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Like dude you are plenty dangerous on your own you don't need this fuck ass bird!

It's giving absolutely lethal levels of psychological damage tbh. His ENTIRE WORLD has been this bird eating him for years, he doesn't know what his existence is like outside of being eaten by this bird anymore. Sure he hates it, but it's also been all he knows.

Maybe he considers it "atonement" for "failing" humanity as their creator/protector. He considers having his own liver torn out a drop in the ocean compared to the misery inflicted on his children.

Maybe being helpless for so long and being helpless to prevent so much misery (even though the gods CHOSE to cause it), he no longer considers himself enough. In his mind, he is no longer sufficient to protect his children from harm. Therefore any help, even from his tormentor, is acceptable, even necessary.

If this is how the "beloved" titan feels about himself, you can only imagine how his "loser" brother feels.

i think he says that letting Aetos eat him reminds him of why he needs vengeance against Zeus, as well as keeping the bird as an ally, but reading between the lines I definitely think there's an element of atonement and being desperate for help to it as well. I keep coming back to how everything Prometheus tries in his myths to take care of his creations leads to more misery and suffering for himself and for them. Nothing he's tried on his own works. No wonder he thinks he's responsible for it, no wonder he's bitter and violent and resentful. None of the non-violent things he tried ever went well for him or anyone else.

His eons of helplessness also probably affect his attitude towards the eagle. After literal eons of being eaten, I could see that maybe it's hard to imagine being able to make it stop, even if you technically can now.

Same with Epimetheus. Even if he really did fuck up because he couldn't stop making sheep - all Zeus needed to do was go "Oh, silly Epimetheus. Don't worry, I can give you more traits. Just make sure they go to every mortal, alright? You and Prometheus can work together."

Instead he went: "Lol, silly Epimetheus. Welp, guess the humans need to start worshipping us to get the stuff they need now, don't they? I'd better get your brother to show them how, and everything will be fine..."

The titan brothers' approaches to dealing with Zeus's shit were polar opposite, but the end result was the same. Prometheus defied him to give mortals a good life, Epimetheus appeased him (by accepting Pandora) to let mortals keep that good life, but it was all ruined in the end.

The will of Zeus is inescapable.

Zeus is a dick who wanted mortals to look pretty but completely dependent on his will.

Like dude you are plenty dangerous on your own you don't need this fuck ass bird!

It's giving absolutely lethal levels of psychological damage tbh. His ENTIRE WORLD has been this bird eating him for years, he doesn't know what his existence is like outside of being eaten by this bird anymore. Sure he hates it, but it's also been all he knows.

Knowing Sukuna, his favourite food is probably meat (I'll leave the type up to your imagination). This silly little comic idea came to mind! The spicy food lover in me couldn't resist hahaha

sashisu!