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disruptivevoib · 7 months ago

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Something I think thats key to Heart or to my interpretation of Heart is that, though he is manipulative, he genuinely does not believe he is nor does he mean to be or do it with any malicious intent. This does not make him less manipulative nor less self-victimizing! But I think it does better display how emotions work. Which is that they are instinctual responses and often deeply connected to defense mechanisms. So Heart is defensive and reactive but he isn't dumb- but he also isn't malicious. i think he can manipulate on purpose 100% but a lot of him is genuine reaction that winds up manipulative even though he believes its for the best or simply cannot help himself.

Its something about being the chaos without the balance. Mind is there to keep Heart as in check as Heart is to keep Mind in check.

Dunno if this makes sense? I just feel like people say "Heart is manipulative" a lot and don't put more nuance into it than that. Not to say he is villainized, but I feel there's a lack of acknowledgement that emotions may not intend to be that way, but can be and rely on consciousness or common sense to be recognized and realized as such.

#voidthoughts #dont know how much sense that makes ig?#It just to me adds a lot to the nuance of heart as a character and a representation of the complexities of human emotion #cause emotions are informed by our history and all that. Alongside our processing in the moment n shit like that. But they dont act on logi #they do not act on reason either. They can be mean and reactionary and confusing. Ykno? why are you mad if you understand something was #unintentional? who knows! but neither is wrong #just a matter of how you handle it. if you accept you can be upset but also that you shouldn't let yourself lash out kinda thing #blah blah blah #just htinkin abt it

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