#platonic but messy

[mod-doodles]

Sydney is the reason for Carmy’s sudden interest in ‘fun and amusement’

The person that Carmy describes himself as being after losing touch with Michael doesn’t seem like someone who has ever sought out fun or amusement, in fact it seems like he’s never experienced pure unadulterated fun in his entire life. Within his family dynamic he’s the youngest of three with an abusive mother and an absent father. He adores Mikey, truly looks up to him and respects him, Mikey of course does love Carmy, but Mikey loves him in sprite of all his quirks and eccentricities. Heartbreakingly Carmy has had too dumb down what would have bought him amusement and enjoyment to fit into the dysfunctional family and not seem ‘gay’, it’s the crux of his existence. With that in mind, consider that his brother had very recently passed away, most people with that history would just plummet into a deep depression.

What changes during this time for him is Sydney’s presence. She walks into his life like a tornado and shakes thing up in such a way that he yearns for life and adventure not just passive survival. Sydney lives in her truth; food is fun, taking care of people brings her enjoyment. She’s nerdy about it unabashedly, she does her COGs and ‘randomly adds graphics’ and she wears her heart on her sleeve but lightly covers it to protect herself.

After his failed attempt to ask her out he returns to his barren apartment to google ‘fun’, so the next time he’s prepared. Carmen experiences amusement and enjoyment through Sydney hence he conceives an opportunity for him to have ‘fun’ under the guise of the menu creation. His relationship with food though daunting; is a safe space that both him and Sydney can share at this current awkward phrase in their ‘platonic but messy business relationship’. Sydney excites him and makes him feel alive!

Peep Carmy making sure Nat was gone gone before he started his fumbled locker room attempt, don’t worry we’ll get there one day. He’s keeping his private ‘amusement and enjoyment’ to himself for now but this developing love is so loud that they can’t control how it spills out at inopportune moments.

#thinking about the fun and amusement we missed out on because they aren’t ready #slow burns really be burning slow #rambling about fun #sydcarmy #the bear #sydney adamu #carmen berzatto #the bear meta #charged and sexy #carmen x sydney #the bear fx #platonic but messy #chefs kiss

[ambeauty]

just thinking about some things…

My headcanon is that Carmy didn’t start to draw again until Sydney came into his life. He didn’t have to draw the menu, he just wanted to. Like he could’ve called her and they could’ve found a kitchen somewhere to do this but he was otherwise occupied…. And from drawing the menu, he was simultaneously drawing the sketches for her jacket 👀

It’s giving Sydney is the muse. She lives literally rent free in that anxious little head.

#sydcarmy #this is in relation to sew into you #like I know he got some drawings of her somewhere #it only makes sense #platonic but messy #carmy berzatto #sydney adamu #Sydney has a penthouse condo in his head #this is canon

[sydcarmyfan]

Sydney to Carmy in s3:

Carmy’s reaction:

#platonic but messy #charged and sexy #sydcarmy #carmy x sydney #syd x carmy #sydney x carmy #carmy x syd #sydney adamu #chef's kiss #syd x carmen #carmen berzatto

[chefkids]

i can fix them

#literally them #sydcarmy #the bear #sydney adamu #carmen berzatto #syd x carmy #carmy x sydney #platonic and messy #web weaving

[proj-sh4dow]

Making flower crowns

#tailream #taiream #<< if u want it to be #can be platonic thou if that makes some of u more comfortable #sth #sonic #sonic the hedgehog #tails the fox #miles tails prower #miles prower #cream the rabbit #cheese was supposed to be in here but I forgot abt him whoops- #my art #art #digital art #drawing #messy #fun fact: this was an idea from my sister. I liked the idea sm that I drew it :)

[ninja-knox-ur-sox-off]

I dunno what Pigsy was expecting to happen when he hugged a touch-starved monkey

were i not constrained by the limits of my computer i would have a great deal more of these

#knox rambles #KNOX ART (me) #Dad in training #Monkie Kid Pigsy #Monkie Kid Sun Wukong | Monkey King #Monkie kid Tang #THEY'RE RUSHED SO THEY'RE MESSY I HAD TO CRANK EM OUT FAST BEFORE MY COMPTUER PROTESTED #asks #kitkat1003 #not a ship #l o o k #i #ough #YEAH #if my computer wasn't going through it i'd have A LOT MORE #RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH #<- has a lot of suppressed creativity that wishes to be unleashed #I'M SUCH A FAN OF PLATONIC CLOSENESS YOU DON'T UNDERSTAAAAAAND #thanks for this kit it scratched my brain real good i'm bITING #Monkie Kid #LEGO Monkie kid #I know i'm one of the only souls who watch this show who draws this kinda nonesense and i am A-OKAY with that it is comfort i miss drawing #pigsy so much you have no idea i'm going bananas

[ilovemylittlefurniturefriends]

to love is my sole aspiration!!!

#objectum #posic #computer #computers #love #objectum art #my art #ms paint #one layer #messy art #stereolab #song lyrics #computer objectum #os/or #object sexuality #object sentience #platonic objectum #objectum platonic #osor #digital art #shoves as many tags into here as possible

[portraitofariel]

Controversial Post

Carmy used Claire.

An opinion I have yet to come across in the discourse regarding the dreaded Carmy/Claire pairing is the following--Carmy was fully content never calling/making Claire his girlfriend. Because he never had to do anything to get her to like him. She provided pussy, car rides, an ear to bounce ideas off of, no resistance or intellect, and no effort he had to put in.

Allow me to elaborate.

From their first interaction at the market to the moment in the walk-in, Claire has been a nuisance in his life. She consistently disregarded his boundaries in the following ways:

Ignoring the fact that he struggled to remember her name; there's also no mention of her last name to this day.

Misreading their initial conversation at said market and not reading his body language for what it was: a lack of interest in her. If a woman has to ask a man for his number and he doesn't ask for hers, he isn't interested in pursuing things further. Argue amongst yourselves about that.

Numbergate. In the real world, this would be extremely concerning. Skirting around someone's clear sign they don't like you by giving you a fake number is a huge red flag. It screams desperation and a lack of self-respect. Who chases a man that purposely obstructs their advances then goes to his good friend to extract information? Shame on Fak as well for giving out Carm's private information to a woman he hasn't mentioned in five years. wtf Fak.

When she does call him, she badgers him to get a clear answer as to why he gave her a fake number, instead of taking the hint when she realized it was fake. Once again not taking his hesitance while dictating the numbers to her as a sign he doesn't want her.

"Speaking of dead brothers, do you wanna go to a party?" wtf even was this. By Claire's own admission, she and Carmy never talked in their youth. She essentially hung around his family but never interacted with him so why is she so obsessed with him? I will never understand this. Her tasteless attempt at breaking the ice regarding Mikey's death is so heavy-handed and odd.

Freezergate. Even before she found out he was stuck in the walk-in, what was Claire's urgency to get to back-of-house? Why would she think it would ever be appropriate to just walk back there? Sugar's husband, Pete, has never done that in the show so what makes Claire think she's special enough to do so? I always wonder what might have happened had Sydney been back there when Claire crossed that boundary.

Now the juicy part. Unpacking Carmy's disinterest.

Ever notice that Carmy only ever asked her surface-level questions about her life? He never asked about her interests outside of work, her family, her passions, her last name, or anything else. The entire relationship is on Carmy's terms/timeline. Nothing we've seen on-screen indicates he's been to her apartment or hung out with her friends (aside from that one juvenile ass party in 2x05). Every time they have sex, it's at his place. The overwhelming majority of their conversations center around his needs/grievances about the restaurant. He never buys her flowers or gifts (cooking dinner one single time doesn't count), never has deep conversations with her about her, nor did he call her his girlfriend until Sydney, of all people, pressured him to do so. The subsequent conversation with Fak, "is Claire my girlfriend? What's a girlfriend?" is bullshit. Carmen has been around couples his whole life. He knows what a girlfriend is. He knows what a wife is. He's a 30+ year old man who surely had romantic interests before and after Claire. He just didn't want her to be his girlfriend until he felt immense pressure from his circle to make her that.

How do I know this? In 24 hours, Carmy went from "I love her a lot" (and this is only after Fak straight up asks him if he loves her) to "I like her". In the course of one day, he went from love to like. That says it all. Not to mention this is after the mother of all panic attacks where his hidden feelings for Syd bubble to the surface. A lot of people forget that Carmy is a man and because of this, he does what men tend to do. Whether he was conscious of it or not, he took advantage of a desperate girl like Claire because she threw herself at him with abandon. She willingly put herself in a position to be used by a man she barely knew, then cried to Richie when things didn't go her way. Their 'relationship' went the way it was always going to go because I'd argue she was never truly his girlfriend. Claire was a stopgap between the restaurant and Carmy running away from his problems.

#charged and sexy #platonic and messy #carmy x sydney #chefs kiss #sydcarmy #carmy berzatto #carmy the bear #syd adamu #syd x carmy #the bear #wet hot and sweet #carmen berzatto #sydney adamu #the bear fx #the bear hulu #you with the watercolor eyes #you with the dark curls #anti claire bear #i said what i said #i said what needed to be said

[lunarharp]

more phoenix wright situations

#ace attorney tag #maybe i should tag this narumitsu or something. but i dont really care. #gearing up to rereading/illustrating bits of my fic i suppose...i think nick really is too dense to realise he's in love with edgeworth #without some scheming fop trying to intrude. i love villains like kristoph..villains can be fun..witnessing their pathetic folly.. #or more like edgeworth would never have mentioned his feelings ever in his life if he wasn't sure phoenix reciprocates. #i want to see it this way because Falling in love during childhood with the person you're going to end up with. is not relatable #there have to be Situations that make you Realise. #as with orufrey i adore the idea of people not working out their romance with that person until their 30s+ #but... i mean. even with orufrey i often think how alaira could be qifrey's ex. and oru having been pursued by noble fops through his work #there is that delicate sliver of time before orufrey start living together that such believable situations could have happened. #Then the relief of politely and amicably extricating themselves from those untenable situations #the idea of falling in love age 7 and saving your first kiss for age 35 or something is all very well but more relatable is #people realising how they really feel whilst trying something that ends up feeling wrong. #The comfort and joy of living with your dearest one as if it's platonic - much preferable to trying anything more with anyone else. #But i doubt i will ever portray that or mention it further. it is indeed very delicate to me. #and i really am an OTP FOR LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! kind of person who can barely bear to consider this anyway...NOT a polyshipper i'm afraid ! #so i wouldn't mind either if they do have their first kiss in their lives age 35 with each other either. I would not mind that at all. #i love bi/gay couples apparently... bi father figures & their grumpy gay men waiting for them to work it all out... #not used to using colour in comic-style drawings..or at all..so this is messy and awkward looking..but colour is refreshing #i imagine i will go back to witch hat art soon btw. my destiny in life. #i still remember writing my nrmt fic expecting to write their first kiss & then partway through twas like Umm No. They have kissed prior. #does that really line up with this comic though... i think i had their early dinner dates/first kiss BEFORE disbarment. #so i guess this comic doesn't line up with my ficverse.... No..... U___U Oh well. sorry kris! <3

[mod-doodles]

You know what killing me about Carmy making Bolognese or Ragu or w/e pasta dish he made for her? He's Italian American, and he comes from a family that basically lives in the kitchen preparing Italian cuisine....So he probably could have made that dish for Claire [last name not on file] blindfolded, it would be equivalent to a Trinbagonian chef bringing a girl home and making them a quick pelau, or a Jamaican man making peas and rice or canned mackerel and rice, and her being all starry-eyed at the barest of minimums. Homeboy didn't even bust out any French cuisine, no dessert nothing!

STAND UP CLAIRE! STAND UP!

The more I think about it the shittier Carmy looks and the more gullible Claire seems, it's just funny and sad. 😔

Not y’all got me defending Claire!

Is the Bolognese/Ragu equivalent to our curry or to a pelau? That aside I don’t think it was that odd of a choice *runs and hide*, after coming home from a long day of work related stress that ended on a high with them passing the fire suppression test. It makes sense that he’d make them comfort food; it’s reminds me of The Menu when Anya Taylor Joy’s character ‘Margot’ requests the cheeseburger with fries, it’s not a glamorous dish in any sense but he’s doing the thing that he appreciate most about food, which is taking care of the people he loves. It’s simple, hearty, represents his family and represents home. It’s all so much better than anything he and his girl dinner’s have going on.

My biggest take away from that scene is that he should been cooking for SYDNEY, who we see cleaning up their restaurant way after everyone leaves, then to go home alone to no warm home cooked meal. I was also pissed off that his efforts went unacknowledged, home girl went straight for the lips *I get it* but just another reason they aren’t really meant for each other. 

Everything else though: @Claire STAND UP STAND UP!

#Carmy the fboy #make dinners for the wrong girl #sydcarmy #the bear #sydney adamu #carmen berzatto #the bear meta #platonic but messy

[ambeauty]

additional thoughts on the bear

I rewatched bolognese, omelette, and the bear last night and noticed some things that were new to me. The blue lighting which shows Sydney getting undressed is the exact same blue lighting of the intimate (refusing to call that sex) scene with Carmy and Claire. I definitely find that interesting… Also watched the scene with Claire fairly close and it’s a bunch of beautifully shot eye contact, face stroking, nose rubs, and some chain dangling for the girlies, and at the very end Carmy is looking up and off (not directly at Claire) solemnly. I think he’s thinking about Sydney in that moment because the next scene is Sydney, getting dressed?!?! But focusing on the stains of her jacket. Sooo that leads me to believe that even though Carmy just had this incredibly intimate moment with Claire he was thinking about Sydney (probably during 🤭) and maybe about the gift that he got her, since that’s one of the first things he points out when he sees her☺️

Here’s some bonus thoughts about Under The Table... Sometimes I feel like even though Carmy is technically talking about Claire, he’s talking about Sydney as well. I’ve read meta about how the scenes often switch back to Sydney (especially in bolognese) when Carmy had mentioned Claire. So that’s definitely a visual cue but I feel like Carmy is stuck between a rock and hard place with duty and passion for the both of them. Which also makes it hard for Carmy The Audience to separate what are romantic/platonic feelings for Sydney. They are probably almost one in the same for him. Ok so back to the table:

“She’s so great it scares the shit out of me.” This can also be said for Sydney. Her greatness pushes him to not be shitty. His words not mine.

Because after that he immediately pledged his full love FOCUS to Sydney. He gives her exactly what she needs in that moment, support, affirmation, adoration, reassurance, and loyalty. Things he’d half ass been giving to both of them. And in that moment he chooses and it’s Sydney 🤭

#This wasn’t supposed to be this long #starting to feel like that convo wasn’t just about the restaurant and being chefs #the eye contact was so intense he had to look away #imagine a fic about what Carmy was really thinking when he’s with Claire 🤭🤭 #hi It’s C live from being mauled by the bear #sydcarmy #charged and sexy #platonic but messy #secret third thing #this isn’t anti Claire to me

[elizakai]

…

(Click image and turn up brightness)

#utmv #Traditional art #messy lol #horror sans #dust sans #horrordust #horror x dust #Murder sans #horrortale sans #dusttale sans #ut au #undertale #sans aus #bad sanses #sans ships #or platonic doesn’t matta #Bb is sad #…scarf #My art

[chefkids]

#the bear #sydcarmy #sydney adamu #carmen berzatto #carmy x sydney #chefs kiss #platonic and messy

[seagull-scribbles]

Taxidermy fingerprints, taxonomies our differences

[Part 2 here]

#TMNT #tmnt 2012 #casey jones 2012 #raphael hamato #raph 2012 #this is all platonic but #rasey #because I do ship them and I want the shippers to precieve me #played around with pens and colours and brushes and stuff #I have a lot going on in my head and in life and I just needed to get something out #messy and quick but effective #and I need to learn to not be such a perfectionist on here #also hands are the only part of the turtles I feel I don’t struggle with an ungodly amount #I cba painting Casey’s nails apologies #or making Raphs kind of yellow but they’re my headcanons #oh also pride month is tomorrow so #again this is platonic #but idm ralh and Casey being on the top of my blog for the ocassion until I can fix it UwU #oh also I did start the Leo the other week I’ll do that one properly #AND HELLO IF YOUVE GKT TO HERE AND YOU LIKE RASEY I THINK YOU SHOULD HMU #also of there is one of these you guys like and want me to use in a propper piece let me know cause i will

[artsploon]

los quiero mucho wey ueueue,,,extraño a jaiden

-

i love them so much ueueue,,,i miss jaiden

#they’re so silly #sobbing crying throwing up #jaiden come back online #the platonic husband and son are matching oh my god #holds them gently #soz for messy drawing #finals are kicking my ass #qsmp #qsmp fanart #jaiden animations #roier #qsmp roier #roier fanart #qsmp bobby #qsmp eggs #my art

[youkissedareaderinthedark]

Part of It

Synopsis: Y/n has been the social media manager for the Argentina National Team for a few months now. She’s unofficially everyone’s favorite employee

young fem argentine reader x platonic argentina national football team

A/N: this fic will be regarding the entire team, but it will mainly feature: Alvarez, Fernandez, Molina, Garnacho, Messi, and De Paul, because those are the players I know the best.

more a/n: also please don’t be surprised if some of the info in this fic is false and the players are ooc, im not based in argentina so I could easily get a lot of these things wrong

. so

. for as long as you can remember, the only thing you’ve loved more than playing football is being behind a camera

. as a kid whenever you weren’t on the pitch itself, you were recording your teammates and friends, creating their own personal highlight reels

. and like every other kid in Argentina, you spent your entire childhood playing football

. but it wasn’t until you were a teenager when you started to discover your love for camera work

. it started when a teammate of yours asked you to record something for social media, initially as a joke

. but then the video got a couple hundred views, and you quickly began to love the feeling of creating something people can visually enjoy

. your teenage years were filled with football and videography

. then by the time your senior year came around, you knew you wanted to by apart of both scenes however you could in the future

. leading to your commitment to Cordoba National University with a major in communication and media studies

. you graduate in 2021, and spend a few weeks looking for jobs

. then you find Cordoba fc and their opening for a new social marketing manager

. you get hired within two weeks of applying as a social media manager

. because the Cordoba community is pretty small, you can spend a lot of time getting to know the players and the fans really well

. you learn a lot there, as it’s your first work experience for a professional football club

. you work there till the end of sepetmber/mid october, because through a few of your co-workers, you learn that Central Cordoba has an opening for social media manager

. which of course, you applied to and by the end of November, you’re part of the Central Cordoba staff

. it was a lot of fun; hanging out with players, befriending other staff, traveling with the team, and obviously, managing their social media

. you prove to be extremely efficient there, bringing in thousands of new fans

. which builds your reputation as an employee a lot

. and suddenly, you’re getting offers for different clubs around argentina

. only 1 stands out to you though

. Argentina’s national team offer

. because apparently, due to the world cup occurring at the end of the year, the communications directors wanted more publicity before the competition

. you obviously reply back, and a few weeks later you’re invited to their headquarters for an interview

. at first, you didn’t think you got the job because it took a while to hear back from the directors

. but then you wake up to yet another email waiting for you

. and you are officially argentina’s social media manager

. your first day is technically in april

. but you don’t meet any of the players until the end of that month

. you didn’t even know you were gonna meet the players that day so you were severely unprepared

. one moment you were making coffee with your co workers

. then lionel messi walks in beside rodrigo de paul

. they caught you by surprise

. both of them were really nice though

. you eventually learn that they all are

. your job mainly consists of filming the team together and managing the their social media accounts

. this is how you get to know each of the players

. you click with julian the most at first because of the age similarity

. he becomes your best friend within your first week

. any meetings that the both of you are included in are spent sitting on opposite sides of the room because you were told your friendship is “a disturbance to the work environment”

. you guys make it up by being attached to the hip before and after practices though

. a third of your camera roll is funny candid’s of julian

. you guys are bus seat partners and make fun out of annoying the other guys

. enzo is another close friend of yours

. you guys are always gossiping about something

. “did you hear about the new intern?”

. “apparently, somebody was found with somebody else in the break room after the meeting last week”

. “I swear he wasn’t even sick that one time, he was just at a party the night before”

. he tries to convince you to dye your hair like him

. and when you refuse, he lets you make up for it by helping him tone in

. you guys are always laughing together, no matter what the situation is

. you and molina have such a playful relationship

. you’re always making fun of him for no real reason

. he’s just trying to defend himself

. you do it for all of them, but his birthday photo dump is always the worst

. you two are always wandering around headquarters, looking for either someone to bother or something to entertain yourselves

. it always ends it great content though

. you have a soft spot for alejandro

. mostly because he has a crush on you and tries to play it off

. but you’ve known since the first few times of hanging out with him

. when you’re filming concent for the argentina pages, you’ll see alejandro trying to show off at least three times a video

. you find it hilarious

. the other guys tease him relentlessly for it

. you two are still good friends regardless

. he tries to be protective of you even though he’s literally four years younger than you

. again, you find it hilarious

. and he always gets shit from the other players

. leo is such a dad to you it’s funny

. he was so nice the first time you met him, and after that he unofficially adopted you as a daughter

. even though he’s only like 13 years older than you

. shows his care in small ways

. making sure you never get hit with a ball when you’re sitting in to a practice

. coming into your office when you’re both in headquarters to check on you

. making sure you’re safe when you’re traveling with the team

. whether it be just assigning another player to look after you or a whole ass bodyguard

. also protecting you from rodrigo

. because rodri is like an older brother to you

. super playful

. always teasing you

. agreesive type of love

. y’know those videos of rodri always picking up julian and stuff?

. like that but a smidge gentler

. this is where messi comes in

. insisting he put you down and let you do your job

. rodri also tries to convince you to get tattoos

. honestly that’s a whole team thing

. playful peer pressure is real there

. anyway

. you, julian, and enzo are such a trio

. getting up to the most random shit in other countries after games

. you guys were two seconds away from jumping into a canal in italy

. but then here comes leo

. scolding you guys like his children

. and sending you back to the hotel

. also, you have a jersey from almost every player on the team because before you got your own jersey, you always just picked someone random to wear on game days

. but then rodri started frowning when he saw you in julian’s jersey because apparently, you hadn’t worn his shirt in a few games

. and now you have a separate drawer just for jerseys

. oh and the world cup

. that was so fun for you

. traveling with the team to qatar

. hanging out in stadiums during practice, half upset because it felt like a million degrees

. but half in awe because holy shit you’re in qatar for the world cup

. you’re on the edge of your seat for every game

. the final almost killed you

. you were almost crying on the bench next to the other staff

. totally worth it though

. you started sobbing when montiel made the last penalty kick

. because you knew these guys, you knew how much they wanted it, how much they deserved it

. it was a mess of hugs and tears after that

. julian is grinning into your shoulder

. rodri tackled you

. enzo is basically jumping up and down

. you don’t think you’ll ever see alejandro that happy again

. you and molina are crying together

. and messi gives you the biggest hug

. it’s so fun celebrating with the team

. spraying champange with gonzalo

. singing along to music with paulo

. dancing around with lauatoro

. and coming back to argentina after that

. seeing all the fans in buenos aires, looking around and seeing argentine pride everywhere

. surreal

. there’s definitely no feeling like it

. which is why you’re so sad when it’s time to go back to your clubs

. you came to an agreement with central cordoba to go back and work for them during the argentine league

. then coming back to the national team when it called

. so you can’t wait for next season

#reader insert #football imagine #football team x reader #platonic football team x reader #argentina national football team #argentina national team #argentina nt x reader #female reader #argentina nt fic #lionel messi #julian alvarez #enzo fernandez #alejandro garnacho #nahuel molina #rodrigo de paul #all platonic