I would love to know what the overlap between people who like Rollo and are currently or used to be religious is. Because I have the suspicion that there’s a decent amount. Religion is not specified in TWST but I think its safe to fill in the blanks and assume Rollo thinks something bad will happen to him if he doesn’t do everything right, or that he is already being punished with the loss of his brother and magical abilities. This could either be from a deity, another person or entity in his life that could punish him, some other supernatural force, chance, or just himself somehow
I’ve also seen people describe Rollo as having OCD and/or autism-like symptoms which I can definitely see. I’m not super well versed in OCD, but his very strict schedule and routine, and notably his insistence on the exact same number of grapes and croissants every day, his lack of social connections despite people seeming to want to be close to him, him thinking nobody will like the real him because it’s “bad” and even the fact he refuses a similar stationary to the one he usually uses even though it would be cheaper in his vignette - alll of this seems to be beyond a person who just likes routine
I would love to hear other people’s thoughts on this, but to me it seems he has some combination of PTSD from his brothers death and OCD that could be interpreted as religious trauma if you chose to look at it from that angle but of course not every person can fit neatly into a diagnosis label. Regardless of what might be going on with him I honestly feel really bad for him. He is basically just recreating his brothers death on himself and others and enforcing this restrictive life on himself. He is so skilled at the thing he hates. But because he tried to kill the main cast (whoops!) and his behavior is not “cute, quirky or relatable” to a lot of people, I think he inspires strong feelings of contempt in many when he really just needs help. I think Idia’s reclusiveness and anxiety is easier to understand than Rollo’s…everything 😬
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