slayingbells:shipsbecomearmadas:LITERALLY MY FAVORITE CHILDSAYING MY FAVORITE LINEIF YOU THI
slayingbells:shipsbecomearmadas:LITERALLY MY FAVORITE CHILD SAYING MY FAVORITE LINE IF YOU THINK THAT ROOT IS PSYCHOTIC BC OF SOME CHILDHOOD TRAUMA IF YOU THINK LOSING HANNA MADE HER BECOME ROOT THEN WE NEED TO REWATCH 201 FRIEND BECAUSE IT SUPER CLEAR THAT ROOT WAS ALREADY BECOMING ROOT; HANNA’S ABSENCE SIMPLY ACCELORATED THE PROCESS ROOT WAS ALREADY COMPUTER HACKING SHE WAS ALREADY DARK AND STRANGE BUT LOSING HER ONE ANCHOR TO SWEETNESS AND LIGHT MEANT SHE REGRESSED FASTER THAN SHE WOULD HAVE THATS’ WHAT IM TRYING TO WRITE ABOUT IN MY HANNA AU; ULTIMATELY ROOT WILL ALWAYS BE ROOT PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS ANNOY HER SHE WILL NEVER LIKE THE SELFISH AND SELF-CENTERED NATURE OF PEOPLE BUT THIS ISN’T /ONLY/ BECAUSE OF A CHILDHOOD TRAUMA SHE WAS ALWAYS PREDISPOSIONTED TO THIS ATTITUDE AND THATS WHAT I THINK THIS SHOW DID SO WELL THEY TOOK A TROPE (CHILDHOOD TRAUMA) AND REFINED IT BY SAYING LOOK HERE’S A GIRL WHO SUFFERED A LOT BUT ALSO WAS INCREDIBLY INTELLIGENT AND BORED IN HER SETTING AND A COMBINATION OF ALL THREE OF THESE FACTORS PLUS SOME OTHER STUFF MADE HER WHO SHE IS SO NO ROOT ISN’T DAMAGED ROOT HAS ALWAYS HAD THE POTENTIAL -via mykabering #root denying ur tropes #asserting herself #claiming her actions owning them #trauma did not make her; she always was #she chose this #‘root has always had the potential’ and she was always aware of that and she ran with it #but the ‘that’s so sweet’ line #because by attributing them to childhood trauma harold is almost excusing her #and root’s just ‘lol no’ #because she understands that and is not interested in it #she’s not interested in your sympathy or whitewashing of who she is her and what she does #trying to make her a good person gone astray #at this stage this is her best; what she regards as her best #and she’s proud of it -- source link
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