#saltpepper

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saltpep would probably bottle up their feelings to the point where it was honest to god painful to be around each other and they'd slowly grow apart because of it.

and then they'd meet again in a couple... months? years? you take the pick for how long these two motherfuckers would function without each other, and then they'd have to spend time together again/work together and all those old, painful feelings are brought up to the surface. And they hurt, more than they did before because it's ignited ten times brighter after being pushed to the bottom for so long.

neither of them want to be there! they didn't want to see the other again! but here they are, and there's no way to avoid the elephant in the room and both of them just want it to go back to the way it was because even if it was painful at least they still talked. Now there's nothing to indicate that either of them had ever been friends in the first place and it's such a pivotal point of both of their lives that it's just.... oh fuck i fucked up bad isolating myself from you. They miss each other so much and :sob:

And then eventually on like, a drunken night, they just let everything out. they both pretend not to remember it in the morning but they both do and it fucking. hurts. i love making saltpep pine so much it hurts because it's so in character.

THESE LESBIANS. THEY ARE NOT OKAY. ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME DR WHITE. THESE LESBIANS ARE NOT OKAY.

YAY! I LOVE TALKING ABOUT THEM!

I have analyzed these two so much, and they are really deeply interesting to me, and it's such a shame they're so overlooked by the majority of the fandom.

Interestingly enough, they work as both parallels and foils at the same time.

They are almost the same person at first glance. They like all the same things, talk the same way, act the same way.... etc. But it sort of begins to fall apart the closer you look.

Salt is boastful, bossy, overconfident, openly flirty... very sure of herself. In contrast, Pepper seems to take a back seat, though we aren't certain how willing that placement is. She comes off a lot more insecure, but we know she's quite possessive and jealous, and many believe her to be the "brains" behind the takeover in Alternate Reality Show, with Salt acting more as the... pretty face who took the credit. They are both filled with deep flaws and insecurities that will explode with too much pressure, but they are both trying, and i think both of them really do just want love and friendship, but they've got that nasty bratty way of going about it. They try. They absolutely try. But they're so quick to lose themselves once they gain an ounce of power.

Salt is more open about her power trip, but Pepper definitely seems a lot... sneakier. Take this clip from Alternate Reality Show:

[ID: Image 1: Salt stands holding her face, which is cracked from Pepper hitting her. Pepper stands in the background, angry. Image 2: Salt turns to Pepper. Captions- Salt: "- You've threatened me before." Image 3: Salt pointing at the camera, towards Pepper (off-screen) Captions- Salt: "But YOU don't have the GUTS!" Image 4: Pepper punching Salt in the face, shattering her face, breaking a tooth, and sending her backwards into the black hole (off-screen), killing her. Image 5: Pepper motioning towards where Salt had died. Captions- Pepper: "-Y-YOU ALL SAW! I TRIED TO SAVE HER, Image 6: Pepper (side view) Captions- Pepper: "but she had to go!" END ID]

This implies Pepper HAS made threats within the timeline of ARS, but Salt had largely ignored them, leaving Pepper's anger to fester for who knows how long. Eventually, pushed too far, Pepper snaps and kills her under pressure.

What's interesting about this is that Pepper still attempts to cover it up, even though everyone saw what she did. She claims she tried to save Salt, when she didn't. I like to think this is sort of two things- saving face in the public eye, for one, but also, this sort of... instinctual loyalty she has to Salt. She doesn't want to admit that she did something terrible to Salt, because for so long, they've been inseparable. Pepper was her ever-loyal-bestie.

... I definitely think Pepper's feelings towards Salt are something romantic. I think she loves Salt very much, but at the same time, resents her. Salt is either blissfully unaware or in sharp denial, and i see her as a closeted lesbian going through some nasty comphet. And i do have backing for this!

Salt really only cared about Pepper for the first bit of season 1. She was so devastated by Pepper's elimination that she wouldn't even move. OJ was simply the first person to have any real conversation with her after that.

You know how i said Pepper relies on Salt? Well, Salt relies on Pepper, too. Salt is an incredibly dependent, insecure person deep down, and i think she feels she needs SOMEONE to cling to. So when OJ spoke to her, she became attached very quickly, even though she didn't even really seem to like him when he first spoke to her.

I think OJ, widely viewed as this very normal, even, reasonable person was subconsciously viewed by Salt as a blank slate to project her feelings onto. I think she misdirected a lot of her feelings and they became these weird het fantasies where OJ was just the perfect ideal Guy for her to like, because that's what she knows to be correct. I think she'd tell you she's straight if you asked. I don't think that's true. And i think that Pepper resents Salt and OJ and everyone else and maybe herself for this stupid confusing mess.