actually that last reblog made me think about basta/farid parallels again while doing laundry just now. i know i talked about it before at some point but lads, the similarities...
abused/neglected young boys unappreciated by the people around them
find a role model with skills/personality traits they want to emulate
latch on to said role model HARD to the point of complete idolization, despite being not necessarily being treated well (at first)
ruthless streak and certain skill for violence (remember when farid assumed they were just gonna kill basta and flatnose and basta was like "damn, we could have used that kid"? also, dustfinger making farid kill the rabbits they caught lmao)
superstitious and scared of ghosts in particular
vain
attention-seeking
hot tempered
enjoying and being (sort of kind of) good at receiving romantic attention* while not taking rejection well**
team up with some guy they cannot stand in order to reach their goals when their idol is dead which goes super well for them
terminally unable to be normal about poor dustfinger
farid easily could have turned out just like basta if he'd stayed with the robbers in his original world, with capricorn in ours or if dustfinger happened to be a different kind of person is what i'm saying
