Netflix stans Gway, too

[akamine_chan]

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And a transcript of the whole post (gerardway, 2/26/19)

I’d like to try and do series of posts where I discuss each of the main characters of The Umbrella Academy, since so many of you are watching it now. It seems fitting to go through them in numerical order so I’ll start with Number 1 AKA Luther Hargreeves AKA Spaceboy (these characters have so many names, and it’s great fun to try and watch everyone, including the press, keep them straight). I feel like there is a real sadness to Luther that the show captures wonderfully. To me he represents isolation and innocence. There are bits of other people and me in him, sometimes finding myself in a leadership role, sometimes unsuited for the role, and always making tough and sometimes unpopular decisions. Trying to do what’s best not for a single individual but for the whole. I failed at this many times, and it’s not an easy gig. One of the things the show tackled more than the comic was body horror, and I think they did a great job with that. Also a feeling that I have had and I know some of us have had where we aren’t comfortable in your own skin, or you are unhappy with your body or how it will be judged, or finding yourself covering up (I spent years doing this). But I’ve learned to let go of that over the years, and got more comfortable in my body. I think, with people in Luther’s role, the wish is that you can make everyone happy, but unfortunately the way you feel you can achieve that is if everyone does what you say, and that doesn’t always work out. I think a good leader knows when to listen, and how to inspire, not manipulate. @tom.hopperhops did an amazing job with Luther, and like the others, added a lot to the character.

I think my favorite scene with Luther is the surreal out of body dance he shares with Allison (the amazing @emmyraver) Choreographed by the incredible @emmaportner!

#numberone #lutherhargreeves #spaceboy #umbrellaacademy #darkhorsecomics #ucp #netflix

Comments

[shadowhive]

I love it! I can’t wait to see what he does for the others 💜

[akamine_chan]

IKR?

[konsectatrix]

I felt really bad for Luther at points. I get that whole 'hey wait, I was doing everything as right as I could, per the Rules as I understood them' and then the crushing disillusionment when you realize the depths of the bullshit. The discomfort in his own body on top of that is palpable.

I loved that scene too-- that one shining moment before Five happens to everyone.

[merrymelody]

Yeah, I felt for Luther when Diego mocks him for 'staying at home', and that part about how he 'never had friends'.

[konsectatrix]

Yeah, oof. Every exchange with thise two was a gut punch.

[akamine_chan]

I think Luther, more than anyone else, really imprinted on Hargreeves as a father figure, and he followed Hargreeves blindly...and now he's starting to see what he's been willfully unaware of...

[wenchpixie]

I saw that Netflix UK had done the same thing with their bio, it's SO DELIGHTFUL

[akamine_chan]

Funny as hell. :D

[turps]

That netflix bio. My heart *_____*

[akamine_chan]

Right?