magicmayu

[magicmayu]

The Grand ‘Rutile is a Psychopath’ Theory

I initially posted this in the r/LandofTheLustrous reddit but I figured I’d post it here too. Well, let’s go :3

It’s not apparent until the later chapters in the manga but Rutile has a seriously fucked up view on Padpa. They appear to care about padpa sine the two were partners before but when phos proposes a way to heal padparascha, they refuse, saying it would only matter if they fixed padpa themselves. Now, we don’t know how long padparascha’s been awake and asleep but judging by how quickly they lost conscious after talking with phos, it’s pretty obvious they’re unconscious significantly more then not. And they’re the second oldest gem after yellow. this means they’ve been in this situation for about 3000 yrs. 3000 YEARS. Padparascha has constantly been in this predicamant of not dying but not truly living, waking up to gems living out their lives but not being able to stay conscious long enough to join, and that has to be the most frustrating feeling ever. They’re forced to be a spectator in their own life and they can’t even choose to give up, to die, because rutile keeps waking them up. And the worst part is, rutile’s not even waking them up because they care about padpa’s wellbeing.  Remember what I said about rutile refusing a way to heal padpa? Rutile states that it wouldn’t matter unless they fixed padpa themselves. I repeat, Rutile would rather leave padpa in this gut wrenching purgatory of not being able to truly live but not allowed to die then jump at the possibility of padpa recovering if it meant they couldn’t revive padpa themselves. In episode 12, Rutile states that “if I can’t save you, I’m only a doctor in name”.

Note how the first time we see padpa active, rutile wasn’t fazed at all when padparascha fell unconscious again, as if relieved that they still have a purpose in life. You’d think that if getting that ruby was as rare as they made it out to be, rutile would be more upset that it only kept padpa conscious for however long the conversation they had with phos went for and that they couldn’t spend that time with them.

This says that what rutile wanted wasn’t padparascha recovering, that they didn’t care about their wellbeing, but rather the confirmation that saving padpa would bring them.  They either only want the satisfaction of saving a gem that couldn’t be saved, or they saw padpa as their purpose in life, that if padpa didn’t need to be fixed, they wouldn’t be a true doctor and have no reason to live, thus wanted padpa to constantly be in that predicament where they need Rutile’s help.

And the manga even lowkey confirms this, through a small symbolism.

As Rutile is walking to sensei for a consultation(or wherever they were going, it doesn’t really matter), they are wearing their coat. When Jade tells them Phos left with the other, Rutile sprints back to their sick bay and as they run, their coat falls off.

At this moment, Rutile is in extreme fear of losing Padparascha, the one thing that ground them into their title as Doctor, their main, possibly sole, reason for existing, and this coat falling off represents them feeling their title being stripped away. And then we get this shot.

Two things that are always associated with Rutile is missing in this panel, their coat and Padparascha. The coat Rutile usually wears is one which doctors are often seen wearing, both in media and in real life and it differentiates doctors from non-doctors. It represents Rutile’s role in the gems’ society and the fact that it is missing same time Padparascha is also missing implies that it and Padparascha are one and the same: Rutile’s status as the Doctor in the gem’s society. Because Padparascha is gone, along with their need to be fixed, Rutile has lost what they believed to be the thing that rooted them to the title of doctor and the coat being dropped conveys this: that in their own mind, Rutile is no longer the Doctor.

Also note how Rutile attacks Padparascha even after seeing them moving ad healthy and after Yellow asks “Padparascha woke up! Isn’t that what you want?!”, Rutile replies with “My own..”

This pretty much confirms that Rutile wanted Padpa in that state of helplessness and in need of repair. The original japanese that Rutile says actually directly translate out to just “my…” so Rutile’s words is probably somethng more akin to “my title..” or “my role..” but “my own..” could be them saying “it has to be by my own hands for it to matter, because it’s my role” so either way, it basically confirm the main point.

And padparascha knows how obsessed rutile is about them but chooses to prioritize rutile’s feelings over their own.

Some people has said that padpa seems to be controlled because they’re too much on phos’ side(and that could still be a possibility, who knows what aechmea wouldve put in them) but we don’t know anything about padpa before being cured. We’ve had one scene with them so far. For all we know, they were always like this. And can you imagine how relieved they must be when they woke up on the moon to phos? They’re finally free of their eternal sleep. They can finally act on how they'e truly feeling and make their own decisions and finally LIVE THEIR OWN LIFE. And who pulled them out of that purgatory? Not rutile, not sensei, PHOS. To padpa, phos is the first person who’ve truly cared about their wellbeing and if that isn’t enough to justify them siding completely with phos, idk what does.

[magicmayu]

We sure do a lot of cursed stuff huh.

[magicmayu]

Happy 11th year Hatsune Miku

[magicmayu]

[magicmayu]

[magicmayu]

Ichiro would hide the blood stain on his clothes in front of you.

Samatoki would cry your name on the sea of blood..

Ramuda would dance on the multicolored blood.

Jakurai would be encroached by blood after the fight.

Gentaro would wash off the blood on your face.

Dice would pour his blood on the gambling table with a grin.

Doppo would notice the blood rotting.

[magicmayu]

the real reason we aren’t getting a chapter this month

[magicmayu]

[magicmayu]

Which phospholipid are you?

[magicmayu]

bandori x houseki no kuni??

[magicmayu]

Full version of READY STEADY GO, covered by Afterglow!

[magicmayu]

nothing but respect for MY queen

[magicmayu]

Roselia’s newest cover - シャルル (Sharuru)

Aaaaand they did it again ~~

[magicmayu]

R

Sung by: Yukina Minato (CV: Aiba Aina), Lisa Imai (CV: Yuki Nakashima), Ako Udagawa (CV: Megu Sakuragawa), Rinko Shirokane (CV: Satomi Akesaka), and Sayo Hikawa (CV: Haruka Kudou)

[magicmayu]

“Zen Zen Tomodachi” - Mahou Shoujo Site - April 6, 2018

[magicmayu]

Me rn