i’m not a violent dog, i don’t know why i bite (even after sharing my inner child with you, you hurt me so deep that even she was hurt. even she felt judged. and for that i’ll bite every time.)
“my friends think i like to fight, but it’s just not true. sometimes i lose my temper and blow off a little steam, but i’ve never enjoyed it. i’m not a violent dog. i don’t know why i bite” is the ANTHEM of kids who grew up repressed and afraid, who where forced to develop anger issues at an early age, who feel like anger is the only emotion they can show safely or correctly, who are scared of what they will be if not angry, who argue because that’s the only way they know how to express themselves, who get frustrated over the little things, who had to raise themselves, causing them to teach themselves to deal with problems with their fists. they say the rage people like us feel doesn’t make us bad. that it’s not our fault we were made to be this way.
the girl inside me who was filled with love and acceptance, died. she was torn apart by rabid animals who only wanted her flesh.
she was left to pick up the pieces. she was left to sew them together, to try and figure out how to pierce the needle through a plate of metal to cover it.
and she was left a girl scared of love. knowing that hatred and anger is easier then care and forgiveness.
I bite because I will never let someone get close to that little girl inside of me again. I bite because I have now become the guard dog of my soul.
“that’s alright,” you replied, voice measured despite its quiet rumble. “let me love you, anyway.”
he noticed the way your fingers twitched by your sides—an aborted need to pull him close—and he wondered: where do you find the fortitude to be gentle with him?
did you know how he felt at that moment? did you know what he felt when he cut himself open and was honest with the ugliness that muddles his heart, expecting your rejection, only to be met with your kindness as vast as the seas? did you know what you have done?
you fed a starving dog.
you stuffed him with tenderness until his fangs have dulled. you showed him a collar and asked if it was okay to leash him.
of course. claim me. please. i’m yours.
he stepped up into your space. “i won’t let you go.”
gonna need to put a fucking muzzle on me the way i wanna hurt you. going to rip your flesh from your goddamn bones and watch you choke on your blood. so beautiful- now shut up. let me kiss you . smear the blood across your lips and watch you cry. you look so delicious. i’m gonna eat you alive
I think there’s potential for Ais to go all “scorched earth, no stars” when it comes to protecting his territory, especially when he has no choice BUT to be violent.
I feel gangs wars, the loss and conquering of territory, and returning to his former glory are gonna be important factors for Ais’s route, even if it means he has to eradicate everything and everyone that stands in his way. He’s a former powerful leader that’s quietly bitter about the loss of his old gang, whether that be through death(because of his temper) or they just straight up abandoned him(once again, because of his temper).
How his fake smile dropped immediately after his “gang took a walk” line in the demo, it’s still obviously a sore subject for him. He pretends to be okay with being alone, but it’s obviously wearing thin on him. We all know he’s gonna snap soon - but what would be the inciting incident?
I think that pivotal incident will have something to do with his beloved tamed Soulless pets - no one else but Ais cares for them. Eridians are terrified of any kind of Soulless, so it’s possible people will rally together to get rid of them, even though the Soulless belonging to Ais are under his control. Not only that, but Eridians are probably unnerved in general by the whole concept of the Seaspring and the wastelands. They will probably try to form a mob to kill Ais because he’s evil in their eyes - eventually, Ais will become tired of everyone hating him because he’s the black sheep of Eridia.
Ais will definitely go crazy if anything happens to his tamed Soulless pets, ESPECIALLY Princess. All that volcanic rage that he’s been containing within himself will erupt and there will be nothing but bloodshed for anyone unfortunate enough to get in his way. The Soulless are the closest thing he has to a gang, a family, and he’s gonna protect that at all costs.
So I imagine Ais just being like “fuck it” and going on a horrific bloody rampage, forcing himself and his Soulless pets into Eridia’s territory, reclaiming it, conquering it, ruling it, his reasoning behind all of the carnage he’s causing is “if me and what I love can’t live in your world, then you will all die in mine.”