#and how tesilid responded to their responses

[microwaving-tesilid-argente]

thinking about vatican trio angst again, specifically round 98 where tesilid speedran saving the world at the cost of innumerable human lives, and once the world was saved the vatican tried to off him in a dozen different ways.

what if the duo were part of that effort.

what if you changed so much over the course of the regression that the people who supported you unconditionally no longer recognise you. what if you've changed so much that they're convinced that it's some kind of body snatcher in your place. how dare this monster wear their friend's face. they never even got to know what happened to him. (it's him; he is their friend and it's still him in this body. the monster is wearing his body. he is the monster.) what if the only people in the world who cherished you are the ones most determined to end you, because it's the best way to honour your memory and it's the only way they know how to love you now that you're gone. (he's here, he's still here. they're honouring the memory of someone who is still alive, but he has also been dead for longer than they know.) killing this man with tesilid's face is the only way they can honour him. he would have wanted this cold-blooded body snatcher dead, if only to prevent more deaths. he isn't here for them to care for anymore, so they can only uphold his values. (hypocrites; they were always the ones who told him to stop putting others above himself.)

#s-class heroine spoilers #vatican trio #😀 you ever think about how unrecognisably different early stage and end stage tesilid is #and wonder how his friends dealt with it #and how tesilid responded to their responses #haha what if the people who are most important to you try to kill you precisely bc they cherished you so much #if irimbi doesnt bother writing them as caring this much for tesilid idc its more fun this way #also the way that immediately after round 98 was the round whr he gave up even harder and j went straight to the abyss #shakes irimbi by the shoulders why did you never tell us abt the duo's role during his regressions 😭😭😭 #when ailette went all 'im glad he has friends now :) he has healing moments' #getting my hopes up for NOTHING i have no crumbs im conjuring them out of thin air