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long list of links under the cut

Griffith:

dehumanization

tackling the fetus issue

unstructured theorizing about neogriffith

on the final duel and the eclipse

chapter 250 and loneliness

it’s significant that neogriffith is invulnerable

conversation about griffith’s objectification and victimization

griffith, guilt, and sex

brief hot take on griffith’s eclipse sacrifice

parallels and contrasts between gambino, griffith, and femto

griffith’s narrative thru an internalized homophobia lens

theorizing about griffith’s scratch marks

convo about emotional guardedness

more on the fetus

neogriffith’s utopia

the promrose speech

huge ass analysis of the conflict between Griffith’s dream and his feelings for Guts:
part one – griffith had to make himself strong
part two – a person’s heart can’t be sustained by dreams and ideals alone
part three – you made griffith weak
part four – griffith’s no good without you

griffith and control

Guts:

the portrayal of guts’ sexual trauma

learning lessons

quick take on guts’ dream

guts, guilt and griffith

defense mechanisms

optimism

conversation about guts and parallels between griffith and casca

guts’ contradictory feelings about griffith post-eclipse

guts’ decision to leave the hawks

more on guts’ conflicting feelings re: femto/ngriff

critiquing the eclipse wrt guts’ trauma

Guts/Griffith:

love at first sight and irony

more love at first sight

convo about subtext plus slight correction

griffguts still going strong while separated

the sacrifice

do i need a reason scene

you of all people

huge ass analysis of Guts’ attraction to Griffith:
part one – our intro to their relationship
part two – visual chemistry in the golden age
part three – how casca figures into it
part four – why it just makes sense to me

a more thorough look at how the guts/casca sex scene revolves around griffith

how does guts feel now?

Other characters:

schierke and sonia

what if it’s casca’s behelit

convo about casca, the hawks, and griffith at the end of the golden age

casca’s narrative

the portrayal of casca’s “attraction” to men

some thoughts on casca’s relationship with griffith

Other (themes, plot, speculation, authorial bias, etc):

berserk’s afterlife

was the scene between griffith and charlotte rape

musing on apostles

berserk basks in duality without ever passing into dissonance (convo)

genuine speculation in the first half of this post

darkness and light

comparing guts and griffith’s narratives

the narrative framing of guts and casca’s relationship

falconia as a utopia founded by femto
plus addition

theorizing about elfhelm after chapter 355

how judeau’s manipulations reflect on guts and casca’s relationship

the care and feeding of one’s evil alter ego

both g/c sex scenes as methods of repressing negative feelings

the sacrifice as a darkly fitting end to the hawks’ journey

strategies for not giving a fuck about all the rape and rape attempts (plus links to critiques of the eclipse rape)

warming a man is a woman’s duty