What I want to know is, is this just a standard dominatrix/submissive relationship where the "controlled" is really in control or is there something more sinister at play?

I think what he's talking about is the relationship between the characters?
Like - does Geraldo actually want to escape, or does he enjoy being a prisoner?
Maybe he has Münchausen syndrome and is secretly in love with the red guy...

Do you mean Stockholm syndrome, where the hostage feels sympathy and loyalty to the hostage taker? Or are you suggesting a deeper, perhaps more sinister phycological condition here - that Geraldo continues to act naughty inorder to gain "attention" from the red guy?

If you're picking holes, do you mean psychological as opposed
to phycological since phycology is a branch of life
science and often is regarded as a sub discipline of botany!!!

My bad *psychological - In my defence I'll hide behind Skitts law.

Ah - cheers Jamie, must be getting my syndromes mixed up. What do you think, is it Stockholm syndrome? Do you think this little hostage is another Patty Hearst?

Yes, it was Stockholm syndrome that I was referring to - do you think Geraldo has this disorder? I'm interested to see what happens to him. I'd love to see his captor on the psychiatrist's couch. Lmao @Jamie for Skitt's law. Just looked it up - it's so true.