#argent is the most dangerous character in the game but shes also trying her goddamn hardest to keep people safe

[sidesteppostinghours]

ok but. listen.

(for context this comes up when argent injures a romanced!steel step post villain reveal)

i cant stop thinking about this line. it mustve fucked with argent at least a little bit right?? especially with the line "i need you to have control". like. dude. control is arguably the most important thing to her. weve seen how meticulous she is with it even in the most mundane situations

weve seen what happens when she does lose control of herself

and we know that keeping up with everything is already tiring for her

argent is, out of every other character in the game, the one who needs to be kept under control the most, and the one most aware of that fact too. even if she acts volatile, shes constantly expending her focus to keep everybody around her safe. steel does Not need to add on to the stress of what she already knows. and the line after that, "this wasn't an accident. You went in there with the intent of hurting [them]" doesnt make the situation any better.

argents made mistakes. she absolutely has regrets. again, she doesn't need the reminder. actually, "this wasnt an accident" is worse than saying that, because if some of the thing she implies doing were mistakes, then what could she do when shes being deliberate? and "going in there with the intent of hurting [them]",,, Oof. hows the control of the nanovores worst impulses going for you angie?

i just. i think this line was somebody echoing her worst fears back at her. telling her in the bluntest, most brutal terms that everything shes doing isnt enough. that she needs to put in more effort to be considered safe for others to be with. and that must hit hard for sombody so lonely who already tries so hard every day, yk?

#in conclusion: im shaking her like a rag doll #ive been thinking about this for so long send help #argent is the most dangerous character in the game but shes also trying her goddamn hardest to keep people safe #even when she cant find it in herself to act like a hero she can at least try to be good #those nanovores are fucking her Up but theyre also a part of her and she wouldnt be alive without them and maybe thats- #a reflection of the way she views her own regrets. idk. i think argent is funky and fresh and also a tragedy in the making <3 #argent #fhr #pulp speaks