#(once again unrelated to autism/autistic maturity; he lies about and downplays his true interests and lectures others on being mature)

[goemon-fan]

"He should be at the-"

#I think this may be a hot take but I believe Goemon's meant to be around 18 or so in Part 1 #seeing his more emotional thought patterns and black and white moralistic thinking (unrelated to autism) #sorry i meant to write “in a way differing from typical autism and instead is an extension of his personality” #as well as his somewhat lack of wisdom on people and society and human nature as a whole #also he was 17 in the manga + other works so its not entirely out of the picture #and I therefore think his character and actions in Part 1 can be interpreted dramatically differently keeping this in mind #i think he compensates for the immaturity of his masters by doubling down on what he believes to be mature behavior #(once again unrelated to autism/autistic maturity; he lies about and downplays his true interests and lectures others on being mature) #sort of like a trauma response to the abuse he's had to endure #and he doesn't have the foresight to realize that “letting loose” won't make him like his masters #he's not grown but he's had adulthood thrust upon him and his childhood taken from him so he's just trying to survive by being an adult #he's not deliberately trying to be a jerk he's just afraid of the alternative #thank you for reading #lupin iii #lupin the third #lupin the 3rd #goemon ishikawa xiii #goemon