#william minerva

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cowboy james ratri inspired by one of my mutuals doodles

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A Character Analysis on James Ratri

!!SPOILERS FOR THE PROMISED NEVERLAND!!

Okay for starters, James is a good man. The moment he discovered the truth about the Promise, he secretly made it his mission to give the cattle children a chance to live in freedom, even if it meant he had to die for it to happen.

But just because he wanted to atone for the things his ancestors had done, doesn't mean that he didn't support the promise in the beginning, because he definitely did. And it's possible that he may have encouraged Peter to do the same, which explains the reason why he is the way he is.

(Heck, the manga even confirms it. Peter loves his brother more than anything in the world and would literally do what he could in order to stand by him)

From generation to generations, every single leader of the Ratri Clan has been taught a different version of how the Promise came to be. Julius's allies are deemed as "rogues who were against world peace" and Julius is deemed as the hero who made things right in order to maintain peace within the two worlds. But in reality, Julius's allies were betrayed by Julius himself and became the first generation of humans to be offered to the demons as cattle. All for the sake of world peace.

It makes me wonder why the Ratri Clan hid the document that talked about Julius's regrets rather than burn it, because it's clear that without that document, James would've never found out about the truth about the farm system and things would've gone as normal.

Speaking about James, it's implied that at first, he did support the thousand year legacy that his family had carried, and really didn't think much about the cattle he was selling to the demons. But upon finding out that the cattle children are, in fact, descendants of Julius's allies, he starts to realize that his entire life was based on a lie, and that the children he was told to sacrifice in order to maintain peace between both humans and demons, had no real fault in the matter. James starts to realize this and feels guilty for not thinking about the children's lives from the beginning.

That's why he took on the name of William Minerva. He endured the injustice towards the cattle children for years, and now that he knew the truth, decided to take matters into his own hands in the form of a fake identity. He had become so desperate to protect the children, that he didn't think much about Goldy Pond when he had it built near fucking demon territory

In fact, I believe that this is a huge flaw of his that makes his character interesting. He's idealistic to the fault, and he believed in giving the children tools to escape and safe havens to reside in, but he does not prepare them fully for the dangers they are going to face outside the farms, which is why his shelters are kind of a failure in my opinion.

Another huge flaw of his is indecisiveness. His way of rebelling, in my opinion, is a refusal to stand up against the system face to face, and he would rather leave behind secret messages rather than taking direct action towards his own clan.

I understand why he did it though. He couldn't break the Promise himself due to his status, and he knew that if he confronted the system directly, he would be silenced. And he didn't want to risk that happening so easily.

He's also very overreliant on others now that I think about it. He placed all hope of dismantling the system to the cattle children, without thinking if they could handle the burden. Yes, his words may have gave them courage, but it also put a lot of weight on their shoulders, especially to Norman, who took his name in order to be seen as a person everyone could rely on.

Yet, when he took his final breath, all he can say as his last words were "I'm sorry", which is canonically directed to Peter. He regrets leaving Peter to suffer the burden of knowing the truth about the promise, and having to deal with his responsibilities due to stepping away from his possition as the 35th clan leader in order to rebel in secret. So as his last words, he apologizes to his brother for leaving him alone with the burden.

So in conclusion, James Ratri may have not started out as a good person, but he tried his best to break the legacy his family had started, even if it meant death would face him.

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The Promised Neverland Text Posts {Ratri Clan - prev.} (Chapter 16 | Chapter 74 | Chapter 179 | Chapter 97 | Chapter 73)

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The choice. Yuugo/ Lucas x Reader.

You’re in the middle of this deadly playground. Goldy Pond.

You have three seconds to make the most important decision of your life, the hardest.

Because the forest stinks of blood, sweat, tears, damp soil and Leuvis is after all of you. Demons are moving through the trees. Lucas is injured and Yuugo is screaming at you to move.

And you only have two choices.

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1- Stay in Goldy Pond.

Stay with Lucas. Help him hold Leuvis back long enough for Yuugo to escape through the gigant ventilation system that leads above this hunting ground. Stay behind in A08-63 knowing the chances of you never leaving become more real by the second.

You know what these poachers are, you saw what they did to your family, you know this place eats children alive.

Lucas grabs your arm despite the blood soaking through his clothes.

“Go!”

“That’s an order!”

But you stay anyway. You pick up the axe on the ground, you hear Yuugo shouting your name somewhere in the distance.

And Goldy Pond will either become your grave or your prison.

For once second, all you can think is:

“What if I had run with Yuugo?”

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2- Run with Yuugo.

Listen to Lucas and run.

Follow Yuugo through the dense forest of Goldy pond, get to the vents, move through the deadly demon forest once you’re out, through the freezing desert without a single item but the glove Yuugo found when you had to double back to check for survivors.

You leave Lucas behind.

Maybe he will die, maybe he’s already dead and maybe the last thing you will ever hear from him is: “DON’T LOOK BACK!”

Yuugo grabs your wrist hard enough to bruise and drags you forward while wild demons screech. They let out terrifying ear piercing screeches and howls.

But you survive.

And survival means living with all of it.

The guilt, the memories, seeing the empty bunk beds, living with the shell of who Yuugo was. And living with the question that will haunt you for the rest of your life.

“What if I had stayed with Lucas?”

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Please comment your decision and why!

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Omg!! William Minerva ≧﹏≦

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