#i don't consider the cult ending canon though and i also haven't played through the 3rd date for anyone but him and hugo soooo
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okay so old college try came on and i think the Thing about joseph that i keep coming up against with fandom interpretation is that i don't see anger there, i see martyrdom
#dream daddyblogging#i don't consider the cult ending canon though and i also haven't played through the 3rd date for anyone but him and hugo soooo#but idk it's the ending but it's also the poker game???? i've been thinking about the way he's so bad at it that it's notorious#the comment about it being a community donation or something idk idk#it's him not showing any sign of anger to dadsona. just hurt. but he almost like....revels in it??#mary talking about how he pretends to be happy also like. that felt like it was supposed to land a certain way.#would she say the same thing if it was anger beneath the surface? maybe! but doesn't it sting more if he's hurt and resigned to it???#i'm not excusing his actions; in fact i could see that martyrdom giving him a sense of Real Purpose and that's uhhh super fucked up#xtians often get very weird about suffering and bearing pain. it's not uncommon for them to find purpose in it.#(mcr straight up said it in foundations: 'you find god in pain')(i do not think this is necessarily a bad thing at face value.)#anyway this would explain his unwillingness to leave.#he cites his marriage being a role model for his parishioners and while i understand that to a point; he is a YOUTH minister lmao#but also we don't know ANYTHING about his church so who the fuck knows?????#idk idk this is probably me trying to justify my attraction and stuff but listen.#the christiansen mess
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