♡*.+punk nerd*.+♡

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My favorite detail about the new Capitano's lore is how he is related to psychology. His new story revolves around the psychological counseling rooms that were all about giving therapy to the soldiers. It's even mentioned how they have therapists.

And then, he proceeded to think of himself as a "mobile counseling room" bc he is the one that can listen to others without judging them, and them being sure he would never talk about it. He doesn't have the knowledge to be a therapist, but he tries his best to at least listen and provide some comfort. It also seems he thinks it's a good thing they have therapists.

What it's more interesting it's that this is the second time Capitano is explicitly related to psychology. The first time was during the Natlan AQ (act V) where he would literally talk about mental illness related to abyssal power and talk about the treatment and about medication.

I don't think this is a coincidence. Capitano being related to psychology is obviously related to the fact that he is someone suffering from trauma. His story and character can be read as PTSD, but he didn't receive any help about it.

The artifact story is about Capitano listening to others, but he doesn't talk about himself to others. Others trust him, yet he feels like a ghost amongst everyone. Just like what he does with the souls he carries, he also carries the pain of the living.

Then, a soldier wants to talk to him about the trauma he went through, and it's a direct reflection of Capitano.

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Dottore's decision to let Pantalone live some more time after his death is kind yet also cruel. It's cruel bc of the loneliness because of leaving him bc of how Feofan may feel about not being able to stop him. But it's somehow kind bc Dottore is giving Feofan an opportunity to live without being owned. A life where every person that ever sold and bought him is dead.

Despite the fact that Pantalone had a good relationship with Dottore and he treated him as a partner, it's actually interesting to think that, now that Dottore died, it's the first time in the 400 years of Feofan's life that he isn't owned by someone. First, his mother that sold him, next the man that bought him, later the nobles, and the ending of that type of life was Zandik. He bought Feofan, the last one to do so, but also, he gave him an opportunity to have a better life, to become his equal. Still, Zandik was somehow above him as the one who bought him and the one that kept him alive, a control over his life, a power dynamic between them.

Now Pantalone is, in some way, "free." But he felt free with Dottore, he was happy, they became partners. Feofan, who always was under others and tried to become their equal, did it with Zandik. Yet it's true that the power dynamic was still there, Zandik kept it that way bc that's how he was sure Feofan would be with him, not being able to believe that Feofan wants to be with him bc he truly likes him.