Just finished watching the netflix series.. and i have a couple of things to say about the way they characterized lyle.. so please i'll vent here a bit..
The actual Lyle.. the real Lyle.. i just.. i love him.. i adore him and i can't stop thinking about him.. becuse he's such a complicated person, just SUCH a complicated personality. but people tend to overlook him and concentrate on Erik -for various reasons- which is fine, but i feel like sometimes he'll get ignored? but he's character and psychology and the way his brain works is much more compiling to me..
Like the way he was so emotionally damaged and repressed, and, "trained " to be a cold, stern, uncaring person. against all odds, he grew up to be the complete opposite .. just how caring and protective of Erik he was( and still is, fighting for so many years, never giving up until he was reunited with his brother in prison😭) and how brave he was to stand up to his dad. and till him "You'r never touching my brother again" although lyle has been afraid of his dad his whole life, he still did it for his younger brother.. he essentially through his life away in the sake of protecting Erik😭
He had to be strong and think about things a teenage boy shouldn't worry about. like with his mom and the suicidal letter she left for Erik to find, and how he told Erik, it's ok i'll take care of it, and tried to talk to his mom… and how he had to tolerate his dad's emotional abuse and role with it all his life.. and tried time and time agine to do everything his dad wanted in the exact way he wanted it to be done… My heartaches for him he was so lonely.. but at least he had Erik.. they had each other… i just feel so bad for him,i want to give him a hug, i hope that he is happy.. he is a hero who saved his baby brother..
him initially not wanting to expose his dad for what he did, becuse he felt like he'd be betraying him… and even when he DID tell the things and stories that happened to him, he would still down play some of the situations.. even after every thing that monster did to him and Erik, he still loved him and wanted to protect him😔
And finally, the way this (and other) shows try to portray him and Erick as spoiled brats and cocky..just how far from the truth it is…is just sad… how they made lyle, this aggressive out of the rails manic.. (i'm not even talking about all the weird shit they tried to hint at between him and Erik..) it makes me upset.. it makes me think of that story that lyle told, when his dad interfered and got him a room when he went back to college, something going wrong and another kid getting the room so he just lived in the hall for two weeks cause he didn't wanna have problems with the other kids.. he just wanted to fit in and for people to like him( keep in mind that this is all after years and years of his dad telling him, you don't need friends, you shouldn't care what other people think or feel.. he still didn't want to just walk all over people..) it's just not fair.. dose this sound to you like a heartless spoiled brat like the way he was portrayed in this show..
I just hope they will get their shot of freedom.. I'm really optimistic. Lyle and Erik deserve to be free…