#jimmy jr doesn't really like either of them but for different reasons

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i also think jimmy jr will go low contact with both his parents when he's older. he cant go full no contact bcuz andy and ollie still like to see them for major holidays etc and jimmy jr likes to be with them and make sure everything's okay. like Bare Minimum amount of conversation required and then he's out of there

[gothicprep]

i think it's pretty obvious per my posts that i'm a big fan of breaking bad & better call saul (the abqniverse?). anyway, like, someone in a group chat i'm in sent this chart of the ratings per episode of both shows. they're basically inverse of one another.

there are a couple of reasons for this, i'm guessing: the first of which being that breaking bad aired from 2008 to 2013, and this was before the streaming boom. the second being that saul is a more character driven story, while breaking bad is more event driven, so enjoying breaking bad doesn't necessarily translate to enjoying saul.

i also think that saul fumbled the premiere a bit, hence why there was such a big dropoff in viewership after it – like, tuco salamanca is literally in the first episode, and i was a bit worried when i first watched it that it was going to be fan service-y, as i'm sure a lot of other people were. but tuco turned out to be more of a guest star than anything, and the scene was functionally a means of introducing jimmy to nacho.

it's a shame too bc imo, saul is by far the superior show. i feel like my main beef with breaking bad is that there were too many characters in it, and a lot of their arcs are either incomplete or they just aren't characterized very well.

the whole thing with bb is that, while walt is absolutely the most egregious out of all the white/schrader adults, they all are guilty of doing illegal shit when it supports some personal end for them – hank having his distaste for due process, skylar turning a blind eye and helping ted cook his books even though she knows something is off (plus her later involvement with walt's meth shenanigans), and marie shoplifting as a bad coping skill.

but marie is, like, really underdeveloped. and it sucks because understanding marie is important to understanding the show as a whole – she steals shoes after complaining that her work sneakers are ugly and being embarrassed by a rude retail girl at the store, she goes to open houses and lies about who she is (and steals things because, like, of course she does) after hank starts lashing out at her because of his ptsd. i don't know what the baby tiara thing was all about, but i have this dumb pet theory that marie and hank can't have kids and this was some kind of power move related to that – it's not lost on me that marie lies about having children every time she makes shit up about herself during her real estate klepto bender.

she's sort of a low-stakes version of walt's fractured ego & dissatisfaction and she, by my interpretation, serves as a foil that highlights just how silly the heisenberg shit really is.

the white/schrader family serves the narrative as an exploration of "why do some people become heisenberg while others don't". but, like, as much as i love the show, i think it really fumbles the execution of this. or my read could be totally wrong, i'm not sure. either way, the pieces are all there, but they don't always explore them fully.

there's also a joke in some of the sillier abqniverse fan communities of calling walt jr/flynn "breakfast" because the overwhelming majority of his scenes are him eating breakfast lmfao. he's just kind of, like, There.

the character dynamics in bcs, though, are sooooo good. the relationships between jimmy and chuck, jimmy and kim, gus and hector, mike and nacho are all well-developed and textured. i love how lalo's audacity and gus's cold cruelty play against each other. and bcs uses the tragedy of inevitability to its advantage – we know almost all of the characters (barring jimmy/saul/gene... we'll see what happens with kim and howard) are dead in the breaking bad timeline. but overwhelmingly it's just sad to see. it's dramatic tension of a different kind.

plus, bcs establishes just how terrifying gus really is. if you liked him in bb, you'll be salivating in bcs.

i don't know, i think it's criminally neglected even though it's critically acclaimed. my child will watch better call saul.

[jrueships]

revisiting the ask about switches and wow the wisdom however i am sorry luka has 100% bottom energy and so does kuzma to me but for different reasons that i’m tryinf to figure out. Thanks again

I SEE IT !! I DO ! I REALLY DO !!!! UR MIND IS VAST ANON !!!! You give me bottom luka and kuzma and i See it! I want it! I DESIRE it !!

Let me just explain Switch luka and kuzma tho so i dont sound insane or whatever BUT LET IT BE KNOWN that i love hearing ANY other interpretation on them!! I'm just gonna elaborate since some of the switch blurb was a Little vague on standing alone

Okay so SWITCH LUKA.. here me Out. I put him in the switch blurb because I saw the switch blurb as like.. people who mainly prefer One thing but CAN/HAD been another? And can switch it up again if desired ! so like.. yeah luka is Definitely a bottom fr fr. The way he let's boban manhandle him (in his defense boban is a fuckin giant so what can u do) /everyone manhandle and ruffle his classic bttm boy blond hair. BUT... BUT. Submissive top luka ? Service knight Luka ? Still likes when people pull his hair luka and will do something Specifically to get his s/o gasping and pulling? Asking for consent before Literally everything Luka? Asking if they're Okay every minute even though he's literally being the gentlest Ever Luka? Attentive and caring in bed luka LIKE.. you just need to PERCEIVE the IDEA ! him and dominant bttm Dennis smith jr ? Dennis riding him until he's absolutely Withering under his hips and dying to run his hands down smith's sides but smith just strengthens the hold he has on his wrists and YEAH basically... think of the Dennis Smith Jr of it all .... is All I have to say ...

And KUZMA? OKAY .. SO LIKE.. I KNOW.. He's Kuzma of COURSE he's a BTTM but like...

ALRIGHT ??? you leave the lakers... shed your laker snake skin.. join the wizards.. become a switch. YES, he WAS the annoying bottom jaylen fucked in a depression fit and regretted once... but he's DEVELOPED ! he still bottoms most of the time and is still very annoying but like. Listen. Switch kuzma. HE DOESNT HAVE TO TOP 23/7 but like.. the IDEA of him being able to switch now is. Very switch kuzma of him. A softer state. A surprisingly gentle and caring partner in bed, lots of praises and wanting to be praised in return. He's probably into that 'good boy' shit. IUNNO! it's worth a THOUGHT !

..... and smore to explain uhh.. i won't explain the more obvious ones but if anyone wants me to then looks at askbox

So GIANNIS .. look. With a wife as BEAUTIFUL as he's got, how can he NOT get pegged HUH? JUST A BIT!! AS A TREAT! also he has like twenty boyfriends and you're telling me NONE of them can top him 🤨 ??? maybe not jrue (/hj he kinda switchy too😏) but I've got FAITH. Even Greek gods can get a lil d*ck man. Apollo didn't kill that man with a discus for nothin

Draymond's power goes beyond staying to one label, no hate to those that do OF COURSE, he just wants A Lot and he'll get it with his draymondness ! I will defend that mouthbreather being kinda handsome and getting bitches even if i have to fall on shield to do it! AND KLAY? cmon like. Steph is sexy in more ways than one...

Vanvleet is small men topping supremacy and also mom dad supremacy like idk what to tell u lol. So is trae! i think they mainly top tho, but CAN bottom when they feelin 4 it. Honestly trae just has major 'do whatever WHATEVER PLEASE just sit on my f*ce energy, ride me, thighs thighs legs boobs idc i WANT IT!!' So yeah he's def a switch like that. Doesn't care, just Wants. Sorry I had to put Fred so close with the gremlin LMAO. Short kings can either be sane or insane there's like No in between its crazy

Bttm Bam DESERVES the thought!! It doesn't HAVE to be with Jimmy, he just deserves some **** ! I just think! Someone needs to give this man some d*** PLEASE! He's had to be the single braincell on a dumbass (lovingly) team for SO long.. let him **** around on a bed in BLISS !

Jimmy butler... okay.. like... OKAY. The idea of him bttming with Bam is PERMANENT! it STAYS there!! But like... if he's gonna get in that 3some with Kyle and demar he's been ABSOLUTELY H O U N D I N for for EONS then.. yknow he's gonna need that versatility when we Know the only topping Kyle does is rabidly humping deebo in bed during his big spoon time before getting banished to the couch... also.. saying how you wanna **** (<- this can say whatever you wish) a man (deebo) really Hard. Once. Maybe twice? Is kinda ... 🤔🤔 ? hmm. OF COURSE I LOVE L O V E BTTM JIMMY AND HIS BANTER BUT LIKE.. just Think. Is all i ask 😏😏 like with All of these i LOVE ALL of these bottom supremacy or top supremacy ideas but.. yknow .. Debby Ryan hair tuck image ... there's always Room ... you know .... im jus sayin... don't shoot the messenger 👀