#brio asks

Hi @mcmacenzy ! Good question and I have to say no. But I’ll tell you why! I  think what’s great about this show is the various types of relationships being explored and portrayed for us! So I’m gonna break this down using Greek philosophy on LOOOVE. (Keep in mind, a relationship with someone doesn’t necessarily tie them/each other to one type only, because there can a mixture! (LONG POST)

For Annie and Greg: 

Ludas: playful love

Annie and Gregg have a certain special relationship in which they have a history with one another. In scenes with them alone, there is a playfulness, reminiscent of how they probably were as young teens falling in love. They joke, they tease, its a playful love. 

Storge: kinship; familiarity.

Their familiarity and comfort also plays a key role in their romance/love with one another. They went to high school, high school sweet hearts, they have a child together, Sadie, and it ties them, binds them to one another. It is no surprise that these feelings erupt in certain moments as they joke and play.

For Ruby and Stan: 

Pragma: Everlasting love; 

Honestly, Ruby and Stan? They got the kind of love that goes beyond duty, “the highest form of love; the true commitment that comes from understanding, compromise and tolerance.” They have pragma and from pragma all other loves kind of merge, mentally, emotionally, and physically. Despite all their obstacles, secrets, lies, and sacrifices their love is one that comes from years of dedication, contestation, loyalty, and love. 

Goals.

For Beth and Dean: 

NO LOVE! NEXT.

For Beth and Rio: 

Eros: passionate, erotic, sexual love

“The Greeks feared that kind of love the most because it was dangerous and could get them into the most trouble”

I MEAN, COME ON. NEED I EXPLAIN? (Im gonna anyways)

We all felt it, they felt it, the writers felt it, the attraction, the innate desire between two people. Two individuals who we wouldn’t suspect to be drawn together, have been pulled together.  See, it is hard to call what they have love, therefore I coin their ‘love’ eros. It is there, and even in scenes in which they seem like they are about to kill each other, eros just burns underneath. 

There are little snippets of other types of love/affection beginning to emerge though, not gonna lie, but we have to watch and see. I’m not sure if they have the potential to reach pragma, but a lot of other loves/affections can emerge from eros. 

BUT LONG ANSWER SHORT @mcmacenzy: Beth and Rio have a different type of attraction/love/tension compared to Annie and Gregg. Annie and Gregg have that ludas and storge, while Beth and Rio are dealing with eros (with a little mania I might argue). 

Bonus:

For the OT3: 

Philia: love shared between friends. 

“It was more valuable and more cherished than Eros.”

Honestly anon? High key want Dean gone, but lowkey murder isn’t gonna be the way to go (THIS IS A PERSONAL OPINION SO EVERYONE COMMES De FCKDOWN before u try to fight me lmao) like everytime I come on the GG tag people just want Dean dead and gone and like I get it but there are other ways he can be GONE. ANYWAYS ⤵️

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As for the grand gesture!!! I have been peeking at some of the theories (and I’m trying my best not to for my own health lol) but I think... it can be one of two ways.

So we all know BRIO has their relationship status as: Complicated. Some of their issues is communication and trust and navigating their romance/intimacy alongside their business relationship. So I think the grand gesture has to be one of the two or a combination of both? Like for one, and Christina Hendricks has been saying this for Beth’s perspective, is “am i your girlfriend” or..??? And I think it’d be Rio being really declarative to her, or Annie and ruby, his crew, DA/FBI/Turner/Lawyer/Marcus, or all of them at once like “YEAH I DIG THE SUBURBAN MOM WHO MAKES GLUTEN CUPCAKES, THE FUCK BOUT IT? POST UP”

Or business wise, and highly theorized, is him handing her the title of king/Queen. And that can be combined with their romance/intimacy (10/10 do not recommend sleeping with coworkers or ur boss. Gets messy y’all) but yeah I think this grand gesture no matter what is about Rio doing what he does for Beth in a small yet grand symbolic way: empowering her.

Me at Beth & Rio:

LEMME TELL YOU ANON, WHEN THIS SCENE HAPPENS, YOU WILL HEAR ME SCREAMING MY ASS OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT.

I can agree, and definitely this is going to be a lengthy conversation…involving a gun. (and some tension (be that sexual or non)), but you know what? Looking at her saying “you need me” it just brings me back to when Beth told him in 1x02, “Roll the dice. Pull the trigger.” That energy just echoes that Beth who was not going to go down without a fight, who would call the man whose about to kill her a freaking IDIOT. And I love that. 

I definitely believe that they have a conversation on whatever the fuck Beth did and they just inch closer, and closer, and closerrr and the tension just AAAAH! It’s a challenge, its Beth standing up to Rio, not in a business context, per se, but on a intimate relationship one (they have a weird thing goin on with a freaking label but its there!!!) They are so messy lub them. 

But yeah I’ll just be here suffering till Sunday night :) 

YOU ARE.

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@msnikkimoneypenny!!!!! I SECOND THAT OMG. Like honestly would not put it past Rio to be a little jealous. ALSO i THINK IT WOULD BE A NEW EMOTION FOR HIM. JEALOUSY. LIKE FUCKIn..... RIO?! HIM JEALOUS!? OF WHO!? Boi got money, swag, charisma, style. What the fuck he gotta be jealous of? But hold up, Beth ain’t his regular honey. Beth is different, Beth is Elizabeth, and Rio, is Rio. They are two people no one would imagine ever getting together. LIKE EVER. THEMSELVES INCLUDED! 

So this kind of drives Rio a little wild, It not only excites him, but it now poses a different set of ways in which he now has to figure out how to be with Beth. Rio has tried to figure out Beth and like she surprises him. As much as everyone is like OH MY GOD HE KNOWSSS HERRRRR, but he also said, she is “way more interesting” than what she even she believes of herself. So Rio wants to explore this dynamic, and he is hyper aware of who he is. So how does he secure himself in the relationship? Sex. 

“Like i cant see beth living a straight up gangsta life especially with her kids and i cant see rio living a surburban pinterest life ya feel? (Plus all the drama like beth is rlly gonna introduce rio to her kids like hey babes this guy shot ur dad, threatened to kill me, put me and all yall in danger, is a straight up criminal but we’re in love???) Like what is the scenario where this will work cuz they better have one theres no way i can see either of them with anyone else 2/2″

ANON! I am so sorry for this late reply. I am finally getting to asks! 

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Hi anon! Sorry for the late reply!!  HMMMM I DEFINITELY. DEFINITELY DEFINITELY do not think he said it like “ha its not gonna happen again so just tell him.” Nah nah. Its very likeee nuanced (This is gonna be long yall). Number one, I believe that partly, Rio was surprised that Beth didn’t say jack to her husband. Like yeah Beth is an amazing liar, but after the shit Dean went though, ya think an already guilty conscious would come clean, ya know? Considering she literally slept with the dude who shot her husband.