considering the whole "good person" theme of chapter 2 and drdt as a whole i dont get why i have seen a few instances of ppl saying "i hope they dont make us sympathize with a stalker/i hope he doesnt get redeemed bc itd be weird to force us to sympathize with a stalker" abt arturo
like. omg. grabs you by the shoulders and shakes you. have you seen these characters. stalking is not the worst thing that has been done. there are murderers here. what about nico, who tried to kill ace? why not say that abt them instead? its kinda obvious that its just personal bias bleeding into ur understanding of the character, and im not saying ppl cant dislike arturo but to treat his character unfairly bc of that is kinda ??? imo
and no i actually dont think that should be said abt nico, or abt anyone at all. like thats the point. no one is fully a good person or irredeemably evil. arturo is not just a one-note comic relief character, why would everyone be morally nuanced except for this one guy whos is just a Creepy stalker for no reason with zero positive or sympathetic traits™? it reads to me as "hes bad and im not so i hate him, and since he has done bad things, if hes not fully horrible that will be really weird like why are they saying stalking is okay??" which is not it at all
i just dont get why an author expanding on their own character would be "weird"—whatever that means—, and the idea that them doing so is "forcing us to sympathize with the character" is quite baffling to me. you dont have to like or even sympathize with a character because they have a tragic past, or regret their wrongdoings, or even get redeemed etc. showing a character's vulnerabilities and explaining why they act the way they do, which yes, lots of the times will be because of trauma, is simply necessary to build a good complex and nuanced character. its not the author saying "look! they had a horrible past, please feel bad for them and excuse their wrongdoings!". that hasnt happened in the show, and not even arei, for example, who decided to redeem herself, uses her trauma as an excuse for her actions, so why would that be the author's intention with any of the characters? :>
theres other charas i think ppl are more open to understanding, like arei and ace, and the reason is exactly bc we have seen their vulnerabilities, we have seen them break down and voice their insecurities, and in areis case try to change and better herself... with arturo we havent seen that yet, which is exactly why, imho, think that "i hope they dont show his sympathetic side cuz hes a weirdo and that would be weird" isnt a very good approach yk. we have yet to see his full character. and as i said u wont have to be looking forward to it, or like him at all, or anything but yeah :P idk thats just what i think.
tldr: idgaf if u disike arturo but i think him being so greatly hated makes him less talked abt and understood which makes me sad. if we can understand that arei, ace, david, everyone is morally nuanced, we can put aside our personal biases and understand that arturo is just as complex too, which is not a bad thing or "weird" on the author's part
