#IDK IF I DESCRIBED IT RIGHT BUT. idk rand just obliterated this man ok

[cognitosclowns]

jr and rand headcanons maybe??? 😳

EHEHEHEHEHE >:)))))))) you're gonna get the most pretentious analysis of these two ever i am SO SORRY SMDNSDM

SFW!! plenty of angst, mild death implications, Rand being Rand and all the things that that entails (mostly manipulation and alcoholism)

OKAY FIRST OF ALL,,,,, go check out @harkingspot bc,,,, it's so funky and also has so much good analysis stuff about JR and Rand.

*rubs my evil little hands together* ehehehe okay this is gonna be,,, a lotta misc stuff!! Mostly just vague thoughts I've got about these two

*slaps them* these bad boys can fit so much misery in them

JR was the most bright-eyed of bright-eyed entrepreneurs, Rand had this silly bitch wrapped around his index from day ONE SMNDSMDN

GOD ITS SO AMBIGUOUS AS TO,, whether or not they /founded/ Cognito? Like Rand says he used to run the company but,, it never really says explicitly that they created it?

I like to think they started out as,, Misc Business Partners? JR grew up rich and his father had ties to Proto-Cognito, eventually as Rand became closer to JR he began to be initiated into those circles? Maybe possibly? MSNDSD IDK ITS ALL VERY SHAKY GROUND

when Cognito became an organization - an actual organization, not just vague little pockets of semi-governmental bodies and conspiracies dapples around - Rand was the one to suggest they be the ones to spearhead the project.

because 'Who better to run this shit-show than us'

SMTH SOFT BEFORE WE GET INTO THE SHITSHOW :

I THINK I'VE BROUGHT THIS UP BEFORE BUT,,, they had this tradition every December to order this MASSIVE CHERRY PIE at that diner, to celebrate a good year of Business.

like even before they 'made it big' (I.E took over Cognito). It was a really new experience for the both of em?

JR wasn't used to,, yknow,, eating at places that weren't Super Fancy? And Rand,,, was always a pretty loner guy, not really used to sharing meals with people. It created this first,, bridge between them, yk?

JR said it was because Cherries have a lot of symbolism for hope and prosperity. Rand just liked a good pie.

The balance when they first took charge of Cognito was,, very To Be Expected

Rand was made to be in the spotlight - not that JR is socially inept in any amount, just,,, Rand radiates this confidence, arrogance. He's such a natural manipulator that it seemed the obvious choice.

JR was too 'fidgety', in Rand's words, to be able to handle the stress of being at the forefront.

and,,, yeah.

Sure, current JR is good with people, because he was forced. Trust me, most of the current charm he has was,,,,, learned out of necessity rather than willingness. Its why he's got that anxious edge about him! our boy is much better suited for galas than boardrooms smdnmsd

LIKE HES THIS,, WIRY LITTLE RICH BOY, WHAT DID YOU EXPECT SMNDSD

He was sociable in that Stiff, Stuffy way - being around Rand, as much as he'd hate to admit it, did help him learn the tricks to interacting with ppl who,,,,, weren't all aristocrats

AND VICE VERSA TOO BABEY, RAND PICKED UP SO MUCH FROM JR'S MANNERISMS HE CAN SCAM THE FUCK OUTTA RICH PEOPLE.

AS MUCH AS I MAKE IT SEEM, IT WASN'T BAD ALL THE TIME, YK?

Like dear god these two got close. Eventually,, Rand and JR were basically living out of Cognito Inc, sleeping a couch they used to have in the office.

they were SO in eachothers heads - they could work completely seperate, but somehow in perfect harmony?

Like when you know smb so well you're answering questions they didn't even ask?

ALSO THEY BOTH STARTED,,, so young??? JR mentions somewhere that he's been running Cognito for 40 years~, and he's probably like,, 60? 70?

meaning he and Rand might have been running Cognito Inc since,, they were in their twenties at the youngest? Twenties? Balancing all the shit Cognito has to offer them in their Twenties dear god how did they not collapse sooner?

Nobody could tell you when Rand went from the normal amount of evil to,, Extra Special Evil. The transition was so slow that JR barely even noticed it happen tbh?

As the years went on, the stakes kept getting higher and higher - Rand was practically pushing them higher. Making new promises to the Shadow Board, even bigger and bolder projects. Every choice he made had more risks than could ever justify the rewards.

Like sure, Rand had always been a bit hungry for power - nobody gets into a job like that without a lust for power. As much as JR liked to think of himself as the ~Moral Paragon~ of the two (at first), he wasn't exactly in it for the sake of charity smndsmd

BUT FOR RAND????

it's like a switch flipped after he realized just how much power Cognito holds. JR always had some sort of power, but Rand never had that. JR never had as much to risk as Rand.

That mixed with Rand already being,,,,,,,, a pretty manipulative, cunning person in general = oh lord

it genuinely felt like JR blinked one day and realized that he'd just gotten used to Rand being drunk and disorderly - that he was picking up the slack, and Jesus Christ he had to, because if he didn't god knows what the Shadow Board would do to them - to him, now that JR was the one they were interacting with the most.

it wasn't a 'breakdown', it wasn't even new. Just a different flavor of the same bad cherries.

OK IM GONNA STOP THAT THERE BC. ITS ALREADY SO LONG IM SORRY LMAO. I feel like I just went into a fugue state smdnsmd I might come back and rework some areas another day (in which case ill rb)

THIS WAS SUPER FUN ILYSM. FEEL FREE TO ASK MORE STUFF ABOUT THESE TWO AS YOU CAN SEE I HAVE NO LIMIT OF IDEAS AND TANGENTS ABOUT EM. HAVE A LOVELY NIGHT!!