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I see a lot people dragging it. Personally, I feel like it should've been written better. I feel like we all share that sentiment. This is an obvious fact.

However, lack of realism aside, if we really think about it, while the report was written somewhat confusingly, nothing necessarily indicates that John didn't exist prior to 09's "breaking point": or, rather, there's still a chance he could've existed. At least, from my perception.

(In other words, "here's how 'John who didn't spontaneously form in one night' can still win")

These music videos are basically giving us a look into the prisoners' minds and memories. And subsequent to t2, John was basically eliminated. Unlike MeMe and Double, we're not getting a video where both Mikoto and John are involved and both of their minds and memories are accessible; only Mikoto's are accessible. He is an unreliable narrator. It's all somewhat unreliable. This includes, to a certain extent, the police report. While, yes, Mikoto was a golden child as a kid, it was already vaguely implied before that he had some parental issues. For all we know, John could've appeared then. We just don't have his input.

Lack of proper explanation for John's origin aside -- or, at least, I pray the "breaking point" wasn't the explanation --in my opinion, that's why Requiem has so many "gaps" in its timeline; John isn't there to fill in the rest. We also see multiple scenes in the video that can be traced back to/reflected by events pictured in older videos (most glaringly, the part where Mikoto is standing by the train tracks next to the metal fence / falling asleep on the train). A part of me wonders if John was the one who kept Mikoto afloat during his job. There's this one scene in the mv where Mikoto starts stressing out over his work at his desk, ruffling his hair, eyebags growing...and in doing so, he starts looking more and more like John. Next thing you know, the scene transitions to him giving the finished design to his boss. And another. And another. Mikoto still worked sometimes, but previous lyrics and images in older mvs made it clear that John was just as stressed-- if not more-- than him. He also speaks a lot about how he protects Mikoto-- why would he be a protector if he just was spontaneously created that night just to kill? Hence why I believe John still existed.

The "breaking point" came when both of them reached that point of anxiety. Mikoto broke down and retreated into his mind. John lashed out, apparently.

Obviously I think it's shitty as hell that John just... started killing without reason besides that anxiety. That, like...defeats the purpose of some of these stories. Clearly Mikoto's story was meant to unpack Japanese work conditions rather than DID, But... yeah. Still. While, yes, I do understand that it is ENTIRELY POSSIBLE for a person with DID to be a murderer, I just think that the writing could've been better. John's origin story reads a little too close to a stereotypical "evil alter" to my liking--I say this as someone with plural friends who tries to be sensitive about plurality.

Please note that this VERY WELL might be copium for what might be unbelievably shitty writing from a writer I believed in. I mean, c'mon, after Yuno and Kazui I genuinely thought that Mikoto and John's writing would be fantastic. I swear this guy either does amazing writing or the shittiest writing known to mankind.