#Had he stayed anywhere near the mental health field I would've loathed him. But he actually did the right thing and left it.
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Maruki’s wiki really does remind me how tragic this all was.
“He is a torn and grieving man who was the only person in his own ideal reality who wasn’t happy himself.”
#obligatory 'I'm not excusing the shit he did but I'm sympathetic.'#That kind of trope always gets to me I'm a weenie.#I think I'm able to let go of the things that happened because he left the field entirely.#Had he stayed anywhere near the mental health field I would've loathed him. But he actually did the right thing and left it.#I know people love to demonize him post-canon and keep him awful but I think he also healed and got better#or else what's the point?#And I'd like to think that even though Atlus didn't give us an on-screen apology (we didn't get one from Goro either)#that he'd give one. Truly admit to the harm he'd done and sincerely apologize.#No one would have to forgive him of course and he's the kind of person who would accept that.#But I feel like it's also in his character to try and make things right.#I DUNNO MAN he's a complex character like actually a complex one not like the narrative tries to convince us#with characters like Madarame or Kunikazu like those two were just bad people who did good sometimes maybe i guess#but imo maruki was a good person who lost sight of himself and that goodness and did bad in pursuit of a bad goal that he thought was good#i have a really hard time judging characters TOO harshly when it's clear they're unwell and have particular circumstances#like maruki's persona didn't even let him consent to their pact and also never let him doubt anything and physically gave him headaches#then he got god powers dropped on him like i dunno I DUNNO#yes i'm a goroboy yes i love akira and yes i enjoy maruki's character still. we exist.#jest ramblings#sorry i like wanna Talk about this dumbass but i'm also insecure about it cause i know a lot of people justifiably hate him#and I want to respect that and not subject anyone to it#or give the impression that i think what he did was okay 'cause i agree it wasn't.
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