i let the starlight possess you

thinking about pandora hearts and how its core theme is affirmation of one's existence, starting with acknowledgement of their personhood and allowing their presence to exist as is (re: the chain and contractor relationship from the very beginning, oz with alice & echo, alice and gilbert with oz, even lacie with the core of the abyss, etc)

and part of affirming one's existence is to acknowledge that one has desires—selfish desires, even. the flow of the narrative constantly goes against those who claim their actions is for justice (oz going against leo and then leo going against oswald later on)/for the sake of others (break going against vincent; and jack... you know what he did). the core of the abyss as well (knowing companionship and loneliness bc of lacie, and not wanting to let alyss/the intention of the abyss go). the protagonists' actions force the antagonists to acknowledge their own desires/some degree of self interest behind what they claim is for others' sake, before it circles back to affirmation of existence.

ughhh need to connect this but sth sth about every single identity reveal is followed by acknowledgement of their identity via their name (oz by gil... echo...) and finally leo affirming the core's existence by giving it a name (though unknown to us)....