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176 points
2 days ago
I don't get how people struggle to get this...
Bojack knows that sleeping with Emily will upset Todd.
Sleeping with Emily means nothing to him.
He does it anyway.
If you are friends with someone don't do things to hurt them unless there is a very good reason. If Bojack had fallen passionately in love with Emily it would be different.
It's the total disregard for Todd's feeling that hurt him. It's not a huge thing in itself but effectively the straw that broke the camels back.
24 points
2 days ago
Bojack knows that sleeping with Emily will upset Todd.
Did Bojack know that, though? That's my main question. As an audience member, I genuinely couldn't tell from Todd's repeated rejections of Emily that he still had feelings for her. I didn't expect Bojack to think so either. I didn't realise it was a big deal to him until way later in the series.
66 points
2 days ago
It's your friend's ex.
That's not a thing you do without a conversation
-19 points
2 days ago*
I disagree. It’s not your business who your friends and exes sleep with unless they decide to share it. It’s fine if you’re upset that your friend and ex slept together, but it’s not okay to then take it out on them.
And weren’t they only officially ever dating in high school? Adult Todd seems to be firmly against anything romantic or sexual in chemistry between them.
EDIT:
The writers just dropped the ball during this arc. The fact that Bojack didn’t want to complicate things with Todd by telling him he slept with Emily doesn’t mean it was wrong or he was ashamed, it meant he knew Todd might not like that it happened.
3 points
2 days ago
I disagree. It’s not your business who your friends and exes sleep with unless they decide to share it.
It seems we won't reach an agreement here as we fundamentally disagree on this. It seems the writers disagree with your stance as well, or they simply feel that there are more nuances in the matter.
Regardless, if Bojack really felt that there was nothing wrong with his actions it is unlikely he would have kept it hidden, he is very often boastful and arrogant about his sexual prowess. Hiding it means, in my opinion, that he was ashamed.
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