Just because he's not a practicing psychologist doesn't mean he doesn't get practice in at acting like a psychologist. He's rusty in places, but by God, this is something he knows how to do. Mostly.
Bear in mind, this is the same man who caught a rat with his bare hands on the first day of this kidnapping.]
You're blaming yourself for stuff he caused. For stuff he did. Your grief was his fault. Your friends being hurt was his fault.
And him turning out to be an asshole in your dimension? His fault. I- look, I don't wanna make this about me, but I know- there's at least one dimension out there where I am a horrible piece of shit. And I don't care what it was that made that version of me turn out like that- and I don't want anyone to waste their time trying to fix him. And I... I feel like the version of that guy from the other timeline wouldn't want that either, for the version of him that hurt you- and others.
[Granted, the movie version of Venkman isn't quite as awful as the man who hurt Kim, but some aspects... Well. There's a bit more in common there than Venkman wants to admit, and he hopes Kim never watches that damn movie.]
... You need to let yourself rest. You don't have to be strong all the time, Kim.
[Venkman knows he's not hitting every curveball, here- and he knows he's not gonna fix this- somehow get her to completely accept everything he's putting down, cure herself of all this baggage overnight. If anything, he might plant the seed for her to slowly but surely figure out how to move past some of this. That's enough for now.]
cw: referenced consent issues
kim says fuckJust because he's not a practicing psychologist doesn't mean he doesn't get practice in at acting like a psychologist. He's rusty in places, but by God, this is something he knows how to do. Mostly.
Bear in mind, this is the same man who caught a rat with his bare hands on the first day of this kidnapping.]
You're blaming yourself for stuff he caused. For stuff he did. Your grief was his fault. Your friends being hurt was his fault.
And him turning out to be an asshole in your dimension? His fault. I- look, I don't wanna make this about me, but I know- there's at least one dimension out there where I am a horrible piece of shit. And I don't care what it was that made that version of me turn out like that- and I don't want anyone to waste their time trying to fix him. And I... I feel like the version of that guy from the other timeline wouldn't want that either, for the version of him that hurt you- and others.
[Granted, the movie version of Venkman isn't quite as awful as the man who hurt Kim, but some aspects... Well. There's a bit more in common there than Venkman wants to admit, and he hopes Kim never watches that damn movie.]
... You need to let yourself rest. You don't have to be strong all the time, Kim.
[Venkman knows he's not hitting every curveball, here- and he knows he's not gonna fix this- somehow get her to completely accept everything he's putting down, cure herself of all this baggage overnight. If anything, he might plant the seed for her to slowly but surely figure out how to move past some of this. That's enough for now.]