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* HeelRealization: [[spoiler:In the finale, he votes against Kendall after he attacks Shiv, and when all is said and done, he finally admits to both Kendall and himself that the siblings, their family, and Waystar as a whole are "all bullshit". Notably, he is the only sibling other than Connor to not be ''completely'' miserable in the end, as he's finally able to [[GracefulLoser let go]] of the petty power struggle that has fueled them for the entire series.]]
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* JerkAss: He loves stirring up trouble and drama, and rips up a million dollar check in front of a young boy's face after taunting him about it.
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* JerkAss: {{Jerkass}}: He loves stirring up trouble and drama, and rips up a million dollar check in front of a young boy's face after taunting him about it.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: He makes fun of trigger warnings in an early episode, and is openly sexist compared to Kendall, who says he's not misogynistic, but ignores women whenever they tell him anything he doesn't want to hear. Roman also gets this close to fucking a fascist (ambiguously coded as a Nazi), Mencken, in season three. [[spoiler: He has gone further than ever in "America Decides", in which he fully aligns himself with Mencken, spouts alt-right rhetoric, and drops more shockingly harsh misogynistic and racist lines than usual.]]
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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: He makes fun of trigger warnings in an early episode, and is openly sexist compared to Kendall, who says he's not misogynistic, but ignores women whenever they tell him anything he doesn't want to hear. Roman also gets this extremely close to fucking hooking up with a fascist (ambiguously coded as a Nazi), Mencken, in season three. [[spoiler: He has gone further than ever in "America Decides", in which he fully aligns himself with Mencken, spouts alt-right rhetoric, and drops more shockingly harsh misogynistic and racist lines than usual.]]
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* TragicVillain: Like Kendall and Shiv, Roman was shaped into the {{Jerkass}} he is by his father's abuse, and everything he does is in a misguided attempt to make Logan proud of him.
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* PleaseDontLeaveMe: He proposes to Tabitha because his siblings are or have been married, and she gently calls him on thinking it’s a way to get someone to not leave him.
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* PleaseDontLeaveMe: He proposes to Tabitha Gerri because his siblings are or have been married, and she gently calls him on thinking it’s a way to get someone to not leave him.
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* AssholeVictim: Accidentally sending a dick pic to his own father ''would'' be horrifying and pitiable, but it comes right as Roman is reaching a new height of abusive and smug behavior, so the dick pic event winds up being pitiful ''and'' hilariously karmic.
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* AssholeVictim: AssholeVictim:
** Accidentally sending a dick pic to his own father ''would'' be horrifying and pitiable, but it comes right as Roman is reaching a new height of abusive and smug behavior, so the dick pic event winds up being pitiful ''and'' hilariouslykarmic.karmic.
** It's confirmed that Logan used to hit Roman when he was kid [[spoiler:and is still willing to hit him as an adult]], and he's implied to have been a victim of sexual abuse.
** Accidentally sending a dick pic to his own father ''would'' be horrifying and pitiable, but it comes right as Roman is reaching a new height of abusive and smug behavior, so the dick pic event winds up being pitiful ''and'' hilariously
** It's confirmed that Logan used to hit Roman when he was kid [[spoiler:and is still willing to hit him as an adult]], and he's implied to have been a victim of sexual abuse.
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* UsefulNotes/StockholmSyndrome: He’s the worst of all of them trying to play down his father’s faults, and mewls that he doesn’t mind when the therapy session turns out to be just another PR stunt.
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* InSeriesNickname: "Romulus" and "Rome".
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* InSeriesNickname: "Romulus" and "Rome". Logan also occasionally refers to him in later seasons as "Tumbledown Dick," a StealthInsult ViewersAreGeniuses reference to Richard Cromwell, whose most notable historical trait was his totally inability to mange the kingdom left to him by his far more impressive and powerful father.
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* WeightWoe: The only thing he eats, even when there’s FoodPorn, is fruit, and in “Sad Sack Wasp Factory” he has his shirt undone and looking painfully into a mirror. Shiv mentions that as a kid Roman ordered expensive food and got beaten until he cried, so that probably has something to do with it.
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* WeightWoe: The only thing he eats, even when there’s FoodPorn, is fruit, and in “Sad Sack Wasp Factory” he has his shirt undone and looking painfully into a mirror. Shiv mentions that as a kid Roman ordered expensive food and got beaten until he cried, so that probably has something to do with it. Culkin has [[https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/tv/a38012470/succession-season-3-episode-2-kieran-culkin-interview-roman/ confirmed]] that Roman suffers from some sort of eating disorder.
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Roman did not officially change his vote. Frank noted it was still 7-6.
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** [[spoiler:Come the series finale, and Roman comes to admitting this about all their scheming and power plays to become Waystar CEO, basically stating that nothing matters and how none of them are actually ready to take control themselves. As such, Roman votes against Kendall's plan to block the Waystar-Gojo merger, effectively killing off any chance the Roy children have of truly inheriting their father's legacy.]]
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** [[spoiler:Come the series finale, and Roman comes to admitting this about all their scheming and power plays to become Waystar CEO, basically stating that nothing matters and how none of them are actually ready to take control themselves. As such, Roman votes Of course, at that point, it didn't matter, as Shiv voting against Kendall's plan to block the Waystar-Gojo merger, effectively killing off Kendall killed any chance the Roy children have of truly inheriting their father's legacy.them winning.]]
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* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Much as he enjoys right-wing lingo, audacity, and the freedom to be as edgy as possible, he displays no real interest in policy as concerns race, gender, and other topics in vogue; in fact, he privately mocks rhetoric typical of both American political parties. When he backs Mencken's presidential bid, he's apathetic to the guy's extremist views and chiefly concerned with the favours this connection might afford Waystar.
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--> [[spoiler:''"She's fucking pregnant, you piece of shit!"'']shit!"'']]
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--> [[spoiler: ''"She's [[spoiler:''"She's fucking pregnant, you piece of shit!"'']
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Rarely, as he's much more likely to argue with Shiv, but [[spoiler: he joins his older brothers in rallying around her when they receive the news of their father's death.]]
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* BigBrotherInstinct: BigBrotherInstinct:
** Rarely, as he's much more likely to argue with Shiv, but [[spoiler: he joins his older brothers in rallying around her when they receive the news of their father's death.]]]]
** In the finale, he doesn't fight back when [[spoiler: Kendall tries to gouge his eyes out, but shouts and pushes him away when he shoves Shiv and tries to keep her from leaving the room.]]
--> [[spoiler: ''"She's fucking pregnant, you piece of shit!"'']
** Rarely, as he's much more likely to argue with Shiv, but [[spoiler: he joins his older brothers in rallying around her when they receive the news of their father's death.
** In the finale, he doesn't fight back when [[spoiler: Kendall tries to gouge his eyes out, but shouts and pushes him away when he shoves Shiv and tries to keep her from leaving the room.]]
--> [[spoiler: ''"She's fucking pregnant, you piece of shit!"'']
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** Though this is somewhat deconstructed, as the scene where [[spoiler: he masturbates in a bathroom while Gerri verbally degrades him from behind the door]] is one of the only sexual scenes in the show where both parties seem to be having any fun and aren't completely miserable doing it.
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** His effusive physical mannerisms, quirky fashion sense, and short stature often conspire to make him appear "feminine"]] in contrast with the other make characters (and even Shiv).
** He is frequently tasked by Logan and Kendall both with "seducing" powerful men to the cause, not infrequently in bathrooms or at bars. Notable examples include wining and dining Lawrence, boyfriend in tow, and his infamous deal with Mencken in Logan's bathroom.
** He is frequently tasked by Logan and Kendall both with "seducing" powerful men to the cause, not infrequently in bathrooms or at bars. Notable examples include wining and dining Lawrence, boyfriend in tow, and his infamous deal with Mencken in Logan's bathroom.
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** His effusive physical mannerisms, quirky fashion sense, and short stature often conspire to make him appear [[CampGay "feminine"]] in contrast with the other make male characters (and even Shiv).
** He is frequently tasked by Logan and Kendall both with "seducing" powerful men to the cause, not infrequently in bathrooms or at bars. Notable examples include wining and dining Lawrence, boyfriend in tow, and his infamous [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX72b8RQw0g deal with Mencken in Logan'sbathroom.bathroom]].
** He is frequently tasked by Logan and Kendall both with "seducing" powerful men to the cause, not infrequently in bathrooms or at bars. Notable examples include wining and dining Lawrence, boyfriend in tow, and his infamous [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX72b8RQw0g deal with Mencken in Logan's
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* AnimalMotifs: Is often (unfavorably) compared to a dog: he pretended to be one as a child and is called a "slime puppy" as an adult.
** “Romulus,” the source of his nickname and the mythical founder of Rome (his true namesake), was also nursed by a wolf (and Logan’s parenting style is constantly compared to rearing dogs——Roman’s stint at a boarding school was compared to sending the ‘weaker dog’ away so it knows its place).
** “Romulus,” the source of his nickname and the mythical founder of Rome (his true namesake), was also nursed by a wolf (and Logan’s parenting style is constantly compared to rearing dogs——Roman’s stint at a boarding school was compared to sending the ‘weaker dog’ away so it knows its place).
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* AmbiguouslyBi: A frequent interpretation of Roman's issues with sex -- disinterest in partners, attraction to power, inability to get off without it being somehow "wrong" -- is that he is deeply repressing some amount of homosexual attraction, understandably so given Logan's constant barrage of homophobic insults and accusations.
** His effusive physical mannerisms, quirky fashion sense, and short stature often conspire to make him appear "feminine"]] in contrast with the other make characters (and even Shiv).
** He is frequently tasked by Logan and Kendall both with "seducing" powerful men to the cause, not infrequently in bathrooms or at bars. Notable examples include wining and dining Lawrence, boyfriend in tow, and his infamous deal with Mencken in Logan's bathroom.
** His workout scenes with his season 1 personal trainer tend to be shot with a lot of HomoeroticSubtext, emphasizing Roman being pinned down by the larger man. His assistant turns her head away as if to give them privacy when forced to interrupt one of their sessions, for which he sheepishly berates her, and in a later season Shiv mentions a rumor that he used to get jerked off by the trainer and payed to keep him quiet.
** His initial reaction to seeing Tabitha is "Dad would be all over that" making his later pursuit of her seem more motivated by pleasing or emulating his father than by genuine attraction. Their relationship eventually dissolves implicitly due to his unwillingness to be intimate with her.
** Even his psychosexual obsession with Gerri seems predicated on the knowledge that she would never actually fuck him.
* AnimalMotifs: Isoften (unfavorably) compared frequently associated with dogs and cages. As children, he and Kendall played "dog pound" which involved locking Roman in an actual dog crate and forcing him to a dog: he pretended eat kibble/chocolate cake (depending on who's telling the story). Roman blames this "game" for kicking off the psychological issues that had him sent away to be military school -- an event Connor chalks up to Logan's strategy of dealing with two "fighting dogs" by sending the weaker one as a child and away to cement the hierarchy. One of Gerri's most effective sadomasochistic insults to him is called a "slime puppy" as an adult.
**puppy," and even his namesake “Romulus,” the (the source of his nickname and the mythical founder of Rome (his Rome, his true namesake), was also nursed by a wolf (and Logan’s parenting style is constantly compared to rearing dogs——Roman’s stint at a boarding school was compared to sending the ‘weaker dog’ away so it knows its place).wolf.
** His effusive physical mannerisms, quirky fashion sense, and short stature often conspire to make him appear "feminine"]] in contrast with the other make characters (and even Shiv).
** He is frequently tasked by Logan and Kendall both with "seducing" powerful men to the cause, not infrequently in bathrooms or at bars. Notable examples include wining and dining Lawrence, boyfriend in tow, and his infamous deal with Mencken in Logan's bathroom.
** His workout scenes with his season 1 personal trainer tend to be shot with a lot of HomoeroticSubtext, emphasizing Roman being pinned down by the larger man. His assistant turns her head away as if to give them privacy when forced to interrupt one of their sessions, for which he sheepishly berates her, and in a later season Shiv mentions a rumor that he used to get jerked off by the trainer and payed to keep him quiet.
** His initial reaction to seeing Tabitha is "Dad would be all over that" making his later pursuit of her seem more motivated by pleasing or emulating his father than by genuine attraction. Their relationship eventually dissolves implicitly due to his unwillingness to be intimate with her.
** Even his psychosexual obsession with Gerri seems predicated on the knowledge that she would never actually fuck him.
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* BriefAccentImitation: Roman occasionally likes to put on an upper-class British accent to mock his family or his dad's business people.
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* DepravedBisexual: Though he talks a lot about how attracted he is to random women (including his own stepmother), his girlfriends complain he never has sex with them, and he seems really fixated on impressing how important he is to his young, attractive, male personal trainer. Others have even suggested he's actually asexual, though the second season reveals that he gets off on humiliation and feigning necrophilia. It gets confirmed in Season 2 that he was jerked off by the trainer so, in addition to his many character flaws, he seems to use both men and women for his power games. Notably, the men he has a level of homoerotic tension with (namely neo-fascist congressman Jeryd Mencken and Musk-esque tech bro Lukas Matsson) are no angels themselves.
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* DepravedBisexual: Though he talks a lot His flamboyant persona, constant big-talk about how attracted he is attraction to random women (including including his own stepmother), his girlfriends complain he never has sex stepmother and sister, difficulty with them, "vanilla" sex, and he seems really fixated on impressing how important he is to his young, attractive, male personal trainer. Others have even suggested he's actually asexual, though the second season reveals that he gets off on humiliation and feigning necrophilia. It gets confirmed in Season 2 that he was jerked off by the trainer so, in addition to his many character flaws, he seems to use both men and women for his power games. Notably, the men he has a level of homoerotic tension [[AmbiguouslyBi ambiguous flirtations]] with (namely neo-fascist congressman Jeryd dangerous men like Mencken and Musk-esque tech bro Lukas Matsson) are no angels themselves.Mattson combine to create this impression.
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* EffeminateMisogynisticGuy: Roman is flamboyant, a DepravedBisexual in a way he doesn’t want to think about, is an AmazonChaser, has a fetish for being degraded and loves his sister in a protect each other through checking in and snarking kind of way, but he’s the most open about being a CardCarryingVillain, and he’s more than happy to throw her under the bus when the opening for Logan’s new favourite/mini version of himself comes around.
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* EffeminateMisogynisticGuy: Roman is flamboyant, a DepravedBisexual in a way he doesn’t want to think about, is an AmazonChaser, has a fetish for being degraded and loves his sister in a protect each other through checking in and snarking kind of way, but he’s the most open about being a CardCarryingVillain, CardCarryingVillain and he’s uses more overtly misogynistic language than happy to throw her under the bus when the opening for Logan’s new favourite/mini version of himself comes around.even Logan.
