#So while the vlogs are deeply sympathetic I think I’ll always want him to skill into something else to ground himself and balance himself

[enneamage]

any thoughts on tommy’s latest video/his square videos? he seems to like to wrap up every video with a happily ever after/i got through it/i’m fine now conclusion which fails to ring true because he’s obviously not

I think that he’s really trying to lean into the idea of entering a different era (and he will, not casting doubt on that), because the emotional toll of him thinking that he’ll stay stuck is too heavy. He keeps telling stories about finding a second chance in comedy and Real Life and finding that fulfilling, and while my criticisms about him being too out-of-touch right now to be a social-critic style comedian (even in the goofy way) still stand, he needs to cling onto hope for change because he’s going somewhere bad if he doesn’t. 

Being in nature and touching grass has often been good for him so his traveling was a smart move, the travel vlog vibes are sweet, he just needs to bring his people next time. I hope he does take time to figure things out but as you kind of pointed out there’s an element of trying to rush towards/away from Something that’s influencing his actions fairly heavily. 

Side note: To make literally anything regarding the state of the world right now about Tommy should probably be a punishable offense, but on the micro-scale I’m concerned that he’s going to say something onstage in that kind of blind way he makes vague stabs in an attempt to let off steam and hit an unimaginably raw nerve. The world of now is not the world of three months ago, I think he could get tangled up in something bad very quickly if he doesn’t adjust his approach to certain topics.