Save the drama

force dyad

Nick has unresolved childhood trauma that's connected with his cynical view that the world will not change for the better overnight. He became a cop mostly because he wants to be in Judy's pack and wanting to preserve it by leaving town overrides his desire to solve the case.

Judy wants to preserve their partnership by going in the opposite direction of pursuing the case but it's driven by her unhealthy hero complex and wanting to prove herself. Thus she goes about it by making dangerous decisions of disobeying orders and risking her life and others'.

Dawg the more that I think about it the more I realize how heartbroken she sounds and how heartbreaking of a realization that is— to realize the person you’ve chosen as your closest confidante, the person that matters most to you in the world, the one who believed in you when no one else did, disagrees with your core belief in making the world a better place.

(I don’t actually think he disagrees he just worded it wrong because, y’know, emotional insecurity)

Now imagine Nick. The best thing to ever happen to you was this bunny coming into your life and changing your perspective of it. She brings you nothing but joy, she’s the most important person in your life, up until now she has done nothing but try and prove that the two of you belong together despite your differences. You never minded your differences and always tuned out naysayers but now, to you, she’s saying “maybe we don’t belong together.”