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skrunksthatwunk · 4 days ago

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was thinking about the byronic hero as an archetype i love and remembered for the first time in months that article i found that called kiryu one. it was like getting flashbanged with a cautionary tale

#my own brain telling me to restrain myself lest i start calling all my vaguely tragic loner blorbos byronic heroes #not sure how to explain it all and i mean who cares anyway it's not like there's a checklist but he isn't one to me #he's too vulnerable and earnest? and his compassion and selflessness are too direct and obvious #(like in his interactions w others. BHs are sensitive but they have more walls than kiryu)#he's not (..meant to be seen as) selfish or morally gray in the way BHs are imo #yes he thinks he knows better than the ppl he beats up but in context we're supposed to agree with him #he's saving the day both physically and ideologically. it's not arrogance if the story agrees w him unreservedly #there's a lot of little things too re: his presentation. he's not aristocratic/sophisticated #and i feel like he's not quite so prone to like.. corruption/temptation or even mood swings as a BH #he's a much more steadfast figure than a lot of traditional BHs and he doesn't have the typical motivations of a more modern one #i.e. lust for power or greed or disregard of others in the pursuit of some lofty goal or whatever. people ARE his goal #his whole world revolves around helping and protecting people #and i mean. we can argue about the nuances of that (its origin or deeper purpose or ineffectiveness etc) but again in context i really #think it's not presented with the sorta.. misgivings of a story following a BH. y'know?#there are so many other video game characters alone that fit this archetype better than him too like. c'mon #ive seen mr vergil may cry and shadow the hoghedge labelled BHs and i can vouch for the former at least #i haven't seen this said before but game 1 edgeworth fits into this pretty well too #anyway. getting very finicky about it #all im saying is i don't think a single BH would earnestly explain how meaningful racing toy cars with children is to their homoerotic rival #despite an initial belief that said rival would ruin the magic by intruding on this hobby #like maybe. MAYBE. if you do exactly None of the side content for any of the games and ignore the orphanage parts of y3 completely #you can ALMOST view kiryu as a byronic hero. maybe. but he is constantly bonding with people via his open compassion #he just is not a BH. thank you

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