i need a Pestiny psych expert. can someone explain to me why the FUCK he mentioned any of this to Willy? genuinely why would he do that, what is the point, there's no way he's genuinely this fucking retarded, is he?
Destiny doesn't really know what a friend is. All of his relationships are very transactional and revolve around what people can do for him and what he can do for them. Despite it never working out for him, he believes that people will be his friend if he is able to give them something no one else can. He said as much when Max and Lav left his orbit. He explicitly said he never expected them to backstab him because they got so much attention because of him and his community. He thinks everyone forms relationships like he does, but they don't. Those logs someone posted between Destiny and Lauren Delaguna were another example of this. Lauren mentions how many people love him, like herself and Pxie, and Destiny's reply was that she couldn't love him because she was never his girlfriend. It's a completely foreign idea that someone could just love him for no reason.
Willymacshow approached him to ask if what he was hearing is true. So Destiny did what Destiny always does. He tried to spin things a certain way because Willymacshow could be in his corner, tried to deflect by convincing Willymacshow that Solo is the bad guy and not him, etc. and he thought it would work because
- Willymacshow isn't really the best investigator and he's kind of gullible.
- He thought Willymacshow would do his bidding because Willymacshow gets views from his fans.
Destiny didn't consider that Willymacshow is probably a decent guy and kind of a Boy Scout.
Destiny can't imagine that another person would hear about Rose being underage and thinking, "this girl is a victim and the person who victimized her might be victimizing other people, something needs to be done about that." Because Destiny truly does not understand that other people care about and prioritize other people.
Destiny wants to spin this as Willymacshow wanting to get his licks in and publicly turn against Destiny, but doesn't consider that Willymacshow probably wouldn't have turned him in to the cops if Destiny had gone to them himself.
He also needs people to agree with him. Because if they don't, he has to be confronted with what a bad guy he is. He has to control narratives and when it works, it validates and soothes him. Since he doesn't know what a friend is, not really, he can't tell the difference between Willymacshow and someone who actually loves him, like his son or Melina.
Edit: Destiny loves these kind of posts, by the way.