#i think envy might be an overplayed theme in antagonist backstories

[duckiemimi]

one aspect that i really like about geto’s character, particularly during the break up scene, is this seemingly passive (or rather, nonchalant) envy he has for gojo. he frames it like this: he deflects gojo’s frantic reasoning and calls him arrogant, because, “you could do it, satoru.” and before that, he calls his ideal “justice.” but the very core of his side of the dialogue (besides his barely concealed rage for the unfairness of the system) is when he says, “if i could be you, wouldn’t my impossible ideal become possible?” this swift declaration: if he could be him. gojo is the key to everything he wants. there is an active comparison happening here, geto to gojo, the impossible to possible.

all this to say that even despite this carefully hidden envy, geto made no move to use gojo to his advantage. “if i could be you” is wishful thinking, but it never turned to malicious “if i could use you.” more than his hubris, more than his rage, his respect (and in turn, his love) for gojo rings true. (and more than gojo, his loss of will.)