#these two characters didn't exist in a vacuum. and also the way their surroundings affected Laios is very different from Falin! | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

rascheln · 9 months ago

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tbh I find posts that describe Laois' influence on Falin's life as a 'burden' or something she was forced into pretty patronizing of Falin and ignorant of her own motivations and growth as a character. And it also comes across as blaming Laios for the way she grew up, when I don't think either of them had that much agency in their lives and it also suggests an intentionality that we can be pretty sure was not there.

#dungeon meshi #maybe that's just the posts I've seen but like... as much as you can analyze what specific things influenced her life the language used #to talk about Laois' influence is often loaded with this assumed intentionality or like ppl are putting the blame on him #in a way that I find really doesn't reflect on how the circumstances around them were affecting both of them.#these two characters didn't exist in a vacuum. and also the way their surroundings affected Laios is very different from Falin!#to the point that if you want to talk about how HE affected HER you kinda can't ignore where his character comes from.#not to mention that a lot of these posts seem to willfully ignore that while yes she acknowledged herself that she was heavily influenced by #others around her... it's also really important to not ignore that she very much DID make a lot of important choices out of free will #feelings of obligation of course also affected those choices but like. she wasn't forced. even when she was limited in her options #she still had agency and choices and she very much always had a mind of her own even if she was gentler about it!!#stop fucking acting like Falin was some passive poor girl lol

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