Strand of Ivy

Now they’re all dead hearts to you

He full on clunks his face down on his dad’s shoulder in the middle of a crowded bar, just like that! It’s not often that a show portrays a father son relationship in this way. So often we see limited physical contact between fathers and sons and it’s so damn refreshing to finally have a show portray a father son relationship where neither has any problem physically reaching out to the other for comfort. It shows a change in the way people view the relationship between fathers and sons. Society tends to teach boys to repress their feelings and be strong in the face of adversity, which turns them into men who are unable to properly express their emotions. Lone Star is having none of that bullshit.

Look

At all

The

Hugging!!

I can’t deal, my soul can’t deal. And not only do they give us a healthy father son relationship, they give us a healthy relationship between TK and other male characters. Sure he and Judd start off rocky but they settle into their brother roles pretty fast after that. Judd’s little speech about his crew dying and being scared to lose TK, and then TK’s response of “you can’t call me the coach’s kid anymore because you are too”... I am 100% here for it. Then we get this little gem,

Everyone else just hugs TK like a normal person but Judd goes right for the head kiss like it’s no big deal and TK just goes with it. He’s so comfortable with his team and Judd that this doesn’t cause him to batt an eye. It’s amazing and beautiful and I can’t stop obsessing over the brotherly relationship that they have, but that’s a post for another time.

Me: protect him.