#and wise thoughtful always unagressive Roy wouldn’t be Roy

[theartthatleavesthemark]

another hot take but I really liked Roy and Jamie’s super dumb toxic masculinity fight. they aren’t perfect! Jamie is compelling because he is a twat. i read a fanfic recently that was talking about Jamie’s inner asshole and how that is an irrevocable part of him and it was great because Jamie learned to be a better person but he didn’t lose that part of himself—he just learned to channel it better. and Roy is an aggressive dickhead who is bad at sharing and thinks he has the right to be patronizing to literally everyone. he’s working on making himself better but he hasn’t lost that part of himself either! the diamond dogs convo was such a perfect addition to that scene because it’s all about how people can get better but they also are always in a way going to be inherently themselves. and in a situation where he is fighting for something he really wants, Jamie is the kind of person who feels the need to lash out and say the most asshole thing he can no matter who it’s disrespecting, and Roy is the kind of person who thinks he can brute force his way into being the best. and those qualities came out in both of them! and it was so great because they aren’t perfect and if they were it would be boring (a la Beard). and then Keeley says you absolute idiots (and by refusing to choose, setting up a more compelling throuple interpretation too, so bonus there), and all their work to be better comes crashing back and they’re both like. we are idiots. and because they have put in the work to grow they can get past Jamie being a twat and Roy being a cunt and move on to better things (like realizing Keeley has two hands)