I misspelt morale. Even after people were talking about Spidermans.
>>3886043Understandable. I want to spoil and hold him (vicariously).
>>3886059I'm relieved, often when I write character analysis I feel like I'm in my own world and it came out biased.
I remember an Anon griping at Smith for his selfless nature before, I think they were trying to compare how Smith protects people to the very end even when it's plainly useless, while Isami gives into despair when he feels he can't do anything. In a way I think that reflects Smith accepting failure as something that you just make do with, he tries to focus on a task no matter what happens, and Isami having failure as his worst case scenario that drives him to make up for his own team and improve his skills to avoid it ("it" prob being mortality). When Isami assumes the Bravern persona he has to roll with it and lose the fear of bungling the act or being defeated. I really liked that idea, that Isami's bravery has such dense value because it has to start from worse than rock bottom sometimes. Being able to swallow your anxiety to do what's needed is bravery beyond Smith's dutiful endurance, and Smith must really admire how Isami pushes himself and creates his own confidence. Before events he's confident in himself because he's tested what he can accomplish, he has to have faith in his best efforts to use BS power.
I'm getting distracted but yes, Smith dies once and it's his decision to take what he wants that brings him back. He knows to some extent he has to be controlling to make things work out as far as he knew, but he also just starts making models and indulging himself because fuck it, the world could be ending, I'm a goddamn robot, we're going to make the most of it right now. The absurd circumstances broke his restraint a little, and he's coping amazingly well with everything through focusing on his wants. Eat a good meal before battle, there's no point letting yourself be down and ruining your chances.
