i genuinely donβt understand how you donβt get that shipping two people that genuinely hate each other isnβt healthy? it isnβt about what they COULD be, itβs what they ARE, shipping byakuya and toko means you looked at toko, who obsessed over and stalks byakuya to a disturbing and unhealthy degree, and byakuya, who frames her for murder, outs her as having DID to everyone else and openly expresses that he wants her to die at least once and said βthese two could be cute togetherβ
First of, it wouldnβt be TWO people hating each other since Toko clearly does not hate Byakuya. And second, I donβt think Byakuya hates Toko.
Everything you said so far about their relationship is true, but I have the feeling you, and many other people, stopp at that part of their relationship.Β Letβs start with Byakuya. Apart from the fact that he treats everyone like trash in the beginning, not only Toko, he becomes nicer towards her as the story progresses. He stopps abusing the power he has over her, he starts to praise her, he starts to worry about her, he is even the one who brings up her alibies when she is a murder suspect in later trials. In Despair Girls itβs said that he prepares a device for her which makes it easer for her to controll Genocide Jack.
βHe wants her to die at least onceβ, which he probably states about everyone and is also probably always a lie. Byakuya also states that he actually does not want to kill anyone and just wants to end the Killing Game, which means most of hisΒ βYou all can just die, I donβt give a crapβ; is probably just some attitude he keeps up to keep his distance from everyone (which, given his past, makes sense). Whether thatβs true or not is up to interpretation and there we are free to dissagree. I mean, in Despair Girls, and even in Danganronpa 2 and Danganronpa 3, he risks his life to safe the others, he getβs kidnapped when he tries to safe Komaru. Is that something a guy who wants someones death would do?
And for Toko, first of, Toko is NOT the one who stalks him, thatβs Genocide Jack. I hear it so many times and it annoyes the heck out of me.Β βToko stalks him. Toko is a Serial Killer.β She is NOT. Toko is NOT Genocide Jack. Alters are NOT the same person as their host, in this case, they donβt even share their memories. You canβt blame Toko for Genocide Jacks actions. Thatβs fucking ableist. And NO, it is about what they could be. At least for me. If itβs not for you, again, thatβs fine.Β
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