#how am i supposed to come up with differences when we are Literally the same person
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No matter what you think about Brock and Rusty one thing is true they raised those boys together. And anyone will tell you kids pick up qualities of their guardians/parents which influences how they go about things.
The influence of Brock on Hank is simple, itās the one the show starts off with and we see easily throughout the show. I wish they couldāve done more with Dean and Brock, unfortunately they donāt overlap enough to do something with but when they have overlapped the small moments, you stretch it you can see the impact Brock has on Dean.
āHe believes in this stuff, not like Hank.ā
āI have watched you pull a man eye from his head, made him dance like marionette with his own optic nerves.ā āAt least I didnāt break his heart.ā
Heart is Brock entire thing. He is punished for his act of heart going against OSI and getting Billy and Pete together, him racing back in PROM, his attachment to the Ventures, and funny enough his lack of any real love life is because Brock does things true to his heart even when heās not supposed to (āyouāre a tool for the government.ā)
Thatās super easy to see in Hank, he follows his guns, jumps in, doesnāt second guess if heās wrong. For Dean it comes out in belief of there being Good Guys. Something Brock shares. For a man who has no real issue with murder the idea of āGood guysā is a thing he sticks with very seriously. Dean copies this to a Dorky level coming off naive but itās literally the same packaged differently.
Hank knows though everyone is just some guy, a bad guy or a good guy you are just some guy. A lot like his dad in that respect, when you understand this is all a game you canāt really bother with genuinely thinking of sides just how you interact within it. (Hank not really put off about dating Sirena even if her dad is his dad arch. Thatās more of an obstacle that they are put into arch and protag categories so he canāt date her normally bc itās not an actual *thing* for him)
Dean however is under the firm belief there are sides, they can work together sometimes bc heās seen it, but like Brock, he believes in sides and gets riled up by it.
Speaking of riled up, Dean has Brock temper. I didnāt think much about it to be honest, it shows itself twice physically (Rusty Camp, radiant of the baboon) but when I hop around episodes now I see it in newer episodes. Dean temper is similar to Brock when he is really pushed off the need to protect or save another quality that is picked up by Brock.
Brock aggression is something Dean who is used to seeing it come out when he, hank and doc need protecting, saving, or an affective tactic. Another thing is Brock was and probably still is both boys example of classic masculinity in contrast to their dad (Iāll get back to this on another post.) I think Dean unintentionally mimics it, and I kinda believe we wouldāve seen more of it if Dean was put into more situations where he was worried for someone else since the Rusty camp one was for Triana and the movie was for Hank. (Both against Dermontt which shouldnāt count but I am which I will get to in a different post about jealousy in VB)
Brock is the stereotypical āmanā he protects the home, he kills to protect, his basics are that man spiel I donāt need to say we know it. Brock masculinity is never questioned really, it oozes out of him and is loudly punctuated. When it comes to sex itās the same thing, to a problem. I think Dean inherited that, im not saying the one time Dean did a shitty sex related thing makes him like Brock but I actually think itās more of a Brock move than Rusty weirdly enough. Probably because Brock has hooked up with people wives/gf but thatās not the reason why I say it.
Dean reason with hooking up with Sirena wasnāt really solid, because I donāt think there was a solid reason he did it just because it was happening. Thatās why I think itās more of a Brock move. Rusty weāve seen talked himself out of being with women who even like him, yes he hooked up with a fan bc she was a fan. She wasnāt someone who can end up seeing his flaws, end up maybe loving back because love is frightening for Rusty because he wants it. If there was a room and a woman who was slightly interested in Rusty, Rusty would magically get out of the room then COMPLAIN he is out the room. We see it repeatedly he will make up reasons really get in his head to jump ship only to stick to people who donāt love him. Or like him.
Hank is the same line but opposite, he is open to love! Yes like Brock his attention to who is quick and focused but Hank is committed because he wants to be loved. Hank is scared of not being loved, he worries although less obviously or loudly about it, and leans hard into it. Action man called him on it, that he resembles Rusty in being downright too attached.
Iāll be honest here itās so unlikely to actually see it but once you see the Rusty in Hank youāll end up seeing the Brock in Dean. I remember a YouTube comment saying āDean is all the negatives [of other people] itās why I donāt like him.ā
I donāt hate Dean, I donāt love Dean but I get Dean so while I donāt 100% agree with that comment I do get it. Dean picks up sometimes the worst traits because heās so easy to imprint on. Heās funny like that, weirdly easy to leave an impression on but unaware how he repeats things of people he doesnāt want to. Brock being promiscuous, Rusty nostalgic past, the idea of what is important to a man etc Dean mimics it unknowingly. I donāt think that was the root of hooking up with Sirena, (bc the reason is bs yall) Iām just thinking of domino effect of parenting.
Thereās a lot of Rusty in Dean literally everything Dean has is Rusty. But where they donāt match up are the core, Dean now understands his dad and they are the same brand of Venture boy but I really think Brock influence on both boys is there for good and bad it just harder to find in Dean. But I think it comes out when Dean stops letting his mind run too much, when he trusts himself, when heās standing up for something, when he lets his body drive.
But Iām just spitballing! I just donāt believe Dean is all Doc, just like Hank isnāt all Brock. We just didnāt get a lot of time with the boys switched around
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