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>>3926460>>3926047It's ultimately a minor point, though, since I don't mind the basic idea of Sylvie being kinda dim about the real world, in fact, here's a pretty great Tumblr post about exactly what kind of dumb jerk Sylvie can be:
gremlinaristocrat.tumblr.com/post/735639954126979072. My issue is more in how I get this sense of how little thought went into him compared to Gio and Molly, Ramsay, Naven, and even, I'd argue, Percy, who despite being just as much a surreal idiot, is written as much funnier than Sylvie.
But yeah, you can see Sylvie's whole ass in that fight: deep-set insecurity, a delusional adherence to being mature, fragile masculinity, violent frustration, general arrogance, overall jerk attitude, I could go on.
>if mera manipulated him by stroking his egoShe kinda did manipulate his ego to goad him into fighting Molly and Giovanni by implying that he was too much a weak child to take on some dangerous robbers, which honestly might've been true, given his being beaten by a(nother) child and the soup guy, which absolutely did not need to happen, but yeah, tricking him with an extremely obvious lie is a minor character decision that points to what I think might be a major issue with his writing.
I think Mera could've played the long game and gotten him to trust and pity her like days or weeks back, and thus, gotten him to help her out, first, as a psychiatrist, then, as a powerful, manly epithet user who could help her steal the Arsene Amulet, then stringing him along and unleashing him on others by gently stroking his tender teenage boy ego. That'd even score her some cool villain points, duping this alleged genius into effectively being her lackey!
Yeah, that could work, you know, if you're interested in a direction where they have more of a relationship.
I'm kind of on the fence there, I kinda like how EE keeps them light.
>neat parallelOh, sorry, could you clarify? Parallel in what sense?
