/ last dump i prommy but subjected to his will kind of serves the same purpose in that you can get compassion to make cole forget himself to keep it safe from corruption, or diminish compassion's influence by getting him some therapy
@PithOfJustice / i do Not need to remember important things on my schedule what i do need to remember is fact about fictional character. this is correct
/ cole i think is an Anders Fan but is also terrified by the prospect of his rejection for what he is (even though anders literally on the same thing just in a different flavor)
/ compassion can sense everyone's hurt BUT cole's, looking inward is a dangerous game that does more harm to compassion than good, so he kind of has no choice but to suppress his own pain
/ also. claims his father killed his sister (robert downey jr image he is refusing to accept the reality of what he did bc the truth is too painful to bear)
/ i think the whole ghost of the spire thing was cole struggling to keep the balance between him and compassion, killing Lambert was the thing that kind of rlly brought them together in a sense