truly bothers me so much when people call luther dumb/a himbo/”dumbed down” in the tags of my posts (especially when they’re serious posts about his mental state or his trauma, etc..?) because the man is still literally, canonically a genius, but he’s been isolated his entire life and is only now in season 3 getting the little chance to live a life of (somewhat) normalcy. he doesn’t have the same life experience as his siblings, he lacks social skills and cues because of that, he’s barely interacted with people outside of his family / outside of being reginald and ruby’s exploited soldier, of course he’s going to behave differently than the rest of them? of course it’s going to take him a little time to catch up or understand something. that does not make him dumb.
we’re always quick to talk about luther’s development with his siblings, which is important, but his more carefree attitude is also part of his development, because he’s not trying to be number one anymore, he’s not trying to reclaim some title back from the sparrows. he literally just wants to live his life, be part of his family, make friends, stop fighting, and just figure out who luther is. not number one, not his family’s leader, not his father’s loyal soldier, luther.


















