their abuser, the woman who did everything in her power to break them, is cruel.
Spirit, please, stfu.
