i-cordelia:

Definitely, Robert’s passive acceptance of violence. Robert seems to believe he deserves all and any violence inflicted on him by anyone. I don’t know if this is the show’s way of punishing Robert for myriads of crimes and misdemeanors. Maybe this is their way of telling the GA, “look, he’s not getting away with what he did.” But I don’t know any other character who’s at the receiving end of that level of violence. tbh, most of the time I am uncomfortable with it. Every single Robert storyline or plot has had loads of gratuitous violence directed at him. Frankly, it sends the wrong message. Any time there’s violence inflicted on an LGBT character or a woman there needs to be so much thought put into it and it better be shown it’s wrong. In Robert’s case, the message is always he deserved it, even when it’s partner violence. 

To get back to your original question, I would really like this part of Robert’s character to be explored. And it would be a great storyline that might be tied to Robert’s complicated relationship with his father. And hopefully, it would end the aestheticization of violence where Robert is concerned.