So, you know, him supposedly getting a job as this top-secret US government operative should be impossible It's illegal Much less *actually calling him* a "US Agent" (This has got to be a private joke on Val's part and she's enjoying the fact that John is too dense to get it)
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When she "recruited" him the Contessa never gave him any credentials proving she works for the government -- hell she never even verified her own identity In fact she never even *actually said* she works for the government, she just lets him assume that
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They rubbed this in as hard as they could, she gives him a damn blank business card He doesn't even have any way to contact her ("Don't call us, we'll call you") If he gets arrested for doing vigilante superhero shit as a civilian, he has no proof of anything to fall back on
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This is like standard spy thriller stuff He is completely being fucked with They make it as clear as possible that he was never the brightest bulb in the socket re: questioning authority figures but in his broken, desperate state he's the easiest possible mark
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Val is like outright making fun of him, she's enjoying this She's deliberately acting weird and pushy and shit with him, it's a character stereotype, it's a con artist flex
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I'm not sure if he even has a clear idea himself of whom he's working for But he's not working for whom he thinks he's working for (We've all seen Alias right)
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It's the same joke as Peacemaker in Suicide Squad or the Soldier in TF2 Riffing on the wackjob who seriously thinks he's such a valuable US government operative most of the US government "disavows any knowledge of his actions"
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Manipulating him into like blowing open a bank vault and taking out all the cash as a "top secret mission for national security" "You've served your country well today, soldier!" *grabs two bundles of cash off the top and throws them to him* "Here, have a bonus"
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His "paycheck" comes from visiting various dead drops around his neighborhood to pick up sketchy envelopes filled with unmarked bills "Yeah, honey, my new government job is so classified they can't even let the IRS know about it"
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Lol this screencap is just so funny to me His excited little-boy smile "I'm an antihero now, honey! I'm a gritty '90s antihero!"pic.twitter.com/97fQDFJbgd
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"It's great! I didn't realize -- the stuff I got fired from being an inspirational superhero for, if you're an antihero they actually *pay you to do that* In this job it's not a 'red flag' it's a *positive*"
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(This could apply equally well to washing out of the military and ending up an assassin for a supervillain crime syndicate *or* ending up a beat cop in an urban Black neighborhood)
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Like seriously I'm pretty sure people have talked about washing out of the military for being unstable and violent and then getting a job as a cop immediately afterwards The dude who shot Tamir Rice had been fired from another police department for that reason
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