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Like canonically (!) in both book and film he is quite assertive as long as he feels comfortable enough. He is shy or can get embarrassed/awkward but he’s not like super insecure. That man went toe to toe with Stratt (and the other characters) whenever he felt like it. He could be downright rude and arrogant when someone questioned his intelligence/ideas. (Hint hint UNESCO conference. Doing that takes a level of arrogance only found in the depths of academia)

And the whole swearing thing? Don’t even get me started. He doesn’t not swear because he is too pure for the world but because he spends his days with kids. He says 'fuck' when he sees Rocky’s ship.

You don’t have to headcanon him as a dom or whatever but the way people pretend like he would start shaking and crying at the mere suggestion of sex is mostly just infantilizing.

(Just to be clear, it’s fine to think about him like that and write about it in fact write more it just becomes weird when they get all holier than thou about it and pretend like it’s canon instead of what they think he’d be like)

his Absurd misogyny & demeaning nature is Also a part of his character, and pointing that out isn’t supposed to diminish his victimhood. being a victim Doesn’t equal perfection

i see a Lot of ppl try to compare nathan to other characters or make different situations than canon to make it Seem like he’s better. but that’s Not nathan’s character, he’s a victim, and he’s also a Perpetrator

male victims Are very ignored and it’s true that some ppl don’t take nathan’s victimhood srsly bc he’s a man, but he also perpetrates Male violence against women in the series.