#this might not be completely accurate wrt canon?? ill look into it more when i finish the watchthrough im doing

[bitternanami]

I've noticed that in ur sdr2 posts u tag komaeda/nanami as "the most underrated leg of the ot3" and I'm curious as to what you think abt them bc I never actually considered that?

whoa anon youre hitting like. 2013 era discussion but ill do my best to remember the thought process:

ok the only line of thought im reaching atm is, ‘oh god what was i thinking.. dont touch her..’

OH NO OK I JUST REMEMBERED. anon im not sure if you ever read homestuck but what i see there is kind of, a black/pale flip? like. what you have to understand is they have separate but adjacent views on whether someone whos done wrong can be redeemed. 

you have komaeda, who learns things about his classmates that change his view on them for the worse, and says, ‘well, i guess thats it. the only no ones pure, or good, and that means theres no hope for any of us.’

nanami is made into a part of his plan to do that, is Coerced into being part of it, and actively REJECTS that idea anyway, even when it ensures her safety. No! No, no, no! people can change. our classmates can change (and have already). You can change, she says to him. but he doesnt listen, and hadnt, this whole time.

i think she feels a real loss in having been unable to convince him of that. shes grateful that she can help the ones who Would listen to her, and shes proud that shes able to keep them safe, but she could only do that by rejecting and nullifying the last action of one of her friends. that had to sting a lot. it had to feel like she could have done more.

but at the same time, even in the cases prior to that? she Hates the things he espouses, of peoples worth being determined at birth. if that were the case, wouldnt that make her nothing more than a tool for the Future Foundation’s use? she cant accept that. its completely at odds with her character arc, to accept that.

its significant to her development, that she learns that she hates that concept

in the end i dont see komaeda/nanami as healthy. i see it as, well. he sees her as an uncorruptible ideal, and makes every effort to corrupt her, just to try to bring her to his level, and he Cant. and she wants to help him see that thats not necessary, that shes not on a pedestal--just a person, trying her best, and so is he. she wants to try to bring him up to that level with her, and she Cant either.

its unfortunate. komaeda/nanami is Unfortunate, but when i was in the fandom, and in the throes of nanami kin hell, and also really into komaeda, it was important to me to look at how they interacted.

i dont think the ship is Good. i think its underrated bc theres a lot of stuff to get into that nobody ever really bothered with, because nanami had a lot to her that nobody ever really bothered with.

i hope this makes sense?? god im so sorry its been years