V Route: V doesn’t deserve the hate he gets from fandom
*V gets blinded by the person he loves*
*yet some from the fandom still think Rika is an innocent victim*
*and this whole Mint-Eye cult is V’s fault*
*does the term...*
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
*mean anything to people anymore...?*
I don’t care how mentally challenged one person is. In this instance, Rika was MENTALLY CAPABLE enough to function like a proper human being, running an underground criminal activity draped as a cult, pretending to save hundreds of life through fear and terror as she attempts to warp her believers into “true happiness”.
Just freaking listen to Saeran, listen to how much he is in pain during V’s route, when Unknown persona is about to come out of him like Alien. That’s not V’s doing.
*It’s Rika’s meds used on him.*
Plus other torture devices, I’m betting.
*jfc...*
*V didn’t give drugs to people regardless of consent*
*V didn’t torture people*
*V didn’t trap people in their rooms*
*V didn’t want to drug innocent victims with dodgy wine at a party*
*V didn’t fake his own death and stay hidden from Yoosung despite haivng a phone - guys, Rika could have called Yoosung and let him know V was lying, but she didn’t until her charade was up*
*V tried to handle his relationship with Rika in PRIVATE, without needlessly involving the R.F.A. until he realized it was a bad choice to do, since they were dragged into the whole Mint Eye mess.*
*V did everything for Rika*
*V tried to fix Rika, but she cared more about her feelings than logic - so, he never forced medication on her or forced her to continue therapy if she didn’t want it*
*Rika didn’t want to see any more doctors or hospitals*
*V complied*
*V was being a way too indulgent boyfriend* - fault 1
*V always thought about Rika, to the point of obsession* - fault 2
*V was willing to sleep in a room with their bed next to the window and sun hitting his face in the morning, even though he hated the feelings*
*V always had Rika’s well being as priority, to the point he did not care of his own physical health or sanity --- he was dependent on her and saw her as his muse*
*there are many kinds of love in this world, maternal, paternal, brotherly love, family, love from friends, boyfriend/girlfrend/xfriend love, animal love, lover love...*
*Obsessive love*
V’s Route has established that the love he had for her was obsessive and not real.
Even though, imo, I think they were genuinely in love at inception, but a weak foundation a relationship means catastrophe in the end.
You can’t force love on someone who begins seeing your “sun” as a being who wants to erase ur own existence.
You can’t love someone who you don’t fully know or understand.
V did not know much of Rika’s past. (same as Yoosung, and they were cousins)
He did not know the details of Rika’s suffering, so there was no way he could win the battle against her demons. He did not have all the info at hand, only that she was adopted and the relationship was sour.
Also.
It’s not V’s business to fight the demons in Rika’s place.
In real life too.
You cannot help a person who doesn’t want to get help.
Whether it’s an addiction, or something on a mental level, you have little to no chances to help someone improve and overcome difficulties, if the one who is suffering is not willing to take the first step and seek out help.
Stop blaming V for Rika’s own actions.
Stop blaming a fool, who fought he was in love, for his own injuries caused by Rika’s own hands.
Stop pretending V’s blindness is a joke or something he himself had caused, wtf.
Stop blaming V for Rika’s problems which have their origins stemmed from early childhood: family/upbringing/bad school life and pet dying --- all culminated to her demise.
To the point she trusted nobody.
Not even V, always making him prove his undying love to her by revealing more and more of her darkness. Will he continue to love her if she pushes him off a cliff and mangles his body? You know at that time V’s answer would be “hell, yeah” --- it’s not a healthy relationship to be in.
Fiction or real, situations like V + Rika do not portray a healthy love.
And blaming Rika’s condition and Mint Eye solely on V’s actions is...
...
I can’t even... the amount of facepalm hurts.
V’s adult personality and why he’s so lenient with Rika and accepting of her everything, might be because of his history with his mother.
Teenage V was an asshole to his mother, brainwashed by his own father to stay away from the woman. She was only a breeding unit for the man, nothing more, losing value after she got sick, then went deaf. Everyone dissociated themselves with her - family, friends, church (the irony). He did not get to know her much before her death, but learnt of the woman and thoughts from her journal, which - miraculously - survived a massive fire. <-<
This game sure loves fiyaaaaah.
Anyway,
It’s probably V living such a strict existence, emulating his father’s actions and persona, that after learning the harsh truth of how he “lost” his mother after birth, he tried to change.
Do a 180-personality wise.
From a harsh, uncaring existence, V became a kind, gentle and much too lax individual when it came to people he associated himself with. What I mean by this, is V is someone whom people could easily take advantage of. Because he would never want to betray or disappoint someone ever again.
He might have thought that as a child, his harsh words and attitude were like a “betrayal” for the woman who gave birth to him, his mother. He treated her unkindly.
Such a repeat scenario should never take place.
...
Even if his significant other has demons of her own, trying to hurt V in return.
Yelp. That was a lot of text.
So, what i was trying to say is ---- V has been presented to me more as a victim of Rika’s own darkness, but the origin of her own misery lies since early childhood.
Both are unfortunate victims in their own way.
But personal responsibility should not be shoved under a rug because of this.
Rika is the one who did all these bad deeds.
It’s not V’s fault!!!!
