Arima: -helps Kaneki rehab because he’s literally destroying himself-
Fandom: “Arima is such an evil SOB look at him”
Hmm I wonder why it’s ok to adore and worship Eto, even ship etoken which is a now a popular fandom pairing yet….
You like Arima? Well he’s shit and he’s evil and no one should ever like him. Oh and you ship arisasa? Well you’re a horrible person that promotes abusive relationships.
I think the thing about Furuta’s break down after Eto called
him out on being fatherless, was a lot less funny than people made it out to
be. At first, I thought that Eto and Furuta were alike in a sense that their
parents weren’t there for them, or in a sense that their parents “abandoned”
them, and in that sense, I guess Eto had to right to pull that card.
But their situations, as far as tragedy and lack of love and
parent hood are different.
Here we have Eto who had parents who loved her. Her mother
practically gave up her humanity for her, and even though her father gave her
away, she was still given to someone trust worthy, and at the same time, her
father spied on her, made sure she was safe and even made it so that the CCG went
after him instead of her. All the while, she was practically a millionaire at
age 14. Compared to most people in TG, her life isn’t tragic at all.
At the same time, while I’d like to think early on that
Furuta shared a similar life to Eto—he didn’t. No his was worse. To be born for
the sole sake of being a weapon, to know you have a living parent that
practically discarded you, but to have to work under said parent and watch them
raise a family happily while you’re living a shit life (I can relate to Furuta
partially). At the same time, you’re a nobody in many people’s eyes and in
order to be a “somebody” you savage whatever identity you can until you make a
name for yourself and not a really good one. And speaking of names, you weren’t
loved enough to even be given a real name, and through all of this, you’re
still alone.
In a sense, Furuta and Eto aren’t a like—no they aren’t
alike at all.
And I can just be being biased because I don’t like Eto, but
Eto’s life is considerably easier and a lot less tragic that Furuta’s. From
birth, Eto was loved and looked after and cared for—yet she still decided to go
down a route which required her discarding those she loved and cared for her (Noro
and her dad) just so she can get power. And even know, she’s being treated considerably
better than the other prisoners.