not to spread my Web!Martin agenda but people pleasing is an unwitting form of manipulation.
It’s a well-intended trauma response, and the people doing it often don’t have that intent, but it’s very web aligned. Martin wanted people to like him, because he felt who he was intrinsically was detestable thanks to his mother. So he crafted a persona he thought would be easily liked and get the response he craved from people. WEB WEB WEB WEB WEB
and to add some thoughts from a chat with friends, i also LOVE that s1 jon didn’t fuck with him, because it’s so romantic when you think about the fact that the person jon was annoyed with was martin’s people pleasing FACADE.
it wasn’t until that started to crack that jon fell for him
@hezekiahwakely ‘s comment needs to be immortalized. i couldn’t have said it better myself
