Han Kang, 'Human Acts' Via Metamorphesque

on the pitt and its writing

I actually cannot get over how the pitt is so good at like. trusting its viewers to catch onto things while fully not giving any information at all. I don't know if I explained that correctly. but we literally are not told a single thing unless it's immediately relevant to the story or one of the characters.

we don't learn about mckay's ankle monitor until it goes off, and we never even learn why it's there because it's not immediately relevant to anything going on. we don't learn the details of why langdon needs the pills, only that the pills stem from something that happened to him. abbot's prosthetic is never mentioned until the very end because, shit, dude, he's probably in so much pain after that shift he needed to take it off to relax. nothing is explained because the characters know what they've gone through and they don't feel the need to talk about it, or it's not necessary for them to talk about it. and when we learn about stuff from the environment or the way the characters are acting, like with princess and perlah's friendship and javadi's insistence on being taken seriously and literally everything between collins and robby. it's all storytelling through implication and sometimes it's really obvious (like with javadi) and sometimes it's not (like with langdon) and sometimes it's just really good for setting up character reveals (like with santos).

this show is kind of a masterclass on the perfect balance of showing and telling, and it knows exactly when to use one, the other, or neither. and somehow it works every time???? jesus christ I need the writers team to win everything during the upcoming awards season.

something about how losing a mentor figure and blaming himself for it fucked robby up so bad he couldn't work on the anniversary of his death for 3 years. how he tries and tries and tries to find hope, to find a way to make death easier to accept, to work hard enough that blame is impossible (even though he'll blame himself anyway). something about santos losing a close friend, a confidante, maybe one of the only people in the world who had gone through the same shit she had, and it sticking with her so intensely that she risked everything multiple times to get to the truth, to get to emotional cores of situations even when she didn't have to. something about samira "we don't bring our baggage to the job" mohan getting upset with the dad who refused to admit he was an addict. something about javadi losing it with the dad who loved his son but couldn't just love his son. something about mckay understanding addicts, understanding people and parents who risk everything for their kids. something about abbot spending three hours trying to save a vet. something about how the pitt looks you dead in the eye and says don't you forget for one second that these doctors are people too.

need more fics that capitalize off of whitaker being from nebraska. like, him explaining what the fuck runza is to santos. wearing old koolaid days shirts under his scrubs. him and langdon arguing over college football and how the huskers are definitely making a come back this year.

it’s incredibly likely whitaker used to party in cornfields in high school. someone please write him telling javadi how to shotgun a beer or something.

(and then he didn't)

doctor hierarchy in season one (The Pitt 2025-)

obligatory introduction post ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ cleave | he/him | 17

ao3 (empty, for now)

cleave.txt - all of my (original) posts pencil shavings - writing edited file - edits ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ i'm currently hyperfixated on squid game and the pitt.

Who's off the island so far?:

-the salesman

-myung-gi/player 333

-hwang in-ho/the frontman

-Kang no-eul/guard 11

on my KNEES for this mother fucker

hey, santos nation, what sport(s) do we think she played (since she's canonically a former athlete)?