Thread by @pompomchan7

#vegaspete

okay i've been meaning to say this for a while.

if pete hadn't been there, then vegas would probably have successfully killed himself. like I'm not even kidding. he would have done it. he isn't a coward, he went all in knowing he could die.

but pete stopping >>

him here holds so much more significance than just "love interest saves someone from peril" and all that jazz. their love, it hasn't blossomed yet. vegas doesn't know pete loves him. and pete does, but I don't think he fully grasps to what extent. he knows he doesn't want to >>

lose vegas but they have a lot to work through before actually acknowledging that they can have a bond and how to go about building it.

so pete stops him, because he doesn't want to lose him. he wants to give it a shot. them. but that is only that.
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now vegas though, he has a pattern. with violence.

we have consistently seen him get a sick joy out of inflicting pain, in a way it gives him more control over something and he relishes that.

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but what happens when things seem to be out of his control? he resorts to self harm.

we have seen that time and time again (or maybe it was just that one time but ok, you get my point), him grasping for control and then ultimately self-flagellation when can't grasp it.
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here in this scene, i'm very sure he would have simply pulled the trigger because that is what he is used to. he probably wasn't even thinking about it. it was just force of habit.

it's not simply a coward's way out.