#abusive roman

[clowndensation]

thinking about connor in prague saying "dad's theory was you got two fighting dogs, you send the weak one away, you punish the weak one." in relation to this episode, and the way the siblings view abuse inside their own family.

shiv and kendall and their belief that connor and roman are the weak dogs that got the brunt of logan's worst behavior, because abuse is reserved for the kids who can't behave - the ones who aren't smart and mature enough to make it in the world. abuse evokes pity, because abuse is what happens when you expect too much from people who obviously aren't capable of more.

and then they go forward in life, believing that they're just naturally more intelligent and more capable than connor and roman, as if being raised seeing what happens to you if you aren't a perfect child wasn't the entire point of the "punish the weak dog" mentality that logan instilled in them. the looming threat implied behind any praise they do receive that tacitly tells them "you're not like roman and connor" because everyone knows what happens to roman and connor.

the absolute height of the rich capitalist mindset. "we're succeeding because of our own merit, and other people fail because they don't have what it takes" when in reality they're succeeding because of arbitrary rules made up by someone who knows that infighting makes meaner dogs.

[fireflylitsky]

Just some Kakuzu writing his fic. (a.k.a. some silly art I did for @narutofanonshinden)

[krasnyel]

the weak dogs

[panicroomsammy]

Supernatural 6.7, 4.21, 5.14, 6.6, 6.11 & Succession 1.8

[bitchthefuck1]

It's kind of funny that Kendall and Shiv are both equally delusional about their ability to charm people for business and somehow think they can do it even though they choke almost every single time, whereas it's like the one thing Roman is consistently good at despite being the "least legitimate" option.

I think part of this comes down to the fact that Shiv and Kendall both have very clear ideas of the versions of themselves they're trying to be and the images they're trying to project, and they're trying so hard to be seen that way that they end up coming off as a little desperate and off-putting. Meanwhile Roman "knows" that there's something wrong with him and he's worthless, so he doesn't get sucked into the trap of trying to force people to see his idea of himself and instead molds himself into whatever he thinks the other person wants from him because that's the only way he can compensate for "being him," which works very well in the short term but also means he's the least capable of maintaining any relationship for very long because he has no sense of self.

[anotherbummer]

Lemme tell ya, nobody in that hotel cares who you are! How famous, how hot, so you might as well just... cut the act.

Hazbin Hotel | 1.04 - "Masquerade"

[nobodyisevrmissing]

Andrew Kane, "How To Be A Dog"

[blackoutbugza]

quick! show me your design for one of the sides as kids!

i’ll go first :)

[the-irreverend]

Has anyone else noticed that when Valentino slams the door AT FULL FORCE, Angel Dust isn't even startled by it?

The implications of this are HORRIFYING because this implies it's happened so many times that Angel Dust has gotten used to it to the point where it doesn't even make him flinch.

It's little details like this that illustrate just how much trauma, pain, and abuse Angel has endured.

[dollsome-does-tumblr]

romangerri + smiles

[willgaham]

SUCCESSION | 2018 — 2023 Roman Roy + love as violence 3.09 / ada limón, the carrying / 4.09 / ada limón, lucky wreck / 2.06 / margarita karapanau, rien ne va plus (translated by karen emmerich) / 4.10 / erin slaughter, i will tell this story to the sun until you remember that you are the sun / 4.02 / traci brimhall, come the slumberless to the land of nod

[kuzuyamii]

funny how Naomi and Stewy (and probably Rava) pick up on the fact that logan abuses his kids very quickly but Tom is seemingly oblivious to it...

[witchesroad]

ROMAN ROY - SUCCESSION

3x08 “chiantishire” / 2x06 “argestes” / visions of excess by georges bataille / 4x09 “church and state” / sharp objects by gillian flynn

[waystarresourceco]

Jesse explaining that although all three boys generally experienced the same physical abuse, Roman has internalized his experience as a victim in a different way than Kendall and Connor.   

“I would suggest Logan would have cuffed and hit all the boys at different times in their lives.  I think the difference for Roman maybe is that he feels like he was bullied in the domestic environment and so we can all react to things in different ways. I think Connor and Kendall probably have experienced that and have managed to accommodate it without it being a big part of their psychology whereas I think Roman being that beaten dog and being - there’s often a dynamic isn’t there with bullied people as sort of needing the feeling of negative attention that you get from that and I think he’s become, not addicted to it, but related to it.” 

Excerpt from Firecrotch and Normcore: They Like to Watch (recorded at Edinburgh Fringe Festival) – Aug. 29, 2023

[sh5]

Roy family vacation 1999

[skyphloxx]

kieran culkin emmy episode for SURE. holy shit you guys that last scene ruined me roman running right back into the embrace of physical violence to cope with being humiliated and with ken trying to ‘dad’ him by saying he fucked up… AND the way he shoved away the one person who tries to help him up????? physically incapable of accepting touch that isn’t hurtful? brb y’all i’m gonna go eat glass