#pacing around this room thinking abt reiju (and sanji)

[demonzoro]

i love thinking abt reiju and sanji in parallel to each other in their fucked up sibling dynamic. i always write the tension between sanji's humanity/monstrosity as intrinsic extremes in HIM that he's capable of simultaneously. but for reiju it's like. the monstrosity is the only intrinsic extreme she has. her understanding of humanity takes the form of her little brother. her understanding of humanity is forever tied up in her understanding of her brother. do you get how fucked up that is. she's incapable of knowing what's morally right unless it's directly related to sanji/communicated to her through sanji's wellbeing in some way. she doesn't free sanji bc it's morally the right thing to do - she frees him because sanji is miserable. can you imagine being capable of having the lightbulb moment of 'This Is Wrong' only in relation to the subject that you're perpetuating a cycle of violence towards. you free him from that and you'll never have a point of reference to what's right ever again. and doing so is the right thing to do. what the FUCK. she was like twelve years old btw

#REIJU. YOU ARE SO. #i think it's a reiju kind of night #pacing around this room thinking abt reiju (and sanji) #it's like you can't analyse her character without sanji #but it wld be most satisfying for her chara to exist without him #for BOTH their charas imo. #like she can never really apologise to him in a way that matters #bc i think she wld still do it all again. she wld look out for herself #and in turn i don't think sanji has any obligation to forgive her #but is the only one in the world who understands why she's do it again #SIBLINGS. #✨ #vinsmoke reiju #sanji