@ the anon who sent that. My dear, I could write an entire book, 200 pages at least. (I love you for asking tho).
I tried to sum it up but I failed lol. You are gonna have to give me more time. Sadly I’m gonna be out all day tomorrow and it’s 3 am here, I must leave. Also I’m so sleepy I can’t write properly in English.
However here you have a sneak peek (I’m probably erasing a lot of this so it’s shorter. I’m using Sin a lot for this one, but I was just gonna talk about Pisti and all the generals, agh it’s hard leaving details out):
Since I’m
saying Ja’far is “human”, let’s talk about one of my favorite things about Ja’far: his
flaws.
Ja’far is
short-tempered, strict, aggressive, dull, obsessive, blunt, etc. He has so many
relatable flaws tbh. I say dull because he’s that person who doesn’t fit to
everyone’s opinion on what’s “fun”, like going to parties and getting drunk. I’m
one of those dull people and probably a lot of you guys are too. (I don’t
actually think we are dull but that’s how people see us often, at least me).
But let’s focus on Ja’far’s main issue (and what makes him really interesting
for me): the contrast between his aggressive behavior and his kindness.
Ja’far’s aggressive behavior opposes his warm
nature in a lot of ways. This is why I say he’s human, he tries to be a certain
way but his flaws are stronger and he fails.
Ja’far tries to be perfect. He walks in a fine, elegant way, his speech is
overly polite, he’s very cultivated (he studied as much as he could), he’s
efficient, he has a dignified appearance. Ja’far has worked all his life so he
could become who he is now and so there are no traces of his old self, the
assassin. BUT he still gets angry easily, he’s too short-tempered and when he
snaps, he snaps big time and sadly he snaps about several things.
Sinbad’s mistakes spark this behavior on him a lot and despite of his desire of
remaining a calm and collected advisor, Ja’far loses all this in front of the person
he respects most and thinks he has the right to. His polite speech, his
discrete way of standing, they all disappear and he unleashes the true Ja’far.
His king becomes his idiotic friend he promised to help and so he lectures him
with screams and punches. And after he
calms down, he becomes the polite advisor again, the one he’s trying so hard to
be. Another example of Ja’far being unable to control himself is when he loses it
after Cassim insults Sinbad. Only after Sin stops him he realizes he fucked up
and the aggressive Ja’far disappears in a second, he dashes to heal the wound
he caused to his king and also apologizes. And thus: after more than a decade
and a half Ja’far still can’t control his aggressive personality.
Ja’far is a scary guy but he has tried to become the loving, collected and calm
person he knows he is deep inside (because he is indeed) for so many years and he
still can’t do it. Isn’t that adorable? He is both things tho, he’s scary and
could kill you, but he’s also cute and sweet and could love you like no one
ever would.
The Ja’far twins in Sinbad no bouken, which represent the contradiction that he
is himself, become one in the anime, but not in the manga. And coincidentally
Ja’far’s household are two snakes. This contradiction in Ja’far’s personality
is definitely important to understand Ja’far as a character. And wow isn’t he
interesting?
