frowning like thunder

"We have it!"

"Thorold, this is the one!"

"It’s finally time for us to put on a show for the scholars. We’ll head south in the morning. But we’re taking a friend. If I can’t convince them, he will."

Lyra: "I don't want a job!" // Asriel: "I want you to spy on the Master. Everything he does but particularly whenever Dust is mentioned. You think you can do that?"

Lyra: "Can I see the man's head?" // Asriel: "No. Why would I let you do that?!"

MARISA & ASRIEL + Intention Craft

Roman: breaks down immediately because he's always been verbally abused by Logan and as a result he's incapable of communicating effectively (and have meaningful relationships with basically anybody).

Kendall: the exact opposite of Roman. He's a perfect public speaker because he's always been brought forth by his father on a higher pedestal than his siblings ("you're my number one boy") and here he's showing all the sociopathy he inherited from his father because everything he can say about him in his eulogy (his "other side of things") is how much of a great financial genius he was, how he built his empire from nothing. What also seals the deal is his delivery of "He was a brute. [...] I hope I have it too".

Shiv: victim and perpetrator of a familial misogyny that permeates the Roys. (When she says "Logan couldn't fit a whole woman in his head" the camera is stuck on Kendall who is beginning to show the same treatment on his ex wife and daughter.) Nonetheless Shiv still waited all her life for those crumbs of fatherly love and "warmth" she would sparingly get.

Barry after the time skip has literally built himself up as a Clark Kent/Superman figure. He’s got the glasses, the button up, the name, the (fabricated) history. He’s crafted a persona for the person he wants to be.

What about something you haven’t heard before? The wilderness was lonely and violent and misunderstood. Also beautiful and full of life. Later—Lottie isn’t sick. We did this to her.

It’s called a narrative.