tonight im thinking about shauna and travis parallels.
travis provided a physical connection to jackie shauna could never give to her, but wished she could.
shauna provided a sibling-like protection travis could never provide javi, but wished he could.
both of those people were taken from them, and they both had something to do with it, whether it was travis sneaking off to sleep with jackie or shauna butchering javi. in their mind, they likely connect their grief to each other, which breeds hatred and anger, maybe even blame. (travis' dad also died putting an oxygen mask on shauna, so there's that)
if you also think about it in a broad aspect, pre-shauna and pre-travis shared many similarities, given their insecurities and the unhealthy ways they were taking it out on people. with shauna, it was more malicious, being portrayed with infidelity and lies, but with travis, it was portrayed with misogyny. one imploded and the other exploded.
jackie and travis' father were their first losses; their pillars of stability were gone. put in the protective/paternal/maternal role of another, which was mutually javi, he was ripped from their hands and killed, which meant they failed at their roles.
grief made travis withdrawn in season three, whereas shauna became an angry and almost evil mess in the eyes of everyone else. their experiences are extremely similar but they took two completely separate paths to coping with it.
"you wanna make it 2 for 2 with your brother?"
