#which does make sense

[sourdough-seal]

new favorite genre is books where you can feel the writer was having the time of their life writing it. like goddamn this makes no sense!!! and she was feeling herself!!

[wixenburr]

The pigs were all female

[shovel-n-glue]

Countdown to Coven of Chaos: Day 402

Y/N: “Did you know that the loudest animal is actually the sperm whale? They can produce sounds up to 233 decibels!”

Wanda: “No, that’s not the loudest”

Y/N: “What do you mean?!

Wanda: “Those researchers have obviously never met Agatha”

Y/N: “I don’t know about that…”

Wanda: “Oh yeah?” *yelling* “Agatha! I’m throwing out your Froot Loops, they’ve gone out of date!”

Agatha: *loud bird screech* “DON’T TOUCH MY FUCKING FROOT LOOPS”

Wanda: “I’m gonna touch them!!!”

Agatha, reaching pterodactyl levels of screeching: “DON’T TOUCH THEMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM”

[pynkhues]

re: the thing you said about kendall probably having issues with food as well, i really agree, i mean succession as a show really has such a good portayal with food where they make it as gross as possible or nobody really eats anything and i noticed kendall barely ever eats at all lmao. his party doesnt have food, he seems very hesitant with that burger in 1x06, plus the neurotic comment about the shaved salad. i know kieran said roman has issues with disordered eating but i kinda get that vibe from kendall too plus he seems like he would be into really weird diets, “health drinks” and workouts

Yeah, I totally agree, anon. I think food is this really compelling thematic touchstone with all of the Roy kids actually, but we definitely get the most on-screen depictions of it with Roman and Kendall.

I can't find my original ask where I talked about this (the tumblr search function is letting me down today!) but I do really like the way that the show utilises food a lot to underscore character beats and dynamics. @waystar-roycos actually has a great gifset here of where some characters use food as punctuation, but I'd argue too that the show broadly uses food as an indicator of power. The moments that immediately spring to mind are, of course, the sausages in Boar on the Floor, Tom eating Logan's chicken on the yacht in 2.10, the donut delivery in 3.02, and the way Logan has all the lavishly prepared food thrown away at the Summer Palace to order pizza instead after he reams out the builder.

There are more moments too - the way the meal is used at Thanksgiving dinner by both Marcia and Logan to strongarm Kendall into doing what they want (and god, you could even argue the way Logan hits Iverson with the jar of cranberries is a direct symbol of violence in power), the way the dinner Greg and Tom share together at the restaurant is them literally tasting power, especially after Greg was stealing scraps of food at work while powerless (another really direct symbol), gosh, even the way Naomi brings food into Rava's apartment I think symbolises a lack of power for Rava especially, but also for Kendall, who not only do we not see eat, but who also has no control over the food, wine, Naomi or situation overall.

Food and the way the show presents it is almost always a marker of who has power and who doesn't, and it's especially focused when it shows the Roy kids engaging with food. Connor tries to exchange it for his father's love with the sourdough, fixates on it at the RECNY ball because he understands it's synonymous with power, and showcases his sommelier skills with Shiv when trying to offer her a job aka leverage her power. We rarely see Shiv engage with food at all, but the key moment we have is when she at least presents that she's cooked for Roman and Connor when trying to get them to sign the letter in 3.03 – which importantly has an added gender dynamic to it as it's one of the few times she's played house at her brothers, and it's directly while trying to manipulate them, and I could honestly talk about that all day, haha – but it's Roman and Kendall who are the most frequently shown with food.

From the start of Kendall trying to talk in his father's sexual business language while eating the burrito (and notably receiving instead of giving) to the powerplay at his dad's birthday lunch, to his fixation over the salad to not eating when Stewy's stealing pastries (again, very notable that Stewy's eating when he's the one who has the power), and like you said, Kendall doesn't have any food at his birthday party. Interestingly to that point too, neither Kendall or Logan eat with Josh in 3.03, while Josh does, a point further underlined when Logan's asking Kendall for water.

Roman in that sense is actually pretty different – he tends to graze, and graze fairly widely. He'll pick at grapes or at his salad in 1.06 and take bites out of fruit like his dad does, and I think it indicates a similar degree of neuroses around food to Kendall, but one that's less fixated maybe on the food itself? Both of them look at food I think as reflections of themselves, but Roman's seems to me to be really grounded in his body and the control he tries to exert over his body, whereas I think Kendall's is more steeped in a sort of overall paralysis.

If food is power symbolically, then Roman can flirt with that power as long as he can control himself, but with Kendall, he either has none, or what he has doesn't fit. It's like a performance. He's not made for it.

It's just this fascinating thing too because I think all four of them understand the ways food can be weaponised, but they each fumble with it. They might have power, and certainly always be around it, but rarely know how to wield it. Roman does come closest, I think, by imitating his father, and Kendall stresses and internalises about the way it appears, Shiv can't work out how to untangle it from her status as a woman, and for Connor, it's a language he struggles to speak, so he comes away offering poor imitations – a sourdough starter Logan will never use and frozen butter. A basic grasp of a language he should be fluent in.

The only character in this show who truly eats what and when they want is Logan, and god, if that isn't just the show in a nutshell.

[ktarsims]

I didn’t even realize that they could find things while snorkeling. So far, he’s found a Nautilus Shell, a sapphire, and a diamond.

[yiangchen]

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[linogram]

everyone fell in love w jeongin during his trot audition

[nadekofannumber1]

It’s broadly a postwar attitude but there is a notable amount Japanese media containing the idea that nobody should ever live in an apartment, as it’s bad for the spirit.