#Donnie in his perpetuating the cycle of abuse era :)

[nerves-nebula]

The thing about being kept in a test tube and tortured is that it gives you a main antagonist (the person torturing you) and something to focus on (escaping) and resolves you all the petty issues that come with having free will and being responsible for your actions or choosing what to do with your life.

It is, in some ways, a relief. To no longer have to prove yourself useful or strong. You’ve already been beaten and captured, but you can still FEEL strong and resilient by struggling and resisting in any way you can get away with.

Meanwhile for Donnie, he finally feels like he’s in control. He can toy with someone and neglect them the way he’s always felt people have done to him. He’s finally the manipulator, the Warden, the God, of some pathetic sniveling creature who is at his complete mercy. He can indulge in all the awful things he’s secretly wished he could do to feel powerful and in control, without feeling too guilty about it because after all- Krang was the one who invaded HIS planet and tried to take over. Krang is an attempted slaver and world dominator. Plus, it was abandoned by its own people. Who would ever come looking for it? Who would CARE?

What I’m trying to say is that Krang and Donnie’s relationship had an inherently erotic undertone from the very start because their traumas and neurosis made them intensely and unhealthy compatable in a few key ways such as *a red dot appears on my forehead*