And if I said that the prison divorce happens, Callum does manage to move on, is about to get engaged, then Ben is released, cue initial resentment that turns into yearning and 2019 style chemistry scenes again where they're both trying to pretend they can just be friends and on the wedding day Callum is the one who calls it off, the way he couldn't with Whitney, and closing that loop... what then
If I may be in my feelings about this, one thing I'll say about Johnny's come ons to Ben is if it leads to any kind of hook-up, then that's bullet to the temple/DNR on Ballum.
It'd be a total betrayal of the progress Ben has made this year and kind of to how the whole SA, ED and intimacy issues fallout was handled (barely in the latter case) too. I could see a lazy handwave writer's out being Johnny seeing Ben as he was and not as he is and Ben finding something in that, but Ben did not even like that version of himself and literally just spoke about feeling like things are getting back to the way they should be/wants them to be like two weeks ago.
It'd also realistically be a betrayal too far for Callum, who has put up with a lot as is. Not that he's entitled to physical intimacy ultimately either but like... Defining Red Flag if there was a cheating moment after that conversation?
Not going to even entertain that it's a distraction for a Johnny/Callum affair that drives Ben off because that would totally immolate who Callum is supposed to be and break Ben utterly as a character if he's ever to return. Enough of that traumacoaster, its what most of the audience are sick of in the first place no matter how they feel about the character.
So the best resolution here is it leads to some kind of blow-up based on continued unknown thumbing of trauma where Ben takes the tragic but mildly sympathetic fall, leaving the door open to his comeback due to the extenuating circumstances. But because this was likely all written in a hurry, I wouldn't hold my breath for something well considered, and highly dependent on whether the writers care to think of them as endgame.
I’m walking everywhere like this from now on.
I joked about the boss using this poster for wallpaper after the time I put into it. Never thought he'd actually do it. 🙊
the purge except it’s 24 hours where retail workers can talk back to customers and managers
My friend said that’s me.
us: finally kills the enemy team and gets on the point enemy mercy:
“Fuck you,” I whisper, while pressing the lawful good dialogue option.
