Seeing Mammon constantly getting made fun of lowkey infuriates me like. I know it's a running joke and it is funny but there are certain instances where the fandom ignores his whole very complex character just for the sake of this "dumbass thief tsundere" image on the surface of his character. Maybe I'm nitpicking because I love to deep-dive into characters but it gets so annoying sometimes.
Mammon is arguably the most emotionally mature of the brothers, Asmo right below him. The reason why I think that is Mammon has incredible hold on his powers and temper. He has every right to be angry and every right to lash out to his brothers with the way they treat him. But he doesn't. Because he's emotionally capable and mentally strong. Even Lucifer, the strongest of them, lashes out multiple times through out the story. Yet we've never seen Mammon, the second born and second strongest, with every right to be mad at those around him, even so much as raise a finger.
Mammon has taken care of his younger brothers when they fell, he was the second to crash and first to follow Lucifer. He said fuck you all and followed after his older brother. He's incredibly loyal and reliable no matter how "dumb" he is, he's always ready to do anything for the ones he holds dear. He can very much assert dominance the way Lucifer does if he wanted to but he doesn't because he knows, at the end of the day, that those are his brothers, and scaring them the way Lucifer scares Mammon won't help.
He lets his brothers walk all over him because he cares about them. Even if they hurt him while doing so he knows it's their way of coping.
I believe that after they fell, with Lucifer obviously busy, Mammon had to take care of his brothers. He knew they were in a terrible condition and he knew making himself the object of their hurt and anger would help them cope. He let them make fun of him and blame him and humiliate him because he knew that no matter how hurt he was by it, his brothers would be better because they had a place they could direct their emotions at. Because he cared.
I think he did this especially with Levi. Because if you squint your eyes you can see that Levi is jealous of Mammon. Jealous of his carefreeness and laidback attitude, of his confidence. And his position as the second born, being above Levi, doesn't help it. He envied Mammon. Repulsed by himself because he saw everything he couldn't be in Mammon. And Mammon's aware of that. He knows Levi envies him, he understands it's because of his sin, so I think Mammon is especially a bit more lenient towards Levi because he wants Levi to feel better about himself.
The first thing he wants to do when they fall is to carve a place among the demons, a respectable position in Devildom for his brothers and himself so they don't get made fun of. He wants them to be comfortable in a strange place where nobody welcomes them by forcefully opening a space for them where nobody can make fun of them.
Mammon, no matter how dumb he may seem, is the most emotionally intellectual and understanding of his brothers. And he deserves better than the treatment he gets; hell he knows he deserves better. But if it's for the greater good of his brothers he doesn't mind it.
Mammon is caring and complex and I don't want to see anyone saying otherwise.
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