#so it feels like. the game is kind of. approaching majimas coping mechanisms uncritically...? | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

majimaisms · 2 days ago

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i think my biggest problem with the pirate game is majima's absolutely unhinged emotional sheltering being presented as like. a good and healthy and normal thing. which. like. i SUPPOSE the only acceptable situation to do that in is with a child youre responsible for. but its still not acknowledged at all that its unhealthy..? but then again this is how kiryu saga has been for years too. youre just supposed to look at it and know better. they dont really spell it out. at least they didnt until infinite wealth

#its just like. these guys are making the best of a really bad situation #the really bad situation is. themselves #it was i think more obvious with kiryu because his life was ruined over it #and so was majimas but we didnt See majimas life in those games #so it feels like. the game is kind of. approaching majimas coping mechanisms uncritically...?#sure theres lessons to be learned from that but its like. not something to try and emulate #there IS stuff that is genuinely like. good. and healthy. and that i appreciate the writers for presenting in the way they did #especially the stuff with how. you can and WILL make mistakes. you will fuck up beyond your wildest dreams #and sometimes the consequences will be irreversible. but its never too late to start doing the right thing #majima does have a really good grasp of this. he always has its one of his biggest strengths #but his codependent relationship with kiryu IS like. actively ruining his life and his relationship with saejima #and he just does it all over again with noah. except its kinda warranted this time because it is an actual kid #but are we supposed to look at it and go aww. thats so nice of him #like. majima. you are not normal #tbf the stuff with saejima does make me think they are aware of this and want us to be aware of this. its just not the tone they wanted to #take with this game #i guess i wouldve preferred an infinite wealth style deconstruction of majima and his coping mechanisms #but its also SO majima to do. All Of This instead of. actually facing his problems #like hes stillllll running #thats the point #and saejima knows this. hes made peace with it #yapping #majima gaiden

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