I Am Getting Sick Of The Idea Of Lieutenant Straight-As-A-Stick Riley Getting Seduced By Soap.

I am getting sick of the idea of Lieutenant Straight-As-A-Stick Riley getting seduced by Soap.

Like, come on!

Ghost started calling Soap "Johnny".

Ghost got worried sick over Soap escaping the Shadows right after the Graves' betrayal instead of thinking only about his own way out.

Ghost cracked the most fucked up jokes to get Soap distracted from the wound and keep him alive.

All Soap had to do was (not so subtly) flirt back.

The more I'm thinking about this the more it feels like it was Ghost who chose Soap first, not the other way round.

Two Gods of death sacrificed their eternal lives for Misa.

And a human wannabe God felt nothing for her.

Huh

If you're into kenommy, you've probably watched those videos on youtube explaining why Tommy never called Ken back, right?

I mean I did😅 And when I checked out the comms, it was a total bummer!

There are so many people out there truly believing that Tommy just ditched Ken for being a liability. Yeaah, okay, Rosenberg could really fck up Tommy's deals and stuff, given in the end he was high more often than not.

But! What gets me is -

Some people are convinced that Ken has ~always~ been a liability for Tommy! And that got me so worked up I ended up writing this!

(a lot of 'ifs' below)

Alright so, only Tommy and Ken made it out alive at the beginning of Vice City part.

But what if it was just Tommy?

Just think about it! The guy's been away for 15 years. Sonny's his only contact and he's unlikely to stumble on any old ones, if there were any at all, to begin with.

So how's Tommy gonna find the trace of those fckers who stole the money? A rhetrorical question, really. Ken provided invaluable contacts Tommy simply could not do without.

Besides, even if Tommy somehow found a way to a party similar to the one he visited thanks to Rosenberg, he would simply make a fool out of himself! I mean if it wasn't for Rosie, it would have never occurred to him to dress up for a good first impression. The high and mighty would just take him for, well, a yokel and therefore wouldn't take him seriously. Hence, no deals, no contacts.

And last but not least - who did money laundering? Ken!

Ken has been nothing but loyal. If not for him, the legendary Tommy Vercetty wouldn't exist!

This mutual slapping looks like the opposite of tomgreg, right?

Oh, but it actually, really, honestly, so doesn't!

I love this scene so much for in fact it's a whole new tomgreg step to the healthy relationship.

Like, by slapping back Greg communicates loud and clear that he is not ready to put up with any more humiliation. He wants equals. Or as much of equals as a boss and an employee can be.

And I believe Tom gets it. He steps back first. And that whole fantastic 'I got you' scene happens. Tom is so fed up with all the humiliation Shiv put him through that he's gonna do his best to clean up his act.

If Ghost wants to avoid being accused of favouritism, he should really try harder than this.

Johnny - and - Garrick??

Ghost, you're sure you don't want to call all of the TF-141 members equally by names? Oh, wait, do you even know that Garrick guy's name at all?. .