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theshinysnivy1 · 15 days ago

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Professor Layton when you start the series: what a nice puzzle man. Lovely puzzle gentleman. Does the silly point thing and solves the mystery. Funny guy :)

Professor Layton at the end of the series: is there any aspect of this man’s personality that he didn’t construct out of grief, carrying on the legacy of those he loved even at the expense of his own identity? Even his name is a fragment of someone loved and lost. He’s a walking coping mechanism. What the hell.

#professor layton #he’s so psychologically fucked up #more detailed spoilers ahead #his original name was Theodore #but he was given the name Hershel by his brother who then disappeared #and this was so early in his life he doesn’t even remember #then his friend Randall ‘‘died’’#and Hershel wasn’t all that into puzzles and archaeology #but Randall was #and Hershel felt like Randall’s death was his fault #so he like #fricking adopted Randall’s personality #so that it could be carried on #and I mean he came to genuinely love those things #but he intentionally massively altered his behavior out of survival’s guilt #he did more than just carry on a legacy it’s like he BECAME Randall #and then of course Claire #who liked that he was a cute nice little gentleman #so now he has to be a gentleman FOREVER #if Hershel were ever able to free himself from his guilt #learn to live for himself #I wonder who he would become #what parts would stay #and what parts would go

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