autobiography of red, anne carson
SUCCESSION (2018-2023) ARIAN MOAYED as STEWY HOSSEINI & KIERAN CULKIN as ROMAN ROY
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Caveman looking at his reflection in the pond for the first time
if you create so much as one intricate ritual to touch my skin i will beat you down nancy boy.
Anonymous asked:
what did you think about the kendall/roman hug? Was it kendall completing the logan transformation and physically abusing roman or was it roman self-inflicting pain onto himself?
porque no los dos? no but literally where's that post about how it's them tearing open the father wound... like i fully thought ken was pulling him in for a hug and the realisation that he was actually pressing roman's wound to his shoulder had me watching like 😟😯
the hug, to me, is the answer to roman's "why isn't it me?" it's kendall saying: because i can do this to you. because you want me to do this to you. like !!! it's kendall hurting roman and roman saying so but still asking for more. still clinging to it. he makes no active effort to pull away. in fact, he actively grinds his head in harder. roman wants the pain and kendall wants to hurt him but it's an act of comfort, too. a sicko scene for the ages. 10/10
i love it when drinks are weird colors this is because i was meant to be a machine and drinking delicious blue cooling fluid and such
Paul Newman with his cat, Louis XIV, at the zoo, 1956. Photograph by Sanford Roth.
watching succession s1 is insane because they are all so normal. like yes they are evil out of touch rich people but they still resemble people with, like, social scripts they're following. they celebrate thanksigiving. they play games. they go watch live music. they sing happy birthday. logan is nice sometimes and he and marcia clearly love each other. shiv has a real job outside of waystar, roman is in a long term relationship, kendall is somewhat competent at his job as in -- he isn't selling eternal life and making up magic numbers. the way this is a devolution story is so so so delicious. the roy kids were always immature but through four seasons they regress into younger and younger children, stuck in a house with an angry man, stuck in an attic together, their world getting smaller and smaller until they no longer remember they are adults. CEO is a meaningless title that somewhat resembles and echo of an echo of love. in the finale they will all try to climb back inside logan's corpse, the metaphorical womb
And, don't I, perhaps, remind you of him just a little?
obsessed with how the last scene of this episode went. not finding the reaction he seeks, roman jumps into the river of protestors. he provokes them. he wants a fight and they’re not giving it to him. he shoulder-checks his way upstream. he slams into someone and they elbow him. he crashes to the pavement. he expects knuckles and boot soles to fall upon him, finally he’s crossed the line — he will feel his father’s violence again — none descend. he stays down a few moments longer than he needs to. a part of him hopes the crowd will just take the fucking hint. do me this favor, beat me, make me feel that awful ache only Dad can make me feel. resurrect him within my nervous system. let my body be a vessel for that familiar pain again. i’d do anything to feel that pain again. he doesn’t. feet step swiftly around him. a faceless hand finds his elbow, trying to help him stand. he lunges. he snarls. kindness is not a currency he trades for comfort. if you’re not reaching for me to hit me then get your fucking hands away.