so I'm rewatching Iron Lung
And I've just realized that the fandom gets very caught up in Simon being a wet cat and a sad man
And I noticed that we have forgotten that Simon, throughout the movie, and even in some flashbacks, is very stubborn and somewhat argumentative and very easily and quickly irritated
Like yeah Simon has his moments of crumpling to the floor and doing some stupid shit when the depression hits like drinking rubbing alcohol, who wouldn't have a breakdown of some sort in that situation?
But he ends up picking himself back up each time determined that he is not going to die in the blood ocean. There are even points in the movie where he says "what's the point?" While STILL pushing forward
And even when you reach the end of the movie and he realizes that he is going to die in the blood ocean and nothing can be done about it, he is still stubborn and he still fights to the very end
I mean, he ripped his own fucking arm off.
He actively challenged Elli and talked back to a god.
And I feel that in a lot of fan art and fanfiction that I've seen people are forgetting that
And that's not to criticize the art or the role players or the fanfiction because I've seen all that on here and it's good and I enjoy it, and i like sad Simon moments also, (one of my favorites being "you sent me down here to die and you dont even known my name?") but I would really love to see more true to character, angry and determined Simon content
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