I think a lot about how when little Utena begs the prince to help Anthy he redirects the conversation to be about Utena to distract her from his powerlessness, he who is supposed to be the most powerful. He praises her and thanks her for her kindness and kisses away her tears, never assessing the real problem. He treated Anthy as some sort of a spectacle, not as a person suffering, and the most important thing to him was Utena's reaction, not Anthy's suffering. He attempted to push Anthy into the background, but Utena looked at her again.

In the ask you answered about Hickman's characterisation of Namor, you mentioned Namor's core traits, what are they?

Namor has 8 core character traits and I feel that if writers understand that then we get a good interpretation of his character; protector, honesty, respects women (he actually respects them more then men and doesn't have many male friends), doesn't use his strength to oppress people, nobility/arrogance, compassion, duality, and loyalty/respect. A couple are put together because I feel you can't have one without the other when it comes to his character.

- The protection and well being of his loved ones and people are a top priority to him, and he will do what's necessary to ensure their safety including murder or going to war, however Namor does not revel in senseless slaughter nor does he kill indiscriminately. (The only type of people Namor would harm/kill on sight are Nazis.)

- Namor is an honest character, he tells the truth even if it's a hard truth to hear. (He does engage in subterfuge from time to time if he needs to because he's a king and usually he does this if he feels it's in the best interest of his people/plan)

- Namor respects women. Full stop. He's not misogynistic, there are countless examples of him listening to women/female characters and taking their words under advisement or relying on them to help or trusting them or deferring to them. (This is hard to see sometimes because male comic writers often inject their own misogynistic views into some plots/sayings or fans take Namor as saying "Female" in referral to women characters as something misogynistic when it's just Archaic type of writing. Also I really feel that people shouldn't judge Namor on the Fantastic Four/Susan writing because he's deliberately written in a certain way in those comics and that plot dynamic that doesn't align with most of his character.)

- Namor sides with and champions the oppressed/underdog characters. He uses his strength and abilities to protect, not oppress.

- Namor's nobility and arrogance are intertwined, he is not a humble character and moments of humility are not something he expresses often.

- Namor's compassion is something others (Atlanteans) view as a weakness, however Namor would rather give his enemies a second chance rather than to kill them. Examples of this are Tiger Shark, Attuma, and Humans. (The last one is what Atlanteans judge him for the most since he tries to strive for peace with the human world until its thrown back in his face. Basically Namor's relationship with the human world is a cycle.)

- Namor's duality is the backbone of his character, like I cannot stress enough how Namor being biracial, or being of two worlds, or having 2 peoples he belongs to, are important to his character. His constant internal struggle and the external pressures of dealing with this are paramount to understanding his character.

- Namor's loyalty and respect is not easily earned but once earned then Namor is ride or die for that person.