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cruelplatonic · 5 months ago

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actually i think it's interesting that practically everyone's interpretation of valentino is that he has severe substance abuse issues & is high 50% of the time, when in the show he's shown disparagingly talking about addicts in a way that implies he doesn't see himself as one. and i'm not using "interesting" as a substitute for "oh boy do i fucking hate this" i just genuinely think it's fascinating. the juxtaposition of him looking down on addicts while refusing to acknowledge his own substance abuse problems is direly under explored and it's like, Right There. it's prime character study material

#at the bare minimum he has a nicotine addiction but i (like seemingly everyone else) walked away thinking #that he does a lot of drugs in general #valentino #though it is interesting so much of the audience read him that way despite #not canonically doing any drugs #unless i'm misremembering #or there is some offhand Q&A remark made two hours into a livestream once that is now treated like fandom gospel #but i disregard like all of that stuff loool #anyway i think this tracks bc i feel like he's the sort of person who does NOT think he's at the behest #of his impulses. he indulges in them but he sees himself as fully in control #and this doesn't just encompass drugs but things like anger issues #ofc the alternative is that he's just a chain smoker #which isn't my read but (chin propped on folded hands) i'd hear it out #i have more thoughts but i have to drive somewhere now rip

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