YES
Big fan of Kallus-- especially post-defection Kallus whos working on dropping the whole imp apathy thing-- secretly caring so deeply and strongly about everything, he just doesnt quite know how to show it ๐ซ๐ซ
Actually, I think Kallus' rebellion might've been sparked not just by the want to be cared for, but also the want to care for someone. Zeb showed him that caring can be a conscious choice when he showed him care despite their history. In the pilot we see Kallus breaking character for a moment with Ezra, acting as if he almost wants to comfort the child, but instead he dusts off Ezra's shoulder. It's a small moment, but I think it implies that Kallus deep down always cared, he has just mastered the apathetic imperial act so well that he's even fooling himself
Alexsandr Kallus is a pillow princess. Rb if you agree.
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I think Rex ๐ค Kallus friendship is neat for a lot of reasons. Firstly, I think Kallus needs a role model for deprogramming imperial behavior and would not, as former ISB, be very easily trusted amongst other defectors. Meanwhile, Rex has a lot of experience with separating what's him from what's "programming" and would probably understand more about quitting the thought police than he's truly comfortable with. Lots of uncomfy realizations abound for both of them when they compare notes, you know?
But also I think Kallus would be the guy who appreciates the boring stories from the Clone Wars, the stories about Rex and Cody doing the admin work that became the framework for imperial codes later on, the guy who really just gets it when Rex tells the story about him and Kanan sneaking around disguised as troopers. "The commissary" is like the joke they end up sharing or something and that's a fun little way for them to get through after Kanan is gone because it kills Rex to lose another Jedi friend and Kallus has zero experience healthily mourning and I think that would be nice for them to have a shared thing that's bonding but also healthy grief.
man being autistic sucks ass a lot of the time
cliterally
there are some headcanons where it's like. 'i would enjoy this as a light seasoning in fic but certain chunks of the fandom have become more committed to this than the actual canon and made it load-bearing in scenarios where it simply doesn't make sense'.
I do appreciate Kallus's realization that he actually is very wrong in how he approached things. That all the Imperials Zeb has met have tried to kill him, and thus can be judged the same. That's when Kallus's mind changes, imo. When he offers to hold Zeb's bo-rifle without the intent to kill him.
He's determined to prove to Zeb that not all Imperials are bad, and consequently ends up not remaining an Imperial lol.