🔥 Anakin isn't nearly as angsty as people make him out to be. The guy cries a lot,but it's not because stupid reasons.
In the films, we see him cry five times. 1) While leaving his enslaved mother at age 9, and likely to never see her again. 2) When his mother has literally just died in his arms. 3) While processing his grief and rage related to his mother dying in his arms just a few hours earlier. 4) While struggling with the whole pregnant wife may be dying/trusted mentor is actually evil/trusted mentor is about to be killed/none of his colleagues like him thing. 5) While filled with self-loathing over murdering a bunch of people including children.
All of these feel like pretty legitimate reasons to cry and the fact that society as a whole considers men who cry while experiencing such extreme emotions weak is troubling. Crying is the body’s way of expelling excess emotion chemicals when it literally can not hold them any more. It’s healthy and kind of important to restoring emotional equilibrium. Let boys cry!
Personally, I wouldn’t say Anakin is angsty so much as dramatic and emotional. Part of that is because he’s a teenager/young 20-something. Part of that is because he’s massively sleep deprived in films 2 and 3. And part of it is because he’s a natural drama queen raised by a guy who thinks dramatically dropping his cloak is a must when entering a room.
