Shut up, Richie

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Seth’s tattoo is a love letter. 

Seth got the tattoo to cover up horrific burn scars that he got after his brother set their home on fire to kill their abusive father. The father that largely seemed to leave Richie alone and emotionally and physically beat Seth. Some of the things that were mentioned (bashing a glass bottle over his head if he didn’t re assemble a gun in the proper amount of time) were life threatening. Richie was watching his brother’s life threatened every single day while he remained, according to Seth. much less scathed. 

When the fire was lit, Seth, despite being weak from smoke inhalation, called out for his father and wanted to save him. For all of the abuse Seth suffered, he was still empathetic towards his father and didn’t want to see him die. Richie on the other hand, was willing to do something unthinkable and didn’t look back once.

Richie Gecko loved his brother so much that be murdered their father to save him from being beaten and possibly killed. He asked Seth to “cover up” the incident- something that Seth did blindly and obediently like he always does. He got a trashy tattoo that he wasn’t particularly fond of and hid the scars that (unknowingly to him) he attained through a violent act of love on his brothers part.

Some Fuller family for you. An explanation of my thinking behind each one behind the cut.