discipline yokes the human body to time

The Funns need to be pushed into doing better, being ambitious, coming into themselves rather than just floating through life being bitter and lonely and doing nothing. Chapman needs to be pushed into being genuine, having his perfect facade broken down so that he can actually connect with people instead of the glitzy everyone’s-favourite-novelty people pleaser who has no real friends. And so on

NO LITERALLY IT MAKES ME SO HAPPY

rudyard & antigone both despise change, the only thing that could make them alter anything about their miserable lives was someone swooping in and making things even worse. whelp! now we've gotta do something!

and i honestly dont think chapman even realized how lonely he was. he's surrounded by people all the time! and they all love him! but the closest thing he gets to intimacy apart from the funns is with lady templar. they are both using each other for attention and status, they seem to fundamentally dislike each other, and theyre dating for the vast majority of the show!!!!

but the funns are so blunt, there's no way to just win them over, especially as he destroys their livelihood. he's a businessman 24/7, he needs to succeed and in order to succeed he needs to be liked and inherent to both those things is the funns fucking despising him, and the pattern goes on and on until at some point (around Sunshine Treatment i'd say) he realizes he can actually trust them with himself. their hatred of him has become a point of stability, and they wont ever defeat him, and they will in fact help him when he needs it