#succession parallels

[b0ydyke]

succession (4x10) / the little prince, antoine de saint-exupéry

[trashmuth]

filmnoirsbian

[wiferomanroy]

"you're my number one boy"

[loveandthings11]

My mind immediately went here

[illicitafair]

So why couldn't you be my father?

Origin story by Desireé Dallagiacomo // Mary Ruefle // Smoke Signals // Georges Bataille

[grahamswrath]

roman + logan's sweaters (+ logan's advil)

succession → 1.02 sh*t show at the f**k factory, 4.04 honeymoon states, 4.05 kill list

[stewyhosseini-bf]

Succession 'This Is Not For Tears' / Agatha Christie 'And Then There Were None'

[ophidion]

"it is the fate of kings. we never get to see what kind of ruler your son will turn out to be"

inspired by leroichevalier

succession (2018-2023) the prince, niccolo machiavelli ♚ henry iv, william shakespeare // julius caesar, william shakespeare // "and my father's love was nothing next to god's will," amatullah bourdon ♚ faust, johann wolfgang von goethe ♚ the duchess of malfi, barbara banks amendola // great expectations, charles dickens ♚ richard iii, william shakespeare ♚ cesare borgia: la sua vita, la sua famiglia, l suio tempi, gustavo sacerdote ♚ tamburlaine the great, christopher marlowe // the duchess of malfi, barbara banks amendola ♚ 'the godfather' (1972) ♚ the wednesday wars, gary d. schmidt ♚ 1415: henry v's year of glory, ian mortimer ♚ kings (2009)

[zeewhatiwrote]

Ocean Vuong.

Desireé Dallagiacomo.

Dick Lourie and Sherman Alexie, How Do We Forgive Our Fathers?

Conner, sym

[wallofhearts]

me when I realize evil is a relay sport when the one who’s burned turns to pass the torch

[grammatically-incoherent]

4.02 Rehearsal // 4.10 With Open Eyes

[b0ydyke]

succession (4x01/4x10) / no children, the mountain goats

[travllingbunny]

Succession 1x02 Shit Show At the Fuck Factory / 4x02 Rehearsal

[wiferomanroy]

she's just like daddy! (only respects people who can hurt her)

[loveandthings11]

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.

🤍

[illicitafair]

Hard Feelings/Loveless by lorde // succession