Time For Another Sanders Sides Analysis!!!
Oh, you thought I was done talking about my analyses of this series for a while? HA! YOU THOUGHT WRONG! I have more things to say!!
So! I talk about Roman and all the angst that's been building up for him a lot on this blog, but sometimes when I do so I get responses both agreeing with what I'm saying but also mentioning that all the other sides deserve to go a little berserk as well.
So today I'm gonna be talking about why I mainly focus on Roman in these posts other than just the fact that he's my favorite character!! And believe me, we have a lot to go over. So let's get started!!
First let's talk about Roman's arc in comparison to Logan's, since they seem to be the ones who're the closest to snapping right now.
Logan's main source of conflict is that he's being ignored. By Thomas, by the other sides, you get the jist of it. He, like all the other sides, absolutely deserves to have his issues addressed. But here's where the big difference between his issues and Roman's issues comes into play.
Logan, has already had a few moments where his anger has gotten to shine through. Obviously it's never been to enough of an extent that it could be considered, what I like to call, a "berserk moment", where he gets his chance to yell and truly crack a little bit, but it's definitely something!
Meanwhile Roman, has been sticking all of his emotions in a box and hiding it under the bed. He's been so desperate to be seen as good by Thomas that he's been willing to put up with pretty much anything to stay that way.
In Selfishness vs. Selflessness, he thought what he needed to do was befriend the dark side! Just like Patton did with Virgil! So that's the direction he went in.
His getting along with Janus in that episode can be found in this scene:
As well as in a couple others that I didn't have enough time to go grab screenshots from.
When that plan didn't end up working out, he started going against Janus! Just like Patton was doing!
And now that's not working either.
Even now, when he thinks that (almost) everyone hates him, he's still hiding most of his emotions away from everyone just for the chance that things'll go back to the way they were before.
That's why in the past few episodes he's shown up in he's been supposedly doing so much better than he was at the end of POF. Although you can definitely see a small bit of it peeking through the cracks during his section of the plushie video.
Logan's gotten the chance to yell. In Learning New Things About Ourselves,
In WTIT,
And it while it hasn't been much, it certainly seems to be more than what Roman's gotten.
"Oh but Elizabeth! Roman's been all angry at Janus recently! Doesn't that count for something?"
Honestly Hypothetical Reader, I don't think it does! Roman's dislike of Janus didn't really start showing up until after the trial in SVS, which makes me believe that that dislike initially was only there because he was following Patton and the others and didn't want to be siding with the person who everyone else saw as the villain.
The reason he was still siding against Janus after the little fight sequence with Lilypadton feels like something that might've been caused by extra confusion. Something like "Wait, why is now any different than before?! This doesn't make any sense to me!!" instead of genuine dislike. And then of course Janus said that he was just like Remus, and that dislike became very, very genuine.
All in all, Logan's already gotten a few small chances to show his anger, and Roman's gotten pretty much none.
Obviously they both need to have their issues resolved, and this post is not intended to say that Roman's issues are much more important than the others's are. But this is mainly why I'm so excited to see Roman's "berserk moment" over the other characters's. He most definitely needs it.
If y'all have any thoughts you'd like to add onto this they'd be greatly appreciated! I'd love to hear your opinions on all this.
But other than that, I think that's where I'm gonna end today's analysis.
Thanks for reading! Ta ta for now!! 👋
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I think the whole tolkien fandom would vibe a lot better if everyone recognized the adaptations are just elaborate fanfiction.
Personally, I would be super fucking stoked if my fanfic was given a budget of several million.
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So the other day I just realized my step mom had a tattoo of the polyamory heart. I can't believe I never noticed. Its like a little polyamorous heart as the roots to a big tree, a beautiful tattoo really.
Shes happily been in a healthy polyamorous relationship for over a year :)
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Any other aroace people just wanna kiss people? Like not romantically but platonically ya know. Kiss ya on the face to show my affection. Or bite you if bitey B).
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seb is such a great person and actor thats had a pretty successful year so far and stephen colbert asks him about the talking dick from pam & tommy????
like are you kidding me? i just dont like interviews where their questions rely on like middle school humor or some shit
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