Dmitri Hate Page

dmitri does not view any of the urtvs as human, obviously they are just weapons to him. this is supported with his actions, character, and dialogue.
actions - neglect, abuse, manipulation, using his children as Literal tools and stepping stones, so much more…
pointing to dmitri's whole possession of gaignun though, and how in xs 1&ii (ds), gaignun straight up has their memory wiped for a period of time when they regain control.
in ep iii gaignun is still extremely scared of dmitri despite being 27 years old and 15 years passing, the trauma runs deep and just shows how badly dmitri treated them.
character - he thinks he is the only good person/human. no one else compares to him in his eyes. he will be the sole human to transcend to godhood, and he's the only one that deserves it (according to him). the urtvs not being living beings in his eyes was by design.

dialogue - he likes buttering up rubedo and nigredo by referring to them as his sons. whenever he wants something, he always acts like they're his children that he actually gives a damn about and this is... a very obvious abuse tactic. by making them feel loved, he can manipulate and gaslight them... affection is nonexistent from him, so to receive it surely means something, and it's what they want right? obviously they do deserve to be loved, but not by dmitri. they need a genuine family (see: each other, helmer, etc)...

• "settle down children. don't get flustered."
• convincing them to work with him in the simulator...
• "it's been a long time, my *dear* son."
• wants jr. to work with him... not happening (duh), and it wouldn't even be as a team, he just wants to use rubedo's powers to eliminate albedo and then kill rubedo using gaignun's abilities as the executioner. this entire conversation is dmitri acting nice (he's very good at pretending to be good to the public eye - he is charismatic and acts as a diplomat **for his own benefit**) but it's overflowing with manipulation.
• "i don't recall raising you urtvs to be idiots."
• he's obviously prideful of their abilities but only because it's his intellect and genes modified. he doesn't actually think they amount to anything.
• "so, they *disposed* of citrine. what is it? oh, i see. you're sad. you had a connection to that unit. but that's nothing more than an illusion. you are weapons. you see, you're nothing more than one of my parts. you don't need any meaningless emotions. anything more is completely unnecessary."
• drilled the disposal mindset into citrine and alludes to it here. he's making fun of her death even though she was groomed to do his bidding and did everything he asked. he truly does not care and never will care about anyone else aside from himself. and then of course, he is stripping gaignun of their rights as a living being, as usual. nothing new. it sucks.
• "is that you, rubedo? it's been a long time, hasn't it? i must say, i've missed you."

• same typical shit. also he's being sarcastic as hell.
• "oh, i am so disappointed in you, rubedo. this circumstance, is your fault entirely. there's no one else to blame but yourself and i'm afraid... i've been forced to take matters into my own hands, since those incomplete units failed their mission fifteen years ago."
• more sarcasm and guilt tripping. jr. doesn't give into it and fights back, rightfully so. standing up against his abuser and such. :,)
• "farewell, my son. i must go now. remember your great Father!"
• being a dad is a joke to him and no one is laughing. real impressive! father is a proper noun in the subs, by the way. makes you think. it is not a proper noun elsewhere.
• "so, you finally made it. the powers i gave you must not amount to much, my dear son."
  • dear son stuff again, although this time since it's in ep iii and he's being clear about his true colours, it's obviously a jab/sarcasm. and notice the arrogance - the sentence starts with him as the subject.
• "unlike you, this son has served me well."
• no comment. it's bad.
• so many more examples, but i'm not sifting through any more dmitri dialogue.

rubedo is really shocked at the idea of familial affection - sakura gives him a kiss and he just sits there flabbergasted... kinda obvious with parental neglect but you get touch starved and don't really know that there is such a thing as touch relating to positive emotions...

citrine talks about her comrades as being "disposed of", prompting rubedo to ask who citrine thinks she is... of course, citrine tells him that the urtvs aren't normal children. she has been conditioned to believe she is a tool. rubedo does try to fight this, but as seen with sakura, he does think of himself as a weapon. even in the future, he finds it extremely difficult to deny that fact... such as his final fight with albedo, where he DOES accept that he's a weapon and actually views it positively for a bit. albedo too, of course, refers to himself as a weapon.
the urtvs, and especially the variants *are* very human, but dmitri's abuse and the trauma he inflicted upon them is never ending.

you might be able to say something about the standard urtvs and the fact they share one collective consciousness that interprets rubedo as a complete monster was something programmed by dmitri in order to further dehumanise rubedo (and take away the standard urtvs' free wills).

rubedo commenting on the fact sakura has nice parents... and looking away when sakura brings up dmitri, deflecting about his mom since she was a genetic donor... and rubedo then immediately responding to her comment about trying to find his mom with the fact that he and his siblings are genetically engineered bioweapons... it shows he does not view himself as human and it's because dmitri drilled it into his head.

uhhh also rubedo being conditioned to introduce himself as urtv unit #666 and not rubedo. despite that being the name dmitri gave him. and it's a name he's proud of but realises he can't use it because he isn't an individual - he's a weapon, a tool.
the stance rubedo takes when he corrects himself is very rigid. other urtvs around the yuriev institute can be seen fixing their posture in a similar manner if they relax/get comfortable even for a few moments. they were most likely trained by dmitri to behave how he wanted, down to their posture and mannerisms when interacting with outsiders.

the entire helmer situation where he comments about the urtvs literally being 12 year old children and dmitri is just "LOL, LMAO you sentimental or something!?" those are your children and they're living beings. but of course you'd think that. they're just weapons to you, you cunt. he also never answers juli's question if they'll be alright, because he could not care less.

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