SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK. I’m so tired of people hating on a characters for having trauma responses. Maxi has been constantly hiding and repressing her past traumas, so she’s never properly processed or dealt with them. She wouldn’t even know HOW to begin that journey of healing.
People don’t seem to realize that your mind set doesn’t magically change the second you’re no longer in an abusive environment. Your habits and survival techniques won’t change over night. It’s takes a hell of a long time for anyone to adapt and be able to change their mindset. And she wasn’t exactly welcomed with open arms at Anetol. Sure, everyone loves her now but that’s after she’s put in a lot of work to prove herself. She’s surviving in the only ways she knows how. And all things considered she’s come a hell of a long way on her own.
FACTS!! Healing doesn't happen overnight. I STILL have abandonment issues that get triggered and I've had my friends for almost two decades now and know they would never leave me because I know that's not how they are. Trauma sucks and everyone is different - some people are affected by it for the rest of their lives, some manage to recover in a matter of time. I like that this story doesn't hold back and doesn't hold up unrealistic expectations when it comes to trauma and flaws and relationships.
still can't get over people calling maxi “pathetic” for being traumatized and abused her whole life while getting mad at riftan for literally having an emotional reaction to seeing the person he loves getting beaten is crazy to me
like sorry they didn’t respond with perfectly calm therapist-approved dialogue after years of abuse, neglect, war trauma, inferiority complex, and emotional repression