who made you the wizard of fuck?

reid, 22. shiv tragedy enjoyer. main: deathlonging

[litteraeignotae]

[carolsturka]

[mistressaccost]

Seth Milchick + cameras in Severance

weirdly specific Severance screenshots

[spiritbodyofdistortedkilling]

MYHA'LA as HARPER STERN ↳ Industry S4E08 - Both, And

[birdmans]

SUCCESSION (2018—2023)

[pinkhysteria]

[carolsturka]

JEREMY STRONG AS KENDALL ROY IN S1E1: "Celebration"

[sourceshaunashipman]

YELLOWJACKETS 1.06 "Saints"

[bo-kryzze]

SHAUNA SHIPMAN 2.02 "Edible Complex"

[nocontxt404]

2x08 Dundee

[brotherconstant]

Succession 3.03 "The Disruption"

[eastgaysian]

spinning around in the microwave inside my brain 24/7

[eastgaysian]

honestly this too. i've been trying to explain in words exactly what i'm Thinking for like probably months at this point but i can't. something very particular about how tom('s body) gets perceived and described. you know.

[eastgaysian]

you wouldn't describe connor or roman or kendall as broad, right? and 'broad' suggests a particular kind of like... masculinity, sturdiness, and reliability, as opposed to roman calling tom 'boxy' or nate saying he has a 'square head,' in both instances connecting this to their view of him as some hick from nowhere. from their points of view tom embodies an ill-fitting archetype of masculinity that's outdated or uncultured.

shiv of course does defend tom to some extent in both which side are you on and vaulter, though not necessarily in the way tom would like. deflecting that there's 'nothing wrong with his body' only to shift the focus to his suits (still an important part of tom's identity and self-expression, indicative of the fact he comes from a different background) and his gait (still an uncontrollable physical trait) doesn't feel much better. in kill list these are the things she comes for in her playground-level insults - your shoes are too white. you're wiry. (though it must be said, tom shifts the focus to physical traits first.)

but also, like. there's nothing wrong with his body/i used to think you were broad. a definite part of shiv's interest in tom is that she views him as nonthreatening because he is 'beneath her'. but i do feel there is this element of tom both in his personality and physicality being - in her perception at least - masculine in a way that is not just passively nonthreatening (partially because it is indicative of his unimpressive background) but actively comforting or offering a sense of protection, which is not how she feels about any other man in her life. it's also, like, physical protection or protection by virtue of maleness is the only protection shiv feels tom can actually provide when she's the one with the money and power.

her changing her mind about tom being broad isn't just about his betrayal - mapping the emotional comfort he provided onto a physical trait - but also related to the physical 'betrayal' shiv feels from tom getting her pregnant, in a sense asserting or imposing his masculinity in a way that she didn't expect and wasn't prepared for. and in this sense tom succeeded in embodying 'maleness' in a way connor, kendall, and roman couldn't, by actually continuing his own bloodline.

at the same time, i think tom's response in vaulter shows that he is insecure about his body, certainly in the sense that he's incredibly sensitive about how people perceive him as a whole. shiv's pregnancy is information she deliberately kept from him. the last episodes of the show are marked by tom's sense that his body is failing him with his constant complaints about physical exhaustion (which shiv takes pity on and offers him a reprieve from.)

but the reason tom gets the 'win' in the end, ultimately, is because he's the man who got shiv pregnant and he can offer the protection of being the 'pain sponge' public face - telling matsson about his capacity for withstanding physical discomfort. and that's not, like... meaningfully under his control, or even something he's really happy about. succeeding at masculinity is also failing because it's something that's applied to or imposed on him based on inborn physical traits much more than it is something he embraces. your body's all you've got whether you like it or not. i don't know if this all makes sense

[eastgaysian]

awesome. so i'm going to be sick,

[dailyflicks]

SUCCESSION 2.01 — The Summer Palace (2019)

[janicesopranos]

There's so much of it. The future is real, but the past... well, it's all made up.

bonus:

[siohbhanroy]

I’m angry. My dad died. And my mom is a fucking disaster. And my husband is… And Kerry, and Marcia, and— it— it— feels like I’m the only one who lost something that they actually fucking wanted here and it’s not coming back, so…yeah.

[wonderbboy]

walter white was really like. yes my wife is 12 years younger than me. yes we met while she was still in undergrad and had a baby together when she was 23 and I was 35. yes my best and only friend is a 20something yr old addict who used to be my high school student. no this does not say anything about me as a person.

[brotherconstant]

SUCCESSION (2018-2023) 3x08 | Chiantishire 4x03 | Connor's Wedding 4x10 | With Open Eyes