#like a somewhat less dickish version of that angels in america homosexuals speech

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Our beloved Toby Ziegler <3

tyy okay toby our beloved is answered here but. yknow what fuck it bruno headcanon time man is gonna get character development live

he has a lot of legitimate second thoughts when he first starts working for vinick, but not because he doesn’t believe in him. he’s very careful to keep these hidden, because none of them will benefit from any kind of doubt from him (including himself). i think mostly he worries about what kinds of bridges it will burn, but that’s not a priority which leads me into...

i know that. a lot of them really prioritize work above relationships (this is established with leo in the first few episodes) but i think that’s especially true for bruno. he has working relationships, and very casual relationships, but i think it’s really rare for him to have something meaningful, which is also interesting to me bc i think he is Very perceptive and understands people very well. he tells himself he prefers things this way. also think perhaps vinick is an exception here. but i’m still figuring out my take on their relationship.

mommy issues. i don’t. have a justification for this one it just feels true. rocky home life in general, became entirely self sufficient in his early/mid teens, and emotionally self sufficient (in yknow. an unhealthy way bc no kid is supposed to have to be that) even younger

he would never Want to work as a speechwriter, it’s not what he enjoys, but i think he’s a good enough writer that he could. also have no idea how he works in canon but he has ‘dictates his ideas/needs to talk out loud/needs to move when thinking’ vibes

this is less a headcanon than a. thought. but his relationship and the way he talks to bartlet really fascinates me. i wouldn’t say he’s Disrespectful, but it’s very uh. like respecting the president isn’t his job, helping him win is. and alright i did actually start to have a hc here abt him consulting in the past with bartlet and very minimally on the first campaign but also i was reading the episode transcript where he’s introduced and it’s. not at all how i remember so yknow. take that as you will

#i really meant to make some of these jokes i think ur bruno brainrot has rubbed off on me #also still thinking abt bruno/josh in a. a fun little hypothetical they would be so unhealthy for each other way. love it #also for the record not that he doesn't have. canon character development. i am however creating a version of him in my mind right now #bruno also strikes me someone who would sleep with. whoever. and then say he's not gay i'm just. i'm just saying #like a somewhat less dickish version of that angels in america homosexuals speech #also he would own a hairless cat #he leaves her with his neighbor when he has to travel which is most of the time. so kinda he has shared custody of the cat with his neighbor #also i Am gonna read that bruno/vinick fic i've been meaning to i'm so intrigued by it #i respect a rarepair thesis fic so much #bruno gianelli #the west wing #ted talks #aroacedonnamoss