I also believe this theory because his older brother is not bald. I choose to believe it because it opens up a much deeper opportunity to analyze his character. Not only is it fucking funny that he pretty much fully waxes, but it's also a good think piece. I truly believe that 47 is so deeply scarred by his profession and creation that he still does something that was required of him- shaving.
It never even occurred to him that he could stop. He tells himself that he does it because he doesn't want to leave hair at the scene of any crimes, but most of his canon assassinations are branded as unfortunate accidents. In reality, he does it because it was expected of him and he won't stop because he truly isn't free.
47 believes that he's free, going freelance and taking contracts, but he never has been. He continues to take contracts because it's all he knows how to do. Even going freelance, he still is a 'tool', he just gets to decide who wields him.
47 refuses to see himself as anything other than a tool. 47 has had ample opportunity to cover his barcode and grow his hair out. The man is a ghost, and at this point, could probably disappear without a trace, correctly this time, now that he's older and more experienced. He doesn't do it because he doesn't see himself as a person outside of his profession. He thinks that he IS his profession, and doesn't see anything outside of himself past that.
His relationship with Diana is also interesting. They both obviously care for each other in some way, shape or form. Diana has a degree from Oxford University in Psychology. She knows how people work, and I truly believe that she sees 47 as what he is. A deeply wounded man that clings to his profession because he doesn't see the point in letting go.
Diana gives him a handler, someone to order him around. That's what he needs now, stability. She knows that he would crash and burn without his profession, because that's all he knows.
But she understands that she is aging, and 47 is not. He is an anomaly that might live significantly longer than she will, and when she's gone, he'll have nothing. So she persuaded him into building a safehouse with her. She has no need for the safehouse, it seems like even though they both own it, she's rarely ever there. Diana doesn't mix well with bumfuk nowhere.
With 47's life, a safehouse like that would be very unwise. It's a permanent location he always returns to, and he isn't immune to being tracked, even if he's extremely careful.
That safehouse is state of the art, with who knows how much acreage around it that they own. It has a fucking helicopter pad, a military-esque bunker underneath, with enough firepower to take over a small European country. The MANSION on top was probably the least expensive thing to build. In its entirety, it probably costs hundreds of millions to build discreetly. No one spends money like that for a property they don't plan on staying in permanently.
And that- was her way of giving him a way out.
It's quiet, away from prying eyes. He can learn about himself in private. Do what he likes to do. There he can learn how to function on his own, without an earpiece telling him what to do.
She was giving him a chance at freedom. Diana is a trained therapist who used to practice, she knows exactly what she was doing.
She knows that 47 is deeply insecure, even if outwardly he comes off as cool and collected all of the time. We literally saw a glimpse into his worst fears in WOA, he is terrified of Diana leaving him. He doesn't know much outside of her. The sad part is, he'll never scream or cry about his fears, he just silently tanks it.
47 is deeply insecure, emotionally stunted, and traumatized, even if he would never let anyone see that. The only person who probably can see that is Diana. She can see past his guarding, which may be impenetrable to others, but is coded in a language she can read effortlessly.
When she 'betrayed' him in Mendoza, I believe that she was venting, but was also telling the absolute truth.
Diana: "I know what you did. After all these years, I finally know."
"Providence used you. But I'm no better. All I saw was a blank slate, a weapon to wield. I told myself it was what you needed. But people aren't meant to be controlled."
After getting her frustrations out, she admits that 47 is a person. She sees him as one. But she also acknowledged that before she saw him as only a tool. For a very long time, he was one. But now, she understands that he needs more than to be wielded. For his own good, he needs to learn that he's a person on his own.
This is the one thing that she can't tell him. That she can't order him to understand. That's something that he'll have to learn on his own, and Diana has set up all of the pieces. He just needs to set them into motion on his own.
So, thanks for coming to my Ted talk, and yes I gleaned all of this from a man just choosing to not stop shaving
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