Thinking about Despair!Kimblee where he’s the homunculus of the 8th sin bc of this post…
All homunculi have a full title/name like "Envy the Jealous" and "Pride the Arrogant" etc etc, what if Despair’s was "Despair the Miserable"? Since despair and misery are pretty similar and comorbid. Plus, misery loves company. Y’know, like how Kimblee loves having screams of the agonizing playing in the background 24/7 as his life’s soundtrack.
There’s something to say too about despair apparently being the greatest sin, the unforgivable one, with how Kimblee’s storyline touches on the notion of guilt and atonement. Would kinda be cool if his arc came to comment on the whole notion of war, despair that breeds despair He can be rather nihilistic and overconfident in a reckless way, giddy and focuses on conversing eagerly when in danger, it would be interesting if it was due to constant despair and misery: his apathy and lack of self-preservation due to a warped and ravaged mental state. One’s gotta start laughing at it all and taking the shots they can at that point.
This concept is super fun to think about!!