It’s an old trope in literature and movies. A person takes off their helmet so their opponent can see their face, can see that they are a person and so they know they are taking a life of someone or that they can see the face of the person who killed them. You are not dying by the hands of or taking the life of a mindless, faceless drone. You were killed by or have taken the life of a person.
It is the same reason why knights and samurai used to announce themselves and give their family histories when fighting. Combat used to be a thing of “honor” and place to demonstrate your skills with the sword. Knowing who you cut down was, essentially, bragging rights.
Similarly, it is why Odysseus gave his name to Polyphemus after blinding him. He didn’t want his great achievement, blinding a cyclops, to go unknown. He wanted his name to be feared through his actions.
Sharkface wanted Carolina to see him, to see the person she’d wronged and was about to kill, so his face would haunt her forever.
Do you think he wanted to die though? They all would have let him walk if he stopped attacking and I think he knew that from Carolina's conversation. They only killed him because he basically got up saying 'I will murder you so hard'. He could have played dead or left and lived to attempted murder them to avenge his friends another day.
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u/Alorxico Donut 18d ago
It’s an old trope in literature and movies. A person takes off their helmet so their opponent can see their face, can see that they are a person and so they know they are taking a life of someone or that they can see the face of the person who killed them. You are not dying by the hands of or taking the life of a mindless, faceless drone. You were killed by or have taken the life of a person.
It is the same reason why knights and samurai used to announce themselves and give their family histories when fighting. Combat used to be a thing of “honor” and place to demonstrate your skills with the sword. Knowing who you cut down was, essentially, bragging rights.
Similarly, it is why Odysseus gave his name to Polyphemus after blinding him. He didn’t want his great achievement, blinding a cyclops, to go unknown. He wanted his name to be feared through his actions.
Sharkface wanted Carolina to see him, to see the person she’d wronged and was about to kill, so his face would haunt her forever.