it's super interesting how everyone in btrtv seems to agree that kendall is the "bad boy" of the band, yet to me, he's such a good boy, a mama's boy through and through and the only reason they do see him as a believable fit for the bad boy archetype it's because he takes no shit from bullies. read that again, bullies.
it's not so much that he loses his edge as the show goes on, but that he's no longer having to be on high alert 24/7 — mom? chilling, no longer struggling to support her two kids. baby sis? living her best life. he's got no need for who-knows-how-many odd jobs, even his role while taking care of katie changes (they're the best siblings out there. ever.) but i think that the almost-parenting role he probably had in Minnesota sort of fades and falls back into a proper big brother & baby sister dynamic.
so, even if he takes no shit from bullies, he's actually pretty chill around everyone else. i do think he should've punched jett in that one episode, though, nothing too bad... just for funsies. cartoon physics and all that. i think it would've made sense!
