#(i'm thinking about sanemi and shinobu who im pretty sure wouldve resorted to murder if it was humans that killed their fam and not demons.)
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ah, i started rambling in the tags and then hit the limit 😅🙏 but yeah just wanted to reiterate despite the things i'm questioning in the tags that i do like your take that it's tragic because it's not enough in spite of it all. it certainly lends an extra layer of sadness to the demon stories we as readers connect with the most.
something something akaza and douma are such a haunting set of characters because douma feels nothing and he's so detached from not only his own but humanity in general due to his upbringing and the way he embraces his monstrosity but feels nothing in the process makes for a very dark take on the deeply unsettling nature of faking joy and gleefulness in the face of cruelty and violence instead of even making an effort to fake a more appropriate emotion like grief or disgust vs akaza who is so emotional and so incapable of not wearing his heart on his sleeve and chases the humanity he lost but craves because even though he can't remember what it is there's a strong feeling tying him to his mortal existence and the way he tries to capture that humanity by regulating his monstrosity with a pointless moral code and him searching for humans that are on par with him in terms of strength in order to subconsciously prove to himself that it's not a waste of time to hold onto humanity and that there's purpose to be found in it even if his monstrosity tells him otherwise to then regain a smidge of his humanity in the end only by succumbing to weakness makes for an equally dark take on the tragedy of doing everything right but ultimately losing to the circumstances that pushed and pushed and pushed you until you were too far gone to find any other way out than death.
something something douma faking grief about akaza's passing for a moment before coming to the conclusion that upholding this facade of humanity is not worth it makes my heart clench.
#kny#oh yeah fair that is sad :(#i suppose it's just frustrating tho 'cuz tanjiro DID win where it counts for him the most.#he turned nezuko back into a human and survived at the end. it's just everything else he learned and taught ppl came to nothing.#furthermore mamy times the demons with really sad backstories suffered bc HUMANS were monsters to them#and then they became monstrous in retaliation. and yet when demon slayers are monstrous they get a pass??#(i'm thinking about sanemi and shinobu who im pretty sure wouldve resorted to murder if it was humans that killed their fam and not demons.)#(then again that's conjecture and not supported by canon so i suppose that's an opinion. which brings me back to:#there seemed to be a thesis and then it just didn't cross the finish line.)#i do like the take thag tanjiro is kinder than even the narrative but then it's like. the kamados were also special to begin with.#nezuko could break the curse right away and gain energy without eating people.#sun breathing is in their family line.#so then it's like. can you only be kind if you're in a place to do so?#is privilege what set him apart from everyone else and allowed him to pull his sister through being a demon?#it's just like. the stories we're told are so morally grey but the outcomes are all so black and white.#it's like we're being told: there IS a line. Watch Out.#hmm although jumping on your last paragraph i guess it could be more about how you choose to conduct yourself#especially of you find yourself in a place of privilege.#but if i think anout that then it brings me back to shinobu and sanemi lol like they could be so cruel?#esp sanemi to genya who isnt even a demon. but he gets reborn.#(i love sanemi i'm just trying to puzzle it out.)#sorry i'm giving myself a headache puzzling this out esp cuz i do think the author had a point. i actually dont think it's sloppy writing.#i feel like it IS saying something. maybe that there's always a point where it's too late.#even if you're coming from a place that means well. even if you're too young to know better.#there are still actions you take and once they're taken you can't reverse them.#supported by tanjiro always choosing kindness first and only reacting once someone else is aggressive.#and never being cruel when he wins a fight.#but if it's that then i guess i'm just frustrated as a person who enjoyed the good place lol.#'cuz i like the idea that you can always be better than you were yesterday and demon slayer is kind of saying 'you need to be better NOW'#which is not a bad thing but it's like there's a lose condition to your actions which is stressful.
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