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shivcodedkendall · 2 years

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Something about how Succession never shows flashbacks so all we have are fleeting references tinted by a character's different perspective on the past. Like I feel there are better examples but the one coming to mind is how Kendall and Connor tell Roman they remember putting him in a dog cage bc he liked it/it was a game but Roman vehemently disagrees and says he doesn't remember it that way at all...but his siblings remain adamant that their version is "correct"... IWTV actually using flashbacks but still kinda doing a similar thing (not really) with Louis telling Daniel that Claudia couldn’t burn Lestat’s body when it was really Louis who couldn’t and he who choked Claudia as a result…the past isn't real...just stories we use to convince ourselves we didn't hurt the ones we love...idk is this anything probably not...just loving this odyssey of recollection...

#its just been ruminating in my mind like characters like Logan love to say the past is made up #And not real...literally in real time logan minimizes slapping roman to his face...like #the past is just a story you can change as you please to your advantage #and yet the Roy children’s every move is dictated by their very real past under their abusive fathers thumb #like the past tortures them #And Louis is pretending to be ready to talk about the past and what actually happened but he’s also changing details and trying to play dow #his real emotions he felt back then and v important details... to assuage his guilt over how badly it ended with Claudia and Lestat #but Louis' past is still haunting him whether he addresses how he was hurt deeply by Lestat and how he hurt Claudia head on or not #Me.txt #succession #interview with the vampire

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