#macjones

in my opinion, it’s wasted potential to neglect all seven of the interactions sean and lenny had together when discussing sean’s character. these interactions show sean’s views on politics, they show both of their youth as they pick on bill together twice, they tell us sean’s view on respecting the dead, they literally show us that sean’s illiterate and not willing to learn to read but lenny wants to try and teach him anyway, refusing to give up on him. the fact that sean is illiterate is a big part of his character, and it came from his interactions with lenny. i am genuinely convinced that if people took apart these interactions instead of the constant focus this fandom gives to the same three romantic interactions he had with karen, everyone would have a better understanding of sean. they’d find out things about him they never knew.

sean and karen’s dialogue, compared to sean and lenny’s, tells us strikingly little about sean. yet this fandom has pulled their interactions apart over and over, given them infinite focus, acted like sean was closest with her when it’s just not true, and have absolutely sidelined lenny summers. in every post about sean’s character, karen will always be there instead of lenny, as if those seven interactions, each representing something new about them both, never happened. it is frustrating.

In a modern AU she would get a girlfriend at some point and after they decided to be exclusive Sean would somehow end up sleeping with the girlfriend, leading to a breakup and Sean and Karen having a huge fight.

And then Arthur and Lenny come over for beers while they are fighting, Sean cries about it to Lenny while they're gaming in the living room, meanwhile Karen complains to Arthur in the kitchen.