Personality: At first blush, Tyki Mikk appears to be a somewhat incongruous, if mostly normal, sort of man. His style of speaking can be somewhat rough and rolling, suggesting some sort of devil-may-care punk or, say, a hobo. This isn’t helped any by an attitude that can often slip into dry, deadpan sarcasm, with only mild irritation or mild amusement slipping in to change his demeanor once every so often. However, in person, he can present quite a different man. The manner in which he carries himself and in which he dresses more readily suggests a sophisticated gentleman who would seem far more at home at a high society function than being rough and tumble on the streets.
The truth of the matter is that Tyki Mikk is - or was, at the very least - both of these things. Where once Tyki was a balance of light and dark, human and monster, the monster seems to have risen to take dominance. Tyki is the Noah of Pleasure, making his primary agenda in life doing things which are pleasurable to him. Once upon a time, he struck a fine balance between living the life of an easygoing hobo on the streets, living from one odd job to the next, and being the Noah, hater of God and destroyer of Exorcists, that he truly was. He lived both these lives, White and Black, and took joy from them both. He even said once that “having both is what makes it so enjoyable!” We get the sense that deep down, Tyki is a sick, frightening man utterly lacking in morals who deceives and murders purely for fun. And though it is in the nature of a Noah to hate God, Tyki seems less to feel hate and more a sort of uncaring derision in line with his largely laissez faire attitude.
Though it remains to be seen just how great an effect his “exorcism” had on his personality and goals, it’s undeniable that after his fight with Allen Walker on Noah’s Ark, Tyki became a changed man. Being struck with the Sword of Exorcism did not cleanse the Noah from him, but instead awakened the true Noah within him. Since then, he’s been seen aching and in pain from his old scars, troubled by thoughts on whether or not his identity is truly being consumed by his Noah’s Memory - Noah’s Pleasure.
What changes this has brought about are difficult to completely define. Though we see him once, post-awakening, in White form (around his family, even), there has been no other indication on whether he has returned to his human life or if he even still enjoys it. Like it or not, Tyki’s focus seems to be more scattered than before, burdened by the knowledge that his Noah side may be consuming him. For a man who reveled in his human side as much as his Noah, that’s a hell of a blow to be struck. In that way, Tyki shares an odd similarity with his rival, Allen Walker. Both love and hate their enemy; both are and are not their enemy, combining human and Noah into one troubled body. Both struggle against the identity of the Noah threatening to completely overtake them.
The major difference between them, however - what makes Tyki what he is - is in how they handle it. Troubled and somewhat more sober he may be, Tyki seems to have no qualms in indulging in his old pastime of brutal maiming and murder of Exorcists. Change and inner turmoil aside, one thing seems to remain the same about Tyki Mikk - he takes the same depraved pleasure from ripping his enemies to bloody shreds. Though newly burdened with an uncertain fate, many things about Tyki’s personality remain the same as ever. He still abuses the Earl; still gets freaked out around Cyril’s creepiness; still treats Allen with the same blasé, off the cuff attitude as before. Whatever trouble he’s having, Tyki is doing a very good job of hiding it. Carefree and murderous as before, moving through the mayhem with a deadpan remark or wicked, empty smirk, his one goal in life remains the same as it always has been - guaranteeing his own pleasure through death and destruction.
The truth of the matter is that Tyki Mikk is - or was, at the very least - both of these things. Where once Tyki was a balance of light and dark, human and monster, the monster seems to have risen to take dominance. Tyki is the Noah of Pleasure, making his primary agenda in life doing things which are pleasurable to him. Once upon a time, he struck a fine balance between living the life of an easygoing hobo on the streets, living from one odd job to the next, and being the Noah, hater of God and destroyer of Exorcists, that he truly was. He lived both these lives, White and Black, and took joy from them both. He even said once that “having both is what makes it so enjoyable!” We get the sense that deep down, Tyki is a sick, frightening man utterly lacking in morals who deceives and murders purely for fun. And though it is in the nature of a Noah to hate God, Tyki seems less to feel hate and more a sort of uncaring derision in line with his largely laissez faire attitude.
Though it remains to be seen just how great an effect his “exorcism” had on his personality and goals, it’s undeniable that after his fight with Allen Walker on Noah’s Ark, Tyki became a changed man. Being struck with the Sword of Exorcism did not cleanse the Noah from him, but instead awakened the true Noah within him. Since then, he’s been seen aching and in pain from his old scars, troubled by thoughts on whether or not his identity is truly being consumed by his Noah’s Memory - Noah’s Pleasure.
What changes this has brought about are difficult to completely define. Though we see him once, post-awakening, in White form (around his family, even), there has been no other indication on whether he has returned to his human life or if he even still enjoys it. Like it or not, Tyki’s focus seems to be more scattered than before, burdened by the knowledge that his Noah side may be consuming him. For a man who reveled in his human side as much as his Noah, that’s a hell of a blow to be struck. In that way, Tyki shares an odd similarity with his rival, Allen Walker. Both love and hate their enemy; both are and are not their enemy, combining human and Noah into one troubled body. Both struggle against the identity of the Noah threatening to completely overtake them.
The major difference between them, however - what makes Tyki what he is - is in how they handle it. Troubled and somewhat more sober he may be, Tyki seems to have no qualms in indulging in his old pastime of brutal maiming and murder of Exorcists. Change and inner turmoil aside, one thing seems to remain the same about Tyki Mikk - he takes the same depraved pleasure from ripping his enemies to bloody shreds. Though newly burdened with an uncertain fate, many things about Tyki’s personality remain the same as ever. He still abuses the Earl; still gets freaked out around Cyril’s creepiness; still treats Allen with the same blasé, off the cuff attitude as before. Whatever trouble he’s having, Tyki is doing a very good job of hiding it. Carefree and murderous as before, moving through the mayhem with a deadpan remark or wicked, empty smirk, his one goal in life remains the same as it always has been - guaranteeing his own pleasure through death and destruction.
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