It's easy enough to say that Byakuran is not what he appears to be.
What he appears to be is an easygoing, cheerful young man who could never be seen without a smile on his face. Constantly, he is laughing and making childish or naive remarks, and in disposition, is normally carefree. It seems as though everyone is always on his good side, but, to be blunt, this is all a facade to hide his normally cruel behavior.
What he actually is is a being that has transcended time and space, and thus, is the owner of several personalities. His ambitions as a mafia boss and dictator of the world aspiring to create the perfect universe mold the casting for most of his dark and cruel personality.
That, of course, only accentuates the fact that Byakuran is the picture of deceiving, of manipulative. He is a grand master of all things having to do with back stabbing, cheating, and betrayal...nearly everything he does has an ulterior motive or serves some sort of greater purpose. He's meticulous in nature about everything that he does, always making sure to choose his words and actions carefully to ensure the outcome that he desires. Literally everyone is a pawn in his plan to conquer the world. In that sense, he's somewhat of a control freak.
"I'll become...an invincible God!"
Mentioning that-- Byakuran's entire life revolves around this one concept: ruling the world--nay, the universe--and becoming the ultimate creator of space and time. To be honest, he's easily bored, and took it upon himself to take over the world for fun, because he felt the average human life he was living was utterly bleak. By uncovering the fact that he was capable of sharing knowledge between his alternate selves, he uses his spectacular power for his own selfish gain, and to ultimately throw the world into despair--as each timeline he's destroyed ends with war and devastation by his hand. Because of this great goal--to end all possible timelines with him as ruler of the world--he tends to be quite heartless when it comes to dealing with humans. He is willing to kill off people who are no longer useful to him or become boring, only because life and all it's inhabitants are a game to him, and he doesn't intend on playing a boring game.
Who could blame him for getting bored when he's an all-knowing being in a slow moving world? Because he knows the possible outcomes of nearly all situations, he finds it difficult to think of people not on his level as interesting. After destroying the eight trillion worlds that he did, he recalled that most of it was just for kicks, and because 'he could'.
By all means, Byakuran is ruthless and cruel and generally only thinks of himself. He's selfish and will betray even his closest friends in order to achieve what it is that he wants. When it comes to people that betray him first, more often than not, he'll figure them out before they even know it. As soon as it's out in the open that the other party has betrayed him, he's frigidly cold and mocks them, usually getting back at them with venom dripping words or taking out his revenge violently. One could say he's passive aggressive until pushed otherwise. A reason for this toxic behavior is his horrible pride and arrogant attitude, which stems from his power; his power of seeing into other worlds endorses his know-it-all brattishness, enabling him to act as though he is above everyone else. To Byakuran, he's planes and planes above the ordinary human, and values his existence and well-being over anyone else's.
No word describes him better than "sinister". No title fits him better than "god complex".
"Say that again and I'll kill you."
One could also call him painfully capricious--and the switch between his jolly attitude to his cold-hearted conduct is frightening. It's said that his cruelty knows no bounds, having the capacity to show this brutality to even his closest friends. Despite his cheerful disposition, he's surprisingly violent, open to threatening people with death who disagree with him or offend him personally. The worst part of it is that after saying something that horrid, he jumps right back into his merry attitude, laughing it off as if it were a joke, when in reality, his threat is as heavy as they come.
Also, he's remarkably morbid in his sense of humor. On one account, he blew up a car, thinking that an enemy, Mukuro Rokudo, was inside, only to find out that it was a civilian's car when the man inside ran outside of the car, screaming and covered in flames. The thought that he potentially has killed or horribly injured someone by accident doesn't seem to bother him at all.
Perhaps Byakuran's most redeeming trait is his extreme carefree attitude. He is entirely unaffected by pressure and stressful situations, as he always believes there is a way out. This may be a result of his all-knowing mindset, but Byakuran always assumes that he knows more than his opponent (which, he probably does), and thus, doesn't feel threatened even by the worst turns of events. Anything that seems threatening or out of his power range only fascinates him, and makes him want to understand it or applaud it--but more importantly, destroy it.
He's capable of laughing and being his same self even in grim times.
"Do you remember the game called 'Choice'?"
Byakuran is ridiculous levels of intelligent, as before his entire discovery of his power, he was enrolled in an elite college for an unknown high-intel job. He and his best friend, Irie Shouichi, programmed a complex game called 'Choice' during college, which later came into play in the future to decide the winners of the Trinisette (the seven Arcobaleno pacifiers, the seven Mare Rings, the seven Vongola Rings). Not only did he co-create this game for fun, but it's also well known that Byakuran is allegedly a genius, both academically and naturally. It also helps that he retains knowledge from all of the Parallel Worlds, meaning that if a world came up with the cure for cancer and other worlds didn't, he would still be aware of that knowledge in worlds that would never develop the cure. This means he holds a sufficient amount of data that is beyond what the alpha time line has figured out--he can save people from diseases that doctors would normally give up on, and heal tremendous injuries that would normally kill a person just because of his wide arsenal of knowledge he's collected from Parallel Worlds. This doesn't only apply to medical business--the possibilities of his knowledge are endless. It wouldn't be absurd to say that Byakuran has the most data collected in his entire world.
Specifically, it's known that he is an expert with computers and has developed superb hacking technique, and was able to intercept the Vongola HQ by himself, sending them a video feed of himself eating ice cream just to...well, mess with them. That being said, he has an enormous sweet tooth and has a particular penchant for marshmallows. Additionally, he's well educated in the nature of flower language.
"I'm simply a conscience programmed into a game."
Once he discovered his abilities to jump into Parallel Worlds, Byakuran became disillusioned from reality, perceiving everything around him as scenery, and furthermore, something he was not a part of. People no longer interested him and the events that took place around him never seemed to affect him. Through realizing his power, he stopped believing in a true 'reality' for himself, and became detached from what he saw as real and fake, which only kindled his growing boredom. He feels as though he is not part of the world, which makes him regard the world and the people in it as a game, as he was not attached to them and therefore, not affected by feelings like guilt. He's unable to see people as people because he's so far above them, and really only values people for their power and usefulness to him.
Byakuran is untouchable by humanism or by feelings of regret--which, in turn, makes him the ideal villain, and the perfect God for a world ruled by chaos.
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It's easy enough to say that Byakuran is not what he appears to be.
What he appears to be is an easygoing, cheerful young man who could never be seen without a smile on his face. Constantly, he is laughing and making childish or naive remarks, and in disposition, is normally carefree. It seems as though everyone is always on his good side, but, to be blunt, this is all a facade to hide his normally cruel behavior.
What he actually is is a being that has transcended time and space, and thus, is the owner of several personalities. His ambitions as a mafia boss and dictator of the world aspiring to create the perfect universe mold the casting for most of his dark and cruel personality.
That, of course, only accentuates the fact that Byakuran is the picture of deceiving, of manipulative. He is a grand master of all things having to do with back stabbing, cheating, and betrayal...nearly everything he does has an ulterior motive or serves some sort of greater purpose. He's meticulous in nature about everything that he does, always making sure to choose his words and actions carefully to ensure the outcome that he desires. Literally everyone is a pawn in his plan to conquer the world. In that sense, he's somewhat of a control freak.
Mentioning that-- Byakuran's entire life revolves around this one concept: ruling the world--nay, the universe--and becoming the ultimate creator of space and time. To be honest, he's easily bored, and took it upon himself to take over the world for fun, because he felt the average human life he was living was utterly bleak. By uncovering the fact that he was capable of sharing knowledge between his alternate selves, he uses his spectacular power for his own selfish gain, and to ultimately throw the world into despair--as each timeline he's destroyed ends with war and devastation by his hand. Because of this great goal--to end all possible timelines with him as ruler of the world--he tends to be quite heartless when it comes to dealing with humans. He is willing to kill off people who are no longer useful to him or become boring, only because life and all it's inhabitants are a game to him, and he doesn't intend on playing a boring game.
Who could blame him for getting bored when he's an all-knowing being in a slow moving world? Because he knows the possible outcomes of nearly all situations, he finds it difficult to think of people not on his level as interesting. After destroying the eight trillion worlds that he did, he recalled that most of it was just for kicks, and because 'he could'.
By all means, Byakuran is ruthless and cruel and generally only thinks of himself. He's selfish and will betray even his closest friends in order to achieve what it is that he wants. When it comes to people that betray him first, more often than not, he'll figure them out before they even know it. As soon as it's out in the open that the other party has betrayed him, he's frigidly cold and mocks them, usually getting back at them with venom dripping words or taking out his revenge violently. One could say he's passive aggressive until pushed otherwise. A reason for this toxic behavior is his horrible pride and arrogant attitude, which stems from his power; his power of seeing into other worlds endorses his know-it-all brattishness, enabling him to act as though he is above everyone else. To Byakuran, he's planes and planes above the ordinary human, and values his existence and well-being over anyone else's.
No word describes him better than "sinister". No title fits him better than "god complex".
One could also call him painfully capricious--and the switch between his jolly attitude to his cold-hearted conduct is frightening. It's said that his cruelty knows no bounds, having the capacity to show this brutality to even his closest friends. Despite his cheerful disposition, he's surprisingly violent, open to threatening people with death who disagree with him or offend him personally. The worst part of it is that after saying something that horrid, he jumps right back into his merry attitude, laughing it off as if it were a joke, when in reality, his threat is as heavy as they come.
Also, he's remarkably morbid in his sense of humor. On one account, he blew up a car, thinking that an enemy, Mukuro Rokudo, was inside, only to find out that it was a civilian's car when the man inside ran outside of the car, screaming and covered in flames. The thought that he potentially has killed or horribly injured someone by accident doesn't seem to bother him at all.
Perhaps Byakuran's most redeeming trait is his extreme carefree attitude. He is entirely unaffected by pressure and stressful situations, as he always believes there is a way out. This may be a result of his all-knowing mindset, but Byakuran always assumes that he knows more than his opponent (which, he probably does), and thus, doesn't feel threatened even by the worst turns of events. Anything that seems threatening or out of his power range only fascinates him, and makes him want to understand it or applaud it--but more importantly, destroy it.
He's capable of laughing and being his same self even in grim times.
Byakuran is ridiculous levels of intelligent, as before his entire discovery of his power, he was enrolled in an elite college for an unknown high-intel job. He and his best friend, Irie Shouichi, programmed a complex game called 'Choice' during college, which later came into play in the future to decide the winners of the Trinisette (the seven Arcobaleno pacifiers, the seven Mare Rings, the seven Vongola Rings). Not only did he co-create this game for fun, but it's also well known that Byakuran is allegedly a genius, both academically and naturally. It also helps that he retains knowledge from all of the Parallel Worlds, meaning that if a world came up with the cure for cancer and other worlds didn't, he would still be aware of that knowledge in worlds that would never develop the cure. This means he holds a sufficient amount of data that is beyond what the alpha time line has figured out--he can save people from diseases that doctors would normally give up on, and heal tremendous injuries that would normally kill a person just because of his wide arsenal of knowledge he's collected from Parallel Worlds. This doesn't only apply to medical business--the possibilities of his knowledge are endless. It wouldn't be absurd to say that Byakuran has the most data collected in his entire world.
Specifically, it's known that he is an expert with computers and has developed superb hacking technique, and was able to intercept the Vongola HQ by himself, sending them a video feed of himself eating ice cream just to...well, mess with them. That being said, he has an enormous sweet tooth and has a particular penchant for marshmallows. Additionally, he's well educated in the nature of flower language.
Once he discovered his abilities to jump into Parallel Worlds, Byakuran became disillusioned from reality, perceiving everything around him as scenery, and furthermore, something he was not a part of. People no longer interested him and the events that took place around him never seemed to affect him. Through realizing his power, he stopped believing in a true 'reality' for himself, and became detached from what he saw as real and fake, which only kindled his growing boredom. He feels as though he is not part of the world, which makes him regard the world and the people in it as a game, as he was not attached to them and therefore, not affected by feelings like guilt. He's unable to see people as people because he's so far above them, and really only values people for their power and usefulness to him.
Byakuran is untouchable by humanism or by feelings of regret--which, in turn, makes him the ideal villain, and the perfect God for a world ruled by chaos.