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c!tommy and selfishness vs selflessness , a thread of me just rambling :D
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tw // mentions of manipulation , suicidal thoughts , and abuse
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a very common criticism of c!tommy that i see is that he’s selfish, which i can definitely understand, but i think the problem with this statement is that it ignores c!tommys growth, and also how he often does selfish things after doing something very selfless. +
i see arguments for c!tommy being selfish specifically during the founding of l’manburg, he was very impulsive and that often translated to doing things that could hurt others. however, this argument ignores so many subtle things tommy did. +
for example, when he was arrested by sapnap at the beginning of the server with the drug van he immediately tried to bargain with him by saying that he was enough and they didn’t need to go back for the others, showing how selfless he truly could be. +
and now the obvious one, we have the time when he sacrificed his discs for l’manburgs independence. he has already lost 2 canon lives defending this country, and now here he is giving his two most prized possessions away so his friends could live peacefully together in l’manburg
tommy continued to be selfless after this with his discs. he was forced to put them aside for wilbur. he put them aside for the election, put them aside during pogtopia for the sake of getting l’manburg back with wilbur, only for it to then be destroyed in front of him.
he tried to be selfless and put them aside for his brother and their country (again) but it only blew up (literally) in his face. so he did something selfish, childish even, and he griefed georges house with ranboo, he was angry and he lashed out, angering dream
however, this is once again followed up by a selfless act, where he sacrificed himself for ranboo when he didn’t tell anyone that ranboo also helped. he wanted to protect ranboo and he did just that!! he couldn’t let someone else take the fall, an inherently selfless act
then exile happened, he was being manipulated by dream and made to believe that he had no one, all he had was dream. but then when he was stood on top of the pillar contemplating suicide he realised dream had been manipulating him, making him feel truly alone
he then went to techno and began to prioritise the discs over everything, leading to the line at the community house were he said “the discs were worth more than you ever were” to tubbo, an incredibly selfish thing to say, caring about your possession more than your best friend
however, after this he immediately regretted his words, and proved this by telling tubbo to give dream one of his discs. he felt so bad he followed his selfish act by a completely selfless act as he realised the path he was on would only lead to more pain, he learnt and
he changed his behaviour to show he cared about the people around him, something he had been subtly doing ever since the beginning of the server. obviously he still obsessed over the discs, but at the final disc war he truly proved that tubbo really was worth more than
the discs as he sacrificed them for him. tommy has shown to be selfish sometimes, but it’s important to not define his character as that as he has shown time and time again that he cares about those around him and that he is willing to give up everything for them
if he wasn’t selfish sometimes he would feel less real as a character, but the way he follows his selfish acts with something selfless shows that he realises he messes up, and he tries to fix them by giving back to others
this thread is very messy and mostly just a continuous train of thought from me, so i’m sorry it’s not structured and mostly rambling but yeah :)))
