#and i think there is still an unaddressed undercurrent of rage there!!! he already feels like he's given malcolm SO MUCH

[tyrannuspitch]

lots of ppl are speculating rn and idk how much grounds any of it has but i will say this: i will accept martin dying this series (as a storytelling decision) IF one of the whitlys kills him. those are my conditions.

#ps #but which one... i don't think it's justified for ainsley to do it yet and trying to build that up in two episodes. hm. #malcolm maybe... or jessica i'm open to that but i'll take convincing #accidental death or death by side character would NOT be satisfying #and please no self sacrifice... even if you're trying to subvert the villain-sacrifices-themself-and-is-posthumously-forgiven thing #i would still not be on board #tired and overdone and just not very martin imo #even if he does love his family it's a selfish love. there's nothing self sacrificial about it #he sees them as extensions of himself he's not going to decide they're more important than ~the original~ #no i don't think he could tolerate malcolm dying easily But he's more likely to try and fail to save them both #(and possibly get them both killed through his stubbornness) #than to resort to self sacrifice #and i think there is still an unaddressed undercurrent of rage there!!! he already feels like he's given malcolm SO MUCH #he'll hit his limit before he dies for him #unless it's an impulse he didn't think through but what kind of ending would that be for THIS character :/