2nd shitpost inspired by @euporie-art ‘s tags on one of my other shitposts lmao
Tangent about the jail scene here ⬇️⬇️⬇️
It’s been rattling in my brain whyyyy Barok faces away from Albert in this scene
It’s an obviously deliberate decision so it got me thinking. Now unless someone already did an amazing analysis about this, please ignore this so I don’t look stupid and send me it instead fjskakak
TL;DR exactly what the comic said
Highly doubt Barok was so upset at Albert as to not face him (at least not too much). He DID go visit him actually, which is something Albert didn’t even predict. (Take that as you will). Barok could still be upset with Albert but I don’t see him as the type to turn his back to him like this.
My initial thought could be that Barok didn’t want Albert to see how grumpy and gloomy he’s become but I figured since he knew they were gonna see each other soon anyways, there’d be no reason to avoid it (unless he wanted to avoid a barrage of questions/concerns from Albert)
It’s like,,,what possible reason could there be that doesn’t make you think “well they were about to see each other in court in, like, less then 24 hours so what was the point?”
That’s when my thought train decided to go away from “Barok personal self-loathing” reason to “Barok personal something else” reason
Why would Barok not want to look at someone he considers a friend, especially one in a tough situation? Maybe, I thought, bc it would be to painful for him
When they were in uni, they probably had high hopes for each other. To expect the other to do great things, be great people, be famous. Imagine 10 years later you find out your buddy is in JAIL??? That’s probably very heartbreaking. I wouldn’t blame him for not wanting to see someone he holds in high regards in a cell. But he’s still gonna be a good friend and visit him anyways <3
Okay another thought that JUST popped into my head!! Barok not wanting Albert’s image of him to change just yet.
Up until just recently, Albert had nothing but positive and nice things to say about Barok. He hadn’t talked to him in YEARS so his image of Barok is still of “the little darling”/varsity days.
Albert was probably the only person closely connected to Barok that still held that image. And Barok probably knew that. I think it’d be incredibly tragic if Barok wanted someone to still believe in him. To have someone who still saw him as nothing but good and hopeful. A bright man with a bright future. Albert seeing his face and seeing that brightness gone away would probably make him understand something’s gone horribly wrong.
Of course, them seeing each other is inevitable but Barok prolonging it is still a painful thought. The fact Barok prolonged their face to face meeting at all is really sad :(((
But bright side is that Albert never commented (initially) on his appearance. Just his mean behavior lol and I actually really really appreciate how their friendship was never really put into question. They never had a conversation where they were like “hey you’re scary now” or “hey I’m scary now” “we should probably stop being friends” they’re both fucked up <3 but it’s still fun to imagine that “what if”
Anyways all this to say that Barok cares so much about Albert that even his actions that look cold and heartless, actually come from a deep place of love and respect holy shit????
I was literally looking through the Sam and Dean tag and I came across so much wincest I'm shook. I was just expecting bros being bros x°x And I accept that people ship it, I do no matter how often the characters and actors say it doesn't exist. I'm not a fan at all but it exists and that's cool. But I saw Collete!Sam and lost it because I know you want your romantic SamxDean but for this one, Cain explicitly stated you're living my life in reverse. He was supposed to kill crowley (knights of hell, the last Cain killed of significance) first, then Cas (Collete. He was Collete and yes I am a Heller but this is just be trying to point out the next bit-), and FINALLY Sam. As God always wants them to be the last one's, for brother to kill brother. He was supposed to be Cain's Abel. The younger brother to the elder who held the mark. It was three different loves Cain had (if you can call it that) agape and/or fraternal love for Abel, Eros for Collete (they're married) and I'd call it friendly love for knights of Hell, like you have with colleagues or classmates or something like that. Collete is a love interest and while the show mentioned their codependancy and make gay jokes in the early season, there are more parallels and a logical basis to be found in Sam/Abel and and Cas/Collete than Sam/Collete and I guess Cas/Abel? I don't know how it'd work but they're the resulting ones- Also, the most romantic moment between the brothers is 15.20 change my mind. THE most romantic and especially above this plot line. So, conclusion: wtf guys please look at parallels and logic I'm begging.
