#of course hes not gonna be able to actually hurt kant. no matter how much he says he will

[ropebunnykant]

you know i’ve been saying since the beginning that bison knowing and suspecting would be even more heartbreaking than bison just trusting kant at his word and god the more i think about the fact that he really didn’t bug kant’s apartment or put a tracker on him, the more sad i fucking get. because bison went to kant’s place thinking, knowing he’d drugged him. and yet by the end of the day, he gives him his heart - no conditions, no caveats, no lies. and isn’t that just the most heartbreaking fucking thing? that bison knew that something was wrong, that kant had hurt him, but he closed his eyes to it all the same. and when you get into the religious imagery of it all, it’s a very jesus thing of him, isn’t it? for kant to hurt him, for bison to know he did, and for him to turn his other cheek toward him, awaiting a second blow? and oh did that blow come.

[firsnbwife]

Pt. 3: Bison

the next line that capt says is this. there is two parts to what capt. says here 1. gain his trust 2. up your game.

1. gain his trust

the first mention of trust between him and bison is in the tattoo chair scene. kant goes abt this situation very meticulously.

when the topic of bdsm comes up he isn’t fully agreeing to it right off the bat he makes sure that this is something that will gain bison’s trust and bison falls right into his trap with the tiny little face pats. he’s giving kant the exact answer of how to get his trust and that is through bdsm.

after that moment there is not once that kant denies even when we see that he isn’t actually comfortable with doing it.

he never even gives slight doubt to bison that he doesn’t like it when we see later on the glimpse of pain he shows the moment bison turns and fadel leaves. he isn’t letting out even the smallest look of something that could make bison question his enjoyment in this situation.

bc this is where he has been told the trust is. this is how from the beginning he has been hinted will be his biggest advantage in getting what capt. wants and being spared from going to jail and failing babe.

also in the realm of kant forcing himself to participate in the bdsm acts. he never explicitly says that he likes it in a way that is up front and completely sure and with the way he was acting when bison was looking you would think he would be sure now and state it instead of deflecting.

he either gives excuses or reflect it back to him not being hurt.

which we know is a lie from the earlier screenshots

but that’s not what bison wants to know he wants to know if kant is enjoying it cause no dom wants to be doing this to a sub when they aren’t in it for their enjoyment as well.

bison makes so many attempts to check up on kant in the tattoo parlor scene and even needs multiple words of reassurance and convincing.

and still showed some skepticism of kant’s willingness to do this for him

which leads me into

2. up you game

even from the beginning capt. has been saying how kant can’t just use any old tricks to get his information. he’s clarified from the start that kant needs to use all means to get his info but this is the first time he’s specifically telling him that he needs to do more.

hence why now the drugs come into play and kant doesn’t back down from the bdsm scene. that one capt. line

“up your game and gain his trust”

explains every single one of kant’s choices and approaches in ep 3.

up your game to get inside his house and kant knows that the only way to safely succeed in getting this info is to make sure that bison is in an unaware state. there would be too much of a risk there to just go in without a plan and in no way was kant going to be able to search their house with the possibility of bison waking up and finding him. his drinking didn’t do enough so he had to settle for the next best thing to strip bison of his awareness.

gain his trust where kant has been specifically told by bison that indulging him in his kinks is the way to get his full trust. although after that bison did show that he didn’t want kant to do it just for him but kant is desperate. he’s gonna take any little lead he can get to get this information faster. he always has capt. on him reminding him that this is a time sensitive matter.

here’s a similarity i’ve found with chadok and akk. chadok questions akk’s efforts and asks if he has any evidence against aye

immediately after he makes sure wat is filming the gang to be sure he has what chadok wants

but before that he makes sure that akk knows the curse will go on whether it’s him doing it or not. that’s what pushes akk to act. he feels like he has to to now to stop anyone else from getting hurt from the curse he started himself under chadok’s manipulation.

this is how i see kant’s sacrifice of his comfort in ep 3. capt chris makes sure that kant has something to lose (his brother/freedom/saftey), a course of action (get in house/gain trust), and oddly enough encouragement (“you’re a smart brat”)

both chadok and captain chris use manipulation tactics of financial needs, praise, and the well being of others they care abt.

neither akk nor kant have any power against them and it stays that way until the cycle is broken and that always ends up with hurt.

so in conclusion.

FUCK CAPTAIN CHRIS AND FUCK TEACHER CHADOK TOO!!

akk and kant are my babies and i will protect them with my life.

Captain Chris’ Manipulation of Kant Pt. 1

how the conversations with capt chris and kant influence the approaches that kant takes to play out his mission and some intricacies on how capt. chris makes kant think he has no choice. using references to chadok’s grooming of akk

firstly gonna start by explaining how we got here.

you may ask if kant didn’t want to do this why meet with the captain in the first place?

the first time we get introduced to capt. is at the bowling alley when kant ignores his call which is later explained by how kant was already promised freedom from that work so he was avoiding it at all costs.

next time he calls kant is with style and immediately we can see that he doesn’t want to pick up but leading into this the convo of bison was brought up making style tease that it was him. when kant denies, then style ultimately gets curious and questions then who is it?

and now kant feels pressure that he has to pick it up bc then it would be a bigger conversation that kant isn’t willing to have

next we go to their first meeting

kant immediately brings up the fact that he was promised that the last mission was the last and he was free

also goes back to his talk with style before. style doesn’t question it but from the previous avoidance it’s clear that style doesn’t know abt kant’s involvement with the police)

capt.’s response is to agree with him. yes i did do what i said.

he then introduces another job which kant tries to decline and his response is this. he automatically contradicts himself backtracking and using big words to basically say the same thing.

which kant from his convo before already thought was done. he thought he was totally clean and capt here is basically using his knowledge abt the system against kant.

after kant still showed reluctance, capt. realized that this wasn’t enough anymore and that he would have to use dirty tricks to get kant to agree to it this time

he goes on to threaten to bring back up the crimes that he just said he dropped from his previous missions.

kant picks up on this and realizes that he is stuck with no other option but to help him. which capt. give a smile bc his tactics worked

fuck him btw hate his smug face

he goes on to give kant the mission which kant then realizes that it’s bison and probably not thinking gives info abt his prior sexual history with him.

hears that and gives him this look. a look that says

“you already have something against him. use it”

and here’s where similarities between capt. and teacher chadok comes in. capt. uses this look here as a way to indirectly signal to kant what to do this is equivalent to chadok’s hand on akk’s shoulder.

these are puppeteering tactics that both of them use to get their pawns to do their dirty work. chadok knew that akk was the curse and even praised him for it while touching his shoulder like he did before to encourage him to “take care” of things.

this is when akk starts to realize that he was being manipulated the entire time and it wasn’t just his own decisions

i think this is the same way that capt. is trying to use kant. he’s not giving him a specific course of action but hinting at the ways that would be best.

capt. does the same thing

(continue to part 2 in reposts)