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I would take writing for drawings, too, that's art! And .. don't think your art is something I wouldn't want. If I'm asking publicly, that means I mean ALL y'all who are mutuals with me!

And it pisses me OOFFF when people act like Pyro has Zero mental capacity or awareness of things, because that's also a grown person under that suit

Just my own personal little rant, as someone who handles psychosis. A huge writing Pet peeve.

-💣 anon

Pyro's an interesting character; we definitely share the pet peeve you have over people infantilizing them. I feel like infantilization is a common thing in fandoms when it comes to characters who have mental problems that alter their behavior like that–if not just because it makes the character easier to conceptualize. That I'd be able to understand with Pyro, as their character's background is generally a mystery.

Anyway, the end of the day, Pyro is a grown merc, and I think it'd be important to keep that balance at play. They have delusions and hallucinations (some perhaps influenced by the optics on their mask), and they believe they're real, but they aren't a child. Plus, I think it'd be interesting to explore how Pyro deals with this from a more mature perspective. Do they always experience everything in terms of Pyroland? What about when the visions fade and they're met with the carnage they've wrought? Will fire still look so beautiful to them? Maybe so.