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some of these comments are actually insane 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 maxi’s self-loathing is literally the result of lifelong abuse. that’s how abused people often think. and riftan reacting with anger and panic after witnessing that is one of the most human things ever
the comment section barely passed the humane test honestly. some of yall need to look in the mirror and seriously reevaluate your misogyny and emotional intelligence before calling traumatized female characters “annoying” or “pathetic” for not acting like emotionally healthy modern people with therapy and support systems