#yea...

[anuphim]

so. new update huh

#yea... #also dont. dont mind my narilamb designs changing im. having an art crisis atm #cotl #cult of the lamb #narilamb #narinder #the one who waits #sins of the flesh #my art

[eightyones]

#yea... #logan sargeant #oscar piastri #the lore..... #goeorge this isnt about you rn

[paradoxinaparadox]

#bomb rush cyberfunk #bomb rush cyberfunk rise #bomb rush cyberfunk shine #brc #brc shine #brc rise #yea...

[cruciomione]

"fixing" the panic attack scene to be more platonic ™

im extremely active on twt and have been noticing a sydcarmy tweet go viral multiple times a week (like w thousands of interactions its crazy), and its really great to see how much people love and see it for this ship. recently carmys panic attack scene went viral again, and naturally, some ppl gave their piece about how we are all dumb for interpreting it as romantic. that sydney represents his love for his job or his duty to the restaurant (*sigh*).

this scene imo, is the most concrete proof of this ship. i can excuse (not really) interpreting every interaction between them thus far as platonic but this scene....i just refuse. this is gonna be a long post, not analyzing the scene per se because i can't possibly say anything that hasn't already been said but more "fixing" the scene to fit the narrative of antis, and i hope in doing so really shows there's no other way to interpret this scene as other than romantic. again its gonna be a long post bc im just ranting and i think i will lose my mind if i dont type this out.

lets go.

so first off i like to think of this scene as an equation/experiment. simply a problem that needs to be solved.

problem/reason of panic = ...we will discuss this...

solution # 1 = claire -> failed

solution # 2 = sydney -> worked.

Problem/Reason

s02e09 opens up with carmy and claire finally consummating their relationship, with an interesting song choice might i add and carmy dissociating, looking sad, or broken (???) after. because many have said carmy pulling memories of sydney from his psyche to calm down have to do with work i always remember that, it really doesnt make any sense?

carmy is clearly having a panic attack due to him not being "fixed" as soon as he made it official with claire. he felt pressure from his family both currently and in the past to date claire because she is amazing and perfect. add mikey also being a part of that crowd, and carmy so desperately trying to connect with him when he cannot, is why i think he looks so despondent after that scene. i truly think he thought he would be a changed person after everything with claire and when that didn't happen he flipped...

we know this is the reason bc his panic attack starts with their sex scene and the lyric "I dont know" from strange currencies by REM.

this isn't to say that he isn't nervous or stressed about the soft open but its clear that he's not having a panic attack about work nor have we ever seen him have a work-related panic attack (correct me if I'm wrong). in s1 he has one or two due to him greiving his brother.

platonic fix: To make it about work I would have added scenes like when Carmy started that stove fire in braciole, his meltdown in review, some scenes of his horrible time at EMP, and him grieving his brother. i think these would represent his fear of failure, falling back into old toxic habits pertaining his career, the fear of fostering a toxic work environment like the ny chef and also the idea of "failing" mikey

but theres a reason why none of this occurs bc its not about his job or the opening of the bear. this is explicitly about his personal and romantic love life.

Solution # 1 : Claire

carmy proceeds to try and calm down by thinking of claire through literal rose-coloured glasses...

the music is distorted, he's thinking of his abusive family, he remembers every one pushing him to date claire bc shes a #goodthing.

again...this is not about his job and wouldnt make sense to think of sydneys place in his work life as a soultion to his clear personal problem....

platonic fix: in the story of carmys love life claire and sydney act as narrative foils. they have been compared and contrasted for all of s2. my platonic fix for this would be making the NY chef this first "solution" of a work-related panic attack. he represents a horrible time in his life but also represents a time when carmy was at the height of his career. when carmy gets locked in the walk in and has his monologue, its alluded to that he will revert back to that mind set in order to not let everyone down.

NY chef abused him for so long, it makes sense that carmys psyche would readily go back to his insults and the time he himself was an isolated 'psycho' bc it yielded results.

nothing is black and white and i DO think sydney represents a healthier approach to the toxic mess that is the culinary world and does represent that for carmy. if the show was invested in that, sydney and the NY chef could be overtly contrasted like sydney and claire have been.

BUT again this isnt about his job and dedication as a chef...thus why he tries to think of claire to solve his personal problem, and it fails.

Solution # 2: Sydney

LMFAOOO.

carmy then in a crazy plot twist starts thinking of his platonic work bestie sydney adamu....the love song dedicated by the show to his relationship with his girlfriend is then made clear highlighting some pretty damning lyrics about desire and love.....all platonic btw. yes you are dumb if you think otherwise (*wink*)

I actually have two platonic fixes for this...

platonic fix # 1: if we only wanted to focus on sydney as a person who calms carmy down because shes his work bestie who represents his responsibilty to the bear and the postive change they are trying effect in the culinary world, i would add scenes where they are...you know actually cooking???

i think its pretty crazy how the memories carmys immediately jump to are ones that have little to do with their jobs. when they first meet (would also like to note that when carmy first laid eyes on Sydney, he forgot she was there for a job, so this is his raw reaction to seeing a pretty girl lol) and when she comes back after she quit and their break up fight.

i would add their scenes in carmys kitchen (even tho this is extremely damning bc they were flirting DOWN - they don't make this easy at all). this represents their collaboration skills and the way they WORK and bounce ideas off of each other seamlessly. specifically the scene about him wanting to give her a star, representing his duty to her and the restaurant.

*and no shade to carmy but if his responsibility to the bear/syd as a co-worker was bothering him this much and calmed him down wouldn't he have just immediately called the fridge guy.....anyways*

platonic fix # 2 (the best one): if i was chris storer and joanna calo and i REALLY wanted to sell it that carmy isnt in love with sydney then i would put every single member of the OG beef crew + Nat to calm him down not just Sydney.

im talking to them laughing at family, carmy giving tina his chefs knife, richie in his new suit, carmys one on one w Marcus/trying his donut, nat telling carmy shes pregnant (signifing rebirth/wanting to rid all the toxic abuse from his family), carmy trying sydney risotto, and her face when he said it was tremendous etc etc...you get the gist

and honestly?

even as i type this out im tearing up a little bit bc that would have been really beautiful. carmy is changing. he can and is getting rid of old toxic habits from his family and the mess that is the culinary industry. things are changing for the better....that would be beautiful....IF his panic attack was about any of these things lol.

and to even look at this scene without this need for symmetry and we entertain the idea of carmy thinking about his job as a solution for his personal problem...carmy has said himself (s02e01) that this isnt fun for him. i dont think that means he hates cooking i kinda disagree with the ppl who think he isnt passionate about it. i just think currently its something that doesnt bring him joy but i do think its something hes starting to or at least could have started to enjoy if he just committed to working with syd...

conclusion

theres a lot of....delusion? denial? straight up bias? yes all of that, going on.

idk what is happening bc this show is really great at being subtle. but i dont know whats more in your face, dumbed down, even a toddler could understand, than this scene. if you dont come out of this understanding that carmy is falling in love/currently in love with Sydney...and i hate using this term..but you just arent media literate.

bonus: bc it makes me laugh and connects the purpose and solutions.

i think we need a Snyder Sydcarmy Cut™ of bolognese and omelette.

the start of the episode is when sydney and carmy fight over claires inclusion in the menu, and also when sydney randomly asks him to define his relationship with Claire. the episode would continue until we get to the table scene.

i think its WILD how as soon as Sydney asks him to define their relationship, carmy starts calling claire his girlfriend. then the show proceeds to insert sydney in their romantic montage, shows her tattoo about heartbreak and someone getting in the way of your relationship...THEN proceeds to have carmy compare these two women in his mind and only calms down after seeing Sydney.

i could talk about this scene for AGES. wheres the straitjacket....

#the bear #sydcarmy #carmen x sydney #sydney x carmy #carmen berzatto #sydney adamu #idk why i typed this out #its not even really meta im just crazy about them and even more crazier about defending them #also tired of seeing braindead takes #yea... #hope you enjoyed my rant #time to go study for this bio midterm #my rants #sydcarmy meta

[mewple-syrup]

Sorry

#ai: the somnium files #aitsf #date kaname #M(ew)art #fanart #Aiba #She's there technically #yea... #Suggestive

[solmesia]

which companions do you think would smoke weed bc my brother and I think halsin would def smoke

the man does have a pipe lmao

but anyone else? Probably Karlach. But I just had the thought of Lae'zel first trying out that halfling grass and being absolutely zooted.

laying on her back in the middle of camp, eyes bloodshot, contemplating life. Suddenly a lot of Faerun's philosophies make sense.

#halsin #asks #anon #weed mention #dank halsin memes #Lae'zel #Karlach #yea... #stuff i say

[wormluvr5]

who up Qing they card

#star trek #qcard #q star trek #jean luc picard #star trek the next generation #tng #q... cupid... #yea... #space junk

[allgremlinart]

I loooove being able to play all sides of the eldest/middle/youngest child wars like sooo true you guys are so right about them. unless you're not.

#only child gang stay strong 💪 #saw something that was like 'if you're an only child you basically just spent your early life hanging out with some married couple' WHICH.🔪 #yea...

[monsterkasa]

#mod post #tsukasa tenma #wxs #yea...

[bettertwin1]

This you?

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...you cops?

#YEA... #rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt leo #rise leo #unpause rise of the tmnt #rise of the tmnt #rise donnie #rottmnt donnie #disaster twins #leo rottmnt

[zenjestrr]

god im so predictable god im so predictable

god im so predictable god im so predictable

god im so predictable god im so predictable

god im so predictable god im so predictable

god im so predictable god im so predictable

god im so predictable god im so predictable

god im so predictable god im so predictable

god im so predictable god im so predictable

god im so predictable god im so predictable

god im so predictable god im so predictable

#you know that post that's like *when you see a person/character that's so your type you get mad* #yea...

[guessilllive]

wangxian because I'm a disgrace

i realized that I haven't posted any wangxian and immediately got offended at myself. It is a TRAGEDY, A DISGRACE, and mabey even a WAR CRIME. I love them

#fanart #digital art #mdzs #wei wuxian #lan zhan #The background sucks ass #soory #Wei ying has moles cause I say so #they love each other #wangxian #i haven't posted in a while #yea... #it got away from me

[itsyagurlchip]

i like how the internet lets us use our voice. but, its like the world isn't even listening sometimes.

we reach out, only to get ignored. lots of things cant change because of this, and its disheartening.

#yagurlchip❤️ #yk how you get into a pinterest loophole? #yea... #now im kinda pissed off #lgbtqia #blacklivesmatter #free palestine #equal rights and basic human decency are hard to obtain #even on the damn internet #women #and the worst part is #people of the same communities are tearing each other down due the generational trauma and environmental conditions #AND they shame each other what they are shamed for #yagurl rants #yagurl rambles

[ark1os]

#yea... #me

[zolovana]

Bird the cat :D

#my art #Bird the cat #ye she just #yea...

[strawbie-doodle]

Cricket ✦👁️ (any pronouns)

a redesign for a character i've only drawn once :) i already like this much better tho and being shorter makes him more scrungly. also the height difference with Oliver is funny to me.

#whats that one post abt posting ocs like they are well known characters #yea... #my ocs #art #my art