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they should make another season of The Residence and hire Hugh Jackman to play some random guy

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The Residence: Self-Acceptance & Embracing Different Ways of Being ❤️

Contain Mild Spoilers that doesn't reveal the murderer! 🤣

One of my favourite scenes in The Residence is the birding trip that Cordelia takes her nephew on, where she tells her nephew that every birder makes sense of what they experience differently:

Just like everyone makes sense of Life differently and there's no single "universally correct" way to Be, even if others, including those you love, don't understand your Way of Being and label you "unhealthy, single-minded, obsessive, difficult, stubborn, uncompromising", just because your way is unusual or frustrating for them:

Even though the natural differences in our Ways of Being can cause friction, as well as hurt & frustrate us in turn when others label us negatively, it doesn't necessarily mean that we need to change our Ways of Being just to fit into the "norm", because our so-called "flaws" (which are really just differences in Being) can be a great help to others when applied to the right Context.

Which we saw when Cordelia used her unique gifts to find her sister Aimee's missing strawberry sock that their late brother had gifted to Aimee, so Aimee can feel better after their brother's recent passing (this was why Aimee was so upset by the missing sock, coz it felt like she was losing a piece of her brother who they'd already lost).

Just like finding the missing sock was what Cordelia could do for Aimee, accepting ourselves and each other to embrace our unique gifts is what we can all do for each other, so we all have the space to be our authentic selves while connecting with and helping each other despite our differences, and oftentimes because of our differences.

When we can do that, when we can embrace the Diversity in our Different Ways of Being, we may find that what are commonly considered "flaws", "weaknesses", or "undesirable, inconvenient traits" can turn out to be our greatest collective strengths 🥹❤️

I find this message of Self-Acceptance and Embracing Diversity in Ways of Being a very very moving message in a world that tends to label neurodivergent and non-conformist people negatively by default 🥹❤️

Not to mention, even while Cordelia's her unapologetic self throughout the case, she tempers her Nature where she needs to, such as when she drops her investigation immediately when Chief Dokes, the one person who's been in Cordelia's corner with unwavering trust & support throughout the case and her career, needs protecting from the fallout to his job.

Which shows us once again that Cordelia was never the "difficult, uncompromising, stubborn" labels that people different from her slapped on her, and she didn't let those labels stop her from being her True Self to help others 🥹❤️

Coz let's not forget Cordelia's great Heart, which is evident when she solved her first case of the missing strawberry sock, not coz she's "difficult or uncompromising", but coz she loves her sister & doesn't want Aimee to be sad 🥹

Ironically, it's probably the rest of the world that's more "uncompromising" than Cordelia when it comes to accommodating Different Ways of Being, coz unlike "normal" people who tend to want others to conform to their "normalcy" as alluded to by Cordelia's phone conversation with adult Aimee who reminded Cordelia her son's not like Cordelia, to which Cordelia replies she knows that and she isn't trying to turn her nephew into her, she just wants to make sure he's a little less like Aimee and more like himself (which tells us Aimee's parenting is probably quite prescriptive), we see Cordelia giving her nephew freedom to be himself while she tries to find the bird he wants to see, and she even tells him "you can do it how you want" when he asks what he should write in his own birding book 🥹❤️

It's precisely because Cordelia wasn't accepted by general society for her differences that she innately understands "everyone does it differently", even supposedly "normal" folks, and it's more important for us to accommodate Different Ways of Being rather than to enforce some universal false standard of "normal" on others.

Coz just like it was never about "us versus them" in AB Wynter's mind or in Cordelia's, in Life it's not about "us versus them" either.

It really is just Us.

That is why I L❤️‍🔥VE Cordelia Cupp and this show 🥹❤️

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I spent a lot of my time watching 'The Residence' wondering if the overwhelmingly poc cast was intentional or not. Was this the result of shondaland's famous 'colorblind casting', would it ever be addressed? Was it an accident, or intentional, that the 'political' roles (generally smaller parts) were white and the 'blue collar' (generally more important characters) roles were poc?

I should have had faith.

As we reach the denouement all the important characters are gathered to be given a run down of what happened in the ever popular trope of detective fiction. The characters refer to detective Cupp as 'Miss' and she has to correct them. There was no accidental casting.

The white head of the FBI believes he has jurisdiction over the black chief of police. The white political characters find detective Cupp's behaviour a nuisance at best and infuriating at worst; although she maintains her composure she fights tooth and nail to be taken seriously throughout the series.

And then, as we find out the murderer, the means, and the motive, it all becomes clear. This was not a political assassination, or a crime of passion.

This was a rich, entitled, white woman, who saw an opportunity to kill a black man, and took it. She couldn't stand not being able to do whatever she wanted and that he in particular stood in her way. In making the president gay (and the first gentleman indecisive) there were no other white women in positions of power above her. She was the most 'important' white woman in the building and the only person that could, and did, challenge her was a black man. He had to go.

She may have done the deed herself but this was a case of a white woman's tears killing a black man.

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Cordelia's eyes coincidentally landing on a clock the first time Lilly's name is ever mentioned The Residence 1.01 The Fall of the House of Usher

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THE RESIDENCE  (2025—) 1x06 “The Third Man”

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liking someone platonically is so embarrassing like. yeah i admire you. yeah i think about you all the time. yeah i look forward to every time i see you even if it's only for a minute. yeah it's all platonic and yeah i couldn't explain this because it'd sound romantic. fucking hell

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THE RESIDENCE SPOILERS!!!!!!!! Im analyzing this incredible show

One thing i would like to point out is Lily is the murderer because she is the only one who could have gotten away with it. Elsyie and Sheila were afraid of losing their jobs, Jasmine was upset about losing/postponing her promotion, however all 3 have racial/ethnic identities which are stereotyped as criminals. Bruce, Didier and Marvella were all known for being unpleasant people. If Tripp was caught he would have 0 support or resources. Finally none of the staff members had the economic resources to get a good lawyer. Harry was doing suspicious activities and Doumbe was just some guy.

But Lily? Lily is a blond white woman who can cry on command. Lily got her job because her dad donated a lot of money to the Perry Morgan. And Lily has already been using her privilege and resources to get out of any problem she causes. Except Wynter caught her. If he exposed her, sure she could probably get away with little to no charges but her life would be destroyed. She would be exposed as much more maniacal than she appears and would likely lose her job or leave. And she loves her job, the rich transform the government through policy and law and money and here she is transforming the physical symbol of the US government. If she kills Wynter she could have easily gotten away with it, like she had gotten away with everything else. Like I said, she’s a blond white woman who can cry on cue. And she did almost get away with it, because Detective Cupp gave up because her friend could lose his job if she continued. Lily only got caught because another person with power and influence who was afraid of losing the power and influence by being horrible at not being suspicious called Detective Cupp back.

I think this is a very interesting person to choose as a murderer. Both residence and knives out have their murderers be white rich people and explore themes of privilege with those but residence differs as it’s murderer is a woman. White women are seen as the image of innocence and their tears can be used as a weapon, while men as a whole are associated with violence. Tbh i could write an entire essay on race class and gender in this show but im tired so you get this post. Maybe in the future.

anyway those are my thoughts, i love this show.

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i think for another season of residence they should have it set a few years in the future where she’s kinda a mentor figure to the kid who loved the white house who is now solving a murder or some other case. similar vibes to when she had edwin figure stuff out but she’s bit nicer (as this would be someone she’s helping out not someone who’s there to watch her).

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thinking about how in my other beloved detective murder mystery story Murder on the Orient Express, one of the problems in figuring out who killed Cassetti is the fact that everyone on board had a motive, because Cassetti was cruel and careless and destroyed so, so many people without even noticing most of the damage he did.

like, that's the tragedy of MOTOE, that one bad person can ruin so many lives.

and how in The Residence, one of the problems in figuring out who killed Wynter is the fact that a ton of staff members have motives...

but not because Wynter was cruel and careless, he WASN'T. he was hard-working, dedicated, loyal, meticulous, professional, honorable, and above all motivated by a deep, deep love for the place he worked. every motive everyone has for killing him is, ultimately: he's a good man who wants to do a good job.

that's the tragedy in The Residence, that being very good can get you treated exactly the same way as being very bad.

(especially when you're an elderly black man in a position of moderate authority whose commitment to excellence has made you the household rage sponge)

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Go birding each time they say yellow oval room

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I haven't seen it talked about (as there seems to be only a little discussion of it on here so far) but one of the things I love love love about The Residence is that she gives up on the investigation.

Cordelia Cupp, world's best detective, who solves the unsolvable, gives up... because she prioritizes the reputation and livelihood of a man she respects and who respects and supports her in turn. Chief Dokes knows that continuing to pursue the case will mean the end of his career, but he says nothing... until she asks. She asks. She knows that there are consequences to her dogged pursuit of the truth, she asks about them, and despite the fact that Chief Dokes is willing to accept those consequences, she says "I'm not."

In a genre that is often characterized by detectives who keep pursuing the case to the ends of the earth - consequences and fallout be damned - I am desperately in love with this character who is blunt and clever and justifiably arrogant and still shows such compassion to those who support her to say "I will not ask this price of you, even if you're willing to pay it, because what you built your life around is not more important than finding my answer."

We have multiple anecdotes through the series about her obsessiveness and indefatigable pursuit of her goals and unwillingness to give up until they're achieved, and yet she will not throw over Chief Dokes for the sake of seeing this thing through.

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i encourage everyone to read this webtoon and i dont even read webtoons!!!!

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Your Smile was always Yours from the beginning.

MY SHAAAAAALYAAAAA

MY BAAAAABYYYY AUUUUGGHHHHHH

THE FINALE. OH MY GOD. THE FINALE. IT MADE ME BREATHLESS. LITERAL SHIVERS MAN. I CAN’T I CANT DUDE I CANNTTT

Travis is from the webcomic Rodney R Rodney by @violainebriat

Spoilers for the finale I think???? Under cut!!!!

I just can’t stop rereading the last few panels of the finale. They’re just so powerful I can’t describe it. Total punch in the gut.

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Some funny stuff from my broadcast channel on insta lol

Wish me luck on my finals!

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kyaaa we're going to be late for court. or whatever

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I saw a couple of people headcanoning that Edgeworth would be one of Gumshoe's groomsmen at his wedding and I love it because OF COURSE HE WOULD it makes so much sense! But despite the love in his heart for his friend, I think he would still have Opinions on the wedding... luckily Nick is just as opinionated.

I lost steam to draw it, but I imagine Nick spends most of the wedding dancing with Trucy, Pearl, and Maya, and Miles spends most of the wedding pretending he can't see that Nick and the girls are trying to wave him over (because he would rather die than partake in line dancing). Then Nick and Miles spend the rest of the night complaining to each other about irrelevant things (because they enjoy talking to each other but aren't good at expressing it. Doomed idiots.)

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you've all heard of "professor au where phoenix tells everyone about his darling husband while edgeworth doesn't talk about his personal life" and it is nice, but im raising it to "phoenix doesn't tell his students about his personal life because he already has enough teens/young adults prying into it and he likes to remain mysterious while edgeworth cant shut up about his ridiculous husband because he loves to complain about nothing and his students are a captive audience"