#character: gambino

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I don’t know if you have talked about this before but…

How do you think Guts’ daddy issues affected his relationship with Griffith?

It sounds weird but that’s what it is

I actually have talked about it before in a way here, but idk if it's in a way that actually answers your question.

So imo I think that Guts', I'm gonna say childhood trauma here but yk, potato potahto lol, definitely affected their relationship in a lot of ways. Like, Guts' whole character, particularly throughout the Golden Age, is such a thorough and consistent and just good continuation from his childhood that pretty much everything he does can be traced back to his years with Gambino. But to focus on his relationship with Griffith:

When they first meet Guts' swing first, ask questions later attitude stems from childhood - from Gambino's merciless training sessions, to telling Guts to "work hard" in contrast to the other mercenaries telling him to protect himself, to Gambino and the mercenary band turning on him, and especially to his helplessness when he was raped and his refusal to ever be put in that situation again.

He projects his rape trauma all over his first duel with Griffith.

His confusion when Griffith risks his life for him, the way he assumes he's just another soldier, and the way he sees his worth to Griffith solely in helping him achieve his goals, is a byproduct of Gambino only valuing him for the money he can bring in.

Which of course is also why it only takes one overheard speech for Guts' world to come crashing down and for him to be convinced despite all other evidence that Griffith looks down on him, because Gambino always looked down on him and that's exactly what he expects from those he loves and admires.

And why he assumes leaving the Hawks won't have any real consequences - again, he sees his worth solely in terms of what he can do with his sword, and he sees himself as unnecessary now that the fighting's over and the war's won.

Obviously there's the very explicit parallel explaining why he wants Griffith to "look at" him:

And I'm sure being called "cursed" all the time also contributes to his choice to leave on his own, considering he overheard Griff's speech in a fit of self-loathing after accidentally killing a kid.

There's this parallel:

Yk, Guts pedestalizes both of them, and is forced to confront his preconceived notions about them, twice - when both are vulnerable, and when both betray him.

And, of course, ultimately it's why it takes too damn long for Guts to finally accept that Griffith loves him - the last mercenary leader he loved only valued him as an asset, betrayed him, tried to kill him, and told him he should've died as an infant.

And then post-Eclipse I think - at least according to the Black Swordsman arc, before Casca was a gleam in Miura's eye - Guts' rage is partly fueled by connecting Griffith's betrayal to Gambino selling him to Donovan and trying to kill him. The parallels are very strong in the BS arc - ghosts saying he belongs to them; the concept of the sacrifice in general as functionally selling someone for something; escaping a group that wants him dead, lying down in the grass, and then getting up to kill some more things instead of letting himself die; and being called cursed/told he should've died vs the brand cursing him and ghosts/Femto telling him he should've died.

So yeah, I think that about covers it. Thanks for the ask!

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[sanjiswetcigarettes0]

Kidd looks / is like a fucking mix of bakugo katsuki and kirishima eijirou from mha and that pisses me off because I love them so fucking much. CUZ LOOK AT THEM.

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I like how Guts projects Gambino and his issues with him onto Griffith. The desire to be seen, to be loved and acknowledged simply for who he is instead of what he can give. I’d even say that there was a bit of unconscious resentment from Guts after Griffith’s speech about dreams and friendships. Greatly correlates with psychology of choosing a partner when a person seeks or avoids traits of their parental figures in a potential partner.

Yeah, I think Miura did a fantastic job of showing how Guts' childhood and his relationship with Gambino affects his preconceptions in the Golden Age. Like just to briefly illustrate your point about Guts' resentment:

The chip on his shoulder about people he loves looking down on him thanks to Gambino, as well as the certainty that Griffith looks down on him despite everything Casca tells him and despite Tombstone of Flame and Griffith risking his life for Guts etc, just because it's what he's learned to expect when he admires someone.

Guts is so well written in the first two arcs especially, it's so clear and so interesting how his childhood affected him, the parallels are just fantastic.

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[tariah23]

Every shounen/seinen manga always tries to top themselves by creating the worst parent/ guardian figures ever I swear to god lmfao.

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drew boogie to go with that drawing of adam i made

also i drew them to scale and it didnt sink in how much a foot and a half height difference is until i put them side by side

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