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Redemption =/= Atonement. The latter is what Enji chose to do. Hate is 100% warranted by people, he is a Domestic Abuser. He isn't Redeemed, he isn't excused but the fact that we see him working hard and trying should say something. https://twitter.com/tayloredkinsh/status/1324197800960167937
If you're the type of person to see someone genuinely trying to be better and all you have to add to the conversation is "Try harder" or "but they did this" then you honestly don't understand the gradual growth of hard work. It's not about speed it's about //
// doing things thoroughly and properly without getting ahead of yourself, figuring things out and maintaining the discipline. It's bitter work to fix yourself, undoing takes time and self awareness at every step.
Creating Endeavor's arc was always going to be a risky decision, because of how many people have personal experiences with abuse, and all that it entails.
I think the biggest point in favor of Horikoshi's portrayal of Endeavor's arc is that all of his kids //
I think the biggest point in favor of Horikoshi's portrayal of Endeavor's arc is that all of his kids //
// have different responses to his attempts to make amends, and all of them are treated as equally legitimate. Not everyone is able to forgive their abuser, and that's okay, they shouldn't have any obligation to. But it's not impossible to forgive and try to rebuild.
