#laura moser

[brooke-mcqueen]

DEXTER MORGAN'S TYPE: WOMEN WHO RESEMBLE HIS FAMILY MEMBERS

[elisieyay]

Thinking about the line when Laura gets killed in the shipping container.“Not in front of my baby.” Singular not plural, not “not in front of my babies.” Aware that this was probably done by the writer just to not give away the plot point of their being two kids in the shipping container, and the reveal of Dexter having a brother. Alternately, Dexter could have misremembered it or misheard her-what with the chainsaw noise and all the screaming.

But it's fun to think about the implications of Laura not considering Brian as her child/baby.

When Dexter finds her record his voiceover lets us know that she had been arrested at least and was an addict, we also know Joe had been to jail. With their parents not being stable/reliable Brian may have had to grow up faster and may have had to be in a caregiving role to his bother- and to some extent maybe his mom too. Add in some parentification and the idea that Laura was trying to do better for Dexter, she might not really have considered Brian a child, even though he was not much older than Dexter. This would have made Brian’s need to be with Dexter stronger, because it has always been his responsibility to take care of him. I don't think Brian would have resented this, partly because he wouldn't have known it wasn't ok, partly because he loves his brother.

It would also explain Brian's abnormal obsession that was present even before he found out Dexter is a killer like him, clinging to a caregiving role as a coping mechanism to anchor you after the trauma of the shipping container and have that taken from you by not even being allowed to see your brother.

“Things started to change when you were born. She was different with you, better. You were always her baby. I never minded…Because you were my baby too.”

[glitter-in-the-grey]

apologies if this has been done before. I had a vision and think I'm hilarious

[zeditz]

Family Line - Mosers & Morgans

[fruitypiestims]

"You remember now?"

[kodst3r]

Lowk gonna complain about the absolute dumpster fire og sin was, bc like wtf?

I'm gonna complain about Brian because I think he was by far the worst. I actually couldn't stand the asshole trope thing they tried to write him into. Like, why are you bitching at Dexter? My Brian could never.

Also, the thing where he tries to kill Deb, dumbest plot point ever. No actually, not the dumbest, the most impossible plot point of all time because it couldn't have happened. Let me explain.

Brian's Birthday - 17 July 1968

Dexter's Birthday - 1 February 1971

Debra's Birthday - 7 December 1979

Seeing the issue yet?

Brian and Dexter are 2 years apart. At Laura's death, Dexter is 3 and Brian is 5. It's pretty implied that when Brian was staying with them it hadn't been long since their mother's death. Dexter was 8 when Deb was born, and Brian would've been 10. So basically, when Brian was staying there, Deb couldn't have existed...

I'm actually convinced these people were just shown clips of every character and told to make a whole show on them, bc what is even happening?

[eddieheart]

Just rewatched the Dexter in couples therapy scene and it got me thinking. The excuse in the show is that Dex never learned to open up because of his mothers death- which is a huge part of it. But I thinks it’s more so that for his entire life Harry told Dexter that if he ever opened up, ever told anybody how he was really feeling or thinking that they’d hate him and that he’d be locked away.

And I think growing up thinking or believing that at your core you are a heartless monster did just the same amount- maybe more, damage than witnessing his mothers death. (Not because it wasn’t traumatic, but because he didn’t remember for so long and because Harry told him this shit every day for about two decades)

[brokethynose]

'73 was a big year for some bullshit in media I suppose

-Laura Moser's horrific death

-bonus:brothers bonded/born in blood

-Daniel Molloy 6 days of vampirism fuckery