The struggles of an immigrant child that immigrated young and doesnāt have many memories of their home country is that youāll never truly feel like you belong to either country lol
Not "The Character did nothing wrong" or "The Character is irredeemably awful" but a secret third thing: The Character may display moments of deep love & compassion, may even have a strong sense of ethics, and may also be capable of brutal cruelty that is irreconcilable with those traits. The constant tension between the different sides of The Character's nature is exactly what makes them compelling, and attempting to reduce them down to simply "a terrible person" or "innocent & misunderstood" is missing the point of the questions a media with nuanced characters is asking you to consider
I like characters that are slightly disconnected from humanity in some sort of manner.
Dazai due to his intelligence.
Mikey due to his almost mythical charisma and martial prowess.
Zeno due to his immortality.
Gojo due to being invincible.
Are they human in the sense that theyāre part of the human species and can be classified among the Homo sapiens? Yes.
Are they human in the sense that their way of experiencing life is the same as everyone elseās? No.
Are they human in the sense that theyāre seen as completely human by other people, without some kind of subconscious āother-ingā in peopleās minds? Also no.
Yukiās trauma is genuinely so overlooked like itās insane š
Everyone always feels bad for Kyo, which like, you should cuz his childhood DID suck, but please donāt let it be at Yukiās expense š
Like my poor baby had absolutely no one throughout his childhood. NO ONE.
NOT A SINGLE PERSON.
And then on top of that, his first thought upon meeting Kyo was complimenting his orange hair, only to then be told he should disappear.
Maybe Iām biased cuz Yuki is my fav (Iām def biased), but I kinda resent Kyo for that.
Not for what he did at that moment itself, cuz i get he was a kid that was going through a lot. Itās rather the fact that even as a teenager, heās still using Yuki as a scapegoat and doesnāt acknowledge Yukiās struggles, while Yuki was already able to acknowledge Kyoās struggles as a small child.
Kyo as a teenager couldnāt extend the same compassion to Yuki that Yuki as a child extended to him.
The fact that he never apologised either also gets on my nerves.
And then I see the entire fandom fawning over Kyo while completely overlooking Yuki and it irritates the shit out of me šš
Yukiās trauma is genuinely so overlooked like itās insane š
Everyone always feels bad for Kyo, which like, you should cuz his childhood DID suck, but please donāt let it be at Yukiās expense š
Like my poor baby had absolutely no one throughout his childhood. NO ONE.
NOT A SINGLE PERSON.
And then on top of that, his first thought upon meeting Kyo was complimenting his orange hair, only to then be told he should disappear.
Maybe Iām biased cuz Yuki is my fav (Iām def biased), but I kinda resent Kyo for that.
Not for what he did at that moment itself, cuz i get he was a kid that was going through a lot. Itās rather the fact that even as a teenager, heās still using Yuki as a scapegoat and doesnāt acknowledge Yukiās struggles, while Yuki was already able to acknowledge Kyoās struggles as a small child.
Kyo as a teenager couldnāt extend the same compassion to Yuki that Yuki as a child extended to him.
The fact that he never apologised either also gets on my nerves.
And then I see the entire fandom fawning over Kyo while completely overlooking Yuki and it irritates the shit out of me šš
So, like, the Uchiha clan vs Kurta clan massacres, right?? Right.
So I might not be the most qualified person to talk about this since I actually dropped Naturo before getting to the specifics of why the Uchiha clan was massacred, but I have the general idea so imma talk about it regardless.
So from what I know (despite not actually getting to that part), Itachi genocided the Uchiha cuz they were planning to overthrow the village, so he wanted to prevent a war bla bla bla, yada yada deep reasons and good intentions shit.
Some ppl might view this as good writing, but honestly this deep meaning given to the massacre will forever make me see it as inferior writing when compared to the Kurta clan genocide.
Why?
Because the senselessness and shallow reasons behind the Kurtaās massacre capture exactly what genocide is.
The Kurta were murdered for moneyā thatās it. It was nothing personal against the Kurta, nor was there any other kind of special reason. The Kurta simply had something valuable, so the Phantom Troupe massacred them to get it. No deeper meaning behind it; just simple, straight-forward and utterly shallow.
Which is exactly what genocide is; simple and driven entirely by self-interest.
You can search all of history, but youāll never find a reason for a genocide that goes beyond power, money or control.
So Itachiās good intentions and all might make for a nice, emotional character arc, but it symbolises nothing of note further than that, nor does it make any valuable commentary on the actual world.
On the other hand, Togashi effortlessly showcased what actual, real-life genocide looks like by simply not attempting to justify it.
So sure, Itachi vs Sasuke is more emotional with deeper reasons behind it, but the cold brutality of the Phantom Troupe does a whole lot more in terms of āwriting that actually means something real to the worldā.
And āwriting that actually means something real to the worldā will always place higher in my book than āI cried watching thisā.
Okay but like what if Edward Elric and Hawks meet???
Like PLEASE IMAGINE IT!! THE TRAUMA BONDING THAT COULD HAPPEN IS GLORIOUS LIKE COME ON
Their shared experiences as child soldiers, horrible fathers, losing their mother at a young age, and both being hypercompetent geniuses who achieved a high rank in an incredibly short time, and being the youngest in history to do so.
Like they seriously parallel each other so much I NEED THEM TO BE FRIENDSSSS
Altho realistically ik Ed prolly wouldnāt like Hawks because Hawks always has a facade on and heās a pretty huge liar and Ed HATES those kinds of people, so maybe itās all a hopeless fantasy even if they meet š
But then again, Ed might not like Hawks, but he would like Keigo
The angst potential of them starting off at the wrong foot because Ed can tell Hawks isnāt being genuine so he starts hating his guts, even tho Hawks genuinely wanted a real connection with Ed because he feels like Ed is the only one who could understand what he went through I NEEEEDDDD
Or imagine Hawks feeling both envy and admiration towards Ed bcuz despite being a child soldier js like Hawks, Ed HASNāT lost his morals and sense of self. Heās still a 100% authentic and refuses to lie or do anything he disagrees with. Heās what Hawks wishes he could be fr šš
Edward hating Hawks for not having the things that Hawks is envious of Edward for having.
(Someone please, PLEASE do something with this. Iād do it myself and write a fic or something, but unfortunately for everyone, Iām kinda mentally exhausted and have no energy for that šš)
Saihara asked me if I could lie less today. Said heād be able to āunderstand me betterā.
I think itās pretty damn arrogant for him to suggest something like that.
Heās the one who wants to understand meā that should include understanding my lies. Otherwise, can he really say heās understanding me at all, if I have to give up an integral part of me for him to be able to do it?
Besides, I have trouble understanding myself most of the time, and this guy is seriously waltzing up to me and claiming heās capable of doing what I canāt? What a joke.
In the first place, did he even pause to consider whether I even want him to understand me?
Lying is a defense; a protection. A way to prevent others from seeing me.
And Shuichi wants to barge right through all those walls I spent so long building.
How romantically entitledā and oh, wow. Look at that; my heart is loud again. The things romance can doā Kinda makes me wish I could tell him where he can shove those wants and wishes.
Because how dare he suggest something like that? Something soā¦ terrifying?
What if he did break down all those walls surrounding me, peeled off mask after maskā¦ and found nothing underneath?
Or even worseā saw what lies beneath and turned his back on it in disgust?
Yeah no, Iād rather not, please and thank you.
Iāll keep lying, Iāll keep being confusing, and I definitely wonāt be changing who I am for some rando.
A first-person Kokichi Ouma character study, this study attempts to achieve coherence with its third-person counterpart. It does this by displaying Kokichiās intelligence through rapid moral reframing, unique wittiness and an unusual outlook, as well as a large level of self-awareness. Kokichiās delayed emotions that were explored in the third-person version shown here through snappiness and irritation, which are characteristic with not being in tune with your own emotions (as well as exhaustion and stress, both which were explored through third-person).
(This is a first-person POV of a two-piece character study. Thereās a third-person counterpart that aligns (or at least tries to) with this one.)
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