#this is mostly inspired by how after ep3 i was Certain pat was flirting on purpose and in ep4 we found it he wasn't

[kalmeria]

okay so i was thinking about how Pat is flirting with Pran in the first 4 episodes, even before he realizes the nature of his feelings towards him. somehow it didn't quite add up for me. sure he teases him and likes to be around him, that makes total sense because his feelings were there, even if he didn't have a name for it. but he also keeps making jokes about being in a relationship? and then he goes as far as to ask Pran if he would theoretically like him? where is that coming from?

and i think it's coming from what their relationship was like before the separation. because Pran was a lot more open about his feelings back then, and he would talk like that. he wrote a song inspired by their relationship and that song was essentially about being in love with your friend but not being sure if they felt the same way. he was being very obvious, it's just that Pat was very oblivious.

so Pat flirting like that, it's all him trying to go back to those times, that dynamic they had, without fully recognizing what it was for Pran, because he just knows that he missed Pran so so much.

#bad buddy #the ''jk unless'' energy comes from the younger pran!!! the queer kid in love with his best friend! the best friend who is very oblivious! #i don't think it was coming from pat subconsciously wanting to be in a relationship #not really #the rest is coming from that. the way he enjoys teasing pran. they way he looked at him like the most important person in the world. #that was his feelings seeping out without his knowing. #but talking about dating like that? that was all coming from their past dynamic #i'm just repeating myself now. anyways i'm super late with this bc it's based on ep 1-5 but whatever #this is mostly inspired by how after ep3 i was Certain pat was flirting on purpose and in ep4 we found it he wasn't #so i thought maybe it's just bad writing? &they made him say those things for views. but by now i can see that this series isn't like that #so now that i have more faith in the narrative i had to think it over and this is what i came up with #thoughts anyone? am i just repeating what others have already long figured out? or do people think i'm totally wrong? #(that's okay too. that's the great thing about interpreting a piece of media. there isn't One Correct Way)