i think the way butcher views hughie as lenny contributes massively to their relationship and i know that’s an obvious statement and all but i raise you the idea that as a result butcher viewed hughie as being dead already
the whole thing with mindstorm (think that’s his name) in 3x07 showed us butcher literally seeing hughie as lenny in his nightmare thing, which i think can be taken quite literally and should be
this adds a whole new flavour to their dynamic to me - the ease and rightness of it in s1 (honeymoon phase; reunited with a ghost) -> the breakdown of their relationship in s2 (he’s dead) -> the mixed angry chaos of them in s3 (fuck it he’s dead already)










