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saw another complainy post about succ s4 re: tomgr*g and also how the tone has been off in general and i wasnt gonna rant ab it but im watching queencharlottebridgerton and im very bored so yeah. anyway
i DO think the tone of this season has been kind of different ish BUT there are many reasons for that and i dont think its necessarily bc of bad writing or mischaracterization. 1) logan is dead and that leaves a big gaping hole the rest of the characters can never fill. thats actually kinda the whole point etc. 2) it has never been so explicit or obvious that they are highlighting the cycle of abuse caused by capitalism. this season imo has a heavier handed feel because it is the culmination of all events of the previous seasons, and all the events of their past that they dance around and mythologize/misremember, it is these ppl digging themselves deeper and deeper into the tragedy
and OF COURSE u can be critical of this heavy handed portrayal but i think a lot more ppl are simply mad that theyve sidelined greg/tomgreg and that is what annoys me like. the writers have always known exactly who greg is. a social climber nepotism product of his environment who is both outsider and audience insert. the entire time we’ve known greg he has tried to attach himself to someone more powerful and imo everything he has done in s4 aligns with this (and yeah, i think they COULD have done more with his character from the offset, but with an ensemble cast they have to figure out what story is most compelling and he simply didnt make the cut. boohoo. also we all know nicbraun does not have the range)
also (and ive seen ppl talk ab this before so all credit to them) throughout the first three seasons tom projected his shiv issues onto greg — and as we’ve seen repeatedly in s4, his betrayal of shiv opened the floodgates so to speak and allowed him to express his frustrations directly with her instead of using greg as a psychosexual outlet. also tom and greg are no longer in criminal cahoots because the DOJ investigation has boiled over and tom isnt going to prison, so theres less tension there. and yeah, tom IS probably still bullying greg. but like. IDK ABOUT YOU BUT ID RATHER SEE KENDALL DROWN HIMSELF IN LOGANS LEGACY THAN SEE TOM EMAIL HIS ASSISTANT A BAJILLION SLURS. like. how does tomgr*g serve my interests!!!!! lol
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