ventingtendency

[ventingtendency]

Saying this on a burner because I absolutely do not want to deal with whatever reactions will come but

THE THING IS!! It is SHOWN in Bobby Begins Again that post-Gerrard, Chimney and Hen do hang out with Tommy AND Sal! They are genuinely upset when Bobby fires Sal! We see that they get drinks with Tommy! They make him a cake and have a party when he leaves!

And! In Chimney Begins we see that Tommy does warm up to Chimney after Chimney saves him

This DOES NOT excuse his behaviour, but it does lend credence to the idea that Tommy is capable of realising when he is wrong and owning up to mistakes, even BIG ONES like the racism and misogyny he participated in

You cannot convince that Hen would willingly go out to drinks with a coworker who remained an asshole to her & her best friend, I fully believe that apologies were said

ALL THAT BEING SAID — Lou severely fucked up in saying all Tommy was doing was teasing in Hen/Chimney Begins. It was not just teasing. He was actively antagonistic and racist and misogynistic. He didn’t step in At All even though he could have. Do we know now that he was deeply closeted and probably scared himself? Yeah. Still doesn’t excuse his behaviour.

I liked Tommy. I liked that in the Begins episodes he grew into a better person. I liked that he sent that air tanker when Chimney called him. I liked that he was willing to do a favor for Hen and Chim to fly a helicopter into a literal hurricane. I liked that he has shared interests with Eddie and that he is there to help Buck figure out a part of himself.

But after the weird ass reception he has had. All the fetishising and rabid obsession and his actor making bank spoiling shit and saying stupid things on his Cameo, I am eagerly awaiting the day that he is no longer on the show