#he's not a sad bean who needs daddy's smooches to fix him

[apoptoses]

Armand: 7. What's something the fandom does when it comes to this character that you like?

I think there's some really intelligent meta and fic out there about how trauma informs Armand's actions that's like, straight facts and not woobification.

Because with a character like him it would be so easy for fandom to turn him into some sad little lost doe, perpetual victim, something infantalized and weepy and saccharine. I've seen it in other fandoms where people will see trauma and just blow off 90% of the character's other traits in favor of transforming them into something entirely unlike themselves.

But the thing that got me to interact in VC fandom in the first place was seeing people who acknowledge the things that happened to Armand and how it makes him a character who exists in shades of grey. Not 100% victim, not 100% villain, but something with humanity in him. His experiences have been discussed with care and he's allowed agency and that's really fucking important for keeping him a well rounded, multifaceted character.