
I love and hate her, she was def in the wrong but at the same time her reaction makes sense even if I hate it, she couldn’t bring herself to hate Orsis because of her love for him so she projected it onto Seth and blinded herself thinking she was the ‘real’ victim and even though she hates him she still didn’t expose what happened their relationship is so complex bc even know she’s still haunted by what happened, she definitely isn’t innocent but I really hope her and Seth can rekindle bc Seth so clearly still cares about her

Yay, thanks for this post annoyed_linguist! Isis is one of my faves too, she's got such a great well-done 3D personality: so uniquely, complexly and human-like infuriating! Haters don't realize the very reason they hate her is because her character's so masterfully-written to be this "life-like" infuriating. The more you feel like slapping her silly, the more she feels not like a fictional character, but as if she was a real person. That's proof of the author's skill, hands down.
TL;DR Isis is a deep and complex character that is more than "spiteful wife who blames victim". She doesn't actually blame Seth for Osiris raping him (she does still victimblame but more in a "why did you talk to me first" way). She also was using Seth as a tool to punish Osiris which is really why her character is so fucked up.
Morally dark gray but better for it (as in she's very interesting and I love reading her POV).
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Isis is probably one of my favorite characters in ENNEAD which is pretty controversial given the fandom seems to collectively agree she kinda sucks. And the thing is I also agree she kinda sucks but I think that's part of why she's such a fascinating character.
Something a lot of readers get wrong is the idea that she genuinely blames Seth for Osiris's infidelity but the manga pretty out right tells us that she was actually much more angry as Osiris. The whole "my dead husband" thing was an act and she wanted Seth to be obliterated so Osiris couldn't have him. Also probably because Seth kind of forced her to rock bottom, killed all her women, and hunt her like a dog but punishing Osiris and making Horus king was her primary goal.
What makes Isis such a fucked up and fascinating character is the fact that her desire for Seth's destruction feels less like her trying to punish Seth and more like an honor killing. She was genuinely traumatized by his assault. I encourage readers to go back to the earlier chapters and the chapters where she's talking to Seth and really look between the lines. Isis genuinely loved and cared for Seth. That wasn't just her friend that was her brother. This is speculation but I kind of wonder if Isis thought destroying Seth was a way of purifying him. She hated him but she loved him. Like how she loved and hated Osiris.
She was wrong. The way she dealt with things was wrong (and it's the same for Seth. I think many fans kinda gloss over the fact that he killed thousands of women and children and hunted Isis but the thing is neither of them were ever bad they were broken. So deeply and profoundly broken.