Maybe I like writing sweet romance about Reginald Hargreeves because I love the idea of someone being in love with me when I’m sad and depressed and crippled and autistic and gross
I like to think that Reginald Hargreeves was seen a incredibly progressive for the 50s, 60s and 70s because he simply didn’t understand the point of bigotry
Reporter: these are your children?
Reginald:yes
Reporter: but those three aren’t white!
Reginald, confused because no one’s skin is completely white:what?
Reporter: they’re not of European descent
Reginald: oh! Yes, they aren’t
Reporter: so why have you adopted them?
Reginald: to save the world, same as the other children
Reporter: but they’re not white!
Reginald: yes, and I don’t see what that has to do with anything
Interviewer: do you really think that Number Three can do everything her brothers can given that she’s a girl?
Reginald: No, I think she’s proved herself to be more capable that several of her brothers and I don’t see what sex has to do with anything
I like to think that Reginald Hargreeves was seen a incredibly progressive for the 50s, 60s and 70s because he simply didn’t understand the point of bigotry
Reporter: these are your children?
Reginald:yes
Reporter: but those three aren’t white!
Reginald, confused because no one’s skin is completely white:what?
Reporter: they’re not of European descent
Reginald: oh! Yes, they aren’t
Reporter: so why have you adopted them?
Reginald: to save the world, same as the other children
Reporter: but they’re not white!
Reginald: yes, and I don’t see what that has to do with anything
Okay, but why did it take me this long to realize that Jack Ruby turning Luther into his prizefighter is probably what helped him become more comfortable in his body (because even though Luther still doesn’tlike his body, having his build be treated as a huge asset in the ring could’ve helped him see it more positively) and also gave him a means to feel more at ease in public without covering up every spare inch of skin?
I’m not saying Luther’s body dysmorphia is magically gone now, because it obviously isn’t, but we see him wearing ordinary outfits and even rolling up his sleeves, which he never did in S1. I dunno, it just feels like a step toward body positivity, or something close to it.
First of all can I just say that the main vibe I got from reading this was that goddamn meme that’s like “What? Favorites? Me? No, I don’t play favorites, I love all of my children equally. Number One, of course and….um, the reckless one….the uh, the insufferable one…the one who looks like a Swedish film directors film extra….the other one, you know, the one who went missing a number of days ago…..the gross one to look at……and uh, the useless one. Yup, love em all.” (this is not to say that poor luther wasn’t just as unloved and abused as everyone else)
Secondly can you imagine your power being controlling projectiles and holding your breath indefinitely and ur dad’s like “eh, he’s not bad with a knife i guess”-BRUH
THIRD: “DISAPPEARED SEVERAL DAYS AGO. NO GREAT LOSS.” REGINALD YOU BITCH.
I have to wonder if he even reported a missing child or just????? (I know I’ve seen Fives face on milk cartons in the comics but I really doubt it was because of Reginald)
Anyway I’m finally reading the comic and I’m only ONE page into the damn thing and have read and reread this passage like eight times-WHERE WERE U CHILD SERVICES.
If it helps, the comics timeline begins in 1977, meaning the childhood flashbacks take place in the 50s-60s. Attitudes toward abuse were much, much different back then and yes that’s a polite way of saying “fewer people gave a fuck.” If any outsiders knew about the shit the Hargreeves kids went through, they would’ve considered it a private matter and not gotten involved. Vanya, who had more opportunities to talk about it with her peers, probably wouldn’t have for that very reason.
The show, which is set in 2019 with childhood flashbacks taking place in the 90s-2000s, doesn’t have that excuse.
Klaus: I got sent to the Vietnam war and was put through series emotional trauma
Five: I was in the apocalypse for 45 years
Luther: Dad sent me to the moon and never even opened the research
You mean:
-I was also put through serious emotional trauma
-I’ve been suicidal and canonically self harm
-I have an eating disorder
-I am just now coming off of four years of isolation
-I’m also just now realizing I have been abused and manipulated my whole life
-was blamed for my brothers death and have dealt with the guilt all these years
-I was manipulated and abused so severely that I didn’t even realize it for 29 years and sacrificed my whole life for a lie
-I almost died in an accident and have PTSD from it
-I was then mutilated against my will and now have a literally nonhuman body, which I also have PTSD from
-Which also gave me severe body dysmorphia
-my first time having sex was nonconsensual
-probably also mind fucked by the one person I’ve ever romantically loved
-who I also just watched almost die
Reblogging for comment, y'all Luther haters really wanna reach but y'all keep losing
Just wanted to add that the trauma of “I’m also just now realizing I’ve been abused and manipulated my whole life” should never be understated. You guys remember Inside Out, where Riley spends the whole movie trying not to feel sad about her most cherished childhood memories, so much so that she winds up plunging into depression over it? Multiply the disaster and destruction in her brain by ten, and you have what happens when you realize that the parents you loved were actually abusive. Moments you thought were funny turn out to be sinister, moments you thought were full of warmth and caring were actually full of manipulation. You lose your childhood, and it’s a lot like losing a loved one.
i 100% get people disliking luther and i get the whole “dad sent me to the moon” thing is meme now or whatever but it’s kind of weird… like people make memes and is like
vanya and klaus: being emotionally abused and locked away
luther: but dad sent me to the moon
like a lot of people act like klaus and vanya are the only ones that ever went through anything lmao. and try to invalidate the shit luther went through and comparing to what his siblings went through.
i just wish people would stop comparing their trauma in general. abuse is abuse and trauma is trauma.
like every five minutes in season one all you hear is vanyas saying “i’m ordinary dad told me i wasn’t special.” and there’s not issue. but when luther does it with the moon all of a sudden he makes everything about himself and is annoying?
It’s almost like some people don’t want to be reminded that the character they spent over a year treating as an amoral villain who only ever wanted to hurt Vanya because he’s evil and Vanya is perfect don’t want to be reminded that he went through something so traumatic that it royally fucked up his interpersonal skills, leaving him paranoid and unable to read social cues, which contributed to the actions they harp on.
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