Dexter Morgan^

rewatching tfatws from a new more down bad perspective

i don’t understand the lack of harvey centric hurt/comfort fics like how do you not take this man with walls around his heart as high and sturdy as the ivy tower he has made a home for himself in so no one could hurt him anymore and also so he could protect the ones he loves — because he loves and he cares so deeply and so violently, he doesn’t know what to do with it and neither do his people because they’re so ready to believe the mask they can’t even see anymore because he’s so high up and untouchable. how do you not take this man with his fragile walls that are so ready to be torn down, this man who is so scared of being alone, this man who yells that people don’t leave him — and this man who, when they do, stands frozen to the spot because his world is so frail it might as well be made of glass. and glass is useful to watch those you love but it breaks so easily — and it’s a good thing you can still watch your people through broken glass but up here the winds are cold and relentless and your people won’t hear you when you ask for help.

how do you not take harvey specter, the cockiest son of a bitch in new york city who has it all because he worked for it, who came from nothing and worked his way up, whom people are so ready and willing to beat and betray because they see his name as a trophy without knowing that he cares so deeply that it’s his heart on the line more than his name. how do you not take harvey fucking specter and make him wonder if any of this is even worth it. how do you not take this man and inflict pain and betrayal upon his fragile little heart — fragile, because he had to fend for himself from such a young age, he doesn’t know how to ask for help anymore.

how do you not inflict pain upon him because he can take it and he will take it and he takes it and he takes it — until he can’t anymore; but even then he will, because he is harvey specter, and the world knows. he can take it. and he has to.

I think some people are reading too much into the Zava/Jamie dynamic, not in the sense that it’s not weird or condescending but in the sense that I think y’all are giving Zava too much credit. I simply don’t think he cared enough about Richmond to know that much about who was their “best player” because once he was there it would be him. What he does care about is the fact that only one person in that locker room was clearly not worshipping him. Dani and Jamie were both strikers and both aces but the way Zava treats them is very different, because Dani worships the ground he walks on and Jamie doesn’t. And let’s be real, Jamie doesn’t have the locker room influence that he used to. In S1, sure, he was the king, but he lost that cred after returning to Man City, and when he came back to Richmond, he wasn’t able to claw it back until the Dubai Air protest. Even after that, his influence is enough to have a good camaraderie and be respected as a teammate and leader, but it’s not the “bully the kitman because it makes me laugh” influence that he had before. If anyone has that influence after S1, it’s Isaac, Sam, and Dani, but Zava sees no need to condescend to them because they’re already on his side. The way Zava acts toward Jamie doesn’t read to me as “I took your spot, what are you gonna do about it,” it reads much more as “they all love me, you should get with the program.” It’s in no way a fight for dominance, mainly because Jamie isn’t really fighting back. It’s more like a cult leader trying to force an unwilling sheep into the flock. (And Rebecca, the only other person that doesn’t like him, is spared this treatment because A she’s a woman and B she sits in a position of power external to the dynamics of the team and coaching staff.)

“john walker did nothing wrong” incorrect. boring. lacks media literacy.

“i need to see john walker break down and cry about all the shitty things he’s done and also maybe get dicked down” correct. the only rational takeaway from thunderbolts.

scientist!ned

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A list of some occasions Jon has shown "soft power" skills:

He persuaded Maester Aemon to let Sam graduate from training to become a black brother

His whole undercover mission, especially when he convinced Mance not to kill him

Negotiating with Iron Bank to borrow money so the Night's Watch could buy food and supplies

Convincing the Free Folk people to leave their weapons and peacefully settle south of the Wall while also aiding the Night's Watch.

Orchestrating Alys Karstark's wedding which on political level not only made House Karstark indebted to him but the Thenns as well.

Persuading Stannis to follow his advices, which isn't an easy thing to accomplish considering how stubborn King Stannis is.

So no, Jon doesn't need a wife or a co ruler or a sibling to aid him with "soft power" because it's not an area he lacks. He is not some kind of brute that solves all his problems with his sword that needs a partner to keep him in check with "her political genius". He can be a political leader himself - and he has already been.

it's always those 2 dumb bitches going "exactly" to one another