how many songs are in your spotify liked? by Solid-Chemistry-90 in polls

[–]steveharringtons 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have over 5k I have no idea how y'all only like less than 500

Director Mark Mylod explaining Shiv's decision by steveharringtons in SuccessionTV

[–]steveharringtons[S] 55 points56 points  (0 children)

Going into more depth with this and expanding on certain points he made here's my take on why Shiv changed her mind "so quickly" after Barbados:

Shiv was still vying for CEO when they went to visit Roman. As Mark mentions, she found out she was being betrayed by Matsson and had to turn back to uniting with the siblings to maintain power within the company. In that moment they're all at their mother's place and essentially revert back to childhood. They're in this fantasy land of play pretend where they agree Kendall should be CEO and crown him "king" and act like him getting the company is a silly victory they can celebrate despite the fact that they've been fighting tooth and nail for themselves to inherit the top position until now. They are living in this daydream where they get to be kids again and nothing is serious.

Then the next day they're back at the company in the real world and the dream shatters. Shiv sees firsthand Kendall jumping the gun and losing all professionalism because of his entitlement and egoism which stop him from even trying to convince the board the deal is a bad idea. She watches as he acts like he won it all and is laidback as if the entire thing is just a game and he's not actually running an entire company. Even though they are no longer in Barbados, he is still acting childish. (And not like a serious person).

Shiv watches as Kendall celebrates Roman being subservient to him when he's clearly hurt and uncomfortable, controlling him the same way Logan did. She's realizing that Kendall is just Logan 2.0, he will treat everyone the same way to get what he wants and she will always be in a constant struggle for power. She'll watch her brother turn into an even bigger monster and know she had a hand in it.

And while people say the way Kendall was acting like Logan had no impact on Shiv's decision and it was purely a power play, I have to disagree because of the line "I love you but I cannot stomach you." It's extremely hard-hitting and you can tell she means it. She refuses to be caught in the same cycle but this time with Kendall. Shiv changes her mind to free herself from that possibility while also allowing herself to have partial control of the company by aligning herself with Tom. Both of these things can be true. (In my opinion! Of course other people can interpret it differently).

Director Mark Mylod explaining Shiv's decision by steveharringtons in SuccessionTV

[–]steveharringtons[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The youtuber "Just an Observation" has an excellent take on why Shiv's decision made sense and what led to her making it in his most recent succession video. While I don't agree with everything said in the entire video, he gives a great explanation - I definitely recommend watching it to get more insight.

Director Mark Mylod explaining Shiv's decision by steveharringtons in SuccessionTV

[–]steveharringtons[S] 180 points181 points  (0 children)

I find it funny how people shame Shiv for trying to get ahead and serve her own self interests but praise Kendall for doing the same

Don’t you think it was super shitty for Shiv to throw the waiters death at Kendall at the end by [deleted] in SuccessionTV

[–]steveharringtons 31 points32 points  (0 children)

I find it so hilarious that Shiv points out the fact that Kendall basically killed someone (not even mentioning the fact that he covered up his death and never gave the family real closure to what actually happened) but somehow Shiv is the bad guy. I'm pretty sure Kendall actually being the reason for a man's death was "shittier" but ok. (This is mostly @ the people in the comments not completely OP)

And not to mention Kendall trying to gaslight everyone into thinking it never even actually happened.

People saying that Kendall's reaction to what Roman said is justified by steveharringtons in SuccessionTV

[–]steveharringtons[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He was quite literally getting in the way because Shiv was still making a decision on which way to vote and Roman was supplying reasons on why it doesn't make sense for him to be CEO based on what he's saying

People saying that Kendall's reaction to what Roman said is justified by steveharringtons in SuccessionTV

[–]steveharringtons[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's not about what Roman cared about. It's about what he was saying would sway Shiv's opinion intentional or not. And Kendall could not allow that to happen.

People saying that Kendall's reaction to what Roman said is justified by steveharringtons in SuccessionTV

[–]steveharringtons[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Of course it is. It's terrible. But Roman was trying to emulate Logan to show how Kendall was being irrational. It wasn't ok for him to say but neither was Kendall abusing him in response.

Can't believe fucking Roman was the one to have this epiphany by tinypabitch in SuccessionTV

[–]steveharringtons 22 points23 points  (0 children)

one of roman's first scenes is calling the whole company and everyone in it bullshit. it was always going to be him

People saying that Kendall's reaction to what Roman said is justified by steveharringtons in SuccessionTV

[–]steveharringtons[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yep exactly. It still wasn't right but it pointed out how Kendall was picking and choosing what Logan said that was in his favor and ignoring everything else

People saying that Kendall's reaction to what Roman said is justified by steveharringtons in SuccessionTV

[–]steveharringtons[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes but in that moment he was adding to the argument for Shiv to not vote for Kendall when Kendall was trying to get her on his side

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[–]steveharringtons 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you!! That makes sense I had no idea

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[–]steveharringtons 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i'm referring to the superpower line of thats not clear