#in general i think people are much more forgiving of the toudens autistic ass traits than shuro's

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I think it is pretty uncharitable to read shuro's love for falin as disingenuous because "he likes falin for the same reasons he hates laios!!" (their Weirdgirl swag). While I can see where it comes from, a lot of people seem to think that falin and laios are exactly the same person except with the genders switched? Falin obviously gets less characterization than laios, but I think its clear that they differ pretty markedly in the ways that they interact with the world.. and I think their main difference is the fact that falin is just as interested in humans as she is in monsters and magic. And laios just is not. Whether that's a result of falin being a girl and so having to be more careful about her masking is another topic but like Falin is a healer... Her prime motivation is to help other people, and she sees the good in them, things that shuro specifically points out as the reasons why he loves her (which are also things that marcille points to as reasons why she loves falin. Btw). Over the course of the story Laios shows he cares too, but it takes him much longer to warm up to people (he didnt even ask kabrus name LOLLL and hes pretty disconnected from their old party in general (except for shuro 😔)). Anyway I dont have anything really to say about this except that shuro's surprise proposal isnt an indication of his entitlement (at least not directly) and is instead a result of his upbringing, as most of the misunderstandings in regards to shuro are. And to reduce his feelings to just "he wants a manic pixie dream girl" is kind of mean I feel :(