who do you think has changed the most during the series? like i don't watch rvm myself my knowledge is all second hand LOL but like when i rewatch my fave shows i'm always like "you used to be so small T_T"
EASY MONEY. Definitely Sal… I think he had to change or the show would’ve become unbearable after the first season. In season one he is so unhinged and impulsive and inconsiderate that it’s hard to like him and even harder to root for him because it’s like you’re doing this to yourself, guy. I think the writers were extremely aware of the fact that if he didn’t at least show promise to change early on people would stop tuning in. So I think he goes through a lot of growing up… I think you can see the beginnings of this pretty early on in 1x13 Crimson and Clover like at this point he’s still pretty horrible to Ellie (they are to each other TBF), but like OK so since you haven’t seen it I’ll just tell you they have to go undercover as a married couple in this planned community where people are moving and then just dropping off the face of the earth (there’s something spooky going on, of course… Let’s just say the people there are not good neighbors. (^_<)) and for multiple reasons sucks so bad for Ellie and Sal doesn’t help by being kind of cruel, but he kind of pretty quickly realizes how bad it is for her and clearly is very worried about him that whole time after that. And then in 1x17 Friend is a Four Letter Word Ellie is sooo sick of his shit and basically dumps him as a friend and you can see him just devastated because he needs her and kind of always has… but like, he still had to learn that lesson. So I think that’s really the first time he has to seriously consider what his priorities are and more than that that, that he wants things that you can’t just take LOL. And it’s a lesson he has to learn OVER and OVER and OVER again. It really comes to a head in season two he’s forced to do a lot of reckoning… So by the time Steal my Body Home (the series finale BTW) rolls around he’s someone you really care about. He’s almost the type of guy Ellie can take home to her family and you would you know. Mind if he died…
I think there’s also this little bit of innocence or like naivety that he still has in the first season that kind of gets knocked out of him as the show goes on too. He has this worldview that’s like the universe is just gonna bend to my will and everything will work out for me because it always does. Bloodletting in season two definitely robs him of most of this and I’ve gotta say like REALLY dark episode be warned OTL… But in it not only is Sal having to face bad decisions he made he also has to confront something terrible that happened to him, AND the solution to this still doesn’t fix it or make it better. Sorry Sal. (ﾉ_；)ヾ(´ ∀ ` )
Anyway by season three he’s, like, sensitive??? Like who are you and what have you done with the real Sal?? He’s still a mess but in a way that’s more charming than clearly actively self-sabotaging. Not as hard to watch. So yeah! Sal for sure. ദ്ദി・ᴗ・)
