#The way I see Madara is his whole deal is just frequent overlapping of his distrust/paranoia and self-centredness and attachment to power

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Chapter 624

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#Madara willingly turns his back to Hashirama as he says this and to me this means two main things:#1) obviously it visually marks Hashirama as someone in particular that makes Madara vulnerable#2) it marks a wall of distrust that's being built between them; wall that Madara puts up there himself (in willingly turning his back to hi#instead of being caught by surprise like usual) because Izuna's safety is more important and also -- significantly -- something he thinks i#more achievable than pretending he can dream his way into peace with Hashirama. Noticeably while his back is turned on Hashirama he's facin#Izuna (and ''his side'' of the war) directly.#Again it's about what's in front of him and what he can see and what he can control vs what he can't#It's also about his baby brother whom he loves very much#because obviously in the same way that for Hashirama it's about Tobirama for Madara it's about Izuna#The way I see Madara is his whole deal is just frequent overlapping of his distrust/paranoia and self-centredness and attachment to power#and his love for Izuna and sense of duty to his clan in like and his honest desire for peace and but mostly safety. in everything he does.#The fact that he falls is bc Izuna and his clan were no longer factors and the last part became warped by the first 3.#I like Madara a lot if y'all couldn't tell lmfao via @everymadara

Chapter 624