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[catsxratsxbats]

Do you ever think about how Dr.Martin whitley has "steady as a statue" hands and he was a world renowned heart surgeon and Clay sculpter but he also used his delicate, unwavering touch to hurt and kill people while Malcolm "shaky hands" Bright has a tremor (courtesy of his serial killer father) and physically cannot handle a scalpel against skin but despite that he uses his trembling hands to save people, disarm weapons, give lollipops to his friends, collect ancient weapons, hold his bird Sunshine, paint messily, hold and comfort other victims, and make tea for Dani. How they are two very different sides of the same coin - down to the smallest detail - down to the hands, which may create or destroy? Because yea

[brightmalcolm]

You sure you don't want a lawyer?

[littledead-ridinghood]

It’s not that Jason came back to a changed family where he didn’t fit into the gap he left behind anymore. It’s the fact that his family never scooted over to make more space for him once he returned.

[thewhumpyrabbit]

Malcolm texting Dani, Gil, & JT:

[eliotquillon]

thinking about the intimacy of names in house md. to house wilson is always wilson, occasionally jimmy; never james. the first major character who goes primarily by her first name is stacy; she’s also the only main character to consistently call house ‘greg’. we all know how it ends. thirteen’s real name is revealed in the same two-part special where she tests herself for huntington’s. the first explanation house comes up with for why kutner killed himself was the identity crisis caused by switching from choudhary to kutner. amber’s fate is sealed the moment cut-throat bitch never quite catches on and she reappears as wilson’s girlfriend to call house ‘greg’ with a smile. chase and cameron never quite break out of the habit of referring to each other by their surnames even after marriage and so of course things never work out. Biting at the walls of my enclosure as we speak

[incorrectprodigalsonquotes]

Even Malcolm would choose the bear.

[bugbugboy]

God Michael Sheen is beautiful

[miivrs]

transferring my menstrual cramp pain to him, sorry not sorry, mal

[thesurgeonisalive]

Did Martin's Therapy In Claremont's Psychiatric Facility Actually Have a Positive Effect on Martin?

When we are officially introduced to Martin Whilty in the TV Series "Prodigal Son" we learn that he's been in Claremont Psychiatric Facility for at least 20 years. So that begs the question, did Martin Whilty actually benefit from the therapy and medications he was given in his incarceration in Claremont? It is said numerous times that Serial killers are made not born and therapy is meant to be used as a tool to safely deal with and talk about childhood trauma or any life traumas we may have faced and been affected by.

It's safe to say that Martin was given a mix of solo therapy sessions and group therapy sessions throughout his incarceration in Clarmont (before he escaped in Season 2 Episode 10 I believe). He would have also been given a mild sedative for aggression and/or irritability as well as possibly some mood stabilizers (we don't know what medications Martin was given or if was given any medications besides Benzodiazepines a.k.a Benzos).

However, it's safe to say that Martin was probably given different kinds of drugs to help calm him and stabilize his mood throughout his stay. It's also important to note that therapy would also be implemented in his treatment plan. So the question I have is the following:

Was the therapy actually effective in changing Martin's mindset on murder, and did it allow him to genuinely care for his son, Malcolm?

We don't get a clear answer for this in the two seasons of "Prodigal Son", however, we do get subtexts that suggest that Malcolm is in denial of his father's improved mental state due to Martin being diagnosed as a megalomanic Narcissist who craves power and control. So it's safe to say that Martin's "love" for his son Malcolm became more of an obsessive desire to prove his worth to his son Malcolm.

As the events in "Prodigal Son" unfold we see Martin Whilty desperately trying to do everything in his power to prove to his son Malcolm that he is a changed man. Martin starts to prove this by helping Malcolm solve murder cases. This action alone is enough for Malcolm to become slightly more dependent on his father's input on the cases he's working as well as ensure that Malcolm visits Martin more often.

However, these simple interactions are not enough for Martin to prove to Malcolm that he (Martin) is indeed a changed man. We also see Martin becoming obsessed with the idea of being good, which in itself, is also a quite toxic mindset. This is because obsession, whether over something good or bad can result in toxic, manipulative behaviors that can be more hurtful than good.

In Martin's case, his obsession with proving himself a changed man results in Martin manipulating his fellow inmates into doing actions that result in Malcolm, and at some points Ainsley, being in Martin's cell and giving Martin the ample opportunity to further manipulate his children, mostly Malcolm into believing that he, Martin is a changed man.

Now that's not to say that a part of Martin is indeed a change man in some way. It's a big improvement for Martin to say multiple times that "murder is wrong" given the fact that he killed 23 people when he was an active serial killer. Now, that's not to say he completely changed. After all, psychologically he can't stop being a serial killer because he'll always have the urge to kill someone.

So we have to take into consideration that he can fight the urge to kill someone and that by the time we officially meet Martin in the present day, he's roughly 55 years old, so he doesn't have the physical capacity to continue killing someone, even if he wanted to. He's also been incarcerated in Claremont Psychiatric Facility for 20 years and has grown to only really care for Malcom visiting him.

So, it's safe to say that he's changed somewhat. but not completely. We get to see in the finale of Season 2, that Martin doesn't kill anyone nor does he go into his "old ways". He instead abducts his son Malcolm and attempts to bond with him by solving a missing person's case that ties into a local serial killer (not Martin of course). The goal of this was to ultimately prove to his son that he "doesn't want to murder anymore" and that he's "a changed man" to some degree.

However, when Malcolm finishes solving the case he calls in the location of the victim that they saved, as well as Martin Whitly's location. This action proved to Martin that his son would never accept him in any capacity and also proved that Martin wasn't as changed as he claimed to be. Especially when Martin decided to kill his son. This action proved that he was still "the monster" that Malcolm said he was while also showing that he still craved control, especially over his family.

So, did the therapy that Martin underwent at Claremont really help Martin? Well yes and no. Yes, it helped him realize his own toxic behaviors however it didn't help him to stop those behaviors. Therapy actually helped Martin to better hide those behaviors. Yes, it did help him to somewhat change and understand that murder is wrong, and helped him not want to murder anymore.

It also gave him the tools to become obsessive with his love for Malcolm and his family. Now that doesn't mean that Martin doesn't on some level truly love his family. It just means that Martin struggles between how to love someone and what loving someone actually entails. Due to his nature as a psychopath, he doesn't have the capacity or ability to feel/express empathy, sympathy, or remorse, however, that doesn't mean he can't on some level "love" someone. It just means he can't understand or empathize with someone else.

That said, we can safely say that therapy helped him somewhat but not completely because Martin himself didn't allow the therapy to truly be effective in changing his mindset and personality. Instead, he used it as a tool to further his obsession with Malcolm, and even went as far as manipulating the Claremont staff into getting him a job with a staff member who had a gold card once he learned that a gold card can open ALL areas of Claremont.

[raz-writes-the-thing]

martin whitley thoughts!!!

hes so cozy looking oh my god his cardigan!!! i wanna cuddle him so bad!! i love my serial killer bf

No for real- that cardigan is so soft with wear and it 100% smells like a mix of old spice, and expensive cologne and his natural smell.

He lives for cuddles. He loves to have you on his lap while he's working on post-op notes- one arm holding up the notes and the other wrapped around your back, rubbing soft circles on you there.

You're the only one he will let touch or borrow his cardi though.

He lives for cuddles. Whenever it's just the two of you he has his hands on you somewhere, or he's snuggling up close. The man is an absolute slut for physical touch.

He loves you too btw- utterly and completely

[theladwhoisweird]

This is my teacher. Today's his 44th birthday. He's celebrating it at the afterlife though.

O captain, My Captain, Mr. Pagangpang, Sir, you will be missed.

[brightmalcolm]

Malcolm! The guilt you wear like a millstone around your neck, it will crush you.

[bamababygirl7]

Good girls get rewards 🥰

Mocha fraps are my fave 💗

[tyrannuspitch]

okay thinking about this. thinking about it.

ainsley remembered watkins/mr boots, but she repressed the memory of sophie/cinderella entirely, until she actually saw her face again. and this repression came after stirling manipulated her into lying to her therapist. that's so powerful with the perfection complex she has, god.

like... it wasn't just witnessing violence that caused her amnesia. it was the need to be a good(tm) child from a good(tm) family who wasn't going to be abandoned. she fears that not being the case so much that she can't even let herself think it. and this started when she was five years old.

and she was also protecting jessica!! five years old and denying her own trauma and literal, physical pain to prevent her mother from being slandered!

and... it was malcolm who ended up being blamed. given that malcolm was already viewed with such suspicion (like the weird thing with the alcoholic cop whose name i can't remember?), this is really quite cruel on sterling's (and possibly martin's?) part. i wonder if anyone ever brought it up with malcolm, and how that affected him. (did anyone act like he was a danger to ainsley, or other children in general? did he ever end up believing he did it?)

and the way present ainsley is so certain that it couldn't be true and trusts malcolm so completely... :'(

ainsley says she (perhaps later?) thought mr boots was a ghost. did she think the same of sophie? that's disturbing close to the truth... and if she saw sophie partially tied up, or running away, or something, that's even more haunting...

in general, ainsley thinking mr boots was a ghost but also calling him a friend (or being told her was her (imaginary) friend?) is just... hmm. something. there's just a casual interaction with horror and violence here paints a really disturbing picture of her childhood. especially given how incredibly young she was here. her father the killer and her friends the ghosts.

if she thought mr boots, at least, was a ghost... was that just general child-logic thing for him disappearing and so on? or did she actually think (or end up thinking) he was one of martin's victims? that their house was literally haunted by what martin did?

[queer-reader-07]

THE SEASON ONE FINALE OF PRODIGAL SON WHAT THE FUCK

[incorrectprodigalsonquotes]

HOLD ON

I think in 2x13, Martin mentioned how Malcolm should let go of what happened because it had been almost 25 years but at the start of Season 1, it had only 20 years since Martin's arrest.

Now, we also know that the pandemic happened in the show too and I just assumed the writers just "shortened it" but now I'm thinking that they probably skipped ahead a couple years.

If that's the case, does that mean that timeline wise, Season 2 would be happening... now? Like 2024?