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ladysophiebeckett · 1 year

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ppl on here and on twitter got really weird about the ear flicking scene. kind of disregarding that shiv was acting like a 6 yr old and then that he retaliated also like a 6 yr old. we actually have no idea what their dynamic was like before the events of the show and i think this was a peek into that. shiv is a little mean to him and he’s a little mean back but his type of mean is very weird (barnacle??) and that weirdness itself might have been intriguing to shiv at some point. her own little meow meow who makes really weird comparisons and references to things she’s never heard of or cared about.

#a lot of ppl more familiar with jesse armstrong's work said the scene was very peep show to them #and i dont think a lot succession viewers are familiar with peep show ( such as myself)#saying that tom was being abusive is inaccurate imo #and then painting shiv as an idiot for falling into old patterns by accepting this 'abuse' by asking him to dinner #is also really fucked up?? and ignores shiv's accomplishments in the episode #she is on a high actually #and is back to plotting and scheming #she's asking him out to dinner bc 1) shes feeling good 2) misses him and 3) for scheming purposes perhaps #she wants to get rid of cyd and put him in her place #like im sorry but shiv and tom do love each other #she herself admits that she hurt him first and then he hurt her #she knows theyre fucked up #the ear flicking wasn't what some viewers think it was #especially when we've spent 4 seasons with tom and he's never hit anyone except greg with water bottles #anyway this is just my opinion #goodybye

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