#presumably because the general fandom assumption is that tommy doesn't care about him or sees him as a tool most of the time

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everyone has their preference so this isn't a genuine issue, but tommyarthur is this oddly underexplored/misunderstood dynamic in this fandom despite arthur being the deuteragonist and also just the sheer fact that he and tommy spent *a lot* of time together on screen. whether as a ship or like just as a regular fraternal/platonic relationship, it's incredibly dynamic and yet ...