Salieri is a man whose life was destroyed by how others perceived him. Gorgon and Shinjuku are reflections of how humans is the real monsters. Dantes is a tale of revenge against those who took everything from him. They’re personifications of emotion more than anything else, of what makes people feel alive, feel understood, feel human to begin with. It’s a perfect example of why Avengers are such unbelievably compelling characters, and why so many people want avenger alts. But it’s not a version JUST Gilles could understand. A version where she despaired, where she cried out in agony, where she roared with hate. He WANTED to see her snap, to see her turn and curse those who repaid her kindness with death. She was so inhumanly saintly, ironically the thing that drew Gilles to her, that he couldn’t believe she could die like that content.
He just couldn’t understand how Jeanne, even as she was turned on and burned, could stand by her actions and want to see France prosper. She’s simply a version he could comprehend. It’s not that she’s Gilles’s ideal, Gilles outright admits that. A lot of people idiotic nasu fanboys say that she’s “fake/not a real after” because she’s “really just the result of Gilles’ corrupted view” but there’s so much more to it than that. I have and always will stand by that statement. It’s because she isn’t unjustified she isn’t wrong to feel that way.
