#he's not exactly my bestie but he's got some crunchy little weirdo feelings in there

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aw he's crying 😭

#ok im not immune to teddy. i am not immune. #he's not exactly my bestie but he's got some crunchy little weirdo feelings in there #I do find him a fun character. i guess it's more his fans that i don't care for so much lol and like specifically their... read on him #like to me hes more of a tragic character than anything because hes literally programmed to be the satellite love interest for someone else #which is just a sad and unfair existence isn't it. like hes the only character whose cornerstone is always right in front of him #everyone else has more flexibility. they only have memories or feelings or ideas to go on but everything teddy does is constrained #by the immediate real time reality of everything dolores does #like there is very much an inherent power imbalance there. i wont lie and say thats why i dont ship it but it does make me feel bad for him #esp bc she kind of can't help but take advantage of it. like that's what their dynamic is that's what he's for he's there For Her #anyway. this is reminding me that i do actually like him i just. don't really like him in the way that other people seem to #i think I'll probably like him a lot more after the show ends and i can see his entire trajectory as a character #btw if i sound insufferable im sorry 😔 this is a liveblog these are top of my head thoughts #if i had to write a meta essay about teddy i would be much nicer than this #ww4 liveblogging