Logan Roy - Tumblr Posts
Kendall making decisions in his manic state…… Roman firing every woman who hurts his feelings…… god let Logan live another day just so he could call his kids unserious one last time
Meet cute
Greg Hirsch x Reader
Warnings: its cheesy romcom stuff, english isnt my first language, this isnt canon to succession at all, might be somewhere season one but shiv is working at waystar, use of y/n
Fluff nothing more.
Summary: Reader is Shivs assistant and has to bring some secret documents to Toms new assistant. He is your bosses cousin and has been working at waystar only for a few weeks. You are more than curious to meet him.
Notes: i loveeee succession and i love Cousin Greg the egg. I am not ready for it all to end. And damn the last episode is gonna air one day before my birthday. Another reason to cry at my birthday…it happens every year. Also none of my friends are into succession ( such bad friends ) so if you want to be my succession bestie pls dm me. Thx for reading this. And if you like it, just so you know, comments are like long hugs to writers :)
A loud knock on your office door interrupted your work. For hours you sat on the same boring documents and your head was literally glowing. The day had not started very well. After you arrived late at the trainstation and had missed your train, you felt you already knew that today would be awful. As you walked out into the New York winter air with cold ears, you almost collided with someone else. Why didn't this giant pay more attention to where he was going?
At Starbucks you quickly bought an overpriced coffee and two bagels. One for you and one for your boss. You had overslept and didn't really have time for breakfast and even though you were actually quite good at your job, you could get fired at any time. Waystar was not known for treating its employees well. The longer you worked there the more you hated the company. But you couldn't just quit. You have to pay rent and have enough money to keep you and your two cats alive. You needed that job. That means, that it happened more than often that you had to skip eating or sleeping. The main thing is that your boss has her hot coffee and snacks on her expensive coffee table every morning. And you need to do your job as her assistant perfectly, without ever being late.
But most mornings she wasn't even in the office. you could only wonder what happened to the cold coffee.
About four hours after you ran sweaty and red-headed to your little office to spend the next few hours in front of your computer, there was a loud knock on the door.
"Heyy, Good Morning Y/N. Nice to see you. Can you please bring these to my husband on the other floor. I have a meeting now. See you.“
And away she went again. Shiv Roy had handed you a pack of documents, at least thats what you thought it was. You read the word confidential printed on the envelope in red color. Even tho you were in the middle of something, you decided to take a break and bring that envelope to Shivs husband.
You weren't sure where it suddenly came from, but on the way to the elevator you got a little nervous. Not only because of Shiv's somewhat strange husband. Tom Wabsgans had given you the ick from the beginning. He was tall and rich, like almost every other man who worked here. And yes money can make people a bit peculiar. But Tom... he was on another level. You had once heard him yell at a co-worker for "breathing too loudly". Also, there were rumors going around that he offered to give some employees a fortune, if they would be his "human furniture" for a week. If anyone in this building would claim that Tom had a piece of meat cut out of his own body to eat as a steak, no one would be surprised. You least of all. He gave you a strange feeling every time. But your nervousness came from something else.
The day before, Inej, one of your best friends who used the office next to yours, had whispered to you at lunch that she had seen tom's new assistant. She had grinned and said:
"so if I wasn't already in a happy committed relationship with this awesome guy, I would have given him my number for sure. Fuck Y/N, he's really cute."
Since this talk you had caught yourself wanting to know more about this guy. Because cute wasnt how you would describe most guys who worked for Logan Roy. Most of them where sleazy, moneyhungry guys with big watches and tailored suits. They catcalled all the women who worked with you, honestly you hated their guts.
Inej had sent you a message the night before. She'd heard from two of Tom's coworkers that the assistant was probably part of the Roy family. A cousin or nephew or something. If this rumor was true, then it was definitely the hottest gossip in ages.
The elevator ride didn't take long and with the envelope in your hand you walked confidently towards Tom's office. You had already raised your hand to knock on his office.
But it should not come so far, from the side came a great force that almost made you fall. But before you could curse again the shitty "all women must wear high heels rule" and hit the floor, someone held you by your waist.
"Oh god sorry. Uh. I'm really sorry about that."
You had no idea how you could have almost been knocked over for the second time today. You were kinda getting angry. Why was this day so awful.
"oh fuck, can't you be more careful?!"
When you turned to the side you almost regretted your loud harsh tone.
In front of you stood a tall guy, brown hair, crooked tie and an apologetic and quiet adorable puppy look on his face.
„So, uh, i m sorry. Truly? uh…Truliest.“
You didnt really know how to respond. Damn that guy is tall.
„Wait, uh, are you Y/N? You know because i, uh , i didnt stalk you or something, i saw you on a photo, this coworker, uh, i think her name was Inej, she showed me a picture, like of you guys, and - well i just assumed that might be, uh, you? And i…“
„What?“
„I am Greg, i uh work for Tom, and yeah so yesterday- i talked to this wom…“
„No i get that part. You really need to look where you are going…Greg.“
You were putting on a little smile. Inej was right, he was cute, and apparently also very clumsy. And nervous?
Greg was tucking his hair behind his ear. He didnt looked that shocked anymore. A small smile creeping on his face.
Damn. You really liked that face.
„I am really sorry, Y/N. I kinda, uh, feel like i owe you something?“
You were blushing. Nervously you looked down. He is so tall he probably can’t see the blushing like that.
„Would you maybe give this to Tom?- its from Shiv. And probably important.“
You handed him the envelope. You could have sworn your hands touched. You felt like cringing. This feels like you are in a stupid romcom. Stop blushing and smiling this isnt pride and prejudice.
If you hadn’t looked down while being flustered, you could have witnessed Greg’s cheeks turning a little red too.
Nervously he gave you a thumbs up.
„ sure. Uh - and, eh, maybe i could buy you something for lunch? I don’t know… there is this really cool pizza place i always wanted to go, i … sorry, maybe you don’t even like pizza. Eh i just thought we could maybe go there? And i would pay - obviously. -Not because i am a man or something, uh like i am a feminist and i believe you could pay for yourself, but, uh i you know almost knocked you over because i didnt look where i was going…“
His nervous rambling continued. Your little smirk turned into a genuin smile.
„Hey Greg.“
„Uh yeah?“
„I would love that.“
On the way back to your office, you forgot how horrible this day started. With a smile on your face you pushed the button to go up. Entering the elevator you looked around, he was still standing where you left him. Grinning to himself. You saw him looking back up to search for your face, right when the elevator doors closed in front of you.
In the first moment I thought they just needed an excuse not to be at the wedding… I am still in shock. Like this actually happend?! And I mean we saw the damn plane on the poster. I would have never guessed that this was gonna be it. I was ready for a funny Connor wedding. Not this. The kids being in shock and in denial. The acting was fantastic. Awards for everyone!!!
+ this episode being released on freaking Easter Sunday ?! They definitely planned that
A lot of how they did it IS like wow that’s how death is, it’s sudden and banal and you don’t get to control it even if you are rich and powerful. But then the other part of that was so good is that they really made you feel the sudden absence of Logan. He was this huge presence who filled up the screen and then the moment he dies he’s gone. We don’t see him. It’s like this sudden vacuum. For a split second when tom first called I was like “wait is it a joke? Is Logan pranking them?” And it’s like SO GOOD that they were able to make us feel exactly like the siblings it’s so good
Roman being desperate for Gerris comfort, but not being able to communicate it. Roman being in denial until he has seen Logan’s body… this episode fucking ruined me
roman as the child who suffered the most overt abuse at logan’s hand growing up…roman who finally seemed to be coming to a place where he might be ready to confront logan head on, who left that angry voicemail after having to knife gerri on logan’s orders and hating himself while doing it…roman being the only child who forgot to say “i love you” to logan in his dying moments…roman who could only use the language of violence and strength and lies when saying his final words to logan (“you’re going to be okay because you’re a monster")…roman being the only one who felt like he HAD to go see logan’s body…i am Feeling Things™
if anything bad happens to kendall roy i will kill everyone in the whole world and then myself
tap for better quality because tumblr hates me, but here’s a little doodle of my fav fail siblings.
Kendall dances with his family at shiv’s wedding but it’s edited like the aftersun (2022) dance scene.
“Saturn Devouring His Son” - FRANCISCO GOYA “Hunting” - SUCCESSION S02E03 “Nobody Is Ever Missing” - SUCCESSION S01E10 “Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan” - ILYA REPIN
Rainer Maria Rilke, The Book of Hours, (trans. Anita Barrows and Joanna Macy)
You grumpy today? You alright?
Thinking about “like Kendall is chained to Logan,” and “Brother knowledge” from Hunting 2.03
i could really analyze this picture for a fucking millennium
- neither married couple in this picture is anywhere near each other which is mainly because of the fact that the artist has separated immediate family from the extended family/in-laws but if you really think to yourself do they belong together in the first place? id argue that putting logan and marcia together would be fine but putting shiv and tom together changes the entire picture. i feel like the reasons why are obvious
- logan kendall and gerri are sitting. logan and gerri sit in very stoic and strong poses that both have their feet planted (gerri has one foot behind the other to look more “ladylike”). kendall’s one planted foot and one loose foot give away how unsure he is about his decisions. he is also the only sitting person that uses the back of the chair (he’s not used to supporting himself alone!!) however it’s still important to note that he’s the only sibling seated, and he has his own chair meant for one person (same with gerri) whereas logan has an entire couch to himself but only sits on the edge closest to the camera and doesn’t lean on it at all.
- everyone else in the picture is standing which i think directly indicates a lack of a “seat at the table”. the people who get to sit are the people that logan considers the most business savvy and the ones he listens to the most in big decisions, which also makes them the ones he cares about most (i.e. appreciating gerris honesty during Boar of the Floor and searching for/asking about kendall after the gunshot in the office building). connor leans on kendall’s chair and tom leans on gerri’s. i both of these are an indication that the leaner thinks they deserve the sitter’s place, despite them not having for obvious reasons. connor is the roy sibling least connected to the actual waystar royco business but harbors some feeling that he deserves the “daddy’s special boy” spot because he is the oldest and holds a slight resentment for kendall because of it. this is most exemplified by the way the connor occasionally sticks his nose into the conversation and implies that he should be given more power than he currently holds despite making no real effort to become a legitimate royco associate or employee. tom’s desire for gerri’s spot is pretty apparent because he wants to be close to logan and for logan to actually regard him as an equal rather than a disturbingly fruity son in law who he gives positions to oblige his kind of evil daughter
- only roman shiv and greg acknowledge the copious amount of dollar bills covering the room, which i think shows their relationship to the “regular” working world. especially in a time where credit/debit cards and electronic pay are readily available to most of the (global north) population, the richest among us very rarely ever touch physical money despite generating massive wealth that they hoard. greg is the only person in the main cast that has ever struggled with not having enough money and the only character that is a part of the roy family and shows even a sliver of genuine sentiment for the proletariat. he is the only one “taking care” of the money, doing the dirty work for his more cutthroat peers more capable of treating money in the way that rich people do (that is to say they have no idea how the sausage is made but enjoy the luxuries that come from spending money they didn’t really work for). greg obviously is on his way to also becoming disgustingly rich but is still used to working more menial jobs and is treated as such by the rest of the cast, thus he is the sole subject in this piece actually laundering the money. also note that counting the ironing board (which he could leave at anytime but is figuratively bound to) greg is the subject taking up the most space and the closet to the middle
- shiv is the only roy sibling depicted as having a substantial job outside of the waystar royco sphere, but she left it to work for the family company, hence the piece leads the viewer to assume she was holding money and tossed it, keeping the money literally out of her hands and putting regular (i used that word very loosely) employment options behind her. roman is holding the money but has set it on fire, which is pretty direct in illustrating the fact that he is the roy sibling who most often interacts with “normal people” (mostly against his own will) but is a total dick about it. his odd (insane and incredibly rude) behavior costs the family social and financial capital on multiple occasions and he doesn’t really care
- of course we cannot forget the absolutely garish background here. it’s impossible to miss the neoclassical architecture and renaissance art pieces, as well as the gilded ends of the columns and let’s say, interesting placement of windows. obviously at first glance it’s just an absolute hodgepodge of colours but really it’s about signaling the amount of money they have. i resides to say anything else about it because it hurts my eyes
money laundering with the gang
i know the end.
— all scenes are from the tv series "succession" (2018-2023)
quote by the book: antigone, jean anouilh // script: antigone // illustrator: jun cen // bob's burgers quote // quotes by t.s eliot // unknown // quote by richard siken
episode 2 was the perfect episode because it had the siblings continuing their revenge-fed spiral, roman crawling further back to Logan, shiv and kendall desperately trying to fight back, connor trying his best to foster some kind of normativity.
but at the same time it also had the sillies™ goofing around at atm. trying to tell someone that her audition tape was bad and acting as if it's the most serious thing ever during the most significant turning point in the conglomerates history. tom flirting outwardly with the personification of rage and greg stumbling around trying not to lose the job he grovelled so well for.
oh the woes of being the immature youngest child