#john berkman

[scintillatingshortgirl19]

The way Sally sort of got a happy ending on the surface but is clearly very much Not Well

The way John exists as an emotional support for his mother and might never truly unpack any of his trauma because he's living in denial of what his father did and possibly what his mother did as well

The way Gene got his revenge on Barry but because of that spent the rest of his life in prison and with his reputation forever destroyed and nobody to worship him

The way Fuches accepted his own heartlessness and because he's a cockroach will probably die at age 102, but will live out every single one of those years completely devoid of love

The way Hank only ever wanted to be safe but his story ended with him dead and holding the hand of the love of his life whose death Hank helped bring about

The way Barry was finally going to turn himself in and maybe take his first steps toward redemption but then he fucking died

Bonus: the way Jim Moss's greatest desire was justice for his daughter and he ended up getting it completely wrong, and he'll never know the real truth

#barry hbo #barry spoilers #barry berkman #noho hank #monroe fuches #gene cousineau #sally reed #jim moss #john #john berkman #or maybe #john reed #? #op

[rustandruin]

The insane parallels of Barry consciously trying not to expose John to video games the glorify war and combat to the point where he doesn’t know they exist, to Barry then striding through a Walmart where he buys these assault weapons and carries them out in open sight among all these parents and children not even batting an eye at the sight while they continue their shopping, to Fuches shielding John’s eyes and telling him to look away so he does not have to see the horrors of death strewn around him (to perhaps spare him the way someone should have spared Barry himself), only for all of it to be undone in those final moments as that film both frames Barry as a hero on account of his actions (defending his family) and reveals that he’s been given honours while it’s Cousineau who’s in prison and John sits there, falling prey to the glorification of violence that the show has been critiquing all along. That everyone around him tried to avoid for so long.

#barry hbo #barry spoilers #barry #bill hader #barry berkman #john berkman #monroe fuches #gene cousineau #sally reed #rust and ruin has thoughts

[seizethedeansofproduction]

#barry #hbo barry #barry hbo #barry berkman #gene cousineau #noho hank #cristobal sifuentes #sally reed #monroe fuches #jim moss #john berkman

[dumbbitchawards]

The wild mischaracterisation of Barry and Sally's actions for nothing more than a massive misunderstanding of events and the general glamorisation of Hollywood is almost poetic. Gene wasn't a great person but he wasn't evil. He didn't have Barry's sickness. But he had Barry's anger - an anger that was arguably justified - and in the one moment that he acted on it, he was labelled a murderer. His entire story was twisted to fit a narrative that mischaracterised Barry as some kind of sympathetic war hero. We know what Barry did. We know what Gene didn't. Gene and Sally may not be dead but they are his victims.

#barry hbo #barry 4x08 #gene cousineau #barry berkman #sally reed #john berkman #liveposting #mine #dumbbitchawards

[meep-meep-richie]

How it started     vs        How it ended

#does it ever drive you crazy #father and son #Barry #barry hbo #barry spoilers #barry season 1 #barry season 4 #hbo barry #barryedit #barry fandom #barry berkman #john berkman #bill hader #jaeden martell #tv: barry #barry screenshots #barry tv #my screenshots #my screencaps #tvedit #hbo show #hbo series #barry fan #barry s4 #barry s1 #tv screenshots #tv screencaps #dailytvedit #dailytvsource #hbo shows

[comedymommywhore]

john saying “i don’t drink.” john being scared to leave his mother alone for a night. john shedding a tear for his hero father.

#i have lots of feelings about the time jump but i am unequivocally glad it gave us john #john berkman #sally reed #barry spoilers #barry hbo #barry season 4 #barry 4x08 #barry berkman

[pyramidofmice]

the way John's growing up with a dad who constantly glorifies himself + exposes John to trauma (physical neglect, graphic videos, etc) + overall treats his son like a walking tape recorder for him to speak into, all so he can control who his son is/will ever be...and the way John has a mom who is reluctant to hold him + is drunk in front of him all the time + generally does what she can to avoid being mentally & emotionally present around her family

the EXCITEMENT i felt when John was literally throwing a ball with another child. A kid who was talking about JOHN! Saying nice things about who John IS!! WOW IMAGINE THAT---

Barry may spend a lot of time with his son but John literally froze in his tracks at the sight of people playing baseball. He knows his father's company but his parents never provide him a mutual back and forth. When he's playing with the kid they both take turns catching and throwing; they're equally important. Where else does John ever get that

#'barry may spend a lot of time with his son but he won't buy him a fucking blanket' #going BANANAS #barry hbo #john berkman #kicking dust smacking dirt kicking walls #BARRY LEAVING HIS FUCKING MEDALS IN THE SAND SO HIS SON CAN 'FIND THEM' SO BARRY CAN GIVE A SPEECH ON A SCENIC BENCH-- #NOT ORDERING HIS SON! A FUCKING!! COMFORTER!!!!!!!!!!!!! #YOUR. SON. IS. C O L D #pyra speaks #barry meta

[caleblandrybones]

john and barry

#barry hbo #barry berkman #john berkman

[star-writes-sometimes]

i haven't seen anyone talking about it but fuches protecting john? when he was the one who put him in harms way in the first place? fuches watching barry hold his son? it gave me a lot of feelings

fuches was leaving the building with john was he planning on taking john? sally was right there yelling for him fuches could have let john stay with his mum but he took him if barry wasn't there was he going to take him? or did he take john outside away from all the bodies in an attempt to break the cycle and steer john away from the violence?

i don't know the finale broke me

#barry spoilers #barry berkman #barry hbo #monroe fuches #john berkman #sally reed

[outlinesnotghosts]

Divorce!!

#barry berkman #sally reed #john berkman #barry hbo #barry images #barry s4 #barry spoilers #outlinesnotposts

[xcylo]

Honestly I'm kind of surprised and a bit frustrated by people's readings of John's reaction to The Mask Collector. "Ooh Hollywood is brainwashing him" "sorry the movie is making John idolize his killer father" the movie was about saying that, for all the exploitation and abuse and warping of stories, there's still a reason we make movies. Barry was a piece of shit, and I think John knows that and has come to terms with it. From his close relationship with his mom and the fact that his friends seem to know who his dad is, I'd even say he's dealing with it in as healthy a way as one can. I don't think the point of the final shot is that "Hollywood is corrupting John". The point is, for all the garbage going on in modern filmmaking, even these stupid little made for TV projects made as a soulless cash grab can bring comfort to a kid who, for a couple of hours, can pretend to once again be that little boy who believed his father was a hero.

#barry hbo #barry spoilers #john berkman

[scintillatingshortgirl19]

ok so i'm fascinated by the exchange between sally and john that told us SO MUCH about their relationship with so little dialogue

It's pretty clear that Sally is not doing well despite appearances. She's so deeply insecure she has to ask her teenage son if her play was good. When John says "I love you," Sally does not say it back. I don't know the details of why John was so concerned that his mom wouldn't be okay on what should've been a great night for her, but certainly it doesn't imply anything good about her mental health state. It also implies that John has had to grow up way too fast in order to be her support system.

So yeah. Nobody here is healthy.

#barry hbo #barry spoilers #sally reed #john #john berkman #john reed #op

[rustandruin]

Fuches being the only one to break the cycle and survive the whole series of events because he actually examined himself, saw the truth of who he was and what he’s done and then accepted and embraced it, before consciously choosing not to enact more violence (unless necessary) — to not push another “kid” into the violent path he’s sent so many others into, that he’s sent Barry into repeatedly — by both giving Hank an out if he were just to be honest with himself, and then shielding John with his own body before gently guiding him past the wounded bodies and into his father’s arms before acknowledging Barry one last time and disappearing into the night.

#barry hbo #barry spoilers #Barry #bill hader #Barry berkman #monroe fuches #John berkman #gene cousineau #rust and ruin has thoughts

[seizethedeansofproduction]

here's to barry, one of the best written shows I've ever seen! May you live on forever in burgers in the trunks of cars and may the sigma males never find you and idolize your behavior with no irony!

#it's been real guys #barry #hbo barry #barry hbo #bill hader #barry berkman #gene cousineau #noho hank #cristobal sifuentes #jim moss #sally reed #monroe fuches #john berkman

[myaimistrue]

yellow and blood red bits. 1.2k. “You’re doing great, Sally," Barry says. “I want it out,” Sally grits through her teeth. “I want this thing fucking out of me.” Or, John Berkman Jr. is born on a beautiful spring day in Lynchburg, Virginia.

happy mother's day and happy barry sunday! here's a little something about the birth of john berkman. please enjoy <3

#this one was wild to write.... i like it a lot though! #del's writing #barry #barry hbo #barry berkman #sally reed #sally and barry #sally x barry #sally/barry #john berkman #barry fic

[girlyheimer]

the barry finale hit very hard for me as someone with divorced parents because it has left john in a position where he is always only going to know his father by a few stories and photos. he hears all of these stories about his dad; some from the characters present in his life who knew the real him— the ones who took the shit for all of his narcissistic antics and the ones who were at his side during the constant danger and abuse he put people through; and others, who perceived him as his public character of a man with a high amount of charisma, as a good husband, as a hero. barry fundamentally never took any responsibility for his actions, he took the easy route out but his abhorrent selfishness is still present over john and sally by giving john the keys to ponder who his mother is— after all, john’s only true interpretation of his dad is the 7 years he spent cooped up in a house with him, where barry was a better father to john than sally was a mother. he is surrounded by a community of people making films about how great his dad was, and he was murdered brutally by a man who will spend the rest of his life in prison. the “what if’s” will hang over that child like a ghost— the questions of “what if my dad WAS a good guy?” the “what if my mom is a bad person?” the “what if she is lying?” with hank being dead and the general consensus on barry as a character, sally will always be truly alone with her hatred for barry. she is the only one who understands. she is the only one who feels this way for him, and when john has never gotten the opportunity to really see how violent his dad was, there will always be a scepticism towards his mother’s interpretation

#barry #barry berkman #barry hbo #barry spoilers #bill hader #hbo #john berkman #sally reed