Listen, as much as Zeb was wise and honorable in Honorable ones, I think that viewing him as the sane and collected one out of Kallus and him is a huge misrepresentation of his character. Don't get me wrong, I love me some level headed, calm, honorable Zeb. BUT
The guy was in his late thirties, beefing with a 14 year old and LOSING!! And it kept going as they got older! Not only that, he managed to have deeply mutual beef with Chopper despite understanding ZERO binary. He simply assessed that Chopper's tone was bitchy enough to warrant beef! If someone annoys him enough, he will be ready to fight them on it! Does not matter who it is.
Like he is level headed, calm and honorable when he's dealing with levelheaded, calm and honorable people - most of the time. But he's also constantly ready to switch that out for angry, bitchy and petty at the turn of a dime, if provoked! Which wouldn't be a problem if it wasn't for the fact that he... Has a bit of a short fuse. Like the guy does have anger issues.
Idk I definitely don't feel like Kallus would purposely provoke him much, but unintentionally? I could totally see Kallus stumbling and managing to push all of Zeb's metaphorical buttons. They just sorta clash in some ways, especially at first. And Kallus is on his best behavior, or at least trying to be - but isn't that fucking annoying?! You're trying to beef with a guy and he can't even give you the time of day for that?! Zeb was peeved and now he's pissed!
Idk I just really want more stuff with Zeb and his anger issues, idk I think it adds a nice flavor to their dynamic. Like yes he took pity on Kallus on Bahryn, but also Kallus laughed at him for falling on his ass and Zeb hit him with the raw ass line "how would you like some more broken bones?"
BASICALLY
Long ago, my dumbass decided that id only post on my side blog (BAD IDEA) (DONT DO THAT) and now i dont use my main one EVER
Just putting that out there so that yall knows its me up in ur mentions
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Why did I have to hyperfixate on the guy with the ugly ass mutton chops ðŸ˜ðŸ˜
College is so evil like fym I have to prioritize homework over my hobbies
(I'm in an art slump and I am very mad about it)
Anyways everyone come hold hands with me and imagine Kallus growing up with a caretaker (maybe an uncle, maybe someone who just took baby Kallus in) who owned a shitty diner and working at that diner from the time he was old enough to learn how to clean tables. Learning how to curse real early and moving from cleaning to waiting tables to eventually cooking before eventually joining the academy as a way to get off the planet. The diner crew encouraging him to join, even. But the more invested in it he gets the more he drifts apart from them though he still wonders about them occasionally, especially after defecting.
I just think Kallus and Jovan's relationship is so fun to explore, 'cause while Jovan seems to suck I'd argue Kallus most definitely sucked in a different way and they were probably the typical, toxic teen romance. Ya know, two emotionally neglected teens falling in love and quickly becoming codependent. Being convinced their fucked up dynamic was the epitome of love, when in reality neither of them had learned how to love in a healthy way. I think Kallus would want to resent Jovan, but eventually he'd come to terms with the fact that he himself hadn't been a good boyfriend either and maybe they had both just been way out of their depths, trying to run when they haven't even learned to crawl
I'm sick of internet negativity, so let's combat it: reblog this and saying something nice/pay a compliment to the prev in the tags.