@larkmus1

1 year ago

Brian's advice to his character was as though he hadnt picked up on the fact that his character is a narcissist who damaged his children in exactly the way narcissists do: manipulating people with an unrestrained conscience, only doling out praise or support or attention when it served him and having no qualms about cutting someone down so that he stayed on top...even when that person was his child. He pits the siblings against each other instead of encouraging them to support each other--because together, they might be too strong for him; he refuses to be a "loser," and he views his kids' success as a threat to his status. His kids are emotionally stunted, unable to be vulnerable with each other or intimate with their spouses because in the Roy family, mistakes and weaknesses become ammunition. When a narcissistic parent (like Logan) makes their child feel like they'll never be good enough, they end up somewhat broken, chasing "good enough" for the rest of their life, desperately trying to prove themselves because they never got that affirmation from the one person they absolutely SHOULD have heard it from. The kids are all deeply afraid of being perceived as inadequate or foolish, which is why theyre so mean and aloof with everyone, including each other. Their childhood is hinted to be a traumatic one, and how could it be anything but? If you can't be emotionally safe at home, with family, with your dad, then no one and nothing seems safe. I think that's the heart of the show--there is comedy and smart writing, but the depth comes from the great tragedy of a dad being unable to love his kids in the way every kid needs to be loved, and the fallout that goes with that. So yea, I was pretty shocked Brian said exactly what his character would say.

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