and you dont pay me

regular and normal about many things

[newvision]

— James Baldwin from Giovanni’s Room (1956)

[boo-kei]

BUTCH'S INTRODUCTION HALF MAN "EPISODE SIX"

[markiafc]

[shelfperson]

niall and ruben - catharsis(?)

("catharsis" - wiktionary; half man 2026; do you love me? - robert wrigley; wishbone - richard siken; dream brother - jeff buckley; running with scissors - augusten burroughs; truisms - jenny holzer; "anticlimax" - wiktionary; raped - kathe kollwitz; under a rock - jenny holzer; jamie bell breaks down ‘half man’ finale: ‘i burst a blood vessel in my eye’ filming that ‘brutal’ last scene - marcus james dixon)

[wulfhalls]

half man (2026)

[boo-kei]

Niall Kennedy (charmed by Alby Safadi) ↳ Half Man "Episode Six"

[firstprinced]

It's like... dangerous. It is the best, and the worst thing all at once. It's like the only thing. It's the only thing I've ever felt. ⇒ Half Man 1.06

[brother-father]

Half Man (2026) writ. Richard Gadd

[jonmoxleys]

You love me, don't you? You love me? No caveats. Stick with the emotion. Describe it. Come on. Spell it out for me. Clearly, in a way I can understand.

HALF MAN 1.01–1.06 // Wishbone by Richard Siken, Crush (2005)

[wulfhalls]

it runs through me in a way

[apricustar]

you love me, don't you? what? you love me? where is this going? just answer the question. well, of course i do. you're my, uh-- no. no caveats. stick with the emotion. where do you feel it? hmm? your love for me. where do you feel it? is it here? listen, ruben, i am not sure what this is all about. just answer the question. i suppose love is most felt in the heart, right? no, fuck that fucking mug response. answer as you. i want to know where niall kennedy feels it. i feel it everywhere. everywhere? yeah, it sort of runs through me in a way. describe it. i can't! i can't describe it! yes, you fucking can! mr. fucking poet laureate, or whatever the fuck it is you've won, your job is putting shit into words. so come on. spell it out for me. clearly. in a way i can understand. it's like... dangerous. oh, yeah? it is the best and the worst thing all at once. it's like the only thing. it's the only thing i've ever felt. it's like i'm fucking... high off of you or something. chemically dependent. i don't know.

[shelfperson]

niall and ruben - sleep

(half man 2026; wuthering heights - emily brontë; for annie - edgar allen poe; the knife in the window - folk song; putting the dog to sleep - antlers; between two lungs - florence + the machine; oh sister (1995) - neutral milk hotel; death and the maiden - egon schiele; romeo and juliet - william shakespeare; asleep - the smiths)

[dernier-soleil]

telling the truth? the thing that killed niall kennedy??

[worthwading]

taking my one happy scene and running with it

[worthwading]

ITS LIKE IM FUCKING HIGH OFF OF YOU OR SOMETHING

[thisautistic]

[lazybakerart]

niall coming out to ruben as gay. ruben coming out as a victim of sexual assault from his father. the two of them being open and honest and giggling and telling each other i love you i love you i love you brother i love you before it all went to hell because niall was blinded by ruben's light