Thread by @kleber116935

One of my favorite aspects of fata is how the characters are shaped by their surroundings and the people they interact with, so I wanted to make a thread about this theme and how its portrayed in d1-4 and why the end of d4 is my favorite twist ever #fata #fatamoru spoilers bellow

the story always portrays certain characters to be using a "mask" when taking and interacting with others, this theme of characters taking a different identity for themselves is very prevalent throughout the story, but it's used in a very interesting way in d1-4

One aspect that should be heavily taken in consideration about those doors is that they're affected by morgana's curse. Every minor detail is being manipulated and controlled by her and I believe this reflects on some of the story's major themes; the importance of communication

Understanding the pain one bears within them is the key to understand someone's actions in fata, however this does not happen in those doors. Characters that bear heavy burdens are dejected and in turn become the "villains" of the story

Nellie a girl without friends and a true home, yukimasa a foreign man washed ashore in a unknown country, maria a woman who lost her family when she was young. Those characters carried scars within them and the treatment each and every one received brought them down this path

Nellie couldn't trust her own family, every "friend" she had carried an ulterior motive to be with her. Her only real connection was her brother, however by the introduction of the WHG she feels abandoned and forgotten by him, which results in her actions at the end of the door.

Yukimasa is treated harshly at the village after he wakes up, making him to believe he was a mere beast. Only making his feelings that he should kill people all the more heightened because of the treatment he received

Maria being in the mafia world ever since she was young had found herself without family, who were killed by jacopo's. Jacopo believed her to have moved on from the past and unaware of the grudge she still carried, by perhaps, ignorance of what she felt. results in her betrayal

Those characters are mistreated by their environment, their pains either considered a child being spoiled, A beast getting what it deserves or forgotten. And although that's a noticeable connection they have, there's also another one. They take a different identity or personality

Because of what they went through. Nellie at the end of d1 tries to fool mell by "becoming" the WHG. Yukimasa turns into bestia. Maria becomes the always reliable, cheerful person she presents herself as in d3. Those personalities being basically an opposite of their real ones

I believe this is one of the multiple ways morgana uses to torture and punish those characters. Their condition is created because of a lack of empathy, to understand and try to make one's pain more bearable. Things which lacked when she was dying.

Then comes d4, this door is a fake, it's characters mere shells of their true selves, however it presents itself against those past doors. By showing a story of care and understanding, a story of broken characters saving each other. It offers a tragedy yes, but a different one.

Everything this tale presents is that of a world of compassion, one that should you accept as truth would bring complete freedom from pain, a perfect stillness from everything, an eternity at the mansion alongside the witch. But it's one that is denied and rejected by Michel.

This choice goes against not only this door, but also the previous ones and signify his determination to forge through a painful tale, a tale of hatred, filth, but a real tale. This is brought because of his willingness to see the truth behind it all.

In this goal he goes and understands the pain and burden every character in the story carries, from morgana to his own brothers. And is able to forge a better future for all. One without curses, masks, but true honesty with each and every one, portrayed in reincarnation.

Because of not only his choice at the end of d4 but at the end of d7 Michel is able to truly save and show those characters in a real light, their deepest flaws and their best aspects in the promise of a better future. Michel goes through so much in the story

But by the end of it he manages to pull through and instead of becoming like morgana he's able to see the real version of those characters. This theme of masks is something not only present in those doors, but are enhanced by the final choice in d4 and it's denial of that "truth"

There's a lot more that I wanted to add to this and the original thread was way more cohesive, but i think I was able to put most of my thoughts well enough here. Feel free to correct me on something or add something else