the different ways duo and cullen respond to their need for support and those needs not being met. no thoughts on this yet just rotating them in my mind
like. shuichi can't support duo through the loops to the extent that he needs (or strictly regarding canon, duo decides he can't accept help if he's going to grow and develop) and he's like 'okay i'm doing everything on my own forever.' (and then relies on others all the time because Total Independence is utterly untenable but as a Leader so it doesn't count). whereas cullen like. is very attached to the idea of hers and the others Collaborative Relationship and committed to teamwork even when the others aren't supporting her, she's cleaning up bertro's mess and aisaac isn't responding to her calls at all and the both of them are breaking the rules and she's still holding out for them to go back to working together, despite IMMEDIATELY deciding she should kill duo at the first hint he's stepping out of line. i don't really know what i'm getting at here these are just two unconnected dots i guess