#this makes so little sense when we're historically TERRIBLE at engaging with characters outside the ones we really really like

[tavertianmindscape]

We still can't believe a fighting game has us finally doing serious media/literary/character analysis through fics and essays and shit. We know Tekken is more story-driven than most fighting games, but it's still wild to think that we're actually writing a character introspection fic for Jin Kazama.

We don't even like Jin. Sure, he's not UN-likable necessarily, but the fact remains that he's honestly pretty bland even with his martyr complex.

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We blame Tekken 8. Not only is it how we fully got into this franchise, but it actually made Devil Jin kinda cool. Or at least interesting.

We won't go into detail, but we will say that realizing Devil Jin is probably everything Jin wants to be (cool, powerful, unfettered by his teen/young adult angst) and more is part of what promped this inner turmoil.

As if we weren't busy with a whole bunch of other Tekken-related fics/essays. >_>