Why is Smithers in love with Burns?
Burns is a terrible person who mistreats Smithers as well as others, so what's the attraction?
sharePeople want what they can't have. Some people like being treated like dirt.
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MovieChat Forums > The Simpsons (1989) Discussion > Why is Smithers in love with Burns?
It's an extension of Smither's sychopancy... It's the next step beyond servile flattery... You see this in the corporate world and in politics a lot...
shareBecause it's funny, that's why.
share 2 answers. smithers is gay. Smithers is showing symptoms of someone who is susceptible to codependent relationships.
Smithers likes the dominant type.
It’s part of his servile nature.
Anyway, I’m surprised Simpson’s hasn’t been attacked for homophobia because of their relationship.
So do you get it now
shareI guess so.
shareSmithers loves burns . Right ?
shareYes.
shareAnd burns hits him and mistreats him
shareYes. What are you getting at?
shareThat Smithers won’t stop being in love with mr burns
shareI guess, yes.
shareAnd Smithers used to have a beautiful wife
shareStop trolling.
shareI’m not. I was actually surprised to learn about that
shareOh. When did he have a wife?
shareWhen he first started working for mr burns
shareWow! The things you learn from this site. I just Googled it, as I'm no Simpsons expert and it said,
'It was revealed in a flashback that he was married to a woman once, but the two split up when Mr. Burns came between them. Smithers is shown to have a passionate and deep love for Mr. Burns, and his sexual orientation has been characterized by the writers of the show as "Burns-sexual".'
It's Money, Honey. Burns makes $$ faster than my local electrical utility, and Smithers wants a taste of it. It's called Human Nature. Good looking women get it, and rich men get it.
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