Punitive Castration
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- Mar 26, 2018
I think it's sometimes true and sometimes not.I don't think Sam's ego could allow that to happen. It's always seemed to me that he needs to be the center of attention whenever in the tank, Which always takes away from the fish.
When Robbie was in the tank he was the center of attention because Jan would be shouting and obviously standing like he meant to give a presentation right?
Sometimes Sam comes in that way, shouting "alright y'all" and everything and then of course he's the center of attention because something is going to happen.
Sometimes though he comes in and he doesn't have anything to say to anyone but he still sucks up everyone's attention.
If I'm being generous, I want to say he doesn't realize that people get conditioned to making him the Robbie of the room and he thinks he's blending in. I can picture him wanting to spend time in the house and interact with things more casually but he's too much of a presence to do that so instead everyone goes quiet.
I'm stealing this idea from something soda man said - whenever he wanted an excuse to subtly enter a scene during 2.5 he said he would simply arrive with Zipp and offer it to people and naturally find whoever he wanted to talk to without stirring up the whole group. I think it's really as easy as that: if Sam wants to come upstairs without presenting anything give him a basic task to perform as he's coming in so the fish can assume he's just there to deliver water and nothing urgent is happening.
If I was a fish (I know that's a gay way to start a sentence but let me finish) and I saw Sam coming into the house I would immediately start thinking "what's the challenge, do I have everything on me that I need, should I stop cooking or playing pong?" And if he doesn't immediately announce anything then I would just think "I'd better not start any new activity because we're about to do a challenge in a moment." At least if he comes around with snacks or water it breaks the ice and it gives the fish a chance to ask if they should start putting things away or just chill. Plus it gives Sam an opener if he wants to talk to someone.
It could also be that he just comes in and makes everyone uncomfortable on purpose when he's clearly in a bad mood and staring and judging people but I don't have anything to suggest if that's the case other than stop doing that.

