Graves Grow No Green That You Can Use.

graves grow no green that you can use.

gwendolyn brooks

‘I… I don’t know who to trust anymore.”

@nebulacrum the latest chapter of Valzer Sentimentale had me going insane.

quite alike

Big Ben

Art transcends time

MAFIA 3 SPOILERS!!!

I cannot stop thinking about Vito's death scene. He says that he's given up EVERYTHING for the lifestyle he led. There's a real emphasis on how anything that could possibly be given up, he has lost it all, whether it be voluntarily or not.

The "I deserve better" line too...After Joe "died" and before Vito was moved to New Bordeaux, I think it was about two years between these two events, he was definitely going through some of the worst years of his life. The city he grew up in, the city both of his parents died in, the city that he had been trying to build up probably felt like a total wasteland. Every corner had memories that he could not, would not allow to be replayed in his mind. It wouldn't have been surprising if he had really dived into alcohol and late-night company, as well as flat-out refusing to carry out orders that he didn't agree with. Leo must've been doing the best he could to keep him safe from those wanting him dead but after so long of Vito just refusing to do much of anything, Leo decided it would be best for Vito to get a change of scenery.

New Bordeaux's cities are filled with as much life as possible and Vito feels as though he does have a chance to start anew, to have chances to not let the same mistakes happen again. So imagine being in the middle of turning your life around the best you can and then things from the past start poking through the safety net you've worked so hard to make. Joe is alive. Joe is dead. Vito doesn't have a clue. Sal is a horrible boss to be under and Vito knows that even if he did bow down to every single order Sal gave him, Vito still wouldn't be promoted in any way. This new place isn't all that better, there's still a sense of being in a sort of limbo. He deserved better than to be stuck doing something in which he could easily be replaced. AND HE BELIEVES THIS. Vito knows his worth and knows he could be doing more, that he's capable of more.

And Lincoln saying that Vito just couldn't be content with what he built up had me thinking that Vito got greedy to justify all of his loss and grief, not solely because he wanted the power-trip. He never gave up on this lifestyle because it would be like everything and everyone he lost was for nothing. He has more purpose now, more drive. More motivation to do more good than bad.

The ending that gives Vito complete control over New Bordeaux shows that he does do good and that all along, he has been capable of so much more. He builds hotels, convention centers, and arenas. LITERALLY CHANGED THE ENTIRE CITY AND MADE IT SUPER WELL-KNOWN. And although it isn't explicitly stated, he most definitely helped rebuild the Hollow, helped open up Frisco Fields' theme park, and donated to hospitals and schools just as Lincoln had done.

Anyways long live laugh love Vito Scaletta