yeah i think illumi would probably never view himself as being exploited, his self awareness skills are extremely poor…. and i would hate an illumi redemption arc because he doesn’t deserve it! there is nothing that could justify how he treated his little siblings, even if he was made that way by silva and kikyo. i’m tired of illumi woobification. i need to see more of him just being the worst. i would love to see him leaning more into that malicious side of himself we saw in the election arc in the future for hxh. when we initially meet him he seems cold and robotic and like he has no free will, only mindless obedience to his family. but illumi becomes so sinister later in the election arc because we realise just how psychotic he really is. he’s got a lot of malevolence within him and he’s not purely a mindless servant.