Meruem and Komugi are defined as opposite extremes of the evolutive scale.
Meruem is considered since birth as the pinnacle of evolution by both his mother and the Royal Guards:
Komugi on the other hand is introduced as a physically weak and even blind girl who at first sight doesn’t seem particularly brilliant:
This point is important because the Chimera Ant arc among other things can be seen as an arc about evolution and what exactly this word means. Does it mean to become stronger and stronger like Gon who in this arc turns into an adult? Or maybe there is a different kind of growth a person should pursue? And is this growth necessarily functional to the survival of the species? Is the species all what the individual is for?
Meruem and Komugi are two characters who help addressing this question and give us an answer.
I originally drew this back in february for Mikasa’s birthday and it’s gone through so many corrections since then it’s time I let it go today for Armin’s bday (I also tried finishing it for Eren’s but omg I made him especially look so bad then)
i really like chrollo but i feel like i dont have a very good handle on his personality, and im like 85% certain that the reason for that is literally just “i was so distracted by how fucking pretty he is that i forgot to pay attention to anything he said or did”
Most of the time his eyes are blank, dead and empty. There are stress lines around them, they’re sunken and swollen and he looks perpetually tired. I suspect insomnia, maybe nightmares. He hardly ever shows emotion, and when he does it’s grim: sadness, loneliness, grief, protectiveness, maliciousness, vengefulness and satisfaction. There is no joy in Chrollo’s life. No curiosity. Sometimes there’s a glimmer of interest in his eyes and voice, but they go away quickly. Most times he’s simply calculated and worn down.
Chrollo doesn’t stand out in a crowd, by choice. He’s charismatic when he draws attention to himself, but usually he just fades out from notice. This isn’t the typical leader-type character that we’re used to, who’s always in the spotlight. Chrollo doesn’t see himself as a leader, per se, more like … the one who makes the decision in case there are differences in opinion. Sometimes he nudges it along where he thinks it should go, but that’s all (he thinks). Yes, there’s a chain of command, but he doesn’t realise it’s his personality that keeps the spider together, not the COC.
Chrollo is a true child of Meteor City: he doesn’t count. No one counts, unless they mean something to him, and then they count more than him. It doesn’t matter if he lives or dies – he’s fine with either option, and that’s why he’s fine with hurting strangers: he’s treating them the way he aspires to be treated. Does he want to be treated this way? I don’t know, but it sure looks like he thinks this is how human interaction should go.
This is why he’s both discriminatory and indiscriminatory in who he kills. Why should he care about other people enough to kill them? And then, why should he care about the people that he kills? They’re as human as he is, and he hardly even considers himself a human being.
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