for Corey what do you think draws him to his love interests….do you think it’s always the same thing or does it vary from person to person ?
i definitely think it varies from person to person !! though some qualities he values consistently.
i see it as corey often projecting his dysfunctional attachments onto his love interests: he expects the men in his life to leave him (or be otherwise absent), and he feels he has to have all of his emotional needs met by a woman in his life.
pre-accident, i think corey is fairly consistent in what he is drawn to in people of all genders. someone funny, someone laidback, someone who is verbal in their affection, physical affection as a bonus. corey isn't that shy natural, he's just awkward and under-socialised, he really just wants to feel at ease with someone.
post-accident, corey doesn't trust anyone. he pushes everyone away to protect himself and i think his mood swings take a tole on how he would navigate relationships in this era.
post-michael, i think corey has come into his new self and realised what it is he wants in life, and in a partner. he wants to give and receive devotion, he wants loyalty, he wants danger.
with roger, the main draw is that he is the strong male role model that corey never had while growing up. he's a source of validation and attention that corey felt has been missing, he's the kind of man corey thinks he wants to be.
with allyson, she is someone that corey knows has been through a trauma and who he thinks can understand him. he sees her as his lifeline back to normality -- maybe not normal normal, but a normal where they patch up their brokenness together.
with michael, he is corey's masculine ideal in many ways -- powerful, in control, strong -- but also someone who showed him empathy, something corey's very rarely experienced. it felt like kindness, and it gets all muddled with corey's own emotional/sexual dysfunctions.
marry, kiss, makeout, travel, cuddle, hold hands, bake, cook, barbecue, share secrets, go for a drive, take selfies, play hide and seek, share ice cream, exchange gifts, slow dance, take a long walk, dance in the rain, motorcycle rides with corey cunningham🥰