Shady Mariah headcanon/possible actual canon

wannabanauthor:

So Shades saw Mariah murder Cornell, which probably means that he overheard their conversation.

So he knows why Mariah killed Cornell, but he never brought it up to her or told her that he knew.  He just reassures that she was in the right in killing him.

Shades grew up in the streets of Harlem, went to prison, and even he KNOWS that it is NEVER the victim’s fault.

And he lets her know that, in his own subtle way.

Also, in their last scene together when she kisses him, he gives her that control and doesn’t make any moves other than that big smile.

This means everything to me.

Given what we now know about him I wonder if he can sympathize because he’s had people use his sexuality to victim blame him for similar situations.