#plot defining action really just hits me so hard it’s so important to the tangle of characters

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I really really appreciate seeing people explicitly talk about Kabru’s PTSD & survivor’s guilt and name them as such it’s really nice… not that people necessarily need to use specific terms to discuss his character well but it’s genuinely nice to see it recognized that he isn’t just a Funny Hater Guy or an Overbearing Asshole & also that his fucking canonical trauma is absolutely foundational to his motives and character

#idk I think trauma can be sometimes dismissed both in writing and in fandom as like a Story Element if that makes sense? #rather than looking at like. PTSD as a character thing. like. neither Laios nor Kabru r neurotypical. this is more or less canon. #also ik I’ve mentioned this before but rereading 55 and realizing that Kabru is very clearly literally trigger right before taking a HUGE #plot defining action really just hits me so hard it’s so important to the tangle of characters #anyway. thank you Kabru Posters I owe you my life