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human consciousness is a tragic misstep in evolution

#you really captured the longing for obliteration in his eyes #true detective #RUSSTTT <333

something tastyyyyyy about marty and rust in ep4 where marty's losing the grip on his patriarchal status as a husband/father/macho, so when rust comes in like "hey fuck your feelings we have a job to do, also here's my gruesome undercover backstory" he's acting as kind of a masculinity role model for marty: someone who's done all this novel manly stuff like Killing People and Wearing Cool Jacket herding marty back to "being a real man" (which marty conceptualises as enduring the horrors for the greater good and being soo brave about it)

EXCEPT to rust, and to the viewer who's heard rust tell that same backstory in 2012, his time undercover was not about heroism or tough yet necessary choices but about powerlessness and humiliation and being given no choice. it was an experience he compares to prostitution specifically, with his body physically penetrated by bullets and substances (and possibly tattoo needles) and every hierarchy, both the gangs and the police, seeing him as less than human (prey or a tool respectively). the thing that in ep4 makes marty feel low-key envious of rust's manhood is the part of rust's life where he had to assume a symbolically feminine role

#interesting #true detective #also when ginger grabs his balls very obvious how dehumanizing hyper masculinity is

linusbenjamin

True Detective —1.08, Form and Void

#what dis mean #true detective

teethburied

1.03 'The Locked Room'

#bitch this was so scary #WDYM YOURE DOING ORIGAMI WITH BEER CANS #PUT THAT DOWN #true detective

palmviolet

“Fallen prey to his own beliefs [...] He’s a guy who’s resigned to his indentured servitude of being alive. But he despises the sentence and the penance. He will not accept defeat. He’s not going become a madman, he’s not going to kill himself. He wrestles the devil every day, and he realizes that this may last a lot longer than he ever hoped for.”

— Matthew McConaughey on Rust Cohle in 2012

#old rust is so important to me #true detective

teethburied

Matthew McConaughey on Rust in 'Making True Detective'

#like i knew matthew was a good actor iconic really #but did not realize he had that dog in him until i saw him this role #LIKE YOU ATEEEE #true detective

standbyme

Rust Cohle's style in the 90's.

#rust ily #true detective

teethburied

1.01 "The Long Bright Dark"

#that fucking wig on woody always fucking kills me #true detective

palmviolet

“He’s our deep, narco wild-ass. A guy who goes all the way. This is where Cohle has all the freedom. He can go over the edge as this guy. And inside, he loves the life of Crash even more, because the shackles are off of him. He knows he may die sooner living this life, but there’s a freedom and peace in that knowledge for him.”

— Matthew McConaughey on Rust Cohle as Crash

#crash you crazy sexy gay drug addict bitch #ily #true detective