#Francis cobb

[alpacinosgf]

[melencolia-maniac]

I love how everyone was hating on Francis calling her a bad mother for 6 episodes and yeah can you blame them she put too much pressure on Oz pushing him to “succeed” in her twisted way but can you fucking imagine we’re gonna find out how she was the victim all along she provided for her children as a single mother I mean can you blame her for sending her kids to mingle with the mob that’s how eastside works that’s the only job you could find you might as well teach them the harsh reality sooner than later. And then this slimy gaslighting monster actually did the horrible things many of us thought about but had too much compassion to not actually drown their siblings. He actually did it. Maybe it’s for the best you never found out the truth. But no, he’s not as smart as he thinks he is. And now you’re gotta live with this monster and being reminded every single damn moment that this is the murderer and it just goes on and on and on and on until this woman you’re supposed to despise confronts you and you realize the monster never cared about you and all of the pain you endured was utterly meaningless. Peak Cinema. Absolutely poetic. Great revelation. Never thought this was gonna be a psychological horror tv show but I got much more than what I initially expected. Chef’s kiss perfect

[chaosinstigator]

he really is a fucking monster

he knew how badly arkham fucked up sofia, he knew his mother’s last wishes was to not be kept alive like that, he literally made vic think he cared about him and got him to think of him like family…

[lasaraconor]

[reynardwrites]

God, the relief on her face, in her voice. This whole time, Jack's downtown. Just for a moment, she believes...

and then.

God this is devastating, knowing that she knows.

[reynardwrites]

originally written after ep 8

Also, I just.

We love women telling women that they chose the wrong path to go down but it's too late, the dominoes have started falling and there is no outrunning what you have begun, no matter how hard you try.

[bbgarbbage]

No disrespect to Colin Farrell or anyone else but these 2 are the stars of The Penguin in my mind

[madamephantom]

[corposeco]

Last time I doodled for this I promise I promise

[grayisblogging]

i hope deirdre o'connell receives some noms for her performance as francis. she’s entirely captivating and steals every scene she’s in

[gaily-daily]

He PROMISED her he wouldn't let her loose her mind and be a vegetable and then DIDNT FOLLOW THROUGH!!!

No one else is gonna give you what you deserve

[movietimegirl]

Even as a kid, Oz is a sociopath. He wanted his mom all to himself to a point he killed his brothers. Makes you wonder how he got that way.

[rioagatha]

the ending got me stressing for Victor and Francis. Sofia knows your location guys!!

[lasaraconor]

[reynardwrites]

Believe what you need to, Oz.

But when she had her stroke—

—it sure as hell wasn't you she was looking at.

[book--wyrm]

Also I am going to throw up over the way Francis talks to Oz before his brothers die.

All those kinda fucked up encouragements she gives him in the modern day to push him to be the worst, toughest person he can be—"my big strong bull of a boy"—we see now how they started so innocent. Genuinely just a mother trying to encourage her disabled son to see himself as more than his bum leg, to make him feel good about himself, to keep him from feeling lesser.

And then Oz breaks her. And then she breaks him in turn, twisting those affirmations into a demand. He's her big strong boy, her provider, her protector, so why the fuck can't he give her the life she deserves?