🌱Penguin♉

He has such a specific pattern of speech, everyone he talks to is different. With Maynard, Zed ends or starts all of his sentences with “brother” or “dumbass” or something of the like. With Jeremy, he constantly refers to him as “boy” (which is OUGHHH MY HEART). Then, even with Fritz, Zed calls him “son”.

AND WITH HIS VOICE ITS SO AHHHHH

But how would he refer to a woman? Or anyone else for that matter? Zed never calls any two people by the same name or title, and with women (especially in the 60s), there are so many condescending pet names he’d definitely use. And we know that he isn’t fond of women in the first place (referring to my post about the Conaghers and romance).

“You look lost, darlin.” “That damn dame!” “Now angel, I need ya to listen here.” But all in the most misogynistic and patronizing way, he absolutely hates women.

Zed

Has a very negative view on romance after his own experiences, and realizing that all it would do to his brothers is just take them away. (All three of them have attachment issues goddamn)

Being part of the legacy of Conaghers, he has considered the concept of a family, but Zed is smart enough to know none of that is for him, and said “eh Dell will figure it out or something”

He has erectile dysfunction but blamed it on all of his girlfriends so he killed them (mostly because he’s sadistic but also because he got embarrassed and that doesn’t ever happen to him, so he didn’t know how to deal with it)

PDA? Hell no. Fancy dates? Absolutely not. He is the least romantic person, wouldn’t take any woman on a decent date unless it somehow benefited him.

Maynard 

Doesn’t know shit about romance or sex, never really cared or paid attention

I feel like once separated from Zed, he wouldn’t be difficult to get a date with. Maynard isn’t used to being treated as an equal, much less someone of independent value.

Steals clothes,, not in a cute way, just has no concept of what clothes are his which are someone else’s.

If he ever did get interested in anyone, Zed would immediately shut it down. He would go on to list all the possible reasons it could go horribly wrong, and why no one would ever actually want Maynard, so obviously any woman (or man) interested in him is just a trap.

^ Of course, Maynard would believe Zed, and it wouldn’t go anywhere.

Dell

Despite being well suited to social life and aware of what is right and wrong, he wouldn’t be able to identify a manipulative partner. After being put down and told that his needs were always second to his brothers, he sort of had the fight beaten out of him. He’d easily fall back into that mindset with someone else

Has learned not to bring anyone near his brothers after hearing about Zed’s dates

Very romantic, loves women and just meeting people in general. Skilled at flirting after being a bartender for so long

He has also considered that the rest of the family is expecting an heir from one of them, but doesn’t think that he’s important enough (being the youngest and with little to say in terms of inheritance) to have anything expected from him