In two of the panels, you can see that the mom has bruises on her knuckles, potentially implying that she was abusing the kid. He later shoots her and is put to death for it. The fact that he’s thinking about what she told him even as he’s being executed seems to maybe be commentary on how abuse like that can completely fuck up a person, but honestly I don’t even really know what the message is supposed to be.
I think you hit the nail on the head. You hate and love your parent abuser. Because they abuse you but also love you. And you were raised like that, with that dual person. And that love and hate are constantly battling inside you, a silent war, always raging on.
In two of the panels, you can see that the mom has bruises on her knuckles, potentially implying that she was abusing the kid. He later shoots her and is put to death for it. The fact that he’s thinking about what she told him even as he’s being executed seems to maybe be commentary on how abuse like that can completely fuck up a person, but honestly I don’t even really know what the message is supposed to be.
Overall, this is completely fucked
I think you hit the nail on the head. You hate and love your parent abuser. Because they abuse you but also love you. And you were raised like that, with that dual person. And that love and hate are constantly battling inside you, a silent war, always raging on.