I’m usually not one to say something, but y’all in the comments are just looking at one side. I get that it seems like he’s being cold or judgmental but you have to understand, he’s never dealt with someone like Maddie before. His whole life has probably been built around people being straightforward, reliable, and what-you-see-is-what-you-get. So when someone like Maddie comes in who is layered, guarded, always three steps ahead he doesn’t know how to act. It’s not that he doesn’t want to understand her, it’s that he literally doesn’t know how. And when people don’t understand something, they fall back on what’s easiest: assumptions.
Showing up, keeps getting frustrated, keeps reacting, which means that he’s at least trying to. He’s scared. Because letting yourself believe someone like Maddie could be vulnerable or genuine means risking that it might all be a lie and that’s terrifying for someone who’s never learned how to handle being fooled AND GOT FOOLED BY HIS BEST FRIEND and ngl he messed up by shutting down her emotional moment. But also think about what he’s been through. He trusted someone who nearly killed his only family. He was made to feel stupid for not seeing through it. So now, when Maddie slips, he goes into panic mode. He thinks: “What if I’m falling for it again?” That’s not heartlessness that’s just trauma. Cut him some slack.
And tbh I also feel like if the roles were reversed and it was him who was testing Maddie at every turn y’all would be mad at him for testing her too.
He’s such an idiot. No matter how good an actor Maddie is, there are breaks in her shell and when he sees them, he thinks they are nothing more than another part of her façade. He doesn’t even realize that she is probably the only person who is taking him seriously
he really isnt good at reading people huh😭😭his family friends and even maddie.
lowk always pmo a bit whenever he judges maddie. i was very chillat the beginning but now he literally bare-witnessed to how she truly is and still does not even TRY to understand why she is the way she is. like bruh come onnnnnnn she is obvs not a one-dimension person who is only focused on greed you already know this but you keep focusing on her words rather than actions.
i came back cuz it started pmo even more the more i thought about it and how much he judges others by their exterior. like his one and only family, astrid was gonna DIE because of his inability to understand his “Friend” own personality. he literally just went through first-hand how crucial it is to not fall for another’s facade, yet he is doing that exact mistake again by deducing maddie as ONLY a money-hungry con artist. by reducing her to just that, he doesnt see her as her own person but rather just a criminal who only acts with her own benefit in mind. and i know thats what she wants him to think, but he never even tries to look deeper into her psyche despite saying how she should think of him as more of a partner in this relationship. like bruh you too then.
and absolutely HATED how he reduced her first time ever breaking out of his role and showing real emotions as just another act. she is not a robot shes human so of course there might be a slip in her character not everything she does is calculated dawg
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Ight yeah I yapped mb🥲
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I’m usually not one to say something, but y’all in the comments are just looking at one side. I get that it seems like he’s being cold or judgmental but you have to understand, he’s never dealt with someone like Maddie before. His whole life has probably been built around people being straightforward, reliable, and what-you-see-is-what-you-get. So when someone like Maddie comes in who is layered, guarded, always three steps ahead he doesn’t know how to act. It’s not that he doesn’t want to understand her, it’s that he literally doesn’t know how. And when people don’t understand something, they fall back on what’s easiest: assumptions.
Showing up, keeps getting frustrated, keeps reacting, which means that he’s at least trying to. He’s scared. Because letting yourself believe someone like Maddie could be vulnerable or genuine means risking that it might all be a lie and that’s terrifying for someone who’s never learned how to handle being fooled AND GOT FOOLED BY HIS BEST FRIEND and ngl he messed up by shutting down her emotional moment. But also think about what he’s been through. He trusted someone who nearly killed his only family. He was made to feel stupid for not seeing through it. So now, when Maddie slips, he goes into panic mode. He thinks: “What if I’m falling for it again?” That’s not heartlessness that’s just trauma. Cut him some slack.
And tbh I also feel like if the roles were reversed and it was him who was testing Maddie at every turn y’all would be mad at him for testing her too.
Dukebigbear
Ml don’t be a fool…pls
BookObsession
He’s such an idiot. No matter how good an actor Maddie is, there are breaks in her shell and when he sees them, he thinks they are nothing more than another part of her façade. He doesn’t even realize that she is probably the only person who is taking him seriously
malpracticecoffin
he really isnt good at reading people huh😭😭his family friends and even maddie.
lowk always pmo a bit whenever he judges maddie. i was very chillat the beginning but now he literally bare-witnessed to how she truly is and still does not even TRY to understand why she is the way she is. like bruh come onnnnnnn she is obvs not a one-dimension person who is only focused on greed you already know this but you keep focusing on her words rather than actions.
malpracticecoffin
i came back cuz it started pmo even more the more i thought about it and how much he judges others by their exterior. like his one and only family, astrid was gonna DIE because of his inability to understand his “Friend” own personality. he literally just went through first-hand how crucial it is to not fall for another’s facade, yet he is doing that exact mistake again by deducing maddie as ONLY a money-hungry con artist. by reducing her to just that, he doesnt see her as her own person but rather just a criminal who only acts with her own benefit in mind. and i know thats what she wants him to think, but he never even tries to look deeper into her psyche despite saying how she should think of him as more of a partner in this relationship. like bruh you too then.
and absolutely HATED how he reduced her first time ever breaking out of his role and showing real emotions as just another act. she is not a robot shes human so of course there might be a slip in her character not everything she does is calculated dawg
I.mbarb
He is so prejudiced against her behavior because he never tried to understand her.