(So it has been a while since I’ve played T&T BUT I SHALL TRY TO REMEMBER THINGS NONNIE <3)
Why I like him
He is the quintessential tragic anti-villain and I love his story. Godot, at his core, is a good person who suffered deeply through both his own poisoning and the loss of the woman he loved while he was in a fucking coma. I think deep down, he resents Phoenix as a projection of his own inability to even try to protect Mia since he was not there. He basically punishes himself for his own helplessness even though her death and his poisoning was not his fault. And I think his internalization that it was somehow his fault culminated in his desire to seek revenge - it was almost as if he felt it was all that he could do and he forgot himself in his hatred for Dahlia.
He also was just fun a lot of times, especially when he was with Mia. Like it was super clear that he liked her and was flirting but also saw so much potential and genius in her and he supported that.
Why I don’t
I’ve kind of said this in the past but I definitely think he was a character the writers tried too hard to make “cool,” and I think sometimes he comes off a bit less-than-sympathetic because of that? I kind of wish he had something he was kind of nerdy/dorky about (I mean he has coffee but even that is presented as super cool aha). Also I don’t like how dismissive he is of Franziska (though I don’t think this necessarily comes from any sort of misogyny, but more from thinking she is too young and immature).
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Favorite Episode (also combining with season/movie bc they all blend?)
Bridge to the Turnabout, without question. It showcases his tragedy and it was just so emotional and it was the case that turned him just from kind of an ass to this deeply sorrowful person who was so overcome with the need for revenge that he forgot himself in that moment.
Favorite Line
"You should remember that there is no red in my world...these must be.. my tears.”
That fucking line is powerful and sad and again just hits home how tragic his story is.
Favorite Outfit
So I love the white hair but I think I like the red suit better? Maybe combine them bc that would be lit.
OTP
MIEGO <3
Like he respected her and loved her so much and I definitely think he thought, even at her first trial, that she was better than he was and would be one of the best lawyers in the world. Him saying that he could not protect her while he was in a coma I don’t think is him trying to say that she couldn’t protect herself - no, I think it is just something that anyone who deeply loves someone would think. You want to protect the ones you love, and you can easily develop survivor’s guilt if they die while you live, and I think that is what he had, and he would have traded his own life for hers in a heartbeat.
He loved her and I think they would have been so good together if they had been given a chance.
Brotp
SO I’M KIND OF INTO THE IDEA OF HIM AND SIMON BEING BROS WHILE IN PRISON? Some people have really put me on to this idea - of Godot kind of taking a young and sad Simon under his wing in an effort to protect him. But I think he also would see Simon as better than he was, and would want to shield that part of him.
Headcanon
I don’t remember if him having survivor’s guilt is actually canon or not, so if it isn’t, then that for sure.
Also, he is actually well-respected while in prison, despite having been a prosecutor in the past. Other prisoners appreciate how he speaks to them, and his mysterious aura makes him almost like some sort of mythological creature no one really wishes to cross.
Unpopular Opinion
Uh he is not terrible? I guess at this rate that is unpopular; he is often, in my opinion, misinterpreted and seen as a misogynistic dudebro who just didn’t care about Misty and didn’t see Mia as her own person when that really isn’t his story. It wasn’t that he didn’t care about Misty; I think he just forgot because he was so wrapped up in his hatred of Dahlia, and that is part of his tragedy. Also, again, him lamenting that he could not protect Mia isn’t really out of this whole “she is a woman who cannot protect herself” but more “the woman I loved died while I was away how dare I have been away while she died alone I should have been there for her.” I think if the roles were reversed, she may have felt a similar sort of survivor’s guilt.
Also for the record, I used to really hate him, but people’s misinterpretations made me reevaluate him, and a lot of awesome Godot-centered content made me realize that he’s a good character.
A wish
I hope that he could get out on parole eventually and reconnect with Maya, apologizing to her and asking her for forgiveness for what he did. I think she would embrace him and channel Mia so he could speak with her again; he would cry and drop to his knees while apologizing to her over and over and I think she would just smile at him and reassure him.
An oh-god-please-don’t-ever-happen
For him to die without speaking with Maya ever again. For him to endure an especially painful prison sentence. For him to have received the death penalty for his crime.
5 words to best describe him
Remorseful, tragic, vengeful, mysterious, cool
My nickname for him
The coffee man; toaster. I’m more inclined towards the former, aha.
