#a masterpiece perhaps

[watchfuldeer]

the thing about tom and greg is that yes, the nero and sporus scene in 3.04 for instance is homoerotic, tragic and heartbreaking, yes it says a lot about tom’s neuroticism/his unhappiness in his marriage/queerness, and greg’s ability to fend for himself/ability to see tom for who he really is etc but it is also one of the funniest and strangest scenes in the entire show.

tom and greg’s subplots have always been a vital component of succession - their dramatic function being primarily comedic does not make them inessential. this is after all a show that was developed by a comedic writer, who is also the showrunner, and is written by a core group of people who have long careers in comedy and satire. some of their finest work across the seasons has been with tom and greg, who are an incredibly popular aspect of the show for that reason.

i really love kendall, roman and shiv but while they quip and squabble and lie to each other and grieve, they don’t have the comedic truth of a dynamic like tom and greg. comic relief does not mean some inconsequential sidebar on succession (i would argue that it rarely does in anything, but that’s a different post), it’s necessary to the plot. it’s where the big dramatic themes are played with and mirrored, made absurd, even whimsical, and above all honest.

having to stuff so much plot into season 4 now logan has gone has absolutely decimated the show’s internal structure. not because they haven’t written subplots, we know they exist, but because they simply don’t have space to include them. succession used to be many things, and for three episodes now has been mostly one thing, because there is no time for B plot - it’s all A plot, all the time. it feels weighed down, as opposed to mercurial - like, i was just getting bored last episode. i was bored during a succession episode! we the audience need relief: it enhances the A plot significantly and always has done. now, it’s getting cut for time and without it the show is suffering. the shift in editing has made the drama mawkish, and the comedy insubstantial, neither of which are particularly enjoyable effects.

i’m really, really hoping they can find that equilibrium for these last four episodes. this post might sound overly critical, but i am still enjoying succession. i’m more frustrated by post production decisions, as it just feels like a different show in ways that seem to be a product of foiled writing ambition and time constraints rather than actual creative intent.

[soupedepates]

I fell in love with The coffin of Andy and LeyLey

I am an incestuous SA survivor with issues yk. And it was with a sibling. I thought I was pregnant for 9 months.

But looking at those freaks enabling and making the other worse through murders, cannibalism, theft and demon invocation?

That. That is brilliant.

That's fucking cathartic and brilliant.

Because it's destroying them both and you see it, you SEE it.

If you can't handle a bit of problematic media grow the fuck up. This isn't romanticized. This is gruesome, and that's what makes it wonderful.

And come on, you can handle cannibalism, murder, body desacretion and parricide, but you draw the line at incest? You're full of shit.

The narrative ain't positive here darling. It's fine if you prefer cozy games, but don't annoy the hell of the ones that want to be disturbed, distraught and anguished by a video game.

[transformersmr-hq]

Finished yet another round of brave police j decker

Fuck yeah sentient robot squad story where everyone gets equal character development

[theflavorofmyautismisspicy]

I like the comparison of Vanessa’s and Willi’s experience with the soccer spirit ritual because Willi ultimately failed at it cause he went all alone while Vanessa had her team backing her up (like they were standing behind her and being supportive of her engaging with occultism, they were quite literally backing her up) and she succeeded at it

[hopeinthebox]

tagged by loml @cordiallyfuturedwight for the monthly breakdown. i might like you less now that you know me so well. tagging some crushes @aprylynn @thvinyl @monismochi @kimtaegis @banghwa @eoieopda @pauls-mccharmly @letmelovekoo @visionsofgideontheninth @kimchokejin if you feel so inclined 💜

[honeysweetcorvidae]

hm.

[rainbowsuitcase]

The Brooklyn Boys & Pluto (and BTS)

AKA how to be depressing and connect both your obessions: a guide

Did you know that Pluto was discovered and declared a planet in 1930? Bucky The Science Nerd must have been so excited about that. A new planet! They found a new planet, Stevie!

It was declared a dwarf planet in 2006, and proptly removed from the solar system lineup. It was also remaned, assigned a minor planet designation of 134340 Pluto.

BTS has a song with that name, essentialy speaking from Pluto's point of view, about how it's still there, still the same, but you don't see it anymore, you have forgotten it, you have erased it.

I'm still here, unchanged, and yet you see me differently.

I wonder if Steve comes out of the ice, the same person that went in and yet now seen as more of a symbol than anything else, and relates.

The reason Pluto is no longer a planet is because in 2005, Eris, a dwarf planet bigger than Pluto was found, which led to changing the definition of "planet," that didn't include Pluto anymore.

I wonder if Bucky remembers his old life, a good person yet seen as worse, because there is a better version of him to be compared to, and relates.

I wonder if they both see Pluto, something they both knew as this amazing new thing, abandoned through no fault of its own, feel an aching loneliness and relate.

[mariocki]

Funny Games (1997)

"Why are you doing this to us?"

"Why not?"

[lovetogether]

We always try hard to warn friends of certain content because we’re admittedly very “numb” to most stuff though grasp how things can be very hurtful for others, thus we use our ability to sit through most stuff to then warn others of things. We reflect on this a lot, we sometimes feel ashamed for feeling so numb but we’re happy to help folks. Especially given we enjoy lots of content which contains very heavy topics and we rarely gladly recommend stuff to people. We worry we’re a bit annoying in this sense though to lol! We worrying we get too worried about friends, whenever we watch shows nd movies we like w folks we always give very big warnings haha.

[ripclaudia]

Your postcanon ideas: Roman trophy wife era! yay! My postcanon ideas: if Shiv is trapped in the cycle and doomed to become her mother she can at least fuck her husband's publicist <3

(we are both so correct i too need roman to thrive outside of this mess)

we are both so correct and we will spend a glorious summer in google docs <3

[dolce-tenebra-toscana]

Why is " Ride the Cyclone " so good and why am i finding out about it's existence just NOW???!

No seriously i've been singing " The ballad of Jane Doe " and " Talia " all day at work and i don't regret it

[castratedvader]

[leatherbookmark]

i decided to give a k-bl series a chance -- i'm not a fan of k-dramas, and most bls i've watched were "yeah, it's nice" at best, so this is Big -- and my loves -- reader -- what did i get in return? what did the show give me in return for my enormous leap of faith? can you guess? hm?? hm???

second-hand embarrassment through the roof STRAIGHT between the eyes

[cheeseceli]

I have this fic idea that it's just so good but it'd be a whole series and idk what to do with that information 😭

[dirty-urie]

i don’t know about everyone else, but i would personally love a sex filled anonymous masquerade mask party involving brendon and the reader (responding to your question in your post about writing something based on diamonds & daggers) 👀

I don’t know about everyone else either, but they’d be very very silly to not want that in my opinion. It sounds quite sexy 😂 I’ll probably never write fics with the fervor I used to, but I am a bit interested in coming back with one or two more before I get busy with actual important things in the fall. And masquerade mask sex party is at the top of the list so far

[caramello-styles]

there is just some things so endearing seeing lewis capaldi perform on stage