#when i say infantilize Im takiibg about people who treat him like a child

[sleepdeprivedandoverthinking]

Idk if it's been discussed before, but some of the banana fish fandom infantilizes Ash, and it's a bit weird to me as someone who's faced assault and harassment sexually before.

Ash is 17-18 in the series, yes. And trauma CAN make a person act immature or younger than they are, and make them incredibly vulnerable.

But Ash is not stupid. Ash is not a baby. He's not harmless and clueless. He's an incredibly traumatized teenage boy who's more than what's happened to him.

Someone in the reposts really hit it spot on. There's a difference between letting him experience things and emotions he missed out on as a kid and straight up infantilizing him.