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There is a lot of focus put on Subaru's willingness to sacrifice himself for the people he cares about. What a lot less focus is put on is the fact that he isn't actually that big of an outlier when it comes to having a self-sacrificing attitude. Lots of characters in Re:Zero have people that they are willing to sacrifice anything to protect.

In fact, one of the best examples of this are the people closest to Subaru, the Emilia camp:

Beatrice would die for Subaru.

Rem would die for her sister or for Subaru.

Ram would die for her sister, and thought she likely would never admit it, she would put her life at risk for most, if not all, of the rest of the Emilia camp as well.

Garfiel would die for the Emilia camp, because he's the shield, and shields are meant to stop other people from getting hurt.

Otto would die for the Emilia camp, because they're the first people that aren't his family and beast that are actually close to him.

Emilia would die for Subaru, the Emilia camp, and most people that she knows, due to a combination of her kindness and all of the negative feelings she holds toward herself.

Everyone in the Emilia camp simultaneously cares for their friends so much and has too low of an opinion of themselves, making them all very willing to help each other even if it is at great personal cost to themselves.

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Garfiel Tinsel becomes ten times as funny a character when you realize he's the fantasy world equivalent of a kid who's really into reading classic literature.

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If you ever feel bad about your life.... remember that at least you're not Subaru Natsuki

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What's your thoughts on Garfield

i really really like garfiel!! its been a while since ive read arc 5-6 though so like specific plot details get a little murky in my brain (....also arc 7-8's chaotic plotline sometimes too HAH), but yeah like. garfiel and his family add to like those familial relationship themes in rezero i think, and im Invested in their family drama. and yknow i do like garfiel a lot on his own. dudes like a shounen protagonist in the best way possible i think? like i like that hes introduced as a somewhat unpredictable minor antagonist in arc 4 - i remember being interested when reading arc 4 wn (this was before s2 came out HAH) bc it was like. whys garf acting like this from loop to loop. whats going on with him. AND THEN HIS BACKSTORY REVEAL AND THE TRIAL AND THE REVEAL THAT HES SO YOUNG HAH... its perfect. explains his behavior perfectly. and my fondness for him was cemented in that exact moment.

so like garfiel isnt a rezero character that i obsessively go insane over atm (......thats reserved for subaru emilia reinhard otto heinkel i suppose......) but i really like him a lot. i like how he has like. slight misogynistic moments that he gets called out for LMAO T^TT but hes such a sweetheart with the elderly in sanctuary - hes a mamas boy...... and hes pretty earnest and determined at heart. and he likes to READ... HES A BOOKWORM... hes. such a teenage boy. the teenage boy of all time. that i cannot help but feel fond of him, and hes grown even kinder by arc 8 with all the connections hes made... like i absolutely lovee his arc 8 development. its amazing, and i cant wait to see where he goes from here!!! garfiel's arc 8 chapter with the theatre dream is one of my favorite arc 8 moments of all time!!!! and im terrified of whatll happen thatll cause garfiel's line in emilia's third trial :,))))) but very excited. and also i like the garfiel-heinkel dynamic okay sue me (dont sue me literally im a college student). and i think its really fucking funny that they were both cats in garfiel's theatre dream okay.

also ofc i love the three idiots (subaru otto garfiel) dynamic. absolutely hilarious. and as an older sibling myself to a little brother its very relatable LMAO. but also that moment in gluttony if... where the three of them come to a head bc subarus Like That :(((( man............. but on a lighter note the three idiots ss were very fun reads for me!!! <3

AND OK i want to get more garfiel frederica stuff too. like ofc i want to learn more about frederica and im kind of disappointed that we have to wait so long for that if tappeis word of god stuff on that is true :,) and a tinyyy bit disappointed that frederica didnt get to experience the stuff in arc 5 about her and garfiel's mom and new extended family and stuff :<< but i did enjoy the post-arc 4 wn garfiel frederica bonding :,))) and i did actually consider making a fanfic about garfiel and frederica's mom bc her story is just really, really sad - and if i did do that, id do a lot of research into garfiel, frederica, and their family!! which id love to do i just have limited time bc Real Life HAH so maybe someday!!!

in conclusion i absolutely love garfiel. im on the garfiel defense squad. id die for garfiel. garfiel??? little brother material. absolutely great. spectacular. i love him. i support his endeavors. hes amazing hes soooooooo cool hes - *gets shot*

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patiently waiting for arc 5 of re:zero to get animated purely for this scene where the idiot trio gets reunited bcs it had me in tears for a whole 15 minutes

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its so fucked up the "the moons pretty" convon in ep 4 is erased. Gods the happy moments lost always fuck me up more than the gore and shit. So what if rem gets twisterd. Emilia and Subaru are meant for each other snd every happy moment between them is erased. They keep having lovely moments together as Subaru falls more inlove with her snd she loses the context for why he cares so much about her.

Also what are the chances that betty killed him this ep and he just didnt notice it was a death?

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people who reduce Beatrice and Subarus relationship to haha siblings are so annoying. like they are so much more interesting than that.

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The Potential Connections between Aldebaran and Roswaal.

I'm probably way overthinking this (this was a literal showerthought), but there's a suspiciously high amount of similarities between Roswaal and Al I havent seen anyone talk about:

Both are students of Echidna, who refer to her as Sensei.

Priscilla, who's seen Al's face, calls him a jester.

In a side story, we learn the name of the first Roswaal body. His name? Altair. Which, much like Aldebaran, can be shortened to... Al.

Al seems proficient in several types of magic, much like Roswaal.

Arc 9 seems to be focusing on Al. Chapter 1 not only has a big focus on Roswaal, it also includes this suspicious conversation:

Roswaal: […That would certainly be troooubling~. You seem to be much more loved than I am.] Petra: […When you say that I am loved, by what exactly?] Roswaal: [Something that I’ve resolved myself to resist, yet have never been able to prevail against, a peculiar power of that sort.]

Notably, on the latest chapter, the battle between Al and Reinhardt is described as "a confrontation irreconcilable, between one whom the world loved, and one whom it did not". It's a fair guess that the one most unloved in question is Al. If so, it's posible that power Roswaal was talking about was the world itself.

Roswaal wants to kill Volcanica. Al in these latest chapters has taken control of said dragon, and his blade is named after the dragon

I admit, nothing of this is super-conclusive. I don't even have any concrete theories. I just think these similarities are very interesting.

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return by death has got to be so fucking concerning from the outside perspective. like mr :> is suddenly °_° for like a few seconds and the does the most fake ass :> im good dw dw (engage in recurring bit in attemp to distract you) imaginable.

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How many worlds need to be unmade to separate you from the ones you love?

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Trying out watercolor for the first time 😭

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quick sketches for arc 9 👍

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posted on tumblr due to high demand. diversity loss: regulus corneas supports asexual rights.

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The squad! Pleased with my first Re:Zero coloured drawing. Now back to watching the latest episode to see what's what :D

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