#romanmencken

[touchysoft]

[justinkirkism]

roman roy i know what you are

[guccifloralsuits]

I think Roman’s biggest strength AND biggest weakness is that he constantly seeks partnership & knows how to ally himself with powerful and incredibly competent people, but he’s so loyal to them once he does that he’d do anything for them, while the same sentiment is rarely returned.

Like, one thing about Roman is he DELIVERS. It’s not wishy-washy in the way aligning with Ken or Shiv is. While Ken will knife people (see: his siblings right now, his dad constantly, ‘I might knife you’ to Greg is s3, stewy in s2) and Shiv tries to always keep her options open, once you have Roman’s loyalty he will go to the mat for you until you’ve lost it.

Like, consider Gerri (while they were a team).

Once she has Roman’s backing he FIGHTS for her not to take the cruise blame (and I genuinely do think Roman’s reasoning resonates with Logan and played into his decision), he backs her for CEO of Waystar, he even tries to stand up for her after the whole dick pic fiasco—at the cost of his own father’s respect. This is why her betrayal in the s3 finale hurts him so much. He expects his unconditional loyalty to be returned, and it isn’t.

At the same time, his loyalty to his dead dad allows Ken to get Roman onboard with stopping the Gojo deal. He would rather ruin the company than betray his dad’s legacy of ATN.

It’s exactly what’s happening with Mencken, too. Once Roman sees him as a partner and someone on his side, he’s ready to burn down democracy help Mencken win the presidency. In the same way he fought for Gerri, he fights for Mencken to Kendall, and he uses all the power he has (which, by the way, is a lot) to back him. I’m curious to see if this loyalty will be returned.

I think this is why he has such a draw with some of the biggest players on the show—like Gerri, and Mencken, and Matsson (before the blow up)—even though he wasn’t The Chosen One like Ken or as calculating and good at strategy as Shiv. I can see why Rhea tried to play nice with him too, because having Roman on your side brings discernible power right to your hands.

TLDR; Roman will sacrifice the world based on personal loyalty. And that makes him one of the most dangerous players in this show

[romaroy]

They all know they fucked in the bathroom 

[maverickswomb]

Romanmencken makes me feel sick to my stomach that’s why it’s my fave succession ship they’re so objectively the worst that they win & they need to have sex. Hbo i will never forgive you for cutting justin kirks screen time.

[mislioncourt]

OMG.

[annoyingcinephile]

can't believe romanmencken died because roman cried while reading out the eulogy at his father's funeral and mencken got so turned off that he could barely look at him anymore

[roysreader]

Favourite fics read in 2024 (so far)

(I’m still catching up on 2023 fics)

I was born to beg for you (ultimate RomanGerri fic)

lower your head (and take it in the body) (Roman study, RomanMencken)

you’re gonna laugh at it later (Roman study, not yet completed)