#Gon cannot survive without Killua and refuses to learn to survive without Killua even when he casts him aside.

[daisyachain]

[throws dart at wheel] Gon losing his arm is a representation of [follow-up throw] his severing of his relationship with Killua [nails top of board] instead of his following in Kite’s path. The significance of Killua healing Gon’s arm and then leaving [puts hand over eyes] is that Gon’s journey in the Chimera Ant arc is of fully abandoning Killua without realizing that Killua is his own left hand (or right hand if we go by the loss), and failing to win without Killua to bail him out. Killua getting Nanika to heal him means that Gon’s arm healing is Killua restoring himself to Gon’s side, and then Killua’s departure is him telling Gon to start operating as a whole and complete being without him.

#kelsey liveblogs hxh #simple feeble me of 2 months ago: chimera ant arc is killua’s story of emancipation isn’t it? #much wiser sage of today: killua’s relationship to Gon isn’t ever the healthiest but he’s also got it under control #he’s already decided to leave Gon. he’s making new friends. he’s putting aside his jealousy re: palm. he’s growing and thinking. #he’s having a baaaaad time yet he makes his decisions clear-eyed and clear-headed. resolved to be independent. #Gon on the other hand. the arc is bookended by Killua saving his life in exactly the same way. #Gon cannot survive without Killua and refuses to learn to survive without Killua even when he casts him aside. #Palm is right. Gon DOES need Killua the most to bail his stupid existence out of trouble. otherwise he dies. #chimera ant arc. rather. is the story of Gon learning he’s become unhealthily close to Killua and that he had to wean himself off