Oh, same anon who began their previous ask with “idk when I became a Ramb fan” to add onto this. Like Tenna gets his happy ending, we got no clue what happened to Ramb. I love the little thing so much, it manifests in my head as “I wish to keep you suffering because I want you to stay relevant, maybe someone will shed a tear” it’s weird for sure, othertimes I find myself leaning, “I like the idea of you suffering because it’s so very pretty. I could literally rip you on the insides to see your wirings, and plastic gaps, and metal pieces that keep you alive. And I’d still find the way you’re nothing but a husk now loveable. And i’d find a way to piece you back together by googling it just so there be more of you. Even if you have to be awake during the entirety of it” Pretty extreme compared to others saying they wanna eat Ramb or something, but it manifests a bit more morbidly in my case. I swear I am not a serial murderer irl. This is literally the best way I can word why I like Ramb that much to be a fan.
Just to clarify, I was ecstatic when I got this ask, this is extremely positive SGJDHDJDHK
I truly cannot judge you for any of this even if I wanted to, seeing as how half of my stories with Ramb are literally just him in agony with no comfort, both physical and emotional pain, usually at the same time-
You can psychoanalyze why we enjoy putting characters we love and relate to through extreme pain, but I honestly just think it's fun that we do this, even if sometimes the only reason is being edgy
Something about a character like Ramb in a situation like you described too... He won't. fight back. He'd let it happen. He doesn't care about himself enough to stop his own pain, canonically. He was turning to stone on the inside for god knows how long and did. nothing about it
He'd probably let you do whatever you want, not reacting to any of it. Unless you happen to tell him how beautiful you find him inside and out, only then he'd react again.
That being said. The other half of my stories featuring ramb?
They're about him making friends, getting the help he needs, going out, hanging out, making amends with people he has strained relationships with, letting go of his old flawed and hurtful belief systems, getting gifts, getting hugged, getting kissed, having little snacks, having a wee nibble, getting appreciated by his peers, getting talked about when he's not around in a positive light, being thought of fondly, getting protected by his loved ones from physical threats and also from his own self destructive instincts, getting supported when he breaks down, slowly and gently healing from his years of isolation and loneliness, laughing and smiling genuinely for the first time in forever, getting to get better, getting to feel better, being loved, and feeling loved. As he is, as what he is, as WHO he is.
Cus as much as I love a good tragedy, I can't take much of it before I completely die forever. I want him happy, but I also want to see him bleed
Almost forgot to talk about the tenna bit here, yeah isn't that messed up? Ramb and tenna are nearly identical characters in many ways- they're both growing obsolete or already completely are, they both believe their self proclaimed purpose is above themselves as people, and they both need to be told that they matter as who they are regardless of them being not real
But only tenna gets to hear that and start believing it. What does ramb get? To either die alone, hearing the tail end of a conversation someone else had with the one person who ever showed him love, about how much of a tool he was and how no one will care that he's gone now, said person not even noticing he wasn't fully stone, OR he was given confirmation in his own head that his purpose as a toy is meaningful, so he was willing to give his life away completely for a chance to make the one person who ever showed him love happy, dying alone once again without as much as a glance his way from anyone, before something whisks him away. the only one mentioning his disappearance doing so simply because it scared them. How is this fair
