#bro could simply have been saying she is his only companion in life

[lnkedmyheart]

On Mori and Elise.

I dont think Mori's line about the only women for him being under 14 was a comment on him being into kids. I think its more linked directly to Elise being his only actual interest. Mori, much like Dazai is fascinated by people and latches onto them. A bit differently than Dazai but he does. Elise's personality was non existent before Yosano and we have no evidence of Mori ever acting like a sexual predator with the latter, all we know is he was extremely psychologically manipulative towards her and that she was fiesty. But we dont really see a lot of Elise between Yosano leaving and Dazai joining. And Dazai was bratty and made demands and threw tantrums in the 15 and sb ln and manga adaptation of 15 much like Elise does. And like, I genuinely feel like Elise takes the shape and personality of whatever Mori needs or desires. In Beast, he was a lonely guy and his relationship with Yosano and Dazai were extremely different from canon and Elise took the form of the grown up woman/nurse. His helper and potentially a romantic partner.

In canon however, I feel like Elise is closer to a daughter because at no point does Mori act like a creepy lover with her and always as a doting dad. Its VERY easy to subtly portray a predatory adult-child dynamic and Mori-Elise is NOT that. Elise's personality is the combination of the 2 children he took care of, Yosano's stubbornness and fiery personality and Dazai's brattiness and tendency to throw childish tantrums. Mori latched onto the dominant traits of the kids he admired (yes he manipulated them but he admires them both) and put them in the ability that manifests into whatever he needs. And that is a little girl he dotes on like a dorky dad.

And no this isnt grooming. Or in any way similar to the twilight thing where she can be anything to him. She isnt a real person, she is a blank slate. Its like the myths where a childless mother builds a child out of clay or a sculptor makes a wife out marble.

#mori #call me a mori apologist #that man has done many wrongs but diddling kids isnt one of them #also isnt the word for wife he uses in the manga also the word for life-partner? #bro could simply have been saying she is his only companion in life #who translated that? darkestjay?