#this is about shiv roy

[almosttenaciousmoon]

If I ever watch succession it would be because I need a character to project onto and obsessively analyse so I don’t have to look to closely at my own problems

#this is about shiv roy #shiv roy #siobhan roy #succession #maya makes notes

[urmuminnitt]

she did this for me actually

#she is my wife. no discussion. we’re married #sarah snook #shiv roy #shiobhan roy #succession #i’m so so so so gay about her

[jadenvargen]

but he’s the eldest boy!

#kendall roy #roman roy #shiv roy #siobhan roy #succession #succession hbo #myart #throws up too awful too awful everything about it

[petersthree]

I love when tragedies are like... (in/sp)

#successionedit #succession #successiondaily #useroli #useraudrey2 #tuserlena #tuserdi #usernicolee #tuserbeth #angelspotlight #userbrina #userahay #userlex #kendall roy #shiv roy #roman roy #janie makes stuff #*gifs #(decided to keep roman in that /didn't save anyone/ even though i'm not sure about it #bc he's out of his cage but what does he /have/ who does he have who's in his corner? he's a freed dog but #maybe in the way that colin is or maybe he's a repeat of ewan - or maybe he'll get better we don't know! but #the potential for hope or tragedy is equally likely despite his smile) #succession spoilers

[taohun]

pick your losing dog today!

#succession #art #graphic design #kendall roy #shiv roy #roman roy #im so mad about the compression on this like genuinely. cant do shit about it i wish i could show you what the psd for this looks like.

[wherewolf]

the responses i’ve seen to shiv’s ending seem very quick to write her off as just another sad victim of the cycle, which isn’t without truth BUT!!! that is not even remotely the summation of shiv’s story.

i don’t think she votes yes to “save kendall” or to try to finally set her brothers free. and i don’t think her main concern was that ken was becoming their dad. she absolutely noticed and didn’t love it, but that was not her motivation in betraying him. she was thinking about herself.

it’s tempting to make a martyr out of her as she is the only female child and we see her suffer the onslaught of misogyny that comes with that. but to make her into a saintlike figure who got beat takes away the power and intelligence behind her decision.

at this point she’s stuck between two non ideal choices, but she recognizes that they have accidentally made her the single most important player in the game. because while she can’t have the outcome she’d prefer, she has the power to decide the fates of everyone else. the written off lone woman now holds in her hands the fate of every man in her life.

so she thinks about the long term benefits of both options and realizes that one side leaves her completely without any leverage.

her brothers have proven to her multiple times in the last few days alone that they will cut her out and walk all over her the first chance they get. siding with them leaves her nothing to bargain with. she would just have to hope that ken would actually take care of her. and that level of vulnerability is not only unacceptable to her, it’s stupid. and shiv fuckin roy is not stupid.

so she thinks about the other side and about what she actually wants for her life. and against her better judgment, it’s becomes unfortunately clear that she wants tom. the way she wants him is not altogether loving or even good but it is necessary to her. she sees relationships as having winners and losers and she chose this man specifically so that she could be confident in her ability to win. except now he’s grown some balls and made himself unavailable to her.

she may not like the way her husband is evolving but she already placed her bets on him, so she’s sure as hell not losing to him now. there’s also a part of her that feels intrigued by this new man she’s married to. it’s interesting to have a sparring partner in him instead of having to looking for excitement outside of their marriage.

so for maybe the first time ever, she processes what tom has said to her and thinks about what he actually wants.

he needs her to prove that she cares. he needs to know that she is capable of sacrifice. if she can’t find it within herself to do this for him, then she will lose him, and by extension, she will lose.

siding with tom gives her the opportunity to once and for all make a grand-stand gesture of love, but more importantly, it creates leverage for her. never again will he be able to hold the moral high ground over her head. never again can he say she doesn’t love him. never again can he call her selfish or uncaring. above all, he can never betray her again, because she just removed all of his moral justification for turning on her. he doesn’t realize it yet, but she’s just taken back all the power in their relationship. just in a more subtle way than she’s used to operating.

and just like that, she has the ceo of a multi billion dollar company in her pocket, while situating herself as the only descendant of logan roy to still be playing the game, having removed her brothers from the equation permanently. she may still be far from the top but she’s creating a path for herself to climb.

so yes, she’ll let tom play king for a day, and she’ll have his baby and say “congratulations,” and play the gracious wife, but tomorrow is a new day with lots of room to maneuver. and when her husband puts out his hand, she’ll place her own on top. but she won’t grasp it because she doesn’t need to.

#🐺 #shivy’s gonna be just fine #okay this ended up being a very long post but #i feel like someone needed to point out her wins #also i’m fully aware that remaining in the toxic world of the family business is not a win rly but #i think her ending is being interpreted as powerlessness #which it is NOT #she chose her spot. she’s calling shots #she may not have won today but she sure as hell didn’t lose #let’s not work so hard to sanctify her that we remove everything about her that makes her such a brilliant character #succession #shiv roy #siobhan roy #scn #tv

[kendallroybutgirlshaped]

going fucking insane.

#something about shiv being the one who resembles logan the most #i need a minute to think with my thoughts here #succession #succession spoilers #shiv roy #logan roy

[akajustmerry]

She cried for other reasons too — that the “Succession” chapter of her life has ended. “I’ll never have an opportunity to speak those lines, or get given new lines, new jokes, new worlds for Shiv and Roman to exist in together,” Snook says. “Just sadness for never getting a moment to play with these brilliant actors again.” (When I tell her that Culkin had said to me that perhaps Shiv and Roman might make up at some point, Snook brightens. “I feel like Shiv and Roman would reconcile in a way where he would be the shitty but great weird uncle for her kid, and there might be some sort of strange little family unit that gets splintered off.”) - Sarah Snook, Variety.

Kieran Culkin as Roman Roy and Sarah Snook as Shiv Roy | Succession (2018-2023)

#successionedit #sarah snook #kieran culkin #roman roy #shiv roy #succession #tv #could write a dissertation on how i feel about roman and shiv but it would just be an essay on why i love my brother (and hate him lol) #/

[tenebrous-academic]

The completion of the Nero and Sporus arc was so perfectly written.

Greg couldn’t just be “financially castrated” for it to fit narratively — he had to lose all personal and political influence that wasn’t already owned by Tom. Greg is completely reliant on him. He’s been castrated and reduced to the role Tom assigns him. He was literally claimed as a possession by the end of the series and he was happy about it.

Tom didn’t so much push Shiv down the stairs as gently guide her down until the person she was before lay dead at the bottom. The person she is now is not the person she was at the beginning of the series.

And Tom? Our Nero? He’s the Puppet Emperor. He’s gotten everything he’s ever wanted. He has claimed the keys to the kingdom and he couldn’t be happier.

#I have so many more thoughts about this #because holy shit #TomGreg came through in a way I never thought possible #succession spoilers #succession #succession 4x10 #tomgreg #greg hirsch #tom wambsgans #shiv roy #nero and sporus

[krasnyel]

when connor comes to visit

#i’ve been cooking this comic ish fanart for about two weeks and still couldn’t manage to finish it properly 😭😭 #lmao anyway they’re not escaping the cycle #also this is very much based on my experience of being the eldest sibling #connor roy #kendall roy #shiv roy #roman roy #roy siblings #succession #succession hbo #krasnyel post #fanart #digital art #artist on tumblr

[brookheimer]

shiv was not being altruistic nor intellectually self-interested when she voted against kendall. that was pure raw visceral desperation to maintain some semblance of dignity that she felt kendall being ceo would shred her of. sometimes people do not act in other people’s best interests or their own best interests. sometimes people do the wrong thing for the wrong reasons just because it feels like the right, the only, thing to do. shiv could not let kendall be ceo. she just couldn’t. not because she wanted to sacrifice herself to “stop the cycle,” not because she made a calculation and decided tom was her best interest — because the thought of kendall being ceo and acting like That the rest of their lives when shiv earned that job, she fucking earned it, that was too much to fucking bear. watching him sit in dad’s chair, conduct that vote, grin with entitlement and cockiness and certainty — seeing that elicited a visceral painful all-consuming sensation not dissimilar to overwhelming nausea that, summed up in two words, would simply be: fuck. no. she couldn’t live with that. she just couldn’t. it’s not kind. it’s not smart. it’s just human. painfully, destructively human. because sometimes, that’s all there is to it. not just for shiv, but for everyone. god knows roman and kendall have had those same feelings, made those same self-destructing yet necessary-feeling decisions throughout the show. why does it have to be different for shiv? why can’t she be painfully destructively human, prone to impulsive ill-conceived viscerally felt actions, like everyone else? why are we incapable of allotting her the same nuance and humanity (the good and the bad), the same trauma-informed self-destructive life-ruining hamartias, as we do her brothers? why can’t we fit a whole woman in our heads?

#very surprised to see so many ‘shiv stopped the cycle on purpose blah blah blah’ takes like that didn’t even cross my mind as a motivation #of hers #it wasn’t calculated — i mean kendall winning would be to her benefit in terms of power and respect. that would be best for her #it wasn’t just jealousy or anything either; it wasn’t a coherent thought or plan #it was just I Can’t Fucking Do This #i can’t sit there while he smiles like that when he sits in dad’s chair and hisses that’s fucking right under his breath when someone votes #his way. not when that job was fucking MINE. it was MINE. i can’t- i can’t fucking do it #it’s about preservation of emotional dignity #it’s about self-respect #it’s ironic though because there are few things more undignified and less respected than being a quiet betrayed trophy wife to a weak ceo #husband who earned his position even less than kendall #but she’s not thinking clearly. she’s not Thinking. she just acted because there was this visceral need to act #succession #succession spoilers #shiv roy #100 #500 #casey shut the fuck up about shiv roy #1000

[creatureesque]

like the movies

#the song is a very specific reference for bcs fans #when i was watching ep2 i was so whole heartedly convinced that they were about to sing this abba song i was so sure of it #bcs changed the way my brain works forever the winnder takes it all episode killed me and brought me back to life i was a changed man #wanted to recreate that feeling with this one kind of #succession #connor roy #shiv roy #kendall roy #roman roy #woop.jpg

[shivroy]

through the ages

#tomshiv baby #TOMSHIV BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #TOMSHIV #!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #if you have questions you must direct them towards me but before you ask #no i dont know why tom doesnt die. i simply do not know #succession #succession fanart #tom wambsgans #shiv roy #siobhan roy #hibernian #i dont even know what to say. Thats Hib #answer to question 2: yes hibs did steal toms s4 white shoes in last pic #iNEED TO SHUT THE FUCK UP AND THINK ABOUT SHIV ROY. GOODBYE

[homielander]

like yeah of course tom thinks shiv is a scorpion because he doesn't know she compromised her position and sacrificed her brother so he wouldn't go to prison. he doesn't know she refused to divulge any information about cruises to gil in season 1 before she was certain tom would walk away unscathed. he doesn't know she shut down her brothers' offer to fire him, doesn't know she ensured he'd have a place in the company post-acquisition, doesn't know that the first time she indelicately interrogated matsson about whether she'd have any power and influence at waystar gojo was literally immediately after matsson brought up the idea of firing tom. and it's her fault he doesn't know that she's protected him at nearly every turn because she won't tell him. and it's looking more likely with every passing episode that he'll never know 😔🔫

#ALSO. i just remembered that he still thinks shiv ratted about the press conference to gerri. lol!!! #tomshiv #tom wambsgans #shiv roy #succession #so glad shiv brought up that HE offered to go to prison cuz ive been saying that..... #like dude u expect ur emotionally unavailable wife to protest the idea of u going to jail when youve just told her it's logistically sound #well yes okay that's reasonable #screams #succession spoilers #EDIT i do not know why anyone is interpreting this post as me blaming tom. what part of 'he doesn't know' did you guys miss #not that he is blameless in the marriage obviously but i think it makes sense that he doesn't believe shiv even cares about him

[r-osehips]

Shiv chose Frank and Karl to ask "how bad" Logan was because subconsciously she knew that if she asked the women of the old guard she would have gotten a different answer, or the same placating lie but intentionally very thinly veiled. what was that line when the cruises stuff was going out when Ken and Roman tried to say she knew all the bad stuff all along and she was like no I was a kid all I knew was not to go in the pool with Dad's friends........ she knows. she knows because she, on Logan's behalf, personally intimidated a rape survivor out of testifying. but she can't allow herself to know. so she goes to the men she can trust to lie, and asks for the truth.

#SCREAMING ABOUT IT FOREVER #shiv roy #succession

[roychewtoy]

TAKE MY HAND. WE ARE GOING TO SHIV AND ROME WORLD

#completely forgot about this edit i started back in like.. march. FINISHED. BOSH. DONE. #just wanted to make a silly guy video.. yes shiv and roman violence! #edited this like: 😊 #yo... take my hand. WE ARE GOING TO SHIV AND ROME WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #🐈🐈‍⬛🌈🩷🌻🌸🌅😄💟🌎👍🪩🌅🐱❤️🌠🌸💟🌅🫧😀😊😁😃🪩🌇🌎🐈‍⬛👍🐈😊⭐️🩷❤️🌻😸🌸🐱😺🫧🌸❤️🐱☀️😺🌇🌅😄🌎😊🪩😃⭐️🩷🌸❤️ #i hope u enjoy tom synced up with the 'what!' #the shot of shiv reacting to romans fucky eyes is killing meeeeeeee #shiv roy #roman roy #succession #succession edit #my edit #chewtoy