#this is silly and not about discourse

[originalcrime]

just for fun my ‘would buddietommy fuck a femme twink?’* hcs

*assume for the sake of the question they are currently in a position to want/have casual sex

tommy—wouldn’t fuck a femme twink. not the body type he’s into. a femme twunk or a femme bear or something, though? yeah he’d be down

eddie—wouldn’t fuck a femme twink on account of he’s not in love with any femme twinks. but if he was? sure

buck—would fuck a femme twink no questions asked

[phlondsbian]

0 days since the last time dan complained about a rumor he started

[wardensantoineandevka]

every time anyone that's even slightly critical of C3 calmly writes a post that's longer than 750 words in an attempt to unpack what they feel is not working in the campaign or what's happening in the fandom, there's a rash of its defenders going "why are the haters always writing these long posts all the time, we don't need anyone to be writing novels, why is the post so long. it's so ridiculous that anyone is writing essays."

personally, especially if I was trying to position myself as having intelligent and complex opinions and capable of paying attention to episodes that are five hours long on a weekly basis, I would not admit I thought 1.5k words was dissertation length.

it's especially funny because many of the same people keep stamping their feet that critics never explain their perspectives or stances, then they're mockingly dismissive when doing so doesn't fit into a tweet.

not to make it sound grave, but it's anti-intellectual, it's simplistic. above all: it's juvenile, childish, asking to be treated as a child. wah, so silly anyone could possibly have a meaningful thought that requires enough space it doesn't fit on my phone screen at once.

[rosalieswiftie]

Can't believe I'm getting worked up enough to write a Sabrina Carpenter think piece but here it goes.

I can definitely see how her new album cover and rolling stones cover are sexually charged in a way that puts people off under the current US government, but I cannot comprehend why so much of the blame suddenly falls on Sabrina. Like, please use this anger to hold your actual politicians accountable rather than some popstar. I'm queer and I love it when people go out guns blazing to support people that are under fire, and I'd love for My Fave(TM) to be leading the charge but honestly, not everyone is going to do that and it's fine. We had Doechii speaking against the current government and in favor of LGBT rights literally this week. There are female artists we can rally behind as is. if Sabrina wants to be straight and horny in her 20s then it only makes sense that that's what her art is about. Maybe it's unreasonable to expect Sabrina Carpenter to write the next political activism song, as we really have no indication that that's within her skillset. Not every popstar wants to be an activist. Like please, put your faith and anger somewhere else.

[usermaddiehans]

if i see one more justification for bobby's death being that firefighters put their lives on the line and die and that's just " realistic " ... like i will literally fight you ... yes , firefighters may die on - duty , but also who the fuck is watching 9 - 1 - 1 for any sort of realism. my favorite activity is to make my ( retired firefighter ) dad watch scenes / episodes so he can point out how fucking bad they are at fighting fires and etc. i watch this damn show because the firefighters don't die. if you want fucking realism , the leading cause of firefighter deaths isn't on - duty injuries or whatever ; it's fucking cancer. also ? a majority of on - duty deaths are volunteer firefighters , not career firefighters ... so idk fuck you and your realism. the fucking water is on fire. chimney doesn't even have a scar from the rebar going through his skull. beenado. anyways ...

[bigmoon-is-bigwife]

Not to be a hater because I do like Tubbo but I quite frankly do not think Tubbo should be one of two people on the server with a butterfly. It makes sense for Ros because she is not very knowledgeable at the game and does end up in a lot of dangerous situations on accident. Also people do target Ros quite a bit and she's not a fighter. The butterflies were designed for Ros (her branding is a purple butterfly) to help her out so she didn't get discouraged and could do things on her own with less fear.

I think the butterflies are a good idea for weaker players who aren't knowledgeable in the game. Tubbo does not qualify. He is one of the most knowledgeable players on this server. He's not a grinder like the top players but he is far above the average. The only reason he keeps dying is because of his own carelessness and I don't think he's even trying that hard. It really does just read as favoritism, especially when there are so many other players (like Krow even) who would benefit from the added help. There is a whole list of players I would say deserve one and Tubbo is no where near that list. He doesn't need that extra help. It left an especially bad taste in mouth when he just now abused the butterfly buff against Krow who openly admitted he expected to lose because he has no PVP skills. Krow did not want to take that fight. It repeatedly state it didn't even want to be enemies with Tubbo because it was afraid of him. The only reason it took that fight was because of the red team kill quota (which is it's own discussion) and it thought it had a chance. Tubbo intentionally did not tell Krow about the buff and then even said he only accepted the fight with Krow because he knew he would win. I don't know, it feels like admin abuse. :/

[brightpinkink]

Beaten and bloodied from a war i am on neither side of…. i face the wrath of my brothers, my friends…. such is the fate of being a narumitsu/mitsunaru “they take turns” truther….

[starheirxero]

PLEASE become evil on main your thoughts are always very interesting !! :3

Anon I need you to know I was debating just only making that one post and then biting my tongue about the rest but this ask was genuinely so relieving to see that I teared up a little bit thank you HDKSHDJD

I did, however, uhm. talk a Lot. and I'm very much being more honest about my feelings on this than I usually am, so it's going under the cut bdjshdjdnf

Ahem ahem. So. From a meta standpoint? I just have a very, very weird feeling about what's going on with tsams now that they've Also changed Lunar's name. The only information we have on what's happening is from Discord, where Kat mentioned it wasn't her choice to change Earth's name and the mods reassuring everyone that the changes are for a good reason. I've been seeing theories that the changes are to make them more sellable for merch? But I,, don't fully know why they'd have to change their own OCs for that? So idk

From a story perspective though? It doesn't make sense and it's just another vein of Lunar having no choice in what happens to them.

Just because Libra asked "do you accept this permanent name change?" doesn't mean that "no" was a valid answer, because then what would have happened? They say "actually, I like my name, Lunar feels fine" and then what? The astrals, of which are famously judgy and pushy, say "okay, we'll continue to call you Lunar then! (Even though we just said that Lunar is an unfitting astral name)" like?!?!!??? And Lunar just immediately goes home to be like "uh. I guess I have a different name now? and I don't wanna deal with two names, so just call me Cosmos too."

They didn't make this choice. And honestly! They couldn't have because Lunar wouldn't have ever changed their name of their own volition!!! You can't tell me that Lunar—the character who is known for trying to cling onto a sense of identity so hard that it causes more problems for them in the long run—would be willing to let go of their own name? That is the one thing about them that actually hasn't changed since the beginning, the one thing that's consistent in the face of everything.

Plus, on a more personal note? I had an experience with my old username where everyone was calling me a nickname derived from my url instead of my actual chosen name, and the realization that only one person was calling me my actual preferred name made me have a messy identity crisis. If Lunar wasn't just, a character who is unfortunately the subject of bad writing lately, this choice would probably hit them at some point. They'd probably have that same awful, dreadful feeling of "oh god. no one even knows me."

It's just. Earth made sense because she at least gave her own reasons. She said "yeah I'm tryna be my own person now, so I'm Terra!" but Lunar's reason was just "uh. Libra gave it to me sooo.... 👍 yup." Like. augghhh. They could have gone by both Lunar and Cosmos too if the writing wasn't being so weird but !!! ugh. deflates. it's whateverrrrr

[apollosgiftofprophecy]

I’m not super familiar with TSATS (have only heard secondhand things about why it sucks) but would you be willing to speak about the issues you have with it?

I'll try to keep this relatively short (future Alder: HA) and to the point, because, well...there's a lot of ground to cover. If I missed anything, or if anybody else wants to add on their own grievances, consider this your ready-made platform!

Also, if you did like TSATS, this is your warning to scroll. I respect your opinion, and simply ask you to respect mine.

In no particular order (and as they come to mind-)

Hades sends Nico to Tartarus

This makes ZERO sense because Hades was the one to BAN Nico in the first place. Furthermore, he sends Nico because he, Hades, cannot just scoop Bob out of Tartarus...but then later does just that with another character. MAJOR plot hole, and a dumb one too.

this also makes Hades the WORST godly parent btw. at least Zeus didn't send Apollo to superhell.

that moment when you're an even worse parent than Zeus...a canonical abuser...

2. Where Are The Campers

For SOME ODD REASON Nico and Will are the ONLY demigods at CHB. Only ones. There is NO POSSIBLE WAY that they are the ONLY year-round campers, especially since this directly contradicts- you know, already-established canon. Austin and Kayla are both year-round campers. Damien White and Chiara Benvenuti. Billie Ng. Miranda Gardner and Sherman Yang. Harley. Cecil Markowitz. They are all year-round campers, and have been established as such since The Hidden Oracle.

There is NO WAY they ALL suddenly decided to be summer campers.

Not to mention...with some focus on Will, you'd think we'd get some attention- even a bit! - towards his siblings, right?

NOPE. AUSTIN AND KAYLA ARE OUT OF THE PICTURE RIGHT OFF THE BAT.

oh and the three newest Apollo kids- Jerry, Gracie, and Yan- just don't exist I guess. rip the new kids because THEY ARE NEVER BROUGHT UP.

3. The Tone & Pacing

Look. I know TSATS is aimed towards mainly middle schoolers. But so is the rest of the RRverse.

And you know what TSATS does that the rest of them don't?

It treats the reader in a condescending manner.

Or at least, that's what I felt. When I was reading, I got to the part where we meet the god of nightmares, and then we're suddenly hit with a PSA on gender identity and I was like "...okay. there's no need to shove it down our throats. you could have just had them correct Nico and Will without giving everyone a lecture. especially since GODS WOULDN'T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT GENDER IN THE FIRST PLACE." <- Canon! See Apollo's return to Olympus in Tower of Nero! He says mortals have strange conceptions of gender! It's fucking canon.

There was no need for that PSA. There are much more natural ways of incorporating LGBTQ+ identities than constantly talking down to the reader. Children are not dumb. They do not need LGBTQ+ topics dumbed down to understand them. I was 12 when I first read House of Hades, and after a bit of brain buffering because I wasn't exposed to much LGBTQ+ things, I understood that Nico liked guys and not girls. I understood he was gay.

And there was no PSA needed for me to understand that. Just as there was none needed during the entire series of Trials of Apollo, narrated by our first bisexual protagonist, Apollo. The only time where it could get PSA-y is when Apollo breaks the fourth wall for a split-second to essentially tell homophobes to fuck off.

Something along the lines of- "What's that? Oh, are you wondering if I'm okay with my son dating a dude instead of a girl? HA! Of course I am lol do you know who I am."

And that's that. also solangelo fic writers who make apollo homophobic...you best stay away from me, okay? okay. i know you exist.

Magnus Chase introduces Alex Fierro without getting preachy about genderfluid or trans people. because guess what! THEY ARE JUST PEOPLE.

Plus- the RRverse books are fun reads for adults too. I'm able to reread just about any book ('just about' because of tsats now...) without feeling like I'm being treated like a 5 year old.

which was what reading tsats was like tbqh.

As for the pacing? It's. So. Slow.

tsats has 60 chapters.

HOW COME HALFWAY THROUGH - AND I COUNTED BTW - WE AREN'T EVEN IN TARTARUS?

in the words of a mutual- "I shouldn't be rooting for the gays to go to Hell already."

by this point in a normal RRverse book, we'd already be on the road, had a few near-death experiences, perhaps some actual death, character bonding and growth, ect ect.

Instead we get...whatever happened in the first half. so unimportant that i honestly don't care to remember.

but i will for this post and that will be that.

4. UwU Nico & Cardboard Will

If I haven't already pissed off the stans...I am going to now.

So. Many. Times.

So many times Nico is treated like the poorest, most tragic uwu emo boi who has suffered more than anyone else. and it's done in a very off-putting and rather irritating way.

not to mention, Will suffers as a result. He didn't feel like a person in tsats. Instead of building up a character for him, everything falls flat.

Example? Will admits he feels guilty over killing Octavian. Great! Perfect time for a character moment! Dealing with trauma-guilt! How has this affected him?

What we get? Nothing. It's not treated as any sort of trauma, and that becomes a trend in this book with Will.

Apparently, Will has not suffered. Not like Nico, the poorest of meow meows. Will has no trauma. Yes, even after fighting through two wars and stressing out over the possibility of losing his father (who he loves and adores very much) for good, Will is trauma free!! He knows nothing of suffering!! Yes, the majority of his siblings were ruthlessly slaughtered, going from 20 to 3 campers by the time of ToA, but no!! Will has no trauma!! because he's sunshine hot therapy boyfriend!!

This Will does NOT feel like the Will we met in Blood of Olympus, or like the Will in ToA. These Wills are stubborn and kind, fiercely loyal to their father, and most importantly, feels like a human being.

Which brings me to my next point...

5. The Apollo Conundrum

A couple things to say here.

Will keeps acting like he hasn't seen Apollo in forever. That he never came back after going after Python.

A complete, blatant, lie because Apollo did come back after going after Python! He was there when the fucking tsats prophecy was made in the first place!

Did Mark even read ToA. At all.

One good thing came of this, I guess. At least Apollo wasn't character assassinated, even if you could argue he was anyway because he never shows up.

A direct contradiction to where we left off in ToA.

FURTHER. you know what infuriates me?

Apollo's arc about being able to change, no matter what you've done in the past or who you are, is shoved onto Nico in a very half-assed manner.

That pissed me off. Nico did not NEED such an arc. He is VERY MUCH ACCEPTED AT CAMP. WE HAVE PROOF BECAUSE THE ORACLE OF DELPHI WAS ABLE TO MOVE ON TO RACHEL.

pardon me i need to scream.

FUCK

okay. i'm good.

...for now.

6. The 'Coming Out' Scene

oh my lord and savior jesus christ this GOT ON MY NERVES.

so on paper, sounds good right? solangelo comes out to CHB, in a positive, welcoming environment! very nice!

...EXCEPT THEY ARE ALREADY OUT AND IN A RELATIONSHIP IN TOA. THERE WAS NO NEED FOR THIS AT ALL.

not to mention just how utterly ridiculous it's handled. apparently, solangelo inspired other campers to come out- a good thing- but...

this is so laughably dumb because there is NO WAY the campers aren't all cool with the LGBTQ+ community.

wanna know why?

BECAUSE THEY CAN HAVE SAME-SEX PARENTS. HELLO KAYLA, THE OG MPREG DAUGHTER

you're gonna tell me that CHB is NOT an open environment for LGBTQ+ kids? that they did NOT normalize it? really? are you really gonna tell me that? you're gonna look me in the eyes and say that?

"but sometimes it's hard to come out even in a welcoming environment!" yeah you're right there. it can be hard to do that. and i would know. because i have done just that. was shaking in my boots when i told my mom and stepdad that i was queer. despite knowing they were both supportive of queer rights.

and yet i'm saying this anyway. IT MAKES NO SENSE FOR CHB TO NOT BE AN OPEN LGBTQ+ ENVIRONMENT. ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING WHO THEIR PARENTS ARE, AND THE FACT THEY CAN HAVE SAME-SEX PARENTS.

Nico was barely at camp pre-ToA. I can totally buy him not knowing CHB is pro-queer because of how little time he spent there.

BUT THE FACT REMAINS THAT HE IS AT CHB FROM BOO TO THO, AND IS IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH WILL BY THO. ONE THAT EVERYONE KNOWS ABOUT.

and yet...tsats thinks it's a GRAND IDEA to do this coming out scene.

again. DID MARK EVEN READ TOA?

you know what else ticks me off about this? it's that Will is made to come out...by Nico.

you know. Nico. the one that the fandom flipped out over because he was made to come out. by Cupid. who is vilified for it.

and yet. it's treated by the narrative as the Right and Good thing for Nico to do. because Nico is Always Right and Good and Knows What's Best For Will.

it drove me up the wall.

also personally i'm not a fan of bisexual will. it's used too often as a 'will cheats on nico' thing in fics, so i was already disillusioned to it, and in tsats it's really only there for will to briefly thirst over persephone for some odd reason. let us have a gay4gay couple please i am begging you. but that's a personal opinion and i get it if you like bi will. that's just my thoughts.

7. The Bob Thing

this is something that's been on my mind ever since i first heard of tsats.

Is rescuing Bob even necessary? Like...okay, from a worldbuilding perspective...what does he add? Or was all this just fanservice done to 'save' a character who, by all rights and purposes, should be double dead. worse than dead. nonexistent.

like. first of all...how did Bob end up trapped by Nyx, when he was fighting Tartarus? Tartarus who, btw, is able to disintegrate you and cause you to cease to exist. Which is what- canonically! - happens to Damasen.

I guess Bob is different? But...so is Damasen. Since they are fundamentality different from their respective brethren...shouldn't they both have been safe from Tartarus's power? And not just Bob?

Look. I like Bob. I was so sad when we lost him in HoH. But honestly?

I think bringing him back cheapens his & Damasen's sacrifice.

Not to mention...I vividly remember earlier in the book, Nico for some reason takes a pot-shot at Percabeth, assuming that they wouldn't care about Bob.

Like. Hello?? That pissed me off too because it's such a gross misjudgment of both Percy and Annabeth that I had to take a few minutes to cool off before continuing the incoming shitshow.

8. Will's Powers

another hot take alert.

I don't subscribe to Plague!Will. Fun headcanon, have read fics with it (subscribed to a really good one too, in fact), but not something I would accept as canon.

even if tsats "made it canon" (BIG quotations there)

here's the thing. Will doesn't need a Cool power to be useful. He has healing and light. Defensive abilities, good for a healer! Which is what he wants to be!

there's no need to give him an offensive ability. he managed perfectly fine without plague powers before this.

(coughs in "Nobody hits my boyfriend and nobody kills my dad!")

This also ties back into the whole 'Will doesn't have much of a character' thing. like okay, we've introduced this new ability! cool! it's a dangerous one, and the exact opposite of everything Will is. do we explore that? do we do anything worthwhile with it? perhaps we could take this as an opportunity for some father-son discussion?

Nope!

also for some reason Will can grow the Curse of Delos flowers by singing. something he has previously been established to not be very good at as far back as BoO- "I'm just a healer" and all that.

also also. that's not how the Curse of Delos works...they only grow on Delos, and around Cabin 7. no where else. magically growing flowers isn't even an Apollo kid power, and yes the Curse is Apollo's flower but that means nothing because Apollo kids don't grow flowers. that's Demeter.

sobs in so many contradictions

9. The...Cocopuffs.

groans dramatically.

first thing's first- What The Actual Fuck.

It's emphasized that the cocopuffs are Nico and Nyx's children.

Children Nico did not want.

Guys this is literally rape. This is literally rape why is it treated as a good thing??

i'm chill with them being manifestations of Nico's trauma. i'm NOT chill with this!! Or with Nico's trauma apparently being magically cured because of them, when he's, you know, our only character who canonically goes to therapy?

it feels like the help therapy can give is cheapened here.

plus...the Cacodemons (as they are actually called) are not good demons in the mythology. they are not good. at all. they are specifically evil spirits, and personally, I don't like the connotation that trauma correlates to them.

a better choice would have been a daimon, a neutral spirit. something that just Is and isn't bogged down by definitions of "evil" and "good".

also this is literally rape :) get it away from me.

10. The Retcons/Continuity Mistakes

Bianca Is Not Nico's Mom Get Your Damn Facts Right How Could You Make That Mistake It's So Dumb Like Oh My God Did You Even Do Any Reading For This-

ahem.

I will give tsats ONE point. The ONE THING I think it did right.

i know. shocking. Alder giving tsats one (1) W.

Will's mortal anchor when he fell into the River Styx.

It was Apollo. That is something I can definitely buy as canon. Will's love for Apollo is ever-present in BoO and ToA. That makes total sense for him!

(Plus, I'm glad they didn't make it Nico. cause like...come on. we already have romance with Percy & Annabeth, and we also have siblinghood with Apollo & Meg, parent & child would be the next, very cool and logical step!)

Too bad Apollo is shunted to the side in tsats and we never get to see him with Will... (oh, except in that one nightmare-induced hallucination. but that doesn't count because that's not actually Apollo. strike against you tsats.)

this is all i got. definitely not exhaustive list because i am NOT subjecting myself to reading tsats again. i will not be losing more braincells.

anywho, if anybody would like to add on their own grievances with this book, go ahead! i probs missed some.

and again. these are just my opinions/observations. this is NOT an invitation for discourse.

[fadedsweater]

on mythal

Something that I think is interesting about Mythal, as a character specifically, is that we never really meet her. Correct me (politely!) if I'm wrong but in all of the games and supplementary materials, we only ever see Mythal as a fragment of herself, or from someone else's point of view.

(post got long, the rest is under the cut)

In Inquisition, we meet Mythal as a fragment, embedded and inextricably linked to Flemeth. We meet that same(?) fragment later in Veilguard, except Morrigan is her new host. We meet another fragment of Mythal hidden away in a pocket of the Crossroads. This may be the closest we get to actually meeting her, but she's still just a fragment. Specifically, she's the fragment that was recovered from the very dagger that murdered her. She's bitter. She's not friendly. She's also been alone for countless millennia in that pocket of the Fade; Solas never visited her (I am not knocking Solas here, just pointing out a fact that has shaped this fragment. I think this is a really interesting knot in his relationship with Mythal and I think a lot about why he might not have wanted to see her in all of those years.)

The other time we meet Mythal is through the regret murals in the Lighthouse. I think this might be closer to the Real Mythal than either of her fragments, who are both reflective of their environments and are missing the context of her whole being. However, even this meeting is flawed. We see Mythal in these memories from Solas's point of view. However he feels and has felt about her is reflected in those memories, and how you interpret his feelings about her colors how you interpret her. Did he fear her? Was he subservient to her --Cole's banter in Inquisition regarding vallaslin points to yes, but to what extent, and for how long, and by what means? Did he erase the worst of her crimes in his flawed retelling of events? Did he love her romantically, or as something else? How much of the real Mythal do we actually see? (Even the way Solas reacts to the fragment at the end of the redeem ending is interesting. Much has been said about his body language, and I'm inclined to agree that something's up there, but there is no explicit canon explaining why he reacts that way. It could be a fawn response, it could be shame, it could be guilt, it could fear, it could be all of the above. People have interpreted his reaction in a bunch of different ways and I don't want to step on any toes here.)

What we know of Mythal -- actual canon facts -- are limited. Veilguard tells us she was a spirit turned elf, that she was benevolence turned retribution. We know she asked Solas to take a body alongside her. We know she was complicit in the tranquilizing of the Titans, and that she joined Elgar'nan when he did not give up his powerful position as a leader after the war. We know she was murdered by her own lyrium dagger, after confronting the Evanuris about their use of the Blight. We know she never joined Solas's rebellion, even though he carved out a space just for her. We know that one fragment of her stayed in the Crossroads, and another fragment went on to possess mortal hosts in the physical world. We know that there was vallaslin bearing her iconography, which carries with it heavy implications. We also know that in Inquisition, there is a group of still-living ancient elves who still serve her and honor her, and that they have made use of the Well of Sorrows, a tool that likely binds creatures explicitly to her will.

We can infer a lot from all of this. A lot of our perception of her is colored by Flemeth/Flemythal. A lot of it is also colored by what Solas has to say about her, as well as what Dalish legend has to say about her.

I don't really know. She's a huge presence in the games and the myths about her. But we never really meet her. And I think that's really fascinating, both thematically and mechanically. You can shape her into whatever you want her to be. She haunts the narrative but only as a shadow.

[basket-of-radiants]

is windrunner a slur, and can nale reclaim it because he's also a radiant?

[kiwlenk]

Thinkin about A, who isn't allergic to anything and rarely sneezes, helplessly sneezing because of something they've never come into contact with before and B, who seems to always be sneezing

A is rubbing and downright abusing their nose trying to stop and B is spewing witty remarks left and right about "First time?" "What did you say a couple days ago? 'how can you be allergic to something so dainty?'"

A would fight back but they just can't stop sneezing until B a seasoned allergy veteran helps them stop and caretaking ensues

[hawkeish]

really hoping that the DA fandom doesn’t seem intimidating to anyone new - joining or being on the fringes of a huge and well-established community can be scary as fuck

sending a small and gentle pat on the head to anyone newer to the series

[drsantosgf]

i also want to note that the difference between "not seeing apologies on screen" is that tommy is not a main character. they will not spend time on a side character who's main purpose is to be a reformed bully. the audience understands that he changed because his actions showed that, his future behavior reflected what was already implied. but i'll also admit that yeah the writers absolutely could have included a verbal apology, take it up with the writers.

eddie is a main character and will continue to be a main character. he's a fully fleshed out character that the show SHOULD BE spending time with to become a better person and reflect on his actions. the issue here isn't really on screen/off screen apologies. it's more to do with a consistent behavior that doesn't seem to be acknowledged as something that he should change or apologize for.

the thing about tommy's behavior is that it's acknowledged by the narrative as disgusting and wrong. then we see tommy become a better person and we see gerard, who doesn't showcase any change or progress, face consequences for those same behaviors. in eddie's case, the narrative isn't really acknowledging the pattern or allowing for him to face consequences. it's just kind of slapping a bandaid on it and repeating the formula. buck doesn't really get to be mad at eddie for too long.