#i want them to have a very fraught encounter where no one renounces their positions & that leaves them both emotionally devastated

[donnapalude]

i was perusing bs fics including hennessey as a character because i wanted to see what the fandom did with flint's daddy issues. i am so surprised! no criticism, but he gets a really sympathetic depiction on a lot of fics, way more than i expected. there seems to be a lot of agreement that he did everything he could to make flint's sentence as mild as possible, that he hated alfred hamilton & went along with his plans kind of reluctantly & there are even some fix-its that see him run to the rescue of thomas/flint/miranda to some combination. none of these are an impossible read of the situation i am just surprised i hardly see anyone painting him as a bit more culpable & less conflicted. not because it's a better take, but i think it's at least a possible one. i can believe he had some regard for flint, but how far did it go really? it's not like we see him help him after the dismissal in any way, not even in secret, & he made a good show of looking genuinely horrified by flint in front of a. hamilton. i don't know i am just chatting into the void, but i find it peculiar that he seems to attract little resentment! you all really want flint & his dad to make peace & love each other <3