#but what I love about it is how wrong nucky is and the juxtaposition of him being smug and comfortable and confident

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#Boardwalk Empire #boardwalkedit #nucky thompson #charlie luciano #al capone #meyer lansky #arnold rothstein #johnny torrio #tommy darmody #boardwalk parallels #my edits #SO I LOVE THIS EXCHANGE THEY HAVE and I wanted to gif it because I don't think anyone has #(probably—as I would soon discover—because the camera isn't actually ON THEM when they deliver the lines. frustrating) #but what I love about it is how wrong nucky is and the juxtaposition of him being smug and comfortable and confident #it's a good season 1 line as a precursor to season 2's pups growing fangs #I wanted to use Jimmy but given that he... dies so early? the world didn't really belong to him #BUT THEN TOMMY and everything comes full circle and nucky is finally shot in the face by his own hubris