#the last books ARE tintin's pinnacle of character growth

[dimdiamond]

The Tibet story makes me want to bite and scream

Like it's full of love, it is a love story, but not just the obvious "Tintin loves Chang so much he risks his life" but more of "Haddock loves Tintin so much he doesn't abandon him"

Like even for Tintin alright? Like he risks his life for Chang and believes he's alive but that's not new, that's Tintin's core as a character

BUT the moment Haddock is ready to sacrifice himself for Tintin, he is "WE BOTH DIE OR BOTH LIVE"

LIKE LIKE HADDOCK GIVES TINTIN A REASON TO LIVE INSTEAD OF RISKING HIS LIFE?! LIKE LIKE

And you can feel how huge the whole adventure was for him as things change after Tibet and Tintin wants to stay at home with his family and and I am emotional 😭

#copying pasting a huge message i sent to a mutual because i will never word it better #like it is HUGE how tintin finds his reason for finally WANTING TO LIVE #and this decision follows him till the end #like i can't understand people who don't like the later books as much #the last books ARE tintin's pinnacle of character growth #tintin in tibet is a love story #tintin #the adventures of tintin #haddotin