#she doesn't even care about what he likes and she walked away in 1x02 when he was showing her his toys
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Understanding in 1x02 vs 4x03:
*deep breath*
Early on, this is what Shiv sees:
This is what she doesn’t see:
Kendall is cornered into talking about the business. Wordlessly, gently threatened into it when he said he didn’t want to right now. Gerri and Karl aren't in mourning. They are doing their jobs, and they’re testing him to see if he can do his. If he said no and walked away, the company would be taken out of family control, Logan would be furious, and he'd lose out on his dream forever.
Shiv sees none of that happen, and Kendall doesn't even tell her about it- maybe because he thinks she wouldn't listen, maybe because she said she thinks he’s weak already, or maybe because he just almost never defends himself in general. But she can’t see his perspective without knowing what happened.
The lack of understanding between them results in this disaster:
She thinks he’s being cold by talking to the nominating committee, but we see how he really feels. He just always turns to reason and order in times of crisis and she doesn’t really know that.
He has not forgotten this conversation or Shiv’s perception of him here. He doesn’t want that:
Shiv’s been inside Waystar now. She knows now that talking business for a minute during a dark time doesn’t mean you don’t care. In fact, she did it while Kendall was confessing his worst moment, but it didn’t mean she loves him less. She knows him better now and has seen that he’s anything but emotionless. No one criticizes him for turning to reason and order this time. They ask for it.
No matter what happens, he won’t forget this nice conversation either. He won’t forget that his siblings finally see him the way he’s always hoped they would: as the big brother who can make hard decisions in seemingly impossible moments. He’s the one who can shepherd them through it. There’s trust there now and they finally know how it feels. The door will be open for togetherness now, even if it looks like it might close for a while. It’s not that they changed as people, it’s that they’ve learned how to read each other.
Not seeing each other’s perspectives led to having to be alone:
Now, it seems, even though they will struggle for a while, they have an understanding.
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#us 🥹#really what he’s wanted from the very beginning#Jesse can talk all he wants about not believing in growth but it’s all over this episode#I mean#they are the same people#but now they get each other#doesn’t mean there won’t be backslides but they will remember how much better they feel together#as we’ve seen with ‘I don’t know if me and you come back from that’ they do always come back together#there are so many parallels between these episodes my brain had sparks going the whole time#they are all happier like this and they won’t forget that#I have always been obsessed with 1x02#the way Karl says you’re in no fit state gives me goosebumps#yeesh#succession parallels#kendall roy#succession#succession season 4#roman roy#I wonder how much money I’d have if I cared about my side jobs as much as I care about this#shiv roy#shit show at the fuck factory#Connor’s wedding#succession spoilers
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mike being all cute as he excitedly talks about 20 sided dice 🥰
#mike wheeler#finn wolfhard#stranger things#byler#i just love when he can actually be himself and do what he loves#it's so cute seeing him get so passionate about it#i don't want him to be insecure about who he is and pretend to be someone he's not#that's why he deserves to be in a relationship where he can be his true self without hiding#he would be so much happier and it would be better for everyone#i'm convinced that people who want mike to stay in the current relationship he's in don't actually care about him or understand him at all#because he literally admitted to feeling inferior#and not only does it affect him but it affects others around him when he changes who he is#it's not healthy or fair to anyone#and it's also just sad because mike and el don't share any of the same interests#she doesn't even care about what he likes and she walked away in 1x02 when he was showing her his toys#what kind of relationship is that when both people don't understand each other and can't be themselves with each other?
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