#because in roemont's eyes he was to be the hero of the story. greve as his right hand and grenshaw was willing to sacrifice himself for him

[cherrywhite]

i’m just saying. faulkner didn’t SAY i name them in order of arrival. what he SAID was “i name our disciples thus” 👀👀

LISTEN YOU ARE ABSOLUTELT RIGHT they didn't HAVE to put the carpenter hayward scene right at the beginning (even though we get carpenter slowly and begrudgingly allowing herself someone to trust, the whole "Wouldn’t it be just truly fucking awful if it was only people out here and nothing else?", AND it's a good segue into the ep—so it's not necessarily true to say that the episode would be the same without the scene, because it wouldn't, though they definitely could have squeezed it to the end if they had wanted to with some changing of the scene) BUT ALSO the actors are just split up in such a telling way that it's impossible not to feel like it was on purpose!! The main actors in one story are not the main when you flip perspectives!!

#even beyond the roemont faulkner competing for power parallel #it's sooo so hecking good when you draw back to the overarching themes of the power of narrative and who decides what narrative gets told #because in roemont's eyes he was to be the hero of the story. greve as his right hand and grenshaw was willing to sacrifice himself for him #vs faulkner we already know carpenter's importance in his story and rane this season feels like they'll be important #(I've seen ppl say they think rane will continue the thurrocks greve route of betraying the one they support but idk a third time??) #((and actually on a tangent thinking of the parallel of thurrocks betraying faulkner and greve betrahing roemont)) #((not necessarily the same but I love drawing imaginary lines betwen two things I've convinced myself are connected)) #and anyway. I'm hoping hayward and faulkner will have some interactions as well #bc they're the only duo of the main four that have yet to 😔😔 #tldr the names listed are important you are SO right!! #the silt verses