hey. i have a question maybe you can help me. how would you describe Petes Charakter? or his characteristics?
Besides a few fine points, Pete’s 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 he’s 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 Vegas’s trauma for what I see as a few reasons. He’s the villain, so if they want audiences to feel any sort of connection to VegasPete’s 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 Pete’s life at the moment is Vegas. But just because Vegas demonstrates more obvious signs of traumatized, self-loathing behavior doesn’t mean that Pete does not also express the effects of his own past, albeit more subtly. I’ve 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 others’ worth above your own.There’s 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 “they, themselves, suck” scene does something similar with Pete acknowledging that his own father’s 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. There’s a necessary distinction between these terms. He volunteers to investigate Vegas at the risk of his own life. He’s doing it for Porsche, but he’s putting everything on the line to do so. He’s going in without backup and a very loose plan. He also doesn’t seem particularly concerned with how he’s going to make it out. It’s brave, it’s selfless, but it’s 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 doesn’t matter that he’s started to see all of Vegas’s brokenness and trauma. It doesn’t 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 doesn’t. When Vegas asks why Pete didn’t run away, Pete hesitates.
Pete does bad things, but I think at his core, he’s a genuinely good person. He saw Vegas falling into a pit of despair, and he couldn’t 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, Pete’s empathetic nature has led him to disregard his own. It’s completely unintentional, but it’s psychologically damaging over in the long run.
We should have had Vegas asking him “Pete, you’re really going to leave me. Are you?’’ and Pete answering ‘’I promise that whenever you open your eyes, today, tomorrow or any other day, I’ll be right here Vegas.My whole life till my last day.’’
We should have had Pete waiting for him to wake up for this one month, whispering to him: “Wake up, I want to eat southern food... You don’t love me anymore? How could you let someone you loved waiting for so long?... Open your eyes Vegas. Even just one, I’m ok with it! Im lonely... ’’...“Im afraid that if I take my eyes off you and you don’t hear my voice, you’ll think that you’re alone again and Im here.’’
We should have watched this scene, above, taking place in the hospital, while Vegas was unconcious with Pete taking care of him. Telling him: “You have to hurry and wake up because I miss you so much... I’m almost crazy because the doctors don’t have any answer for me....I’m heartbroken....The more I ran away- the more I missed you.The more I wanted to forget- the more I yearned for you. I want to be with you forever.’’
We should have had Pete answering: “No matter how hard I tried to escape, I would follow you wherever you go.To the edge of the world. To the bottom of the ocean.’’
We should have had Vegas crying to Pete: “Even if you choose your role, you’d never choose me!’ and Pete yelling at him: “I’m not going to leave you Vegas, fuck you!’’
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Pete does bad things, but I think at his core, he’s a genuinely good person. He saw Vegas falling into a pit of despair, and he couldn’t 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, Pete’s empathetic nature has led him to disregard his own. It’s completely unintentional, but it’s psychologically damaging over in the long run.