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anyways if you wanna have a definitive version of my headcanons about johnny lola and peanut,

basically you already know how it was with johnny and peanut- peanut met johnny when larry was a freshman and he was a sophomore, johnny kinda took him under his wing and peanut looked up to him a lot, maybe even developing kind of a crush

that same year johnny took the leadership of the greasers and since peanut was his most trusted friend he made him his second in command

so at this point peanut was really kind of okay because he had a crush (read as: devotion or almost obsessive admiration. which will not change.) on johnny and johnny kept him closer than anybody else, even ricky and lucky who were sophomores like him and had known him from earlier. great!

then lola transferred to bullworth her sophomore year. she moved schools because of rumors spreading in her old school about her and a thing with a guy that turned out was only making fun of her and she really wasn’t into it. so yeah she transferred to bullworth! also her parents sent her there because they hoped they would make her a more disciplined and decent girl (meaning that they basically neglected her the whole time until it was time to slut shame her or punish her in any way)

and peanut was in her same english class and. he thought she was pretty okay. except that he looked at her a bit too long and she called him out and they started arguing, so galloway noticed them and scolded them

so they met again a bit later and they both apologized to each other. at this point they started chatting, peanut showed her around and explained to her the whole cliques thing and. he didn’t say this but he thought she had a really pretty smile. yeah maybe he was starting to crush on her too. just a bit though. lola on her hand got the impression that peanut was really a guy she could trust- that he could be a really good friend yknow

then of course since peanut is a greaser and the right hand man of the leader himself went to sit next to johnny in the cafeteria. and johnny had his eyes on lola- or at least peanut thought he had. but he had the certainty when johnny asked him, “hey, peanut, have you seen the new girl?” “yeah, she’s in my english class. why?” and then johnny just. paused a second and went, “she’s gotta be mine”

and something kinda broke inside peanut yknow. and he doesn’t know if it’s because johnny wants someone else or because he’s interested in lola or a mix of both. anyway he managed not to show a thing and just went. cool. i ca present you to her

(in the meantime, just to add. lola had become friends with mandy and they even got close at some point, and mandy even confided to lola that she liked johnny. to quote their exact quotes, mandy has an audio file where she says “i can’t believe we used to be friends!” while lola has one where she says “he didn’t have your name on him, did he?” so. i think it’s pretty safe to assume this part was actually canon)

anyway fast forward to some months later, and johnny and lola got together, and peanut is. half-brokenhearted but it’s also not as drastic as it could’ve been (and he doesn't know whether it’s better this way or not)

because you know. something about johnny and lola as a couple is that they don’t allow each other to see their weakness. in each other’s eyes they always think they have to be super strong, cool, invincible, statues you know. gods. because they are insecure as hell and they need to seek validation in each other’s devotion

also their relationship is almost entirely based (both on a human and conceptual level. god i love them so much) on. toxic gender roles and archetypes.like they both are stuck in these hyper-masculine and -feminine persona respectively so they are both almost crushed by this expectation yknow. and it all result in them being really fucking toxic and incompatible

like. johnny on his side is plain misogynist. i’m sorry i know i keep bringing that up but it’s true. someone here forgot to drink his respect women juice. he canonically slut shames her at least once in each cutscene (i counted. five times in four cutscenes.) and in general. he kinda underestimates her in general yknow. like he treats her as a trophy and sometimes he’s almost surprised that she’s capable of complex interests like ancient literature/straight up invalidates the things that he isn’t interested in even though she is. also he’s the kind of guy that “girls this girls that”

and lola is manipulative. like i’m firmly convinced she wasn’t really all that interested in- well, maybe in gord she was a little bit- he started to grow on her later, but she was never interested in tad, chad and algie. from the beginning it was all about getting johnny mad out of his brain and show her how much he really cares. because after all she sometimes... doesn't really feel johnny’s love towards her, but she knows that he will come back to her no matter what she does. she knows she has the power over the stupid men and she uses it, sometimes even to just have some fun

and they are pretty much aware of these flaws that they have. but everything that’s behind it? that johnny can’t control his anger and he’s terrified he’s going to become like his father and that he wishes he could have a better grasp and perception of the broad spectrum of all the human emotions? that lola just doesn’t know how to trust and boys only want her body and the girls hate her and she really just needs to feel literally anything that isn’t a crushing loneliness and she is so lost in her life that is going to be so sad and hopeless once her youth is gone?

nah. they totally don’t know.

but peanut does.

johnny always rants to peanut and he’s mentioned to him time and time again that he doesn’t know what he would do without his support and advice. he keeps calling him kid affectionately and hewould really trust peanut with his life; there’s a reason why he’s the second in command but on the field there are always either vance or norton, and it’s because johnny needs peanut by his side

and lola doesn’t cry- she just doesn’t, not seriously (she can cry at will, and sometimes she does- see the tenements mission), but in front of peanut she has, more than once. she doesn’t trust men, they are stupid and will always just want her because of her body, but peanut, him she trusts- it’s him that she calls when she has a delay in her period or when she doesn't look just right in the mirror

so most of the time. there is this kind of grief in the bottom of peanut’s heart because at the end of they day, both of them chose each other over him. and this hurts because he will always be yearning for something that just... isn’t his. he will try to fit in their puzzle but he’s not even in the same picture. so he will always be looking desperately to be enough, even becoming self-destructive in the process, but even his best just... isn’t.

you know that one quote that goes like, “maybe you didn’t get what you want because you deserve better”? it’s about him your honour. i feel that in my bones.

but most of the times he’s just content with the way things are because you know. after all he is a part of them, right? because they both actually trust him more than each other and probably wouldn’t even be still together if it wasn’t for him. also they are together, which means he doesn’t even have to choose between them. egoistically, he just hopes they will stay together- even if sometimes their fights are bad and they clearly are toxic for each other, he’s just happy that he’s there for them and they love each other and they both love him too in a way that might be not as much, but is equally irreplaceable

you know that situation where two parents stay together and don’t divorce because of the child? yes. exactly that

peanut is also present in the room in many of their fights- he’s always there to stop them so that the fight doesn’t turn violent, either verbally or physically (which is rarely to never. but verbally they can both go fucking lengths)

in general there is this kind of static situation- i don’ wanna call it balance because balance is a good thing and well. look at this. but they have created this three way system that keeps it all together. call it codependency if you will. it’s a situation where if anything happened all three of them would individually crumble to the ground

yes they are real fucking dysfunctional and it would be so much better for them if they all parted their separate ways. i love them so much

#feel like there is so much more to say. i already posted and deleted this once. ugh wonder how much more will come to my mind #anywyas i love them very much and i could talk about them for hour #i feel like the world would be such a better place if we all talked more about the dynamics of the three of them #really dont like it when it looks like lola is just there to mess shit up. i mean she is but it makes it all more interesting doesnt it #i mean 'lola goes to fuck herself and peanut and johnny are actually happily togetehr' is pretty. i guess. but how about 'their relationship #is codependant on all sides and if one of them went away everything would go to hell and they would be intimately and crushingly devastated'#thats some cool shit there. so interesting. 100-100 recommend #bully #bully scholarship edition #bully anniversary edition #bully canis canem edit #bully cce #canis canem edit #greasers #johnny vincent #lola lombardi #peanut romano #odyposts

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