i feel like every time i think about rvb13 i find something new to love about it (this time, specifically, it was the way doyle talked about kimball) but i end up circling back to felix in this season every time because the perspective shift throughout this season compared to 11 and 12 is just fucking wack levels of good honestly
even after the reveal in 12 we get locus positioned as the "scary" and "unfeeling" one, but 13 does such a good job with the, like, creeping horror of pulling back the curtain on just how far off the fucking deep end felix is. locus has clearly put in effort to rein in and stamp out his conflicted feelings; felix never even remotely felt anything like that in the first place. every smooth-talking threat he delivers in this season (the price and sharkface one comes to mind; i know there was another too) is so effective because it shows that he. is. constantly. constantly. running calculations to make everything work in his favor. and when he starts to turn that on locus (the fight on the bridge; 'we have our orders') is when you know with complete certainty that every time felix has outwardly deferred to locus has been another grain of sand to tip the scale his way. this man is tremendo fucked and completely unhinged and he really might just be one of if not the most baddies ever for it
