There is a degree of pleasure to be found in watching a slow-moving spectacle of privileged decadence.
OH GOD. THAT WAS TOTALLY TONY'S CHILDHOOD.
Like, on one hand, I'm a little tired of the whole DUDES JUST WANT TO MARRY THEIR MOTHERS SO THEY CAN BE SURE OF THEIR LOVE trend, but on the other hand monied, privileged decadence and all the mental ills associated with having every thing you've ever wanted available to you from an early age, yet nothing broaching healthy familial expressions of love.
Tony probably only got positive reinforcement from pops when he made something shiny and new, which would explain why creating things that explode is almost a nervous tic for Tony: it's his unconscious way of seeking approval from his father, unmoored from its origins after the death of said father.
AND MOM. Conspicuously absent whenever Tony talks about his childhood. And I could so see this:
That line, like so many others in Mr. Rodman’s script, is written and delivered with an arch, brittle self-consciousness that becomes oppressive over time.
...see a woman who tries a little too hard to fit in, and only ends up showcasing just how much she never will. Old monied + new monied perhaps?
THINKY THOUGHTS ABOUT A CHARACTER MENTIONED IN PASSING (not even! just seen briefly in article about someone else!)
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Re: i can't stop listening to technologic and cut a man's heart out.
Date: 2008-05-30 05:08 pm (UTC)OH GOD. THAT WAS TOTALLY TONY'S CHILDHOOD.
Like, on one hand, I'm a little tired of the whole DUDES JUST WANT TO MARRY THEIR MOTHERS SO THEY CAN BE SURE OF THEIR LOVE trend, but on the other hand monied, privileged decadence and all the mental ills associated with having every thing you've ever wanted available to you from an early age, yet nothing broaching healthy familial expressions of love.
Tony probably only got positive reinforcement from pops when he made something shiny and new, which would explain why creating things that explode is almost a nervous tic for Tony: it's his unconscious way of seeking approval from his father, unmoored from its origins after the death of said father.
AND MOM. Conspicuously absent whenever Tony talks about his childhood. And I could so see this:
That line, like so many others in Mr. Rodman’s script, is written and delivered with an arch, brittle self-consciousness that becomes oppressive over time.
...see a woman who tries a little too hard to fit in, and only ends up showcasing just how much she never will. Old monied + new monied perhaps?
THINKY THOUGHTS ABOUT A CHARACTER MENTIONED IN PASSING (not even! just seen briefly in article about someone else!)
DAMN YOU.