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“Man can resist almost anything but benevolence, and in order to get benevolence you give it.” — Jean Jacques Rousseau, Julie or the New Heloise, 1761

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I Hate When People When People Way That Coryo Wasnt Into Sejanus In The Books. That Boy Was Obsessed

I hate when people when people way that coryo wasn’t into sejanus in the books…. That boy was obsessed with everything that sejanus did, I know a bi panic when I see one, and that man was panicking in bi.

Oh I agree 1000%. I just think that Coriolanus did such a good job hiding his feeling from himself (even though they weren’t too hidden from the readers) that some people took it as “Coryo didn’t like Sejanus at all.”

It’s evident that Sejanus is someone Coriolanus generally enjoys the company of, even if he hates himself for it, what with Sejanus being district and all. And it’s clear in the book a bunch of times, but especially when he sees Sejanus for the first time in District 12.

Here’s an excerpt from that scene-

“Coriolanus had never been so glad to see anyone in his life. “Sejanus!” he burst out. He launched off his bunk, landed shakily on the painted concrete floor, and flung his arms around the newcomer.”

^^That is not the reaction of someone who doesn’t care.

That being said, I do still think that Coriolanus had a very skewed mental image of love and care and affections. He viewed everything as a transaction, and saw Sejanus as someone he could use and manipulate and walk all over. He saw Sejanus as below him, even if he did care for him.

So- his affections certainly weren’t healthy! But they were there :)

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