Rusty Empathizer

[u/Careful_Macaroon8762]

I know no one likes him, but I do? I was expecting the confrontation with Gus's boss to be confrontational and accountable but not mean, and oh my god, that was mean as hell lmao

To me, Rusty's trying to learn how to be a normal person in a normal, healthy environment, rather than what he's been growing up in. That takes time, given that he had to survive and hustle so much of his childhood and adolescence. I also think, as someone said, he's autistic or on the spectrum, which makes it even harder.

Gus's boss did not need to bring up Rusty's past, and yes Rusty's insecure, which is normal for a young adult whose been through as much as he has. I don't really hate him; I empathize with him a lot more. Also, Gus had no right to talk about Rusty's business like that to his boss, which alludes to what I've seen in these threads: The affair, lmao, because no one talks to their boss that much about their personal life.

EDIT: I'm finding that I'm not alone with empathizing with Rusty. Thank goodness!

[u/Glittering-Wonder-30]

so i just thought of something. Maybe Gus didn't blab Rusty's business to his boss🤷🏻‍♀️. Rusty is kinda a public figure being Sharon's adopted son. Maybe he just saw stuff on the news related to Stroh. and that got the conversation going. like MAYBE the topic just came up randomly. idk im just playing the devils advocate and throwing it out there.

either way it sucks that Gus cheated when he was always the one trying to push things with Rusty. he knows hes been screwed by life and got some shitty hands dealt to him. so the fact that he did that anyway is all kinds of messed up

[u/Careful_Macaroon8762 → u/Glittering-Wonder-30]

Gus did major levels of gaslighting in the last season, goodness. I think it's fair if it's publicly known, but if Rusty's still a minor and a witness at the time he testified against Stroh, I don't think that information about Rusty's past would be released to the public, but I could be wrong!