Comment by bored on Swallow You Whole - Chapter 7

Comment on ChapterSwallow You Whole - Chapter 7
honestly conflicted on whether is morally right to keep reading or not. i get that there was a mistranslation in which the 3rd mugo is referred to as 'naive' and not a 'child', but it doesn't fully take away my concern. say what yall want but 3rd mugo, the one who actually needs to eat the sacrifice, acts like a literal child. he stutters when he speaks which is common in kids when they learn words for the first time. before you start defending this, think of it as associating words like "pwease" and "sowwy" as baby talk. even with speech exceptions, it doesn't change the fact that its the first think we correlate it to. patterns appear for a reason."p-play g-games with me!" like be for real. i can put up with unrealistic periods of segs or the oh so convient sm** but i draw the line at borderline pedophilia.
some of yall need to go outside like how are u so out of touch oh my days

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@bored I think it's more supposed to be a representation of the Id, Ego, and Superego. The Id is the primitive instinctive component (hence the gaming for 32hrs and hunger) and is not affected by reality, logic, or the everyday world as it resides in the unconscious mind. It responds directly and immediately to basic urges, needs, and desires. The personality of a newborn child is all id, and only later does it develop an ego and super-ego. The id engages in primary process thinking, which is primitive, illogical, irrational, and fantasy-oriented. This form of process thinking has no comprehension of objective reality, and is selfish and wishful in nature. Also, the id remains infantile in its function forever (ie gimme now) rather than developing as the ego and superego do, hence the representation of the 3rd Mugo.

But I agree it's not the most tasteful representation especially for works of this nature.