rust cohle (from the bible)

nothing grows in the right direction

[rustblogging]

[shedahis]

I've watched this series too few times.

[rustblogging]

[pissbataille]

TRUE DETECTIVE. NIGHT COUNTRY - PART III

[autotomic]

time is a flat circle

[harrowingearth]

upon rewatching true detective i have to say i don't know how marty thought his mournful saga about being a cheating asshole until his wife left him was relevant to the case those detectives wanted to hear about

[bbybluemochi]

can he stop saying shit like that

[heavensickness]

The posts about Rust being exploited by the police and having no autonomy over his life or his body made me think of the argument between the female pimp named Jan and Marty at the "bunny ranch"... Jan was saying something like "Do you know the state she was in before she came to work here?" to justify prostituting an underage girl, even implying that working as a sex worker at that bunny ranch saved that girl from the abuse she had suffered at the hands of her uncle. And you know what, I think that's almost the same way the authorities were thinking when they decided to use Rust in narcotics and as undercover as well. "Yeah, we're giving this guy a job that's dangerous, damaging and fucked up in every way, but what difference does it make to him anyway? He was already a broken man before he started this assignment. His only child was already dead and his marriage had already fallen apart. He was already an alcoholic with mental problems. Does he even have anything to lose?" If anything, they thought they were doing him a favour just like Jan probably does.

Rust accepted an offer that was presented to him as a motive and a chance to survive, an offer he knew he had no chance to refuse, and in return he was stripped of his control over his body and his life. Taking advantage of the void created by the tragedies that befell him, he was used and passed around, in his own words, like an object "without an expiry date". Just like that girl running away from her uncle and others like her who sought refuge and started working at the bunny ranch.

For this reason, I believe that Rust's disconnection from his body, his needs and desires, his attitude towards touching and especially being touched (I don't remember a single moment in which Rust was touched with affection, except for Marty cradling Rust's head at the finale, nor do I remember a scene in which Rust touched someone out of love or compassion) is not related to the idea of sentient meat he claims to believe in or the devastation left by his broken family, but to the exploitation and abuse he was subjected to between 1989 and 1994.

[morimagdalene]

rust cohle + black shirt with sleeves rolled up (ᴗ͈ˬᴗ͈)

[autotomic]

what’s scented meat?

[marieowly]

he's like a princess diana to me

[standbyme]

[standbyme]

smoking cigarettes like joints

[standbyme]

[losthiqhway]

come die with me, little priest

[placeholderdoe]

Always thinking about that one scene in True Detetcive where Woody Harrelson is sitting in a bar drinking and looking at an unwrapped tampon with such grief

[autotomic]

true detective season 1 save me. save me true detective season 1