I’ve touched on it before but, one of the things Avatar does really well is subvert tropes to give charactere agency. While the Gaang tries to go by the book by getting people to rebel, and rise up, they always fail, with it being the job of the characters that they are trying to inspire to rise up, rebel, and fight, and to do so for their own reasons.
It would have been so easy to just have people like Yue, the guys from “Imprisoned,” Toph in “The Blind Bandit,” and Mai in “The Boiling Rock” and “The Beach” listen to Sokka, Zuko, Katara, or Aang, but they don’t. They’re all allowed to make their own decisions, on their own time, for their own reasons.
But it doesn’t stop there.
Katara doesn’t just forgive Zuko because he wants her to. She’s allowed to take her time.
The people in “Zuko Alone’ don’t just forgive Zuko because he did a good thing. No, they’re still very much prejudiced. This consequently ties in well with Zuko’s arc since he doesn’t get to be viewed as some kind of Fireman Savior–an image of the Fire Nation created by Fire Nation imperialists like Sozin.
This is in contrast to the people from “The Painted Lady.” While the villagers reject the Gaang at first because of who they are, they eventually warm up to them. But again, it’s not automatic. They change their minds gradually, and they’re allowed to do it on their own.
okokokokokok so I was just discussing with @thedarkestcrow AND WE JUST REALIZED
GUYS FOR REAL DOESN’T THIS REMIND YOU OF SOMETHING?!
I AM SCREAMINGGGGGGGG
Seeing as this post has led to a lil’ debate in the comment section, let me precise something: at this moment we don’t know if there is anything like a contract between Brown and Victoria.
It’s possible there is but my post was just pointing out that what Seb tried to sell to Ciel is something that Brown can do too (implying that he might be a demon) and anyway, no matter if there is a contract or not, Victoria doesn’t constantly think that Albert is alive…
it’s just that, when she gets sad, Brown uses the puppet to instantly comfort her and that’s when her discourse changes:
So maybe think of it as Brown “making her think that Albert is alive” when she’s in need of it (i.e when sadness overwhelms her).
Hi Anon, aww so sorry for the delay, but since the new chapter was near when you sent your ask, I wanted to see what would come up first, just in case. :3 So:
Clowns
As showed with the newest chapter, they’re supposed to be stalling for time, even if we don’t know why exactly for now.
I personally don’t worry about them, because Nico, Itori and Uta at least were foreshadowed (in my opinion) to watch the series coming to an end and share one last laugh about it, thanks to ch128…
…without mentioning the fact that these 3 aren’t exactly true villains or antagonists amongst the Clowns’ gang (compared to Roma, Donato and Furuta) because they almost always made up for a nasty joke of theirs with an advice or favor, at least when it comes to Kaneki himself.
In other words, they should be fine compared to Donato or Furuta who might end up following Roma’s example before the end of the series, since the three of them definitely were strongly depicted as villains/antagonists.
Besides, Nico, Itori and Uta were shown to have an agenda that isn’t solely about the Clowns or Furuta’s plan (the friendship with Yomo for Itori and Uta, Itori saying that Nico only cared about finding a boyfriend and Nico helping Kaneki’s side with the great wheel act…), which is yet another argument about them enjoying this “play” but not actively supporting one side in particular.
I’d love to expand, but I’m unstoppable on the subject + you asked about other characters so I’ll just end it there. xD
Takizawa
Gosh, another topic and character I love to ramble about, so to make this simple there again, let’s just say that Donato’s return is vouching for a confrontation between him and Amon and this is what, I hope, will lead to Takizawa’s return.
The initial issue is that Amon, as the OEG he is now, is unable to face Donato and immediately win an upcoming confrontation, because he’s held back by too many aspects of his past he never learnt to address correctly. So the only way for him to win against Donato who’s a strong ghoul would be to accept the OEG that he was forced to become and fight using his whole strength instead of trying to remain as human as possible.
However, the second issue is that he’s unfortunately currently unable to do that, because he doesn’t hold ghouls in the same regard as humans and that’s why he’ll probably need to be saved by Seidou, because Seidou…
…is the one who accepted his fate as a powerful OEG.
Of course, the whole point is not to have Seidou win against Donato for Amon’s sake, because it’s something Amon needs to do by himself, but saving Amon is also important for Seidou’s own development, as Amon and Akira are the two people who matter the most to him and he believes…
The whole narrative where Seidou is concerned always was “being able to become a hero”. It’s something he expressed many times (namely through the wish to be seen and valorized by Akira)…
before recently giving up on it:
…which is precisely why it might finally happen.
To quote @hamliet who definitely has a better way with words than me: “Akira and Amon have not been heroes–they’ve needed rescuing from Takizawa, who saved both of them, because he is the hero in their story, as he always wanted to be. He just hasn’t realized it yet”. [x]
I better stop there once more, because I could ramble for 5 hours since Seidou is one of my absolute favorite characters and I will definitely scream when he shows up again (btw, I kept on mentioning Amon, but Takizawa will probably have the same role towards Akira’s own need of acknowledgement towards her dead parents’ actions).
Kurona (and Shinohara)
Tricky girl, but her dynamics with Amon and mainly Juuzou aren’t completely written out and finished in my opinion, so I’m expecting more of her in one way of another, even if I don’t exactly know how yet.
Generally, I think that if Juuzou really was foreshadowed to become a ghoul before the end, then maybe she’s going to be the one who helps him adjust to his new life, since she went through the same thing a few years ago.
And actually, same when it comes to mourning someone you love: Kurona had a hard time learning how to do without her twin sister who was a very important person to her and Juuzou…
is not there yet when it comes to Shinohara. ://
So I’d say that what’s left of Kurona’s development is linked to Juuzou, just like what’s left of Juuzou’s is also linked to Shinohara.
Hanbee basically confirmed that Shinohara was dead in ch128 and, even if I know some people are expecting him to come back as a zombie or something else, I honestly think the whole point of Shinohara in :Re is to lead Juuzou to the realization that…
…
he’ll have to let go eventually (I literally cried as I wrote this, I mean I love the narrative between Juuzou and Shinohara so much and it’s one reason ch143 of TG was so harsh on me). ;_;
I’m not entirely sure for this part, so take with a grain of salt, okay?
V (Kaiko)
Finally, about them…
We still don’t know what they’re about and what they’re up to, if Furuta is just using them to discard or destroy them later or if they’re really allies, but I’d still call them the big bad regardless of how they’re supposedly currently following Furuta’s every order, because that’s what they were foreshadowed to be.
More is coming, hopefully, so mostly I’d love new hints to refresh all the theories about them. :3
Whew, there you go! Thank you so much for the nice words and for reading ❤
I’m sorry that I ended up rambling and that it got long but I hope it answers your question! Have a nice day Anon and sorry again for the delay :33
Hello Anon! Soooo recap time but Bravat is most likely a normal human…
who was told in advance (by the mastermind behind the blue sect, whoever they are) about both our!Ciel and Sebastian.
That’s how…
he knew about both the contract and Sebastian’s true nature. He wasn’t a true deviner at all, so all that he said to Ciel, Liz and Seb were things he was very probably told to say when he would meet them.
Hi Anon! Well, I hope this doesn’t come as a shock to you or anything but Seb is a demon so I’d say that it’s a rather “natural” behavior where he is concerned. :))
To quote Sensei, he’s elite trash, nasty and loves seeing Ciel suffer and struggle, amongst other things, so it’s not so surprising to see him acting like so:
Sorry that I can’t expand more than that, but this is literally the basis of Seb’s character as a real demon. That’s just who he is, so it’s not something I have an opinion on when it’s always been so clearly defined to be the case in the first place. :33
I hope this doesn’t sound lame, but really there is no need for complex explanation about the basis of Seb’s character: he’s a true demon and his nature is evil so he totally likes his sordid games with humans!
Have a nice day Anon, I hope this is understandable. :))
Hello Anon! Ahh in my opinion, it’s just simpler than that.
There are two kinds of beherits, the ‘normal’ type (that Guts is carrying and that Puck calls his) and the crimson type (that Griffith had) and that is for the five evil angels of the God Hand. However a beherit is also defined as such:
and in my opinion, that’s why the Skull Knight can’t use the one that Guts is carrying, because it has yet to be used and lead its true owner in front of the God Hand.
You heard what Flora (and even Gedfryn) said, if a beherit doesn’t belong to the one who’s carrying it then it’s bound to leave its carrier at some point, which is probably why the Skull Knight never bothered with Guts’.
All the beherits that the Skull Knight took were from Apostles specifically as you pointed out, but it’s also true that Apostles already used their beherit and sacrificed their most precious love. So in my opinion, that’s because the beherits that the Skull Knight is using already served their purpose that he can turn them into his special weapon (because they’re still fetishes opening a road to the abyss).
TL;DR it’s not that the beherits are “different” per se, but rather they already served their purpose with their respective Apostle, which is not the case of the one Guts is carrying, not yet at least. Hence why the Skull Knight didn’t try to take it.
I hope it makes sense, please have a nice day Anon!
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