Nigonigo

I’ll never be over them or this scene I fear.

"I LOVE YOU SO MUCH"

I'm genuinely crying! LOOK AT MY BABY!

Claire said “I love you” while also being capable of minimizing his struggles and even mocking him. And we know how both Donna and Mikry weaponized those words, too, to make Carmen give in to the abuse. And as much as I love Richie, he was enabling both Donna and Mikey as he grew up, he actively engaged on it and imitated it, resulting in the blaming and passive agression that is part of their present dynamic.

carmen dream was the bear

sydney is the bear (carmen said it )

so carmen dream girl is sydney ..........

I solved the first puzzle ......

the math is mathing .....

She couldn't help that she had a crush and admired Carmy's work

Who amongst us has not admired someone intensely

Met them

Worked with them

Then got disappointed

Don't play that lyric line around Sydney

This is has been my theory as well ! It is a directors job to competently assess what you are putting on the screen and mold it accordingly ( competently being the operative word. )

Control what you put on screen, Ayo and Jeremy are both capable performers, they could reel it in, if a romance subplot is not what you want !

Real fandom racism is watching the darkest characters get boxed into the specific outsider pov trope over and over despite them being a core member of the cast. it's watching everyone have in depth headcanons for every character but them, denying them the complexity their counterparts get. It's them getting written out of their own plots, receiving little to no audience sympathy when they ARE complex, and, most importantly, watching them get cast in the same exact role when shipping comes in

but all this isn't loud, it's quiet and unnoticeable unless you've had to watch it play out with every favorite character you've had ever since you were ten and started engaging with fandom. it's repetitive, uncreative, infuriating and worst of all NOBODY WILL LISTEN WHEN YOU POINT IT OUT because you're just imagining it and they're not touching you. I've been making my own content and I've seen how people will go out of their way NOT to engage or engage specifically only to discredit a character of color.

A canon interracial couple exists "I just don't see their chemistry" proceeds to fanon ship [insert white character] instead, claiming they have more of a connection.

"It's not their skin color, I just don't like them for some reason, btw, here are my top 5 [insert white actors] I think are better suited"

"Not everything is about race". They say, as they prop up every white character over any character of color.

"Please stop bring race drama into the fandom". Which translates to, I'm comfortable in my racism and don't appreciate any criticism, thanks!

White person, "Yeah, I wrote character of color as an animal, doesn't make me racist".

"I love character of color, here's a fic where they act like as [insert white characters] servant/therapist".

Character of color is such a bad friend for having opinions of their own/taking care of themselves instead of putting their friend [insert white character] first.

A character of color is morally ambiguous or a villain, gets redemption arc. "They're awful and haven't been condemned enough of their crimes". Stans [insert white characters] who did the exact same crimes or was a villain who's redemption arc is praised.

"Can't believe that character of color had the nerve not to die as a selfless sacrifice for [insert white character]".

"POC actress/actor is too ethnic and they'd ruin the character".

"I haven't seen racism in the fandom therefore it isn't there".

"Character of color is the main character of the show sure, but let's be honest, everyone came for [insert white character]

"Character of color is alright but I can only relate to [insert white character]".

Here's another study I did of "The Bear" TV Show, this time I really wanted to draw Carmy and Sydney.

a rumored feature to come…