So I’m just having Big Feels again about Arthur and how much he wants to be a husband and a father. Because that’s another way I feel like he’s written in a way that appeals more to women, or at least, is a firm rejection of toxic (hetero) masculinity.
Usually a wife and kids are depicted more as an expression of machismo, yes, because lookitchu, you’re man enough to attract a mate and sire children. But they’re not supposed to be your top priority if you’re A Real Dude. There’s the notion of marriage and children being some kind of a loss, of being “tied down”. Ball and chain jokes. A need for “a last night of freedom”. Treating men parenting, even slightly, as a remarkable favor to their partner rather than a duty. The still common assumption that for men, domestic life should not be a top priority (because that’s what a wife is for, amirite). All of that. At best, men are usually shown as kind of calmly accepting this as the “natural way of things” in life, but they’re not supposed to be super stoked about it the way women are.
So it’s really remarkable and refreshing to see a male character written who obviously and unapologetically wants that quiet domestic life more than anything in the world. Or at least, if Arthur apologizes for it, it’s only from his own perceived unworthiness, not in feeling emasculated by that longing. And it’s great to get to write Arthur in Sunrise as being so actively and incredibly excited at moving into this life as a husband and would-be father. Because that’s something you almost never get to see in fiction.
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would you mind doing a character analysis of annie? and/or jean?
sure! i’ll do jean because we’ve seen more of him than we have of annie.
out of all the characters in the series, i think jean is one of the characters that has made significant character growth. in the beginning of the series we see him smug and determined that he’s going to end up in the military police where he’s safe. it shows in his actions that he’s determined to be a part of the top ten just so he can join in. he was proficient in using his 3dmg, his battle skill being 9/10. it is obvious that he is a strong soldier, but when it came to working with others, that is what he lacked. when they trained in the forest, when sasha and connie beat him to the practice titan, he became angry, the same with the 2nd ova. his statistics say that his teamwork is a 5/10. but this doesn’t stop him from being an excellent soldier.
when it came to relationships, during his training days, that wasn’t his focus. but it just so happened that he had something in common with eren. the two boys in a way wanted the same thing but in different ways. eren wanted to be strong so he could somehow defeat all the titans whereas jean wanted to be strong so he could be placed in top ten. and it became problematic seeing as they began to argue over it. then you place mikasa into the picture where eren and mikasa relationship made jean envy him more which he stated in the third episode of the anime. and as the show continued, their relationship did improve, especially when he joined the scouting legion, trusting eren to protect mankind with his titan powers.Â
marco and jean on the other hand, which i am going to be very practical about which might make me lose some people but hopefully not, didn’t interact very much, but their relationship did bring on a change in jean. marco was very kind to jean, encouraging him that he did have the capability to be a leader, although jean didn’t believe in himself, being angry that he brought on the deaths of many of his comrades, as seen in the battle of trost arc. in my opinion, marco was the biggest reason why jean changed his mind into joining the scouting legion instead of the military police. i feel as if marco’s death made jean want to fight as much as eren did. when they were burning the bodies of the deceased, and jean pressed the scrap of bone into his hand, it made him want to fulfill and prove to himself that yes marco was right, that yes he was capable of leading a group.
which brings us to when they travel outside of the walls their first time as scouting legion soldiers and his relationship with armin. i think in this arc, his determination is more evident, his skills being showed. and with armin, as they were fighting the female titan, this is the arc where i think that the two of them begin their friendship. as the series continues, armin is a big reason as to why jean is possibly still alive. i saw a post where in three situations, armin had saved jean. first, the female titan arc, second, the clash of titans arc and finally in chapter 59 where armin shoots the woman before she can shoot jean. i am particularly fond of these two because with their very different personalities, it is very interesting to watch them interact with each other.Â
with all that said, since the beginning of the series and up until now, jean has shown a very big amount of character growth from being a hot headed inner wall boy to a compassionate soldier. i am very excited to see him grow more and interact with more of the characters in the show. he’s one of the characters that i have grown to love and hopefully we won’t lose him anytime soon. i hope this analysis was good, im not very sure how to properly write one, but i hope i got my point across aha. thank you for choosing me to do this i appreciate it!
Please please please would you continue your Series 4 Character Analyzings? They're awesome! Also, would you consider doing other characters? (Maybe Upstairs people)?
Oh wow, thanks so much anon, for the kind words! I may consider continuing Carson / Hughes analyses, but I’ve been asked to do other chars before, and I’m not so sure. Mainly because in Season 4, there was almost zero char development, especially for the upstairs people. In fact, I think Fellowes undid all of his good work from Season 1-3, the only exception being maybe Carson and Molesly.
Think about it, Edith is still forlorn because she can’t hang onto a love, since for some reason, she just has terrible luck. She decided to make a firm decision to keep her baby in the Christmas Special, sure, but she’s made big decisions before too, like when she wanted to be a journalist, or marry Strallan. She’s always done what she pleases, really, and not become stronger in any big way IMO.
Mary has gone back to season 1 of herself, on some levels, though she is more mature. In fact, if they had said that she became stronger because of Matthew’s death, then I would have probably liked it, but she herself said she’s gone back to the person she was before she met him, and that’s un-developing her character. ( There was potential in her relationship with Charles Blake, but not since JF decided to make him part of high society as well, by the looks of it )
Rose seems to play a more superficial version of what Sybil did. And you know, she never even got herself in any real trouble because everyone else kept saving her. So she hasn’t learned her lesson, really, and therefore, hasn’t grown as a character.
And Branson was supposed to have grown from the experience with Edna in the Season 3 christmas special. JF bringing her back, and then bringing in Sarah Bunting for the same reason ( shaming him for the person he is now ) is not promoting character growth! Plus, nothing came of it the entire season.
Robert has gone back to wanting to run Downton [ badly ], despite everything that Matthew convinced him to do when he was alive, too, as we know, and poor Cora was almost non-existent this season.
Downstairs, you have Daisy who is the servant-Edith, and again had a recycled plot of not finding love for herself. She got a cute little moment in the Christmas Special, but it wasn’t like she decided she didn’t need a man to feel good about herself - quite the contrary, actually.
Bates and murder again. Need I say more? ( Though I did like his part in the Royal Family scheme. )
Thomas is being evil because no one knows what to do with his character anymore, IMO. I read this interesting analysis that he prefers being a villain rather than a victim, but my issue with is that it’s not how it came off. He didn’t have a moment of vulnerability ( say maybe with Mrs. Hughes, who saved his ass and job, and who could have had a stronger relationship with him this time round ) at all to suggest otherwise.Â
And Mrs. Patmore got sick ( again ), and it wasn’t even taken seriously. Like, can this amazing woman not get a proper storyline? Can she not marry Mr. Mason and go live on the farm? Or something??
Ivy and Jimmy are completely flat characters, so I’m really glad Ivy’s gone.
So, yeah, that’s a summary of why I can’t analyse these characters - there just isn’t much there, at least, not for me. :( I’m sorry. Maybe in Season 5? <3Â
