#I would also argue that Spectra/Keith don’t even miss Gus when he ‘died’ as a person at first | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

nullians · 4 months ago

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It’s actually insane how fandom in general has become so scared of making weird and dark and ugly works. Like I look at myself and see how I have also subconsciously adapted this instinct to self censor and make things “marketable” and it’s making me want to crawl out of my skin. I need to get weirder and worse and more off-putting hello

#I need to write a proper Spectra&Gus meta bc it’s been cooking me how people don’t Want to see the insanity in them #argh #d0 stuff #negative #d0 smashes the keyboard #like yes #Gus’s devotion and loyalty are extreme and these feelings make him do stupid things that he is absolutely aware of being stupid #but let’s not pretend that these feelings go both ways in their relationship #Spectra (for like. the majority of the New Vestroia except the maybe last 12 eps?) sees Gus as a convenient tool #like Yeah he is like. a person and all that but Spectra doesn’t Interact with him when it doesn’t concern his business so #and also yes. he gives Gus a level of autonomy that one might not exactly expect from how usually these relationships go but #one Has to question if it’s bc of his goodwill or bc he is safe in his knowledge that Gus would never leave him #which. fun and sick and makes them sooo compelling #I would also argue that Spectra/Keith don’t even miss Gus when he ‘died’ as a person at first #but as the second pair of hands for work #like it was quite funny to see Spectra give instructions to air only to be reminded that his minion died #but it does rise the question of why hasn’t it happened before or in any other situation #(which I must say I really dig because yes. Spectra has always been centred around his ambitions so ofc this is where it would hurt first)#but yeah. sth sth Spectra only starts his journey of Actually giving a shit about Gus and acknowledging his importance to him as a person #by the end of nv #you could still argue it was partially (or maybe wholly) motivated by convenience that Gus presents but #it really was the first time Spectra has personally expressed his tie to Gus gah #all of this to say #they are sickos; each in their own way; and I think we can really make this more sinister and insane than we’ve allowed ourselves #throughout the years so far #like yeah. can I see them as a happy couple? sure! but also can I see this as a very codependent (more so from Gus’s angle) relationship #that’s being sprinkled with Tons of manipulation from Spectra? also yes #actually sorry for this wall of tags idk what got me thinking about them again #but it’s so so biting the bars day bc these guys are so fun!! we just have to let them be and maybe read canon through less good intentions #ok uhhh

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