#sob-dylan

hii emma!

CHARACTER ASK MEME

favorite thing about them: his seemingly like sixth sense clairvoyant intelligence is both incredibly unnerving and so fun to watch. not much gets past him.

least favorite thing about them: intimidated the poor los pollos manager into cleaning the fryer multiple times even though it was spotless because he was shitting bricks about the DEA drug bust thing. find some coping mechanisms leave lyle alone :((

i only have a vague idea but some people are annoyed with tom/greg some people think gerri/roman is toxic or whatever i don’t really care to explore it any further but everyone just gotta be cool which to be honest means ignoring people who love it if you hate it and ignoring people who hate it if you love it

I’m going with Jimmy! At first, I was just going to say that Jimmy is a more well-rounded character and end it there, but there’s a lot more to unpack.

I didn’t actually start watching BCS until last fall, since I wasn’t sure if I would find the show appealing (lol, what a thought) or what there was to be done with Saul, whom I remembered mainly because of his funny one-liners. But after watching BCS, I just have so many feelings about Jimmy. I can’t even look at Saul and find him funny now, since he’s a reminder of all that Jimmy’s been through and his attempts to mask his pain.

Upon rewatching BrBa, I realized that my favorite scenes with Saul, where he shows more emotional depth, is when he reverts back to being Jimmy (like the scene in Granite State where he parts with Walt). Whenever I look at Saul, I still try to find Jimmy. But it’s painful to think that as a viewer, I would even want a character to go back to a time when he was at one of the lowest points of his life, still unsure of his identity and wondering if it’s worth it to take the high road. I’m sure there’s people here who have a much better understanding of Jimmy and Saul as characters than I do, but from what we’ve seen of Gene, he remembers his time as Saul as the highlight of his life. He was probably the happiest he’s ever been* when he fully became Saul - finally embracing the criminal part of himself that everyone else viewed him as, no longer facing that inner conflict of whether to play it straight or be colorful, and getting to help those who were also let down by the system.  

This answer is a mess but after everything I’m still going with Jimmy because he gives a lot of retrospective characterization for Saul. And because it’s Jimmy 💔  

NICE

the first character i ever fell in love with: Jimmy!!

a character that i used to love/like, but now do not: i actually don’t think there’s anyone lol

a ship that i used to love/like, but now do not: none !

my ultimate favorite character™: J I M M Y. also Kim and Nacho of course. and now Lalo too lmao. 

prettiest character: KIM!!! and Domingo 

my most hated character: Chuck :(

my OTP: JIMMY/KIM!!!! 

my NOTP: none!

favorite episode: all of season 5, any episode with slippin jimmy and/or slippin kimmy, every episode with nacho, every episode with lalo, basically just every episode tbh 

saddest death: Chuck :( i hated him but his death was really awful and upsetting 

favorite season: i miss the fun of season 1 but this current season is beyond amazing and every episode is insane

least favorite season: don’t have one!

character that everyone else in the fandom loves, but i hate: Gus…. i mean i don’t hate him and he’s such an intriguing character and i enjoy watching him, but like the character as a person is terrifying and not a good person, in BCS he doesn’t seem as awful but the things he’s done and said in breaking bad make it impossible for me to like him in any way. but i still like watching him and i’m glad he’s on the show.

my ‘you’re piece of trash, but you’re still a fave’ fave: JIMMYYYYYYY! and LALO!!

my ‘beautiful cinnamon roll who deserves better than this’ fave: Domingo tbh :( 

my ‘this ship is wrong, nasty, and makes me want to cleanse my soul, but i still love it’ ship: Nacho/Lalo lmao

ty for the ask!! i did lalo a while ago, here he is. very glad my brand of “person who will talk about lalo” is secure.