#he does come across as more welladjusted than arthur and tommy | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

normalbrothers · 3 months ago

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i find this perennial depiction of john as the compassionate caretaking, "good" brother (opposed to tommy, arthur) in fanfiction fascinating tbh. is it a characterization derived from having a lot of children? but he doesn't ... take care of his kids dhhd

#this is why he's looking for a wife in s1 he wasn't actually in love with lizzie given how easily he contended himself with esme #afterwards #he's also not a particularly good husband to her either #*shrugs* it's not that he's a complete brutish buffoon or anything he has his moments but he isn't really that kind or gentle either #he does come across as more welladjusted than arthur and tommy #but then again he doesn't have any problems at all with his violence like he doesn't reflect on it nor does he feel any guilt #which ... should signal you something about this character

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