#shiv has insane capability. and shes underestimated by everyone in a company she SHOULD manage

[simonetgarfunkel]

i think. i think tom doesn't quite get why he's so appealed by the power he feels towards greg. i mean, he has the plain conscience that shiv subsides him, but there's something so underlying about him trying to guide greg... and shiv kinda realizes that, dismisses it at first but then it gets insufferable. all tom does is head out for greg and sneak out with him and try to, even subconsciously, conquer him!!! (not even romantically, he just wants to pursue his attention) and then they fall in this cyclic amp of trying to push and pull and decide who gets who, and try to sort out reasons for their failure. because they failed in their marriage TOGETHER!!! tom tried so hard to fulfill shiv's needs he feels empty. shiv tried so hard to present herself accordingly in a patriarchal system that she doesn't even know how to behave in a relationship. i need a second

#then the caveats of a broken paternalistic relationship and the borderline ridiculous treatment shiv receives at waystar #she has lived her whole life concocting a shell due to lack of attention and mother/fatherly love #shiv has insane capability. and shes underestimated by everyone in a company she SHOULD manage #but she doesnt because. men #and then there's tom. and his happy family relationship. no fiasco whatsoever #but then he feels a void within himself that couldn't be covered with parental love #it's a relaying juggle. it never ends. and it doesn't pretend to. #anyways #tomshiv #tomgreg #succession #thoughts