#Kendall.... what

[raviposting]

I love when tragedies are like... (in/sp)

[lilli-2025]

[dirchristophernolan]

Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

[taohun]

pick your losing dog today!

[tastethesetears]

SUCCESSION (2018 - 2023)

3x08 | 4x09

[heybiji]

roys

[technicolourtelevision]

JEREMY STRONG as KENDALL ROY || Succession 4x04

[stewy]

caroline truly does not give a fuck about kendall... she loves roman and goes out of her way to be cruel to shiv which, in succession hbo, means she cares for her at least. kendall is her connor.

[thenoman-sland]

Shiv, Connor, Roman, Kendall and Logan Roy.

[hotch-girl]

As you know, my father, Logan Roy, was pronounced dead on arrival at Teterboro Airport this afternoon.  

SUCCESSION — 4.03 “CONNOR’S WEDDING”

[nicollekidman]

nate’s “you’re not your father. and that’s a good thing” along with stewy’s Whole Thing......... ken’s friends literally are rooting for him so hard which is partially what makes his whole Thing so hard to watch. like bro unlike your siblings you have outsiders who care whether you live or die! play the friend card and get out (he won’t)

[milktea-grn]

the old house 🎭 bb rome & kendall

[eriochromatic]

guess what show I binge watched last weekend and now am unhealthily obsessed with

[inknopewetrust]

BUT DADDY I LOVE HIM [he’s a fictional character that doesn’t exist]

IM HAVING HIS BABY [no I’m not because he’s a fictional character]

[otsukare-katsukare]

do you remember what your dad did to you as a kid? I was there. I was THERE. stewy went to dinners at the roy mansion and he watched logan terrorize his kids, he was there for it. god. years ago one of the great kenstewy fic writers commented on how stewy never raises his voice at kendall even when he’s angry, and never gets physically aggressive either, how his hands are always in his pockets in the first friend card scene, and how this speaks to knowing kendall’s past, having seen first hand what logan’s fits of rage did to his best friend. and now he gets to watch that friend dedicate himself to becoming his dad, the very thing he was always trying to get him away from. because he remembers what logan did to him as a kid, he was there. kendall melted into that hug like it was second nature to put his head right there on stewy’s shoulder, and he cried on it when he’s only done that in his absolute lowest moments with the physical affection from his family. cause they knew each other as kids and stewy was there for everything. im sorry i know we’ve already known all this for years and this is literally the thesis of kenstewy but like, it wasn’t actually the text of the show before

[clowndensation]

i do think it's interesting that connor seems to be closest with roman, of all the siblings, considering it's their abuse that's getting used as a blunt instrument against their father - and not by them, only by kendall or shiv when they want to point out logan's shortcomings.

connor was neglected, and all the siblings know that and won't hesitate to bring it up if it means humbling their dad, but they'll simultaneously go to connor's wedding rehearsal and spend the entire time talking about a deal that they only care about because it'll fuck over their father. they were going to kick him out of the bar just to talk about it, until roman forced the issue and addressed it at the table with him still there.

and roman getting hit comes up constantly, but only, again, to get one over on their dad. it's taking roman, who doesn't want to be part of this argument, and utilizing him as a weapon against a man he's terrified of.

kendall and shiv and their objectification of the trauma of the two characters most avoidant of fighting logan, under the guise of "defending" them, when really it's about their inability to recognize their own abuse, forcing them to co-opt roman and connor's at the expense of their feelings. roman and connor and the shared bond of siblings who are the "jokes" of the family, whose trauma gets used as a proxy for the "serious" siblings' own trauma.