#Logan roy

[flock-of-cassowaries]

Spot on about Ken, Connor, and Shiv, but I think I’d describe Roman’s childish attitude more as ‘daddy, please do something that makes it clear (to me, and everyone else) that me you don’t see me as a pathetic little f*g anymore’.

Roman knows that Logan will never apologize or take accountability for any of the abuse he heaped on Roman, and that he will never ever admit to being wrong in his consistent casual homophobia.

But because Logan is such a larger than life figure to Roman (and to everyone else), and because Roman is so reliant on him financially, Roman can’t seem to gather up the courage to admit to himself that his father is just a huge pice of shit.

So instead, Roman has stayed stuck in a place of measuring his self-worth from the perspective of someone who fucking hates him.

And I get that. I did that for a long time.

Storytime below the cut. Cw for bullying, sui mention, misogyny, and a mention of death.

For two years in high school, I had a friendship-turned-situationship with a guy I admired on many, many levels. Like, I just thought he was the coolest creature I’d ever met. I broke up with my boyfriend to be with him.

Shortly after that, he turned around and made a multi-year public art project (in collaboration with said ex-boyfriend) of trying to convince everyone I was a worthless person, and attempting to convince me to kms.

And like, I knew this should be enough to be absolutely disqualifying, in terms of me caring about his opinion of me. Like, it was absolutely ridiculous, over-the-top, clear-cut harassment.

But I was 17, and deeply insecure. And I could never really internalize the possibility that I had just been wrong about him. Like, I tried, but it just didn’t feel plausible to me at all.

The idea that he might be right was given further credence by the fact that he was very charismatic and popular, and 95% of the people my age within about a 20-km radius were just like “🍿🍿🥤”.

(I think there was an element of misogyny to it - I was the ‘hot girl’ in high school, but also kind of an awkward, academically-driven and super-smart weirdo, so I think a lot of people really enjoyed seeing me get taken down. Looking back, decades later, it feels a lot like a much smaller-scale version of the 2022 defamation campaign against Amber Heard, except pre-social media, and comfined to the teenage social environment in my city. Thank christ. But I was 17 and this was 2003, so… it really sucked, and felt very much like a very specific indictment of me.)

But yeah… I spent an embarrassingly long time feeling like I had to prove (to my ex-situationship, and to everyone else) that I was actually awesome enough that he would take it back, or at least be thoroughly publicly discredited.

I don’t think I really fully got over it until 2014 (11 years later). My ex-situationship had been dead for six years at that point, but it just haunted me.

And even after I finally more or less shrugged that shit off, I was kind of in a similar place with my extremely charismatic, intentionally-menacing, and occasionally physically abusive father. Though, in that case, I had the advantage of literally everyone except my mother (and sometimes, even her) being like “Yo, Cass, your dad’s a fucking **nutcase**, eh?”

And like, I knew I was queer, and I knew he hated queer people. But I hesitated to really let myself think about distancing myself from him, because I was socially isolated, and he was my dad, and I was very financially dependent on him at that time.

So yeah… I guess I can kind of sympathize with Roman’s emotional reasons for wanting that ultimate endorsement (being named successor) from his dad. Even though his dad’s a piece of shit who hates him. Even though he has more than enough information to be able to see that this is not a man who’s esteem is worth chasing (at the expense of his own integrity and humanity). Even though he clearly is intelligent enough to figure it out.

Because if you’re fucked up enough emotionally, it can just feel… inexplicably impossible to put that shit together. And I remember how that felt.

(I don’t think I would’ve sold the country to a nazi about it, though; but I did vote for Stephen Harper - a conservative politician who opposed gay marriage - at least twice, in 2006 and 2011, when I was reading a lot of conservative news and still sort of idolizing my father. So who the fuck knows.)

all the sibs have such a specific childish attitude about what they want like kendall’s ‘gimme it i want it its mine’ or roman’s ‘ive been a good boy daddy can i please have the company now?’ or connors ‘gimme it or im gonna throw a tantrum in this macy’s shoes aisle’ or shivs ‘i dont even care if you give me it its like whatever honestly this is actually sooo lame’ babies. infants. spoiled brats.

[brotherconstant]

SUCCESSION (2018-2023) 3x08 | Chiantishire 4x03 | Connor's Wedding 4x10 | With Open Eyes

[hacksawvelvet]

[lousolversons]

Favourites Per Show ↪ Favourite Relationship ↪ Succession "What could you possibly kill that you love so much, it would make the sun rise again?"

[tallchld]

[birdmans]

props from succession (2018–2023)

[lythefairystan]

succession au where jenny nicholson releases a 4 hour deep dive on all the problems with brightstar adventure park, which domino effects into the complete and total destruction of the roy family empire

[irlplasticlamb]

well obviously, i always wanted one of you kids to takeover.

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[cinematicnomad]

SUCCESSION ▸ you talk about love?

[molotovgrifter]

succession as onion headlines

[takemetodragonstone]

sometimes a relationship with your father is like “my father is a malignant presence, a bully, and a liar” and “I’m better than you” and “let me out. I don’t want to be you” and “I just do what my dad tells me” and “I can see through you” and “why did you never ask me?” and “he sees everything” and “you have a hard time finding a happy medium between worshipping him and wanting to kill him” and “he loves me. he does. it’s just a wrong kind of love expression” and “fuck dad, he can kick me as many times as he wants” and “pass me the fucking shotgun” and “dad, please. /what have you got in your fucking hand?/ i don’t know, love?/ love? you come for me with love?” and “there’s nothing you could say to me now that I would ever believe” and “are you a cunt?” and “he never even liked me” and “I can’t forgive you … but it’s okay. I love you” and “it’s what dad would do” and “you hated him./ I loved him” and “maybe the poison drips through” and “he was so terrifying to us” and “when he let you in, when the sun shone … it was warm in the light” and most importantly, “he made me breathe funny”

[cthaehart]

Shivvy Jr with peepaw bc I’m feeling soft! Happy Holidays :]

[lousolversons]

“My dad wanted me to take over? He made me hate him, then he died. I feel like he didn't like me. I disappointed him.” - SUCCESSION (2018-2023)

[dirchristophernolan]

Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

[kuzuyamii]

[sunnybyler]

just started rewatching succession again. life is good. no matter what happens at least i’m not one of logan roy’s children