Today On Things That I Analyze Significantly More Than I Should; Omitb Edition: Something About Theo

today on things that i analyze significantly more than i should; omitb edition: something about theo being named after teddy (different nicknames, obviously, but presumably both named theodore) makes me insane because like. theo’s entire plotline is about living in his fathers shadow and how teddy has sort of taken advantage of his sons disability as a way to control him; roping theo into his criminal enterprise, making him do the dirty work, even when they both get arrested everyone frames it as “we caught teddy dimas!” as if theo wasn’t also taken down with him. so the fact that theo’s own name is in his fathers shadow? named after him and forever unable to escape the impact of his dad, always associated with him in a way beyond his control?? absolutely destroys me.