#Rust x Marty

[ynnu-64]

Just two deranged men being partners for 7 years then falling off

and reuniting after ten years to work together again, they might save each other lives and live together in the end

[wouldgaysexfixthem]

would gay sex fix them?

[merrymorningofmay]

something tastyyyyyy about marty and rust in ep4 where marty's losing the grip on his patriarchal status as a husband/father/macho, so when rust comes in like "hey fuck your feelings we have a job to do, also here's my gruesome undercover backstory" he's acting as kind of a masculinity role model for marty: someone who's done all this novel manly stuff like Killing People and Wearing Cool Jacket herding marty back to "being a real man" (which marty conceptualises as enduring the horrors for the greater good and being soo brave about it)

EXCEPT to rust, and to the viewer who's heard rust tell that same backstory in 2012, his time undercover was not about heroism or tough yet necessary choices but about powerlessness and humiliation and being given no choice. it was an experience he compares to prostitution specifically, with his body physically penetrated by bullets and substances (and possibly tattoo needles) and every hierarchy, both the gangs and the police, seeing him as less than human (prey or a tool respectively). the thing that in ep4 makes marty feel low-key envious of rust's manhood is the part of rust's life where he had to assume a symbolically feminine role

[s1lly-l1ttle-l1fe]

thinking about rust and marty tonight... gotta be in my top 10 tv couples of all time.

[espiritosanti]

[truelovedetective]

by friyys on twitter

[sosooley]

He has earned peace

Old Men In Love

[khenzye]

This image can be misinterpreted in so many ways.

[crimsonsoulpower]

1995 Rust is the prettiest Southern Belle, precious babygirl, most beautiful princess ever.

2012 Rust is busy making a proper kept housewife out of one Marty Hart.

[heartandterror]

I just love them like they love each other okay

[randomcatsstuff]

OK we really need to talk about this

[ynnu-64]

More true detective

[shehungthemoon]

Pls someone talk to me about the quiet codependence Rust and Marty have, the too-easy domesticity they can fall into. Their constant arguing and moral disagreement that blends so easily into sharing clothes and a bottle and a home. The open hostility that silently becomes worry when no one else is watching. The implicit, unyielding trust that's never questioned and always counted on, between two people born and living in a world that's punished trust from the beginning.

[merrymorningofmay]

anyways so cool and normal of rust to ask "are we getting engaged" instead of "are you proposing to me" or something to that effect

[tabubranku]

I just watched the first season... I am very impressed. Their relationship makes me feel good.

[espiritosanti]