#linda tillman

[goodsirs]

Fargo 5.07 "Linda"

[nakianshuri]

That puppet show about life with the Tillmans was possibly the most disturbing thing I've seen on this show, and it was such a great way to depict the various levels of abuse Roy enacted on everyone without being exploitative.

[oatmilk-vampire]

Things the Fargo finale kind-of left me hanging on:

What prison sentence did Karen get? Accessory and attempted murder?

What happened to the twins? Foster system, I'm assuming.

Not that I give a crap about Odin, but his grave?

What about Linda's? I'm assuming they found her body.

What about Danish's? I think he deserves a proper burial.

Gator's prison sentence? What did he get charged with. Accessory? Sure he accidentally killed Irma but were there any witnesses to that? Maybe he confessed.

If Oola doesn't eat anything but sin, why did he want pancakes?

There's probably other things but those are the things bothering me for now.

[cycat4077]

What's different about Dot?

If Dot's puppet dream is 100% accurate, why is she the only one Roy is after right now?

Roy seems to be very much the misogynistic a-hole who needs control of the women in his life. His wives are his "property" and them running away is unacceptable. He wants Dot (Nadine) back because they were still married when she got away.

So, if Dot's story is true and Linda also just up and left in the middle of the night, why isn't Roy looking for her? I don't think that he would have allowed them to divorce beforehand. Is it because Linda is older? Why doesn't Roy have the same vendetta against Linda as he does against Dot? If Linda is still out there and hasn't changed her name, she should be "easier" to locate than Dot....yet Roy hasn't mentioned Linda at all. The only other times a first wife was referenced were in the photos and by the FBI at the courthouse.

So, what's going on here, and why only Dot?

[thefutureiswhat]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Fargo (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Characters: Danish Graves, Linda Tillman, Jordan Seymore Additional Tags: Ghosts, Canonical Character Death, During Canon, Season/Series 05

Summary:

Danish finds himself in an unfamiliar place.

[tdciago]

Fargo: Camp Utopia

INDIRA: You're saying if a woman is abused and she manages to escape, she should move to the woods, live in a tree, free from the burdens of basic human contact?

In Dot's "fantastic journey," she visits Camp Utopia. Are they all the deceased victims of domestic abuse, including Linda Tillman? Their names include Belin, Kelin, Tonda, Landa, Lindo, and Lynda.

Is Linda the Good Witch of North Dakota?

Are they gathered for a Punch & Judy puppet show?

Are they Dryads?

[thequeenintheeast]

So I’m a thinking about what exactly went down the night Linda died now that I found the Nadine/roy wedding pic he hands to Loraine. He looks very upset and Nadine is just vacant staring. The wedding pic on the wall of Roy’s house has them looking at each other smiling. Pretty sure the pic he gave Lorraine is a far more accurate portrayal of that day. I’m thinking Gator told Linda that Roy raped Nadine while she was away presumably trying to set up a way to leave with Gator and Nadine. Linda went crazy they had a big fight and he threw her down the stairs or smashed her into wall and she died. I don’t think it was premeditated and it genuinely really upset him. So he married Nadine right away to make killing his wife “worth it”. But clearly they were not suited at all and all they did was fight. Nadine felt very guilty about Linda and disassociated to the point she literally thought Linda survived the fight and ran away. Very clearly Nadine had a bad childhood and I think Linda was the first “real mother” she had. The whole thing is so sad.

Also from the way Roy was crying about his mother’s napkins I’m thinking she did not die she left and did not take him. Which made him feel like he needed to do everything in his power to ensure no one ever left him again. Which he did through physical and emotional abuse. Which as Nadine said is just pissing on a window to clean it. Because as he said to Nadine he would “let her go once she begged him to let her stay.” Also interestingly enough for a man we saw casually shoot two guys in the head over the course of the series he wouldn’t kill Nadine himself. Because I’m pretty sure killing Linda devastated him as he said to bowman “he never wanted to feel that way again.” The acting in season 5 really drove it home. Def up there with season 2s acting to flesh these characters out.

Additionally the not changing the bedroom was another tell as he insisted he was his happiest but it’s very clear the time with Nadine was the worst he ever felt too and he felt angry that she got a happily ever after and he did not.

I have so many more thoughts this is just Linda’s death thoughts. Stay tuned for separate gator and Nadine posts.

[callsign-fangirl]

The fact that not only did gators mother leave him but also his sister figure 😭 that's too much

[freckledjoes]

"She got away and she's safe. And I can take you there if you help me. But we got to go right now." "You're such a liar. You never told the truth, not once in your life."

(don't repost my gifs or edits)

[myfriendtheurbanlegend]

Person of Interest 1x04 - Cura Te Ipsum

My favorite episode and also my first one. I watched it again recently. I could stare at this for hours so I tried making a gif of it.

He's so gentle with her. He has seen the worst of humanity but he fights so ordinary people stay good.

[tv-moments]

Fargo

Season 5, “Linda”

Director: Sylvain White

DoP: Daryl Hartwell

[emziess]

Joe Keery as Gator Tillman Fargo, 5:07, Linda

[buckysbarnes]

JOE KEERY as GATOR TILLMAN “Linda” 5.07 • Fargo

[keery]

GATOR TILLMAN Fargo, 5.07 - Linda

[stevelives]

GATOR TILLMAN

Fargo | S5E7: Linda

[cycat4077]

Gator's room: foreshadowing & clues

I went back to take a look at the scene of Gator in his room. While the "flag", girly posters, blaring heavy metal and handcuffs were an immediate stand out to all of us, I wanted to have a look to see if there were any other clues to who Gator is.

First up, here's his room:

SPOILERS UNDER THE CUT FOR EPISODES 1-8

Let's look a little closer at the obvious foreshadowing.

Based on the previews and the Instagram post from the makeup artist (along with the subtle nods to Oedipus), it appears Ole Munch is going to torture Gator. We see him holding a knife to his eyes, and in the original trailer, Gator is bloody and blindfolded while being led by a noose.

Gator's own posters, decor, and drawings seem to depict this fate.

#1 The poster immediately behind his shoulder depicts a man with no eyes - potentially gouged out.

#2 The drawing below it has the eyes blocked out in colours that suggest necrotic (dead) tissue.

#3 The animal skull on his wall obviously has no eyes.

The Oedipus parallel and removal of his peepers were foreshadowed right in Gator's room from episode 3.

Linda's fate (mommy issues)

We learned in the last episode that Linda is dead. Roy tells Dot that he can burry Dot right next to Linda. When Dot confronts Gator and tries to win him over via his mother, Gator gets visibly emotional and shaken. We see hope and heartache run through him simultaneously. I think Gator knows instinctively that his mother is dead, but some small part of him hopes she is still out there.

I also think Gator's drawings depict his mother.

#1 This drawing not only depicts a person with eyes blacked out, but the drawing is clearly of a woman - possibly a corpse. She has breasts and long hair but is drawn in purples, reds, and blues; colours that represent bruises, blood, and dying flesh.

#2 The other drawing with missing eyes is also of a woman. This drawing once again has long hair, but she is smiling.

Perhaps Gator accidentally saw his mother's dead body. He has a drawing that represents a scary corpse (reality) and one that represents an almost comical one. Maybe the smile is how he tries to remember Linda - dead but somehow still smiling for him.

Other little things

#1 Robbed of childhood innocence. Gator's room is filled with "tough boy" items: swimsuit model photos, car photos, alcohol, heavy metal posters, etc. But he also has children's toy cars. The hot rod photos are in direct contrast to the toy cars on his shelf. The boy trapped inside the man. A boy robbed of his childhood by abuse and traumatic events.

#2 Jack Skellington. I'm probably one of the only people on the planet who have not yet watched The Nightmare Before Christmas, but the Jack Skellington parallels go beyond just the mask Gator wore. To me, it looks like he also drew Jack - and yet another reference to death. The skull's mouth is sewn shut too, just like Gator is sworn to obey his father and not speak the truths about what Roy has done.

#3 Red or Blue Pill? Again, I have failed to watch yet another classic film: the Matrix. But this poster seems to be a clear reference to it, I think.

According to Google, "The red pill and blue pill represent a choice between the willingness to learn a potentially unsettling or life-changing truth by taking the red pill or remaining in the contented experience of ordinary reality with the blue pill."

And if there's anyone with the last name of Tillman who will be forced to see reality (and potentially change), it is Gator. Gator will likely be forced this "red pill" by Ole Munch, either finally seeing the reality of his father's ways, or by becoming the next sin eater.

Whatever the outcome, the poster must have some sort of meaning!

That's all for now 😊 But I really love all the subtleties in this show! It's fantastically written and acted, and Joe is doing such an exceptional job playing this mutli-layered and morally ambiguous character of Gator!

***EDIT***

A post by @familyfriendlyhoho got me thinking about the drawing on Gator's wall. I was thinking that his drawings represent his dead mother, Linda and that he may have accidentally seen her corpse. The post theorizes that:

"I feel like Gator knew Linda was dead. but worst, I feel like Roy showed it to him."

And I think that this is the most-likely scenario. Roy is sinister enough to do something like that to his own son. I can imaging Roy telling Gator to stop being a loser and become a winner and, to drive the point home, he could have led Gator to Linda's corpse warning "this is what happens to losers".

If so, Gator's drawings would depict the corpse he witnessed. Even here, before Gator gives himself the "I'm a winner" pep talk, we see him glance towards the drawing - a reminder of what happens to losers. He then feels the need to convince himself that he is not one, despite what his father says.