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perenlop · 2 years ago

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tbh in my kirbyverse i might just nix hyness having genuinely been a great parental figure or family member to the mage sisters entirely and lean more into “the sisters thought he was their friend but really he just made them dependent and devoted to him” like the way actual cults lure their members in. like a twisted form of love that goes against the jamba hearts entirely.

and its not just for that parallel between hyness’s controlled environment and kirby’s community of friends and former enemies he’s helped along the way, but also because it’d differentiate them from taranza/sectonia and haltmann/susie a bit more bc it wouldnt quite be another “i’m mourning my loved one who got corrupted and want them back” story, but “the person we loved never truly existed and we’ve been fighting for a man who never loved us and only viewed us as a means to an end”

#and this isnt to say that like ''oh hyness is born evil he has no tragic background or progression to who he became'' or anything #i think that at one point in his life hyness did care about his followers and was a charming person who helped others #but like. hes a cult leader. that twisted into him being manipulative and cruel to his followers once they were too deep in to get out #especially the sisters who i imagine were far too deep in #and it takes hyness dying or something for them to really start to heal and process their trauma #even magolor who in my verse was raised by and grew to despise hyness. really only managed to get out bc he was literally exiled #and i imagine that loneliness got to him especially when he spent years on halcandra alone #with less than ideal living conditions #idk. to me hyness is a character that lives on spite first and care second #so on some level he probably DOES care about the sisters. but he's abusive and controlling to them. hes not safe for them #his devotion to void and hatred for the ancients will always come first.#his anger at being cast out eventually formed into him desiring a sense of control over every single aspect of his life #i feel like. god if i lean into this im gonna get comments like ''ermmm why do you hate hyness why do you hate complex characters''#and like. well yeah i do hate him actually if only bc i hate how hes handled in canon. but like im sorry i hate his ending lol #echoed voice

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