i don’t understand the insistence that jon treated martin awfully for most of the show. in season one, martin was incompetent and unable to do his job. everyone in the archives was fully aware of it. jon was not the only one making snide comments on it. after season one is over and they’ve sorted it out and gotten on better terms, literally the only thing that jon does wrong in terms of his relationships with others is the fact that he stalks tim during his breakdown. he snaps at martin once. one time. one solitary time he yells at him out of stress and then they deal with it and it never happens again. genuinely where are you guys getting this idea that jon was somehow awful to martin beyond some shitty comments behind his back in season one? the sort of comments that if not for the voyeuristic nature of the tapes, would never be heard by anyone? the sort of comments that are common in workplaces and we know are also common in the archives? how many times have we heard other characters make snide comments about jon or discuss his sexuality or complain about each other behind their backs? getting a bit dickish and insensitive in some office gossip is not the same thing as extended bad treatment and violent hostility.
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