We all know the post season 2 characterizations are just a case of flanderization going off the rails but it would interesting to interpret the change in character as a result of just… the guys getting too famous too young/fast and not noticing as it snowballs? The tour bus episode where Kendall is inexplicably upset when reading hate comments (when that exactly the sort of thing season 1 Kendall would make a speech about and call it LA changing them) and James fully blowing him off to complain about Logan comes to mind. Then you get stuff like Carlos getting sillier and more stupid which could be from not being expected to really grow up the way celebrities are/the way they’re tolerated for being irresponsible or Logan becoming increasingly impulsive as the show goes on. Idk, just an idea and a heavy dose of copium
Pass me that copium brother bc I'm right there with you 😭
Honestly, I've never thought abt it like that before, but it just makes sm sense when you put everything together. Especially the thing abt Kendall freaking out over hate comments in Big Time Tour Bus. If anyone was to react the way he did, I would've thought it'd be James. Then Kendall would be the one telling him not to engage and just ignore the haters.
And if anyone was to be impulsive and irresponsible, I'd think it'd be Carlos. Then Logan would be the one to steer him in the right direction and be the voice of reason, as he usually is (at least when it's just them). Whether he'd listen to Logan or not is pretty much a coin toss depending on the severity of the situation.
But yeah, a lot to think about. I guess it (unfortunately) makes a lot of sense that they turned out the way they did given the fact that they started their career in their mid-teens. Sucks that they didn't really stay all that true to their pact, though. But ig no one ever really stays the same.
Thanks for sharing your awesome interpretation! I really got a kick outta this.
