not to be a Cosinga Palpatine apologist but I genuinely understand his frustration and tension with his oldest son, Sheev. Like imagine you the leader of a Noble House on Naboo, you got real life bullshit to deal with. And your 17 year old son is fucking around at Theed University, dgaf about politics and has no hobbies outside petty crime and being a wealthy menace to society, and tryna be a competitive landspeeder racer. Probably selling space za on the side for no reason.
mf not even having fine shyt, mf not even having a fiancee. Mf literally getting in trouble every day, always getting expelled and committing petty crimes for no reason. Sidious had four younger siblings (rip), and you know he was the worst big brother ever. We know Sheev was a big brother from hell. Keep in mind, bro became a Sith at 17 but before that he already caught two bodies off landspeeder homicide and he still was racing. Mf dgaf.
then he meets this daddy longhead ass catty Muun who you know is tryna exploit your planet's resources. Keep in mind, mfs dont even know each other like that, but Sheev siding with Plageuis to spite his dad.
if im Cosinga, im also losing my mind too bc this fr some bullshit. Like Im sure Cosinga wasnt perfect, but also, the 3rd person character pov's narrator is giving unreliable bc was he really a bad person or did he just have a low tolerance for Sheev's bullshit?
We've seen what longterm Sheev Palpatine Exposure from millions of miles away did to Luthen Rael. We know what lifetime Sheev Palpatine Exposure did to Maul. Imagine that your son and you trapped with him at his most unrefined and most immature. Yeah, he cant use force electricity yet but you know he was moving like the Kid from Babadook in his formative years.