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#YOUVE MADE ME ANALYZE ANOTHER CHARACTER OF YOURS AND CRY AT WORK IN MY KEYBOARD
magicwithered · 7 months
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Honestly, my favorite part about Suvi is how much she stands by the Citadel, and yet understands, on a fundamental level, the horrors they’ll do to her friends if she lets slip important information.
Like just think about it, Suvi is completely indoctrinated to their way of thinking, being and feeling. Except when it comes to Eursulon and Ame.
Except when she has to protect them.
She doesn’t give a shit about anything but her duty except.
Except she spent years keeping Eursulon’s status as Honored Friend a secret.
Except she was hesitant to tell Steel, someone she loves and respects both as a person and a parental figure, about Ame until she was sure it was okay. Until she literally had no fucking choice.
Suvi is pro citadel, until she isn’t. And I think that’s what makes her character journey and story arc so interesting. Because it would be easy to always go by the citadel rules, but she is constantly put between a rock and a hard place because protecting her friends often means going against the citadel but going against the citadel is exactly what she’s trained not to do. But she’ll almost always choose her Ame and Eursulon over the Citadel and in this essay I will—
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