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Ancient Greek Society was dedicated to physical perfection as an extension of the humanism movement. The humanism movement placed human potential and human beings at the center of existence leaving nature to be a background highlighted by creating sculptures they deemed to be of the peak physical form throughout Ancient Greece and highlighting winners or heroes positively ( during the Early and High  Classical Period )

This represents the Toji that people see; the perfect physicality that could’ve demolished the Zenin clan years ago. Throughout the audience's encounters with Toji he is nothing less than a force of nature. Our first look at him in movement was him dominating Satoru — a character previously seen to be untouchable in strength—and Geto. We are even reaffirmed of  his insane musculature by Gege with an impressive back shot of Toji. Look at Doryphoros by Polykleitos. The similarity between Toji and the mathematical perfect body is undeniable in the broad shoulders, wide ribcage and large arms.

However, In the newest scene in season three, Toji presents the same weary exhaustion the Boxer at Rest shows. Look at his face;  even with no visible bruises the lighting and his facial expression reminds one of the dead; hollow darkened eyes with a cold, desaturated  tint to the skin.

what i also find very interesting here is how Zero, despite not having any kind of moral superiority, tends to look down on V. One of the dialogue options for their first interaction in the car is him calling V "subhuman" which is what his psychiatrist ends up calling him when he confronts him about deliberately hiding his past from him. There's a very strong parallel between V and Zero, where Zero sees V as a junkie without a purpose, while V seeks Zero's approval and validation through inhumane means. His earliest interactions with Zero occur because of his own obsession with the dragon. When V confronts Zero's duplicity, and how they are, fundamentally same, junkies who kill people, Zero's response is, in a way, dismissive.

However, when the third null agent asks Zero if he likes the killing, he does not parry her with a response. He does not take a stand for himself when V compares them, because, in a way, even if his own drug consumption and killing can be justified by his role as a veteran from a war project, it does not absolve him of his guilt. This, he knows, still, he manages to uphold a kind of superiority over V and reinforces this over and over again.

There's also this inherent dehumanisation that Mecca's failed projects tend to project onto people around them. This theme of reduction of a person's identity to a mere role, and the aftermath of war is so prevalent in katana zero because everyone who is associated with Zero does not have a name. He refers to the psychiatrist as the 'psychiatrist', the scientist as the 'scientist', fifteen is, well, fifteen, even the little girl who becomes an integral part of his life and a means of absolution for himself does not get the privilege of a name, she too, is a 'little girl.'

first step✒️🌟

Title: make believe

Pairing: Lycaon/Hugo

Rating: E

Summary: Hugo had let his guard down around Lycaon, utterly and completely. That was his first mistake.

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