This Leads Me To Three Conclusions - Blog Posts

and it worked i think you're right hey op i hope you dont mind me rambling in your tags lmao vincent would be one of many filipinos raised and conditioned to be his family's financial provider especially considering how most urban poor families often have a number of children beyond their means educational resources on family planning and financial management were almost inaccessible to the masses back in Vincent's time so vincent would be one of the eldest children forced to finance his siblings' studies and/or survival even to his own detriment this leads me to three conclusions firstly this recontextualizes vincent's self sacrificial nature his attitude stems not only from mere compassion but also from a toxic mindset imposed upon him since birth he would sacrifice his comfort safety and life not only out of duty but also out of misplaced guilt “if i am not useful then what am i?” secondly the whole impoverished with many siblings thing would make vincent a great foil for goffredo thirdly this take is personally haunting because it reminds me of my mother i assume that what vincent meant by boys being more valued is that men not only had better opportunities in education and work but also had no risk of getting sidetracked by teenage pregnancy however the situation described in this post was also imposed on women even if it was considered more ideal to be imposed on men my mother went to church everyday in her youth to sing for masses she dreamed of becoming a nun but just as she was about to begin training her mother intervened some of my mother's siblings weren't financially fortunate so my grandmother wanted my mom to shoulder financial responsibilities for her siblings and their kids if my mother became a nun she wouldnt have the means to do so so my grandmother threatened to burn down the convent if my mother refused to follow her wishes i can't help but imagine an au where instead of becoming pope vincent became just like my mother and i can't help but hope that there's a universe out there where my mother gets to run away just like the pope this resonance just goes to show how Filipino Vincent is at his core