s1 is about a family locked in a cycle of abuse. the monocle was an abuser, pogo was good enabler, and luther, diego, and to some extent alison all learned those behaviors and are passing the abuse on what's *frustrating* is how long the show takes to admit this
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Replying to @perdricof @BootlegGirl
I honestly feel like it doesn't really get there until S2. In S1, I never believed that these people were a family. In S2, they're a dysfunctional family trying to figure out how they work now that their abuser is no longer in the picture.
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Replying to @NussbaumAbigail @BootlegGirl
yeah s2 actually gets to the real affection between the siblings, whereas s1 had almost no affection between them at all in that respect it feels more believable as a weird fucked up family, for sure
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Replying to @perdricof @BootlegGirl
I've been rereading my tweets about S1 and it's glaring how little affection I felt between the siblings. My main problem with the show is that it hangs the survival of the world on the healing of a family that to me felt like it wasn'st worth saving.
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Replying to @NussbaumAbigail @BootlegGirl
exactly. i could buy alison and vanya together, finally figuring out their shit, how to escape the cycle of abuse and love each other maybe even klaus but luther? diego? pogo? no, these men are abusive assholes without redeeming qualities
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Luther's tireless devotion to a father who hasn't done a single thing to earn it isn't admirable really but it's pitiable
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one thing i do appreciate is that luther (and diego) has got the absolutely lamest power of the bunch, no discernible leadership skills, but is nevertheless considered The Leader merely in virtue of being the eldest son seems very real tbh
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Replying to @perdricof @arthur_affect and
like the power variance in that family is just so incredibly large instantaneous time and space travel make things true by saying them crack planets in half raise the dead ... ... good knife throwing strong arms
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Lol that's the thing, he's not actually "eldest", they're all the same age -- that's the premise Hargreeve gave them a numerical ranking that they were meant to think was *descending* order of power but it was actually *ascending*
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Replying to @arthur_affect @perdricof and
Or, to put it another way, the numerical hierarchy is based on one thing and one thing only -- how much of a threat they are to his authority
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(Although, unless they changed it in S2, they did obviously nerf Alison's power greatly from the comic -- it's not reality warping, just mind control)
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eh, it's a weird one though, because she can tell people to do stuff that they cannot possibly do, as in the s2 premiere when she melts some dudes' skulls
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Ah, okay, they changed it in S2 then That's still not full-on reality warping but mind+body control
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