#driving characters to desperation so that their facade of wit and sarcasm and irony and invincibility just... crumbles

[ratmonk]

the car scene with stewy from 3.02 is on some level even more heartbreaking to me than the confrontation with kendall from 2.01 bc this is the second "betrayal" and stewy is trying so hard to be reserved and it's NOT WORKING he is visibly paler his voice is strained he's being sarcastic throwing insults at kendall but they're all weak and falling flat. he sent over a fucking trojan horse for god's sake he's acting out he's completely devastated but ofc mister Ego Bender is too far gone to notice

and the thing is stewy's enmeshed in a deal w sandy and sandi who (as later eps strongly imply) he doesn't always side with on a personal level. some part of him still desperately wants to believe in kendall but he can't bc kendall is full of shit and is having a manic episode before his eyes. watching his loser childhood best friend college drinking buddy who used to do coke w him in bathrooms and run his mouth abt waystar and egg him for stupid business advice inexplicably destroy everything they built tg and then just kind of kill his dad on national tv without a word of warning to him... stewy doesn't even recognize kendall anymore he really is on the outside now and he needs a line so bad. sensing a dramatic s4 kenstewy betrayal i fear