[ID: A simplistic multi-panel comic of the characters from Sanders Sides, told through screenshots of a Tumblr post.
Panel 1: Janus, dressed in a suit, sits at the prosecution desk from Selfishness vs. Selflessness. The screenshot, a post from @/crustaceousfaggot reads "Is lying ever ethically correct"
Panel 2: Extremely simple renditions of Roman, Thomas, and Virgil in their courtroom attire sit on one side of a desk, while Patton, looking worried, sits on the other side. The screenshot is of Tumblr poll results, reading "Yes - 97.6% / No - 2.4%".
Panel 3: Logan, sitting in a chair, squints at the scene from a distance.
Panel 4: Logan sits in the back of audience seating, surrounded by chairs as well as text reading [chairs]. He speaks with a speech bubble with Tumblr tags in it, reading "#who voted no? immanuel kant isnt going to fuck you"
Panel 5: Patton sits in a folding chair leaning forward to hold his head in his hands, in the pose of the Shinji chair meme.
man ion even listen to the ying yang twins that much ik em from "get low" & "whistle while you twerk" but i might get into em idfk. me & my gf just decided to edit this image bcuz we thought the twins' outfits looked like the spies lmao
okay but the potential that the SvS episodes had for an angsty love triangle was impeccable.
Roman, torn between the two people who represents two things he desperately desires. Patton representing the familiar - the comfort of being a good person, the validation that came with knowing that he is Thomas's hero, the life that Roman has gotten accustomed to; and Janus representing the unknown - change, ambition, and a leap of faith that might be worth it.
Roman falling for Janus's sweet manipulation and flattery, but being scared to tear himself away from Patton, who has always been his biggest supporter. and then finding out that both Janus and Patton were manipulating him the whole time. they had good intentions but they did what they did, and it left Roman deeply wounded.
and at this point, it's even harder for Roman to choose himself than it was for him to choose between two people he admired and valued. he is no longer worthy of anyone's love, not even his own.