#maribarra

Elibarra

Ibarra & sheer naïvety lul. I Do think that elias Will be a bit conflicted post-reveal (bcs yk) but regardless he made A Choice... Something something "he's still the man who saved me"

Buwaya the OG. Who like the fact that the cause for their meeting is like. One letter off from being biyaya (tho in elias' case it's a bit of a double-edged sword xd). Wley lang #linguistics

Ibarra already did All That for clarita in el fili. Elias tho. Hm. Idk I put that dot there because the placement called to me. I don't think he'd think too much about their situation Philosophically outside of lightning striking down again on his alrdy very charred family tree

Lol (self-explanatory)

Ibarra's situation is explained in 3, but idt elias would skew over to the "gives up easily" point bc he Doesn't give up easily. In fact, he's very determined when it comes to his axns & Does Not Sway even when ibarra tries to give him an opening in ch62 (something something patriotism)

Ibarra is someone who elias senses that has greater things set before him, but the pond he chooses to swim in is too restrictive of that (THE line....) Elias, on the contrary, perceives himself to be one more oppressed man added onto the pile of growing bodies

Well yk

Ibarra def is on the extreme end of homesickness post-noli loollll

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I won't explain elias' placement, but I def think that ibarra has a habit of taking things for granted, so the thought of elias leaving/staying forever never passed his mind; he lives in The Moment w/o knowing that abt himself

Elisimoun (luh)

I should've skewed them on the more extreme end of carelessness (when it comes to each other ofc)

Simoun... has moments of his conscience haunting him, so I think it's only natural for that haunting to be present when it comes to him & elias'.... Thing; it's a guilty type of "I don't deserve this"

Elias would let god take the wheel, but simoun has a tendency of wanting to defy fate

Post-clarita death, simoun would def yk.

Something something elias' family tree...

"The man I owed my life to was Crisóstomo Ibarra" STARTS VOMITTING BLOOD

The asterisk for elias' presumed apathy is bcs I believe he gets emotional about it (& he represses said emotions Really Well until he's left alone/simoun leaves the room because there's no way he'd let himself break down in front of him <- that's a lie; he already did so multiple times w/o him being aware of it)

Elias is self-sacrificial in the way he allows himself to be the victim of psychological whorefare w/ simoun & simoun is... in the middle because. I feel like he pretends he dgaf about elias leaving him (he does)

Same asterisk applies for elias. Simoun is Also in denial in the category he skews towards

Elias is already proven to be accepting of his doom in noli so . I also believe that simoun has instances wherein he wished elias dragged him into the blue as well (this is the elias lives au whoops I need my radoactive men)

Elias lives to serrrrveee😫😍🔥& imo, his dynamic w ibarra naturally extends w his dynamic w simoun (ie. The want to leave gnaws at him, but this time, rather than letting him live, he stays for A Worse Reason). Pre-clarita death, simoun obvs has that "so what if you don't join me😒" attitude, but post-clarita death he still has that. Mindset, but the want to keep elias beside him is even more aggrevated becausd of Circumstances