it took me a while to get to writing this post bc it was hard to gather my thoughts abt it, but something i've been rotating in my mind ever since the video came out is not only the fact roman didn't try that hard to defend himself when logan suggested something that went against his very core and propose; but even after everything was settled, when he tried for a moment to (very politely and calmly may i add!!) stand up for himself, he immediately backed down.
im talking about THIS moment:
after everyone (including even janus) thank logan and address his attempt at contribution, he looks at roman. roman, who so far has been uncharacteristically quiet. and what does he say?
"look, we can't all be good at romance, logan..."
"...but i would never advise thomas to give up on being logical, just because i don't understand it."
and look at logan's face in reaction to that. that line clearly strikes something in him, as it should. logan realizes here, i think, that by suggesting they remove from thomas's life something that is at the core of roman's being, he has unintentionally crosses a line that shouldn't be crossed. this is roman defending himself (again - look how CALM he is abt it! how rational. he is being the most mature and level headed abt this that he can, even tho he is undoubtfully hurt and shaken), and logan SEEING HIS WAY. this is logan accepting his point.
but then, immediately after:
roman backs down. he steps back. he downplays it, tries to say something nice to logan to prove he can see reason or be a team player and not make a scene; he lowers his voice back down.
and you can see in virgil's reaction that he notices. and furthermore, he doesn't approve.
also interesting to point that roman's eyes flick over to thomas in the middle of this. and it is a quick movement; i had to slow him to 0.25 speed to even take this screenshot. and he does it again right after the shot of virgil too:
and after that we can also see that not only did virgil noticed, but thomas and janus did too.
patton, interestingly enough, is the only one not showing signs of noticing something is amiss; he whispers to roman that he could have "given [logan] a little more".
so, what is my point?
i think roman is containing himself on purpose, out of fear of being too much. i think he's afraid of demanding things for himself, even when it's important, and i think he's scared shitless of thomas not approving.
all of this things we as viewers already knew of course. but i think the others are starting to notice as well. god i hope this is all gonna blows up.
