One Last Ride On The Road To GTA VI 📅 88 Days to launch
The two men initially think Trevor is an easy target. They insult him. Then they pull a gun. Trevor doesn’t panic. He takes control of the situation and suddenly the balance of power completely reverses.
There’s a broader lesson here; People often make assumptions about others based on how they look, speak or behave and sometimes the person you underestimate is the person you really shouldn’t have underestimated!
“Never underestimate your opponent.” Common maxim
The deeper Trevor angle
I think this scene reinforces something we’ve seen repeatedly with Trevor. He has an almost pathological refusal to be intimidated. The moment somebody tries to establish dominance over him, Trevor’s response is essentially; “Oh, you want to play that game?”, and suddenly the situation reverses.
That’s why Trevor is so dangerous. He’s not simply fearless. He’s unwilling to accept someone else’s version of the power dynamic. The two men think they have the advantage because they’ve got the gun. Trevor doesn’t accept that assumption and once he gets control of the weapon, the entire relationship changes instantly.
There’s also a great little detail in the dialogue; “Sorry. Where were we exactly?”. That’s Trevor’s way of psychologically resetting the scene. He’s pretending the confrontation never happened. He’s now back in control and wants them to recognise it but I think there’s a more useful lesson hiding underneath the madness
The confrontation starts because nobody lets a tiny insult go. One man calls Trevor an “old man”. Trevor takes offence. The other man escalates. Trevor escalates further. Within seconds, they’re in a potentially deadly situation over absolutely nothing. That’s a pattern we’ve seen throughout GTA V and it’s particularly relevant to Trevor because his inability to let things go is one of his defining characteristics.
A lot of conflicts don’t become serious because of what happened. They become serious because nobody was willing to let it go. That’s the real lesson hiding beneath Trevor’s ridiculous beer encounter and, ironically, it’s probably advice Trevor himself needs more than almost anyone in Los Santos.
With Grand Theft Auto VI on the horizon, I thought it was the perfect time to revisit one of the greatest games ever made. Over the days leading up to the launch of GTA VI, I’m returning to Los Santos for one last ride through the narrative.
In this new collection I’m analysing the story in the comments to tell you what I think is going on. Disagree with what I say? Get in there! My challenge is to get the whole game covered by GTAVI launch.
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Have you ever completely underestimated someone… only to realise you’d made a massive mistake?