By now, I can see right through Vegas when it comes to Pete : layered affection, the unabashed violence as a direct consequence of his trauma, the fear of being abandoned but what gets me is Pete's character.
I know some of y'all like to say he has Stockholm syndrome and I really recommend you to stop throwing that word so carelessly and do your research because if you do then you will find out PETE has absolutely no symptoms of it and he would not be diagnosed with it in the first place and if you are too lazy to do that then maybe stop because ngl it's pretty disturbing to use such a serious condition with no knowledge
Pete never had Stockholm syndrome. People are throwing that word carelessly away tbh
The fact that he tried already takes the possibility out tbh only 8% of the all victims are able to develop this AND in all *most* of those cases their abuser never harmed them and actually treated them with kindness and we saw vegas do the opposite
I must say it feels so uncomfortable to be shipping them and it feels like art imitating life that he is portraying…
It's a matter of preference so it's totally okay if you don't ship them however I'd like to say this isn't Stockholm syndrome.
I think people are throwing this " Stockholm syndrome " way to easily on Pete. What you are diagnosing him with is a coping mechanism to a captive or abusive situation. People develop positive feelings toward their captors or abusers over time. Pete has never once thought that what Vegas is doing is right, he acknowledges the bad behavior and even points it out when he calls him a psychopath, he is perfectly capable of going against Vegas and this alone already takes out the possibility of him having Stockholm Syndrome. Someone developing this would never try to escape and we see Pete doing that several times although he backed down to take care of Vegas, seeing him take the handcuffs off is already enough to know he has the capacity of running from his abuser. An other thing is that Pete is a trained bodyguard, he is stronger than you think, he himself tortured and killed people so this is not new, he knows how this works. Then there is their body language, Stockholm Syndrome IS A COPING MECHANISM and Pete is not helpless, in the contrary he has the power in this situation and Vegas is the one who is weak. HE KNOWS he needs to get away from Vegas -- He is not in denial.
The only argument here would be Trauma bonding but this thing occurs often so I don't consider it that significant. Usually the hostage parties develops negative feelings towards the one's that are attempting rescue them and this isn't the case because like I said, Pete tried to escape which is something a person with a Stockholm syndrome wouldn't do, not to that extend. Also these individuals are generally not harmed by their captors and may even be treated with kindness but we saw Vegas hurt Pete not just imprisoned him so it's really unlikely. After all it's a fictional character so people making this assumption is okay but I don't think they have any source of material to justify it as a fact like many tried before. If that's your perspective then that's fine but realistically speaking Pete would not be diagnosed with it.
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I know some of y'all like to say he has Stockholm syndrome and I really recommend you to stop throwing that word so carelessly and do your research because if you do then you will find out PETE has absolutely no symptoms of it and he would not be diagnosed with it in the first place and if you are too lazy to do that then maybe stop because ngl it's pretty disturbing to use such a serious condition with no knowledge
I think people are throwing this " Stockholm syndrome " way to easily on Pete. What you are diagnosing him with is a coping mechanism to a captive or abusive situation. People develop positive feelings toward their captors or abusers over time. Pete has never once thought that what Vegas is doing is right, he acknowledges the bad behavior and even points it out when he calls him a psychopath, he is perfectly capable of going against Vegas and this alone already takes out the possibility of him having Stockholm Syndrome. Someone developing this would never try to escape and we see Pete doing that several times although he backed down to take care of Vegas, seeing him take the handcuffs off is already enough to know he has the capacity of running from his abuser. An other thing is that Pete is a trained bodyguard, he is stronger than you think, he himself tortured and killed people so this is not new, he knows how this works. Then there is their body language, Stockholm Syndrome IS A COPING MECHANISM and Pete is not helpless, in the contrary he has the power in this situation and Vegas is the one who is weak. HE KNOWS he needs to get away from Vegas -- He is not in denial.
The only argument here would be Trauma bonding but this thing occurs often so I don't consider it that significant. Usually the hostage parties develops negative feelings towards the one's that are attempting rescue them and this isn't the case because like I said, Pete tried to escape which is something a person with a Stockholm syndrome wouldn't do, not to that extend. Also these individuals are generally not harmed by their captors and may even be treated with kindness but we saw Vegas hurt Pete not just imprisoned him so it's really unlikely. After all it's a fictional character so people making this assumption is okay but I don't think they have any source of material to justify it as a fact like many tried before. If that's your perspective then that's fine but realistically speaking Pete would not be diagnosed with it.