#in such stenuous circumstances

[purgatoryandme]

Actually instead of just being shady in tags and moving on from the TG fandom, I’m gonna petty post about it.  I think the most recent chapter proves that Kaneki, at this time, is too emotionally immature to love Touka. He has repeatedly placed his own desires above hers, has failed to treat her as an equal partner (re: his placement of her in his mindscape during that tournament as someone distant and relegated to praying for him, his dismissal of her throughout the entire manga as a capable fighter, how he constantly makes her wait for him, and how he repeatedly chooses to go off on his own without consulting her, AND how he is now making a series of decisions she has been clearly shown in the manga to disapprove of severely...to his face), and has made loving her proof of his own existence.  Nothing he does is about Touka. It is about himself. It has always been about himself. Touka clearly wants a partnership - she has taken action repeatedly to reach Kaneki with her thoughts, opinions, and abilities. She’s trying to save a suicidal man with selfless love, which is a path that ultimately leads to destruction.  I don’t hate this ship (I’ve written for it before), but the way that it is playing out in the manga is CLEARLY representing the relationship as enabling Kaneki and further hindering Touka’s emotional growth.  ALSO!!!! This doesn’t mean I hate Kaneki. I love the guy and I love Touka to bits. However it is obviously in character for Kaneki to do this, no matter how well-meaning he is, and it’s also totally in character for Touka to respond to it in the way she has (enabling).