Me, as a victim of emotional abuse and this isn't negotiable can say Adam truly is an abuser that isn't all he is, Adam was a victim in his past there's this thing called the cycle of abuse, my abusive partner had an abusive father and a very messed up family...
But this will never excuse his actions just as Adams past can't excuse his.
Adam would call Blake his darling and his love not only talking like he owns her like he thinks he does, but also talking down to her attacking her antagonising her but still calls her "love"
He only cared for Blake when she did what she was told, when he could control her and get in her head but he never loved her,

Even their interaction in the adam short he gaslight her as soon as she questions him he becomes defensive and changes the subject to Blakes parent's
Something he knows will effect Blake
Followed by an empty apology that warps Blakes words into saying she doesn't belive him which as Blake says she never said that
Adam turned the entire conversation onto Blake acting as if he was a victim
Straight up emotional abuse
And the way he would slap Blake and kick her during their fight in volume 3
That isn't Adams fighting style he fights with his sword in order to get the most out of his semblance
He just wanted to hurt her to abuse her
And I'm no Adam hater like yes, Adam as a person literally terrible disgusting would not wanna know him in real life
But as a character he's an amazing example of a victim becoming an abuser and then the downward spiral that follows
Adams story alone Is a sad one a story of a boy who lost himself to abuse
abuse teaches its victims that an abuser is what you need to become to survive or stay abused that's how the cycle works
Many are to afraid to break the cycle and become power hungry
Because as a victim you feel powerless that's how an abuser takes advantage of you
and something I've noticed about Adam is he despices weakness cowardice all things that relate to being a victimi
I'm no psychologist but to me, it seems Adams past he was a coward and he was weak and that is what he feels allowed him to be abused so he became determined to be strong and powerful
And that's why he joined the white fang for revenge and power
And when Blake showed interest in him, basically the princess of minagerie the daughter of the leader of the wf he saw that as an opportunity for more power more things to control and what better way to get power then to control a young infatuated girl with a powerful family
Like obviously this isn't necessarily canon because what we don't know we don't know but from what we do know Adam has always been abusive to Blake he was an abuser when they met she never knew Adam before his abuse
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