Mest pisses me off because he just can't be a creep AND USELESS
His powers are COOL and the teleporting and mind messing is Useful!!
But he's nasty waste of cool useful powers
Nothing makes me angrier than the fact that Mest had the coolest powers and biggest potential to the most captivating, saddening backstory. Even his quirk could be explained — he has this need to taste everything bc he messed with his memories so much he forgot basic knowledge that he learned as a child: he never grew out of the oral fixation part. Or maybe he did, but anyhow his powers come at a cost, and Makarov made him use them constantly without knowing the side effects. They’re irreversible.
And then there’s the angst that comes with not knowing if his life is real. Memories are fragile, they get harmed every time he messes with them. He has no sense of who he is, really. And he can’t use other people’s memories to help him bc he messed with their memories too, regarding his identity.
And he also struggles with understanding his feelings for Lahar — is it love or is he confused? Does Lahar actually like the real Mest? Or is it Doranbolt he actually loves, not Mest? Where does one draw the line between two true lives? He’s constantly worried about this.
His life is ruined by his power, yet it’s too powerful for to not use: it would be immoral to avoid using such skill, when it would save so many lives.
But noooo Mashima just had to make him a pedo. So now I can’t appreciate what Mest could have been.
