Everyone calls Mei Mei a groomer, a pedophile, money obsessed and corrupt... Yet,
Gege wrote her as one of the most empathetic and reasonable adults in JJK
🟣 Character breakdown 🟣
https://t.co/MEa1sIxJX1
@psychewritesbs I do wonder what we'll get when we lock up dozens of emotionally drained middle agers for 12-16 hours a day for 60+ hours a week
Surely nothing inappropriate will happen right?
@psychewritesbs What if we blended a soup out of the lack of critical thinking, media literacy, performative morality, projections and insecurities, misogyny, herd mentalities, moral posturing, judgement, immaturity AND attention seeking!
I wonder what we'll end up with...
@psychewritesbs I remember diving deeper into the context and how this scene is thematically an opportunity for Ui Ui to prove his trust by accepting her whole and cherishing the more questionable qualities of her after she's already proven to be a safe haven for him in that domain
in a world like jjk's where the sense of self and complete disregard for others is what is valued, siblings are some of the few allowed to express emotional closeness, often in an exaggerated manner
@psychewritesbs You said it twice and I still don't get it 😵💫
Not giving the courtesy that I give... (I support not receiving it and so you be the bigger one who hands it?)
@psychewritesbs Like
It's why when someone who has no contact with the communities normally wouldn't think much of it
I'll give an example with my brother who's admittedly shallow with his preferences and doesn't possess the flashiest literacy skills (despite being intelligent everywhere else😵💫)
@psychewritesbs He's at worst 7 and at best 10
He quite literally CANNOT be sexually into her
And the very idea of that being the case tells you everything about the people parading around these narratives
"Mei Mei's rewarding him"
@psychewritesbs She tolerates his behavior because he's literally a child who up to that point only ever trusts her
They have no idea how to parent people which is why they don't realize what it'll do to a child when you shut them down that hard over something as innocent as admiration&adoration
@psychewritesbs The very context of that scene was around her shamelessness and boldness
Why did Gege take such an approach?
Because she's a minor character
She's not gonna have her own arc
This portrayal was as efficient as it gets to build a character in 1 page
@psychewritesbs Both just had a near death experience
And all the reactions to them in verse have been the same
Respect and acknowledgment from Gojo, from Todo, from Nanami, from Maki
From even Kenjaku
Worst they've got was a side eye from Yuji who dropped it 1 panel later
@psychewritesbs Privilege isn't something to be ashamed of or feel guilty about
I'm happy for you psychus
You don't owe others your suffering to earn the self that you've built
@OjeThe53733@on1ylubna God chose me for this job
God is the teacher and Nanami is the student
And I am god's instrument
When I squeeze your lungs Nanami
And you beg me for life
Then your heart will open up to the lord