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Yall don't understand the true genius of best sociopath. Your opinions are hereby invalid. I award you no Nodoka points, and may GOD have mercy on your soul.
- Aug 18, 2021
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Wouldn't it be fun if Sensei blacked out and assaulted Io?
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I like how you are describing Nodoka and not realizing she sounds exactly like how Selebus would view himself and how my theory that she's a self-insert seems more plausible
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I'm not disagreeing.
Only in that she's pretty poorly done even for one. She has the moral character and attitude of one, but rather than actually being convincingly conniving and able to imitate emotions long enough to tell people what they want to hear to get her way, she just has "basically scrying" tier perception and everyone around her is just too dumb to go against her puddle deep arguments.
Maybe she's not actually supposed to be a sociopath, but sociopathic/narcissistic disorders run in my family, and I'm convinced she's either A - a failed portrayal of that, or B - In line with LID's theory, how someone with it would write a self insert, with all the casual superiority complex that entails.
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I mean that in the way that i have read more interesting sociopathic characters with more deepth. So far all what she has shown is barely an inch deep. She is all about manipulating people -and not even good at that i might add- writting her little book, been a pervert and dont give a shit about other peoples emotions. Not that she herself has many of those. She is either pervy, smug, blank or surprised, when she isnt busy to act psychotic. Cant think of any other "emotion" she has shown and with that list i was already generous imo.
And the theory that she is a self insert isnt new. I just dont remember if i already made a post about that a while ago, or if i talked somewhere else about it. Imo, it is a pretty solid theory when we look at how full of herself she is. But then i must wonder, how can someone actually selfinsert themself as they are, with all the unlikeable flaws, without realizing what an ass one is.
I mean shouldnt that cause some sort of self reflection?
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The irony wouldn't be lost on Selebus not realizing she has unlikeable flaws and thinking she IS the perfect sociopath, precisely because he sees himself on Nodoka
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They're not prone to self reflection. They're very used to being told what assholes they are, and just convince themselves that others just don't get it, regardless of evidence to the contrary. Of the ones I've known, they can have their behavior explode in their face, and they'll still compartmentalize it into parts to so they can blame most of it on others, but take fake blame for tiny parts only where it can make them seem sympathetic.
Like, the part with not caring how her book would hurt others is actually EXACTLY something one of them would do. I've talked to the brick wall of "But how does that ACTUALLY affect you?" many, many times. Where when something they do, or want to do, really upsets someone, they're unwilling or unable to empathize with feelings, no matter how you try to explain it, it won't land if you don't frame it in a way where it will negatively impact them. They simply don't feel like they need to justify themselves. That they want to do it is in itself justification enough, though this obviously is a one way street to them.
The problem with the book scene isn't that it's not something a sociopath would do, it's that it's not a behavior (specifically, simply discounting their victim's feelings instead of trying to bribe, placate or justify), one would do without some way to keep those people close. Be it leverage, blackmail, misplaced affection, financial benefits.
As in, she wants to at least keep Futaba and Akira in her life. Likely for self serving reasons, but she does. She wouldn't do things to make them out and out angry with her without some kind of leverage to keep them around. But she literally just showed all her cards and scuttled her leverage. Blackmail? She just published it in a book. Affection? Akira really has none for her, and it's such a betrayal in Futaba's eyes that she risks total cutoff, despite the old friendship.
For a sociopath to do that to someone with no leverage and then act with dismissiveness would mean they no longer see you as a valid asset. They no longer care if you stick around.
But she kinda does in game, it's just everyone simply keeps letting her get away with it.
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Ah how times have changed...
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Now that I think about it, this is the first time I ever seen Akira smile for real, what a beautiful scene
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I think I'll have to disagree here. Nodoka definitely displays some supernatural elements. However, I agree that she exhibits many traits that give off that "TV Genius" feel.
Most likely, what you meant was strictly that her portrayed intelligence isn't supernatural but rather a caricature/misrepresentation (intentional or not) of an extraordinary genius; and yes—you're right—but I don't feel like her intelligence was ever implied to come from a supernatural source, just that her brain is more potent than regular people's (outrageous memory, raw computational power.) At least Nodoka herself doesn't think so. And amusingly, the fact that her intellect was meant to be "natural" is the most implausible thing about the whole character.
Which (non-super) human can calculate square roots to four decimal places in milliseconds?
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Since no one talks about Imani, I wanted to bring up something funny I noticed.
Imani in Chapter 4:
Sensei in Chapter 3:
Imani literally got sister-zoned.
Imani in Chapter 4:
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Imani literally got sister-zoned.
Imani sure has some surprises headed, first that Akira considers her like little sister, but also that even so he'd still fuck her. Rollercoaster of emotions for poor Imani!
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The irony of not wanting to fuck someone he considers a sister but plaps his actual niece/daughter on the daily