“he sort of gets his own moment, in his own way, to take the lead, when they visit the mausoleum.”

This has equally become Kendall, Shiv and Roman’s show. I think the writers were just giving us some insight into how each kid is experiencing the death of Logan in tremendously different ways because the neglect they each feel is from the same man but in different ways. It would have been a miss by the show if Shiv…

Consider the fact that Kendall has been telling himself narratives like that basically his entire adult life—”What does my father mean to me, what does he mean to the rest of the world?”

“Tarred by the brush” is a reference to the practice of tar-and-feathering. It’s a punishment where boiling pitch would be brushed onto someone’s skin and chicken feathers would be rubbed into it. What Tom’s saying here is that since he’s already tainted by the association with a despot, he might as well seek some…

he also, more often than not, rises to the occasion in these situations, especially when everything else is falling apart. like, all that stuff we saw him go through BEFORE the funeral fuelled that.

I don’t know.  Contemporaneous speaking isn’t exactly the sole dominion of philosopher kings.  I really disagree with the idea that it’s some kind of over-the-top mesmerizing talent.

...and it continues to this day.  I’m surprised someone wouldn’t get the dacha reference.  Perhaps I’m old.

And instead it felt like he’d spent all week writing and rehearsing it for this contingency.

I don’t actually think that’s what the show has set these characters up as. They’re not wild cards in that way; they are limited people who act within their limitations of character. Yes, they’re grasping and conniving and their wealth insulates them from many consequences, so they often say outlandish things. But…

I can see how you could make that argument. I guess to me, Kendall’s one innate talent is bluster. He’s empty inside—devoid of the things that made Logan an effective leader—but he’s mastered the empty rhetorical performance and rising to that moment. (At least he is when he’s not cycling. I think the series has made…

A “dacha” is a summer home or cottage in the Soviet Union. Members of the party who pleased Stalin might be awarded one, although they might be executed the next year. It’s a tricky game trying to please despots.

I love that Logan both bought that giant mausoleum and then only shared it with Connor of all people. 

“we swifties”

Tell me you’re spending way too much time thinking about this without telling me you’re spending way too much time thinking about this.

a few notes:

we swifties

You assuming you know more about a person from a collection of sound bites then the person that’s dating him and has known him for years says pretty much everything that needs to be said about fan entitlement.

Kill your Brands

I think this story serves as a great example for how out of their minds fandoms are, that they are a)so invested in a pop star’s personal life and b)think they have any say over it.

You ever listen to Floridians talk about their beaches? Its reminds me of this:

Vast libraries of content are the main reason I have subscriptions to HBO and Disney. Cutting things like this really deincentivizes me from continuing a subscription. They seem to think one or too big shows at a time is all people want. That is not the case.