i know we love talking about what a cunt jon was in s1 and he was sure but i was reading the transcript of Alone and tbh without hearing the intonation it’s easier to see why jon was being a bit extra cunty like
first of all they started the statement only for it to get fucked up and they had to restart using the tapes instead
naomi goes on for a bit about how shitty his tape recorder is and his laptop and how nobody respects the institute unprompted to where jon simply is like okay.. you dont HAVE to talk to me…
and then after the statement shes like cool now what and jon tells her what their next steps are going to be and what he thinks could help her (which yes is telling her seeking some grief counselling could help her deal with her fiancees death) to which she gets MAD at him for not having anything else to offer her!
like… at that point he wasn’t even really being a cunt he was just matching her tone..
like imagine how frustrating it must have been at the start of his career as head archivist having to deal with the shit show the archives are and not having shit work so he has to use analog means to do his work he has martin who doesnt know what hes fucking doing because hes not qualified for his job and even if he was he wasnt a researcher and then on top of that you have people coming in and shitting on you and your place of work like.. come on… id be a cunt too