Yeah, I saw SvH as pretty self-destructive too. As if he was just so sick of himself/his job/his life he wanted to force Starsky to get lost and let him self-destruct in peace, because he couldn't do that properly if Starsky was still his friend.
I try to headcanon it as sympathetically as possible though - that he was afraid that if he crashed and burned, he'd drag Starsky down with him, so on some subconscious level he felt he had to push Starsky away from him to keep him safe.
(I love that you like to theorize detailed-ly about these things too, anon! :P)
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Yeah, I saw SvH as pretty self-destructive too. As if he was just so sick of himself/his job/his life he wanted to force Starsky to get lost and let him self-destruct in peace, because he couldn't do that properly if Starsky was still his friend.
I try to headcanon it as sympathetically as possible though - that he was afraid that if he crashed and burned, he'd drag Starsky down with him, so on some subconscious level he felt he had to push Starsky away from him to keep him safe.
(I love that you like to theorize detailed-ly about these things too, anon! :P)