#logan roy

It has come to my attention that there are people who watch Succession and think it’s romanticizing capitalism. To which I have to say: are these folks on glue?

Please consider Logan’s UTI debacle. This man has skipped his meds and gone coocoo for cocoa puffs in the middle of a crisis. His children and underlings are scrambling to figure out precisely when his decision-making went from cogent to “piss mad” because they’re terrified of overturning his (HORRIBLE!!) choice that will implode the company. With their livelihoods and lifelong ambitions on the line, they are *still* afraid to fix Logan’s mistake even when he’s completely incoherent. They’re problem-solving how to dispose of an imaginary dead cat when they should be handling their shit.

All because Logan is a narcissistic tyrant who can terrorize an army of otherwise competent businesspeople with the power of his $$$. If this man was one of the Poors working through his golden years at Mickey D’s instead of a morally bankrupt multi-billionaire, his stint of piss madness would have gotten him fired. Instead, his opinion is catered to even when he’s utterly incapable of making sane decisions.

It’s absurd. And the absurdity is the point.

Succession couldn’t possibly be a clearer condemnation of capitalism. It paints an ugly picture of the Roys at every turn (while still allowing them to be fully-fleshed out characters with complexity). This show is an unflinching indictment of the mega-wealthy and the corrupt system that allows them to exist.

I’m not sure when audiences started equating the portrayal of a topic with narrative approval of it, but it’s a trend I’d like to see disappear yesterday.

okay but maybe tom is allowed to do some backstabbing just for fun merely based on that scene near the end in 2x03 because that was low-key heartbreaking, I was gutted for him. because imagine not only do you go there to basically do a favour for your wife that you love, you get publicly humiliated by being boared on the floor (and whatever the hell went on afterwards), and then you come home to find out she’s been up to stuff with somebody else? like I know tom is an awful person™️ but that was also one of the only times on the show genuine regard for another person was shown and it was shown by HIM to greg. shiv is a girlboss but the apathy of that scene…that whole episode was truly something else.

okay so I know everybody loves the idea of fandom-crossovers but actually I do not!!! hannibal would spend 0.5 seconds with anyone from the main cast of succession before simultaneously dumping the entire family in the frying pan.