#he's still going by a derivative of the surname he was born with (Maksimov) because he can't let go of that last little tether
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#I didn't want to go off in the notes of that last rb but it actually is such good advice#and basically solved the main issue I was having with GC's plot which was like...#Maksim would probably have a SIGNIFICANTLY easier time getting away from Alabast if he would just. change his fucking name.#so I was like okay. Well he's not an idiot so why doesn't he do that? and the answer is he's sentimental :/#outwardly he insists that he has no emotional attachment to his life or family in Russia but also all these years later#he's still going by a derivative of the surname he was born with (Maksimov) because he can't let go of that last little tether#and if you dig REALLY deep it's about abandonment issues and the fact he's good at walling people off but not fully cutting them out#so he has all these elaborate plans and makes peace with the inevitability of having to run if (when) they catch up with him#because he can't--WON'T--do the one thing that would stop that from happening#and I think the contrast with Ilya who has absolutely no ties to anyone or anything and was doing Just Fine hiding from their past#and the fact that they're only forced to reckon with it because they get caught in the crossfire of /Maksim's/ conflict#is so so delicious. or it would be. if I finished writing it :')
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