Kendall - Blog Posts

kinda very confused as to how people are saying Kendall had never really been violent to Roman before the finale when, not only have we seen Kendall lay hands on Roman at least twice before now, but Roman has mentioned Kendall hurting him. I always interpreted Kendall's "protection" of roman as an extension of Kendall's hypocrisy surrounding his dad. i.e it's another thing Kendall hates his father for that he himself also has within him. Even the scene in 4.02 when Kendall calls Logan out for hitting Roman, it's not because he's actually appalled by it, it's because it's something he can throw in Logan's face that's tangible. Roman undercuts it by contradicting him, saying everyone hit him, and so many people interpret that as him downplaying the trauma out of shame. that's part of it, but it's also true. everyone hit him, we've seen Shiv hit him, seen Kendall lay hands on him, and Connor verifying memories of them all torturing him as a game. To me the stitch-popping scene in 4.10 is Kendall masking off. he's not even pretending he'll be different from Logan anymore, and he's not even going to try. in fact, he was going to treat Roman the same way their dad did, which is how Kendall had already treated him in the past, only now he was going to do it intentionally and unapologetically, and with open eyes.