i think one of the most interesting things about brott that no one talks about is both the difference in how they're treated within the cast and how that would generate a lot of conflict because of it.
Brick to me seems like the type of guy everyone would get along with. Every single member of ROTI would like this man. Even some of the more prickly and mean spirited campers (Anne Maria, Jo, lightning) had some good interaction with Brick. Jo and Brick have their rivalry and that one moment of solidarity in the finders creepers episode, Anne Maria stood up for Brick TWO separate times (one in the finders creepers episode and the other in the next episode when Scott tried to accuse brick of being the thief) and Lightning had the whole team men thing with Brick. Overall, Brick is still super well liked person within the ROTI cast and would probably get along with everyone.
Meanwhile, with Scott, everyone would hate this man. Not just because he eliminated like half of the fucking cast or that also because him blackmailing Mike was super fucked up, he's also just a big asshole too So there's that. Even when he's literally in the trauma chair nobody takes the time to realize how messed up that was and LAUGHS at Scott.
this is super interesting to me because I can see a lot of conflict arise from this difference both when they start hanging out with each other, when one falls for the other and when they start dating:
Brick feels conflicted over hanging out with Scott even though he knows he did a lot of bad things because he's (presumably) friends with the Maggot trio after he saved their lives and he knows that Scott did them wrong in so many ways, especially with MIKE. Mike was literally blackmailed on live tv by Scott and that was really messed up. But the more time he spends with Scott, the more he changes his mind and sees new facets of him.
mike notices that Brick has been hanging out with Scott and gets worried for him 1. Because it's Scott and 2. He probably thinks that Scott is up to something. Mike would get pretty protective over Brick because he knows that Brick is a good person and Scott isn't and he's worried that Scott will try and take advantage of brick like he did with himself. Brick tries and reassure Mike that Scott's changed and isn't as bad as he was before but Mike doesn't believe Brick.
People aren't really happy that Brick is hanging out with Scott and voice their disapproval again and again, which not only causes a rift between the rest of the cast and Scott, but also makes brick have to choose between standing up for Scott (which would gain the scorn of all of the rest of his cast mates because why the hell would you defend Scott) or letting it slip (which would make him seem like a piece of shit for letting them talk bad about Scott)
dawn would INSTANTLY clock it when either one of them falls for the other. If it's Scott who falls first, she feels conflicted because yes, while Scott is still an asshole, he really does genuinely like Brick and his feelings are true. If Brick falls first, than she would feel much more wary but she senses that Scott isn't doing anything malicious and their connection is genuine, so she just watches and observes for the moment.
If they did get together at some point, Im pretty sure one of them might want to not tell everyone immediately (Brick for Scott's own comfort and Scott for his own self preservation), so they keep it secret for now but there are some people who do learn or find out (either by discovering it themselves or because Brick told them) and the first people who do find it out (in no particular order) are Dawn (she's known from the start), Jo (she immediately susses Brick out and she's so happy not for brick or anything but because she and Lightning placed a bet on whether brick is gay or not. This is immediately snuffed out when Brick says that he's Bi, so both of them got it wrong), Anne Maria (brick tells her after she catches brick slipping), and Cameron (who straight up asks Scott if he and Brick and dating, and when Scott admits it and threatens to beat him to a pulp if he tells a soul, he then accidentally lets it slip to Zoey. They both agree to keep it from Mike for the sake of Brick and Mike's friendship and to let brick tell Mike on his own terms. This however backfires spectacularly when...)
Mike (at some point) finds out that Brick dating Scott when he catches the two of them making out. And he is mad as hell because not only is that literally the guy who blackmailed him, but also nobody told him and he's the last out of his team that found out that Brick was dating Scott. But, then again, Mike really does want to respect Brick's choice and it's not like he can be that mad at brick because 1. That's Brick and 2. Brick saved his life, and it's not like he can be mad that brick kept such a secret from him because Mike is no stranger to keeping secrets. He literally kept a secret from his crush and now gf and kept ANOTHER secret in the form of not telling his best friends about Mal (im assuming...?). But even then, there's also a feeling of betrayal that lingers even though he knows that Brick probably didn't intend to betray him or was intending to tell Mike very soon that Mike can't seem to shake off even though he wants to act like he isn't affected by it. He never expected it to come from Brick of all people, Scott yes but not Brick. So it really does hurt, and even though he does get over it, it takes a bit of time for him to fully forgive Brick.
Anyways those are just my thoughts on this. I should write a fic about this. This would be super good. I mean I already wrote an outline whether I intended to or not sooo... Stay tuned?
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