NO breakup hits as hard as it does in a queer tv show about two middle aged men who go through a horrifically tragic divorce when they were never dating in the first place
“I can fix him” okay but I can fix the narrative. I can recontextualize events and bring out depths of character. I can shift priorities and strengthen relationships and show that anyone can change with enough kindness and support, and that what you admired in him has been inside yourself this whole time.
so WHERE is the epic length fanfiction Knives Out + James Bond fusion where benoit blanc is james bond’s retirement cover identity and he microdoses on his previous thrill seeking by solving mysteries but has fundamentally healed as a person and no longer lives only to die as a pawn of the state???
(and of course, now that he no longer needs to constantly project hardline machismo, he’s become comfortable enough in his sexuality and gender presentation to actually express his genuine desires and aesthetics)