#actually these kids can't make any choices for themselves ever. So really I'm doing them a favor by sending them to war#and if they don't do what I say they're being manipulated by evil outside forces sad but true” :/
Hi there, c!Wilbur! You're STILL a war criminal! :3
#Maybe c!Wilbur is mormon....
Okay I'm being /srs here but every time I see the "is lmanburg colonialist" narrative floating around I always circle back to this idea. c!Wilbur and L'Manburg more closely resemble joseph smith and the early days of mormonism (minus the polygamy and the leaders marrying children parts though) than they do a colonialism allegory. He starts a country that's designed as a grift, and then goes completely insane with it, attempts to overthrow a government, starts what's basically a war, and then his followers continue to assume he's the victim. Mormonism has deep ties to colonialism and continue to perpetuate it to this day but it's also MORE than just a colonialism thing.
#Ok wait I'm just gonna dump my thoughts in here because now I'm thinking about him again and I need to get it out or I'm gonna explode#C!Wilbur is a very interesting character but he's a incredible combination of all the things I despise#He's condescending he's controlling he doesn't respect other characters choices
This absolutely like the dude is a dick. He's rude and cruel and uses other people for his own benefits, throws tantrums when things don't go his way, and seems to dedicate his entire life to trying to make other people do things for him.
#And like as someone that grew up in a cult he's basically a cult leader for a while. Like cmon...#And then he martyrs himself?? He forces his dad to kill him because. What? His little commune didn't go the way he wanted it to?#And then he'll have the audacity to be like#Oh yeah people will be free in my country except if I'm not in control I'm gonna burn it all down#I don't give a crap about all the people who supported me because it was never about community it was about greed and power#and being better than everyone else"
He works so well as a textbook cult leader because this is exactly what textbook cult leaders do. They promote ideas of freedom and liberation and community when in reality they need total control to thrive, and will use that control to gain money, power, influence, and sex.
#And the way he talks about c!Fundy makes me sick. That is your ADULT son stop infantalizing him
Yeahhhhh this especially resonates with the mormonism idea because mormonism treats it's members like perpetual children. No sex, no alcohol, no coffee, no grown up decisions made without "god's" input, give your money to the church, let yourself be treated like a child, etc etc etc.
#c!Wilbur pisses me off lowkey#Like he's interesting but if I saw him irl it would take a lot of self control not to deck him#And he's from Utah
This exactly. Like I LOVE c!Wilbur as a character because he's a manipulative self obsessed controlling asshole who hurts people for his own benefit which makes him fascinating to explore, but I would NOT like him if I somehow met him in real life 😭
