in all timelines

okay okay okay I have to speak my mind and you are so good with your analysis on fandom: I genuinely think that a lot of the loudest, meanest, most nonsensical takes (specifically about Robby, but in general) come from people who have A) never worked a job/never worked a job in either customer service or people-facing that also requires them to work with others and B) can't conceptualize that one character may be another's antagonist (like Langdon for Santos) but not the whole show's antagonist-or even the show not having an individual as the antagonist for the show at all, and instead a concept (such as the "antagonist" of the pitt being the administration, poverty, hospital policies, etc). For A, I think the biggest example is how people reacted to the scene with Robby and McKay in S2, where she left (taking a medical student with her) and took supplies with her. She essentially abandoned her on-the-clock shift to take care of someone she usually sees on a volunteer position, and in doing so, she left a patient and family she'd made a connection with, missed them dying, and someone else had to do her job for her. She even missed out on supporting Javadi through this, and Javadi might have had support through it through Robby-but it was her and McKay that were treating Roxie. And Robby is right to call her out for it-because literally any other boss would have likely fired her on the spot, or she would have had some sort of write-up for it. Yes, McKay did a good thing by helping the woman out and it was a teaching lesson for Ogilvie, but it isn't without it's consequences. For B, I see this all the time in other media. (I think it's also due in part to the literacy crisis and people being spoon-fed media of all kinds). It's like object permanence: when people can't see the antagonist or the enemy of a media, they project it onto someone. Shows like The Pitt or even Abbot Elementary (as a comedy example) do have individuals that take point for the antagonist of the season or the episode, but the major roadblock will always be the current administration, poverty itself, lack of access to medicine/education, being unsupported by admin and boards and school groups but told they're heroes and given pastries as a "thank you" rather than support.

victoria javadi is one of if not the most interesting and incredible subversion of the genius archetype i have ever seen.

finally watched it on my lunch break today and you can pretty much pick out any moment of him speaking and use it as an example of how awful he was (particularly his joke to Patrick and his comment about Shabanna's acting accent) but I think another (more humorous one) is him fixated on the hand sanitizer. essentially this: