#also kudos to both mariah and joey for like showing the kids kind of disappointment when the other looks away in if i loved you

[thewhizzyhead]

you know the more I think about it, the more I think the scene before "If I Loved You" is steph's um silly roundabout attempt to more solidly confirm if Pete could be into her (and have him admit it and make a move already) after like I dunno many other of her attempts in flirting with Pete and asking him out, and then IMMEDIATELY backtracking into "pft I'm a bad bitch I would NEVER go out with a GEEK like you like I need a REAL man pfft" mode in "If I Loved You" after Pete seems to deny him ever wanting to go out with Steph - even though he actually never fucking denies it LIKE HE LEGIT NEVER DOES BOTH IN DIALOGUE AND IN SONG LIKE "who says i wanna go on a date with you anyways?", says pete in a defensive tone with folded arms while looking away from steph after she called him out for not asking her out yet like holy fuck I find this hilariously cute and somehow extremely fucking accurate for teen couples that share this stubbornly defensive i-refuse-to-admit-shit dynamic

#i'm not even kidding i feel like i've seen this dynamic before in my high school days #oh and also in the proshot I can kinda notice that both teens look less sassy and kind of sad when they aren't facing each other off #in deep defensive denial #so there we go #i dunno i'm starting to appreciate steph and pete's relationship more after remembering that these are both stubborn high school kids #and that i vividly remember witnessing such a stubbornly defensive dynamic way back in high school so pfft this is fun for me #starkid #nerdy prudes must die #steph lauter #pete spankoffski #npmd spoilers #also kudos to both mariah and joey for like showing the kids kind of disappointment when the other looks away in if i loved you #like it was a bit hard to notice given the camera movement but i liked that tiny addition