hey. i have a question maybe you can help me. how would you describe Petes Charakter? or his characteristics?
Besides a few fine points, Peteās character has been, for the most part, shrouded in mystery. What do we know about him, really? His father beat him when he was young, he provides for and loves his grandmother, and heās been working for the major family for quite some time. Aside from that, our knowledge of Pete has been mostly confined to his actions/dialogue in the present. The show, understandably, focuses on Vegasās trauma for what I see as a few reasons. Heās the villain, so if they want audiences to feel any sort of connection to VegasPeteās story, he has to be fleshed out beyond his villainous behavior. His trauma is also ongoing, as his father abuses him regularly. From what we can tell, the only source of trauma in Peteās life at the moment is Vegas. But just because Vegas demonstrates more obvious signs of traumatized, self-loathing behavior doesnāt mean that Pete does not also express the effects of his own past, albeit more subtly. Iāve no doubt that Pete's father abuse as a child left a permanent scar. But while Vegas directs his self-hatred outward, Pete is constantly making sacrifices. Vegas and Pete represent the difference between harming others to make yourself feel better and putting othersā worth above your own.Thereās an interesting separation here, because on the surface, Pete seems to understand the importance of valuing oneself, he specifically tells Vegas that self-injury is not a viable coping mechanism. And in Ep11, the āthey, themselves, suckā scene does something similar with Pete acknowledging that his own fatherās abuse was not his fault but Pete doesn't value himself. Well, it comes down to the difference between empathy and self-sacrifice. Empathy is a healthy, admirable quality, but self-sacrifice can actually be detrimental. Thereās a necessary distinction between these terms. He volunteers to investigate Vegas at the risk of his own life. Heās doing it for Porsche, but heās putting everything on the line to do so. Heās going in without backup and a very loose plan. He also doesnāt seem particularly concerned with how heās going to make it out. Itās brave, itās selfless, but itās also reckless.He returns to Vegas even after he tortured him. This is the big one. Pete should have left Vegas when he had the chance. It doesnāt matter that heās started to see all of Vegasās brokenness and trauma. It doesnāt matter if he can empathize and sympathize with it. Vegas is still Vegas, the man who brutally tortured and assaulted him. Pete has every reason to go. And yet...he doesnāt. When Vegas asks why Pete didnāt run away, Pete hesitates.
Pete does bad things, but I think at his core, heās a genuinely good person. He saw Vegas falling into a pit of despair, and he couldnāt help himself. But that effort to help Vegas comes at a personal cost. Pete knows the importance of self-worth, and he encourages it in the people around him. But when it comes to himself, Peteās empathetic nature has led him to disregard his own. Itās completely unintentional, but itās psychologically damaging over in the long run.
We should have had Vegas asking himĀ āPete, youāre really going to leave me. Are you?āā and Pete answeringĀ āāI promise that whenever you open your eyes, today, tomorrow or any other day, Iāll be right here Vegas.My whole life till my last day.āā
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Pete does bad things, but I think at his core, heās a genuinely good person. He saw Vegas falling into a pit of despair, and he couldnāt help himself. But that effort to help Vegas comes at a personal cost. Pete knows the importance of self-worth, and he encourages it in the people around him. But when it comes to himself, Peteās empathetic nature has led him to disregard his own. Itās completely unintentional, but itās psychologically damaging over in the long run.