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At least that what he is proposing in some elements in his narrative. And until the twist comes is fair to judge him by it.

Even if sydcarmy is endgame. atp mostly because Claire still manages to be sus. Because the sydcarmy relationship is still the most genuine thing in the show. Platonic or not.

But I was on of the people that said that they didn’t see a point of sydcarmy not being endgame if Sydney was going to be in love with Carmy trough the whole show.

If they don’t end up together, was this just all a commentary of how insecure people with difficulty to trust tend to fall in love with unreliable people? There is a whole psychological element there that is kinda true but still.

Did they plan to use the most caring character in the show to have a lesson of feminism and “choosing yourself” while also letting her suffer from that love while her true desires are not even treated with respect? Does Carm never gets to know that she loved him? Are we supposed to be happy that she is now in pro of the white girl that has bested her? That is greater for him thatn her after all the ways Syd has cared for Carmen?

This show composed a whole love song “blowing kisses to you” as her motivations to put her own dreams aside and staying with him. If anything, you have managed to make me believe that Sydney loves Carmy in a most selfless way that Claire ever did. Her love is the most “pure” because she is apparently now okay with it not ever being reciprocated. The love of this black woman is only useful to the show as a sacrifice.

Fuck Storer. Fuck all the people involved in this desicion

Carmy (on the state of The Bear, because of Sydney): But this place...Right now, this is starting to gel. It is starting to feel alive, right?

Tina (on the state of The Beef, because of Sydney): This is real and alive and [...] And good. Its good.

Meanwhile...

Claire almost kills a patient due to medical negligence or outright incompetence...

...and is referred to as "peace" by both Carmy and the Faks.

Where peace is the peace one achieves through death. The eponymous peace in Rest In Peace, or RIP for short. And maybe now it’s time for Carmy to take Mikey’s advice and let his relationship with Claire/his trauma it RIP.

Flash sheet of The Bear crew tattoos from this post.

Something that still fascinates me is the decision by the showrunners to have "Sydney's awakening" as the bear trapped in the freezer, right before that flashback of Carmen and Michael talking about the restaurant. Michael is the one who suggested the name "bear," almost as if he were predicting that the real "bear" would later show up to guide all the people who worked in it.

And I wonder, with your analysis of Sydney representing life (or a chance to live, as Carmy put it), if that sequence in 4x01 is supposed to be an indication that if Michael had waited, if he had held on a little more till Sydney came in, he would have had a bigger chance at healing and therefore would have continued living. Of course, Michael is ultimately responsible for his own life; I'm saying he would have had a better chance with Sydney in the restaurant.

Not only does Sydney represent life for everybody in that restaurant — because she is love and wisdom — but she is a literal "lifeline" for all these lost people. Why? Because she provided a system. Michael needed counseling, guidance, emotional support, and emotional treatment (as in the case of opioid addicts) to treat his addiction effectively. There are systems outside the restaurants that could have helped him, but he never left Donna's house; he never left the restaurant he felt trapped in. So the system had to come to him. Sydney is the proof that a good captain is what prevents the entire crew from dying at sea. She managed to keep people afloat in S3 and S4, even if she wasn't exactly calling the shots. What is the first thing that Richie says when Carmy announces his departure, "We are gonna be okay, we have you (Sydney)'

Call me biased because I want him with Syd, but do you expect me to believe that he’d be better off with someone he likens with being set on fire, over his business partner who validates his feelings but does not fail to call him out and defends him fervently? What character development have we seen in Carmy when he was in a relationship with Claire? Everything has literally been three steps back whenever he was with her. The writers cannot be serious now…