random wakanda forever brainrot post but here goes

namor saying that “only the most broken people can be great leaders” is a saying I understand a lot better now as an adult. i used to hate it as a kid, and hated it even more as a teenager.

why should anyone suffer in order to be a capable leader? the answer is pretty stupidly simple.

it’s not just that suffering makes them more resilient, but that they gain the ability to empathise with perspectives no one would be able to unless they go through it themselves. it allows them to fully and viscerally understand and consider the costs of the actions they are going to take or endorse, and then considering the gravity of it all, make those decisions.

and it shouldn't be this way, but it is, and it is true - only the most broken people can be great leaders.