yeah yeah im being contrarian but like. genuinely i think it has potential to be extremely good

im not even mad about it because he's right like that's probably what would happen but the thing is if i joke about it its going to happen that's my luck wrt system stuff

i fuck with it heavy to be clear. one of my favorite songs in uniclr

all that is just me waffling on about a novella most people havent read in a fruitless attempt to prove to an audience of none that i know how to analyze media but i dont know ive just been having some strange feelings lately. yes. thanks

theres that moment where obrien sees him unresponsive and assumes hes in danger but the truth was that he just seemingly didn't know how to emotionally engage with the situation and that stuff hits for me. of course thats just my personal reading and likely unintentional from the writing, but yeah.

he casually maps out social interactions prior to engaging in them so that hes in control. he visibly changes his behaviors depending on the person hes talking w/ to get the best outcome. he lies casually. he is very intelligent and aware of that. he is combatative when his judgment is questioned.

wrt my more personal readings... ive talked about this on tumblr before but the way hes characterized in tc22 felt really interesting to me, he displays very prominent npd traits (NPD HAVER DO NOT MISCONSTRUE MY WORDS) and not just. "hes evil" i mean tc22 exclusive behaviors and social interactions

sheffield doesn't receive the same treatment at all tbf and i respect that, he's not really a character that textually exists beyond serving as an ideological opponent to obrien. i do also have a lot of very subjective feelings about him that may veer into slop territory but trying to be fair ...