I had so many questions initially about the premise, like "How can they actually literally own the town", and I guess the answer ended up being "They don't"https://twitter.com/MartinDunlop1/status/1294250157635117056 …
-
-
Replying to @arthur_affect
Yeah, even in the first season, when they were still using that premise, the whole question of 'owning the town' fell apart the second you looked at it. (I spent most of the first season thinking they owned the MOTEL because they apparently owned the town, hence living there.)
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Stephen_GM
Yeah this wasn't a premise that fell apart over time, this was a premise that fell apart immediately from the pilot Like no matter how shitty the town is, if you literally "own it" (as in owning all the real property in it) that's still a lot of wealth and power
2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @arthur_affect @Stephen_GM
In order for them to have fallen as far and for their situation to be as terrible as they want it to be for the premise, they can't actually "own" anything in the sense of being landlords and charging rent
1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @arthur_affect @Stephen_GM
What he owns is an *easement* on the town where he has the permanent right to live there without being evicted, but with pretty broad leeway for the actual owners to decide how much his family gets in the way of amenities ...Which isn't all that valuable a thing to own
1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @arthur_affect @Stephen_GM
Why does such a thing exist and how did he come to own it? Enh, I dunno You can cobble together some vague headcanon that it's a "leftover right" after he bought a bunch of property rights to the town to redevelop it and then sold them off again
2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
Kind of like the abstract real estate equivalent of the Bluth staircar ("None of the buyers for the company jet had any need for the stairs")
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.