that stitches scene. his birthright. Kendall has always been unable to stomach violence against Roman. he flipped out at Logan in s2 even while he was in robot mode. he wouldn’t hit Roman at the party; even when they’re fighting feral for Roman’s phone in boar on the floor he doesn’t hit him. he yells at Logan for it in their last ever conversation (“everyone hit me”). but now he’s Logan and he hugs Roman until his stitches pop. and when Roman baits him (in an unfathomably cruel way to be clear) he hits him. Kendall wasn’t going to be protector anymore. he was going to be dad, and dad dismisses Shiv, forgets Connor (“i’m the eldest boy!”), and wrings beaten dog loyalty out of Roman. fuck.



























