✨im obsessive✨

the only way to tell if a man is truly gentle is if he has green moss and algae all over him from sleeping quietly, motionlessly, at the bottom of a crystal clear riverbed

love that robert's fake letter to torture lawrence is that ronnie's met a belgian man named serge who is a fellow builder. and it works, because robert understands. he knows that if aaron met a belgian builder named serge it would destroy him too

THIS i actually think this ties somewhat into the whole Sam hitting Rob w a shovel vs Rob and Lee because Robert is actually quite a violent person, like actually vitriolic... it was mostly verbal, sure, but even with Billy, or with his penchant for kidnapping, he became more physical after getting with Aaron - his violent streak didn't start or stop or get bigger or smaller, it just twisted

I love the description of vitriolic! Though his wolfish streak has definitely twisted and evolved over the years, i dont think conflating his physical violence directly with aaron is entirely accurate! He has shown an aggressive streak since his teen years (the years fraught with him and Andy fighting) which has manifested in physical and verbal violence and manipulation tactics. Robert is, at heart, an opportunist and has consistently shown he will react in a way he feels best suits a situation using whatever tools he has at his immediate disposal (be that a spur of the moment call to ruin katie and Andy's wedding rings, a kidnapping if given the chance, the opportunity to push someone in a grain pit or a longer and more thought out plan like The Robrence Situation lmfao). He has ALWAYS had the wolfish capacity to be physical before, during, after and DURING (again lmao) coupling with aaron. But it has never been the primary tool in his toolbox the way it is in aarons.

maybe i'm overusing the word. but. INFAMOUS scene of robert giving rebecca a hundred grand and a picture of jack. HE MAKES ME LAUGH!!!!!