me thinking about how mista would never be able to let go of bruno after VA, because bruno saved him from prison, but mista not only failed to protect bruno from scolippi's prediction, but his actions also damned abbacchio and narancia into the bargain & now he's lost everything.

i really feel like mista would have a very hard time after VA even in spite of his easygoing nature. He's rescued from a terrible fate and welcomed into a team that loves and cares for him (quite possibly for the first time in his life) & in the blink of an eye, they're all gone

Mista's backstory is still such a mystery - why is he living alone aged 17? where is his family? - but the bonds he forms with Narancia, Abbacchio and Bruno are very strong (he'd literally *die* for Bruno). Losing all of them because he failed to stop Scolippi's stand...

I'm gonna paste some shit i said in group chat here because I think it's really relevant and explains why I think Mista would feel this really strongly even though everyone views him as being laidback and easygoing

anyway listen I just really fucking love mista and my heart breaks for him over and over when I think about what he's lived through and djasdkh he's just best boy he really is

i wonder if Mista is this way *because* he's alone. If he's only ever had himself to rely on, then it makes sense that he'd want to affect this kind of simple, don't-think-too-hard/don't-be-afraid veneer. If there's nobody to support him, he can't allow himself to fall apart.

and then when he joins bucci gang he's basically the sole pillar of emotional stability. he's literally holding everyone else together. so he can't allow himself to fall apart there either because the team need him to be stable and consistent. Man. *Man*.