like, i'm serious. i think i finally had a revelation and i already said it in the comments to ash's post, but i think rolin is going through very difficult artistic crisis right now, and he obviously had some disagreements with other writers in iwtv and maybe felt pressured by amc, so he's basically taking out his frustrations on actors and fans of the show. like a lot of toxic men do.
he's not exactly trolling, but he's clearly voicing his ideas that were discussed in iwtv s1&2 writers' room but were dismissed for the lack of complexity and/or because they'd trap the writers in a corner and they were smart enough to avoid it.
he expressed some of this in tvl where he had most of creative control. it became obvious to me after "two lies" line by armand: this is something rolin said back in 2024 and he said it was "his interpretation" that a lot of people in the writers' room disagreed with. but he was putting it in a character's mouth now because he could. and he's trying to word-of-god a lot of stuff now in the interviews.
he's unravelling and he can't get over how little narrative control he had in s1&2 because there was a pushback by the writers and directors who tried to make a good story and then there was amc who tried to control the narrative as well. like many men who feel powerless, he's taking it out on everyone who supported or loved his work.
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