#taoae

in the beggining Hyde would use the fact that he was Jekyll to taunt and Henry and mess with him...but as time went on he steadily begin to stop..as over time he slowly started questioning things. steadily he wanted to become his own person not just some stupid shadow- no no no. if he was Edward Hyde then he IS Edward Hyde MEANWHILE IN THE BACKGROUND: Jekyll is slowly developing as a person and coming to terms with the fact that he is human and has also made mistakes and also doesn't need to bottle everything away and its okay to ask for help. and these two arcs massively collide towards the end after the situation in which the two steadily begin reflecting in each others forms to the point where it becomes a problem- not to mention the sudden transformations. so Jekyll has locked himself up in his room. shorter. longer hair. sharp teeth. not really hyde- but most certainly not himself anymore. and he and Hyde start to talk. and he comes to terms with the fact that you know what... I know that I can be a bad person sometimes. and I am willing to change. I know that we are one in the same I'm ready to accept that. AND FOR ONCE HYDE IS ABSOLUTLY NOT LMAO hes like nO! NO! NONONO! you cant SAY THAT! because we are SO NOT! and this actually starts to surprise Henry a bit because what do you mean we're not the same person? you've been telling it to me nearly this whole time? I made you to be me? and Hyde gets to have his side of the story. about the slow identity crisis, about the enjoyment of having his own free will, about how he isn't just Henry's "you but bad ::(" NO! he is himself and he wants it to be that way and I you don't like it then suck it! henry takes a moment to process that and at first is opposed to it because it doesn't make sense to him considering Hyde is- just another side of himself. but eventually learns to get used to it and I did make it a point to reveild that TAOAE has a happy ending: for Henry and Hyde's case the duo learn to get used to each other more and its reflected both in their demeanor and physical appearance (Henry is a bit shorter, has Hyde's hair streaks and sort of length, fangs, and a bittt of orange in his eyes.) (Hyde has a bit of blue, is a little bit taller, and no longer has claws 😔) another part of Hyde's arc was hyde learning to deal with himself. funnily enough. the fact that he's so impulsive and hungry for destruction and constantly wanting to cause problems and have room to breathe. henry's not the only one to ask Hyde what's wrong with him but at some point he just breaks and tells him he doesn't know. he doesn't know why he's like this. he doesn't know why he constantly follows every impulse under the sun and has the constant need to destroy everything around him- he just. does. and he has too. and he doesn't know why. and sometimes he doesn't want to hurt everything it just happens and he doesn't know. what to do. and the truth about that is how the HJ7 works in TAOAE is that in the begining its like an empty glass. thats why its still Henry in the start. Hyde's form is like the empty glass. but the more time Henry spends in it: the more the glass gets full. and Henry is filling it up with his intentions and thoughts and what he wants the body to be of use for. if he instead used Hyde to be, idk, an idealized version of himself. then Hyde would have turned out completly different. but no. Hyde was built on the foundation of being his evil half. everything he repressed: all hi intrusive thoughts and impulses and everything he cant show in public. so therefore, that's how hyes brain works. and he has to learn to cope with it over time and it sucks sometimes. really sucks. especially when beforehand you didn't want to change at all. but Henry talks him into trying to be better after the two start getting on better terms.