#sccsm

listen. if some guy i just met, who i did not find attractive at all, and who was my cousin's boyfriend, asked me four times if i'd kiss him, in the middle of a softball field, where we were surrounded by my family, i would say no at least once.

oh boy, i cannot get enough of that. especially when they are other people around. like the would you kiss me scene. it literally happens in the middle of a softball field, with all of the roys surrounding them, but it's shot like there is nobody else there.

or the bill send off in 1.3, where obviously the whole department is there, but tomgreg are just on the other side of the room, leaning against a wall, not an inch of space between them.

1.6 has a couple, but that's understandable, they are on a date. 1.8 as well, the buckle up fucklehead happens in a room full of people, as does that scene where greg asks about the arrangement. tom's story about snowballing looks like it happens in a booth of sorts, but they are literally sitting by the bar.

1.9 where greg talks to tom about tabitha, it's just the two of them there for the longest time, you don't even see shiv come up until the shot widens. how long was she there? you just don't know. that's not important.

2.3 with greg begging tom not to say shit to logan HAPPENED IN A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE. as did their morning after breakfast. 2.4 toys with this trope a bit, reminding us that there are other people around constantly, but making you forget about them on purpose as well.

2.6 where they are surrounded by a sea of business men, but their conversation about tom's welcoming pack looks like there is nobody else there.

or 2.7 where tom comes to greg's apartment while he is hosting some kind of a meet up, and these guys can fucking see and hear them, but the whole scene is shoy to look like it's just the two of them.

already covered 2.10 where swimming was like a group activity, but somehow you only get to see tom and greg there.

3.6, where the shot starts off with roman shiv tom and greg in full view only to narrow slowly over time, leaving you with just tomgreg hamilton convo. insane.

every single tomgreg scene at ken's birthday party in 3.7 happens in front of other people. prove it? there are literally new guests being 'birthed' into the party while that shit goes down. compliment tunnel? there are other people going through it as well.

fucking 3.9 italian proposal where the is a full blown reception happening all around them, but it looks like there isn't anybody around when tom pops the question?

bestie, i am waiting especially for that. the moment of realisation. the second the severe implications of what tom has done and why hit greg square in the chest. his, undoubtedly, insanely entertaining reaction to all of these significant and very telling decisions and moves.

i have thought a lot about the two italian proposals. they both seem very similar on the surface. mostly because both willa and greg are in similar position - their affection seems bought rather than earned. they aren't the same though. i genuinely think that even the statement above sets them apart. connor has made himself believe that willa's love is true, while she's in there mostly for the money. tom has come to terms with greg being in there only for the money, wouldn't it be hysterical if he too was wrong and greg was there simply for tom? but i digress.

the way each proposal goes down is insanely different. con makes a spectacle of it, there are people everywhere, everybody can hear them clearly, everybody is watching. this is clearly done to manipulate willa into saying yes. tomgreg proposal, again, is the exact opposite. tom sits greg down away from everybody, because he wants greg to feel free to be honest in his decision. he doesn't go on one knee, but huddles close, stays at the same level as greg because he wants them equal in this.

willa keeping con on the edge for days (a day?) and only agreeing because she felt sorry for him is totally different than greg agreeing straight after tom makes it clear he does not want to lord over him anymore, that he wants them both at the top. the insane difference between willa's 'fuck it' (how bad can it be?), and greg's 'of course' (how could i not be there for you?). truly telling.

the way willa's smile disappeares the second con cannot see her face anymore, because this isn't true, isn't genuine, this isn't really what she wants, contrasted with greg making jokes about giving his soul to tom gleefully, laughing honestly, gripping tom's shoulders reassuringly, shaking his hand, only to initiate a hug between them, where he clings to tom tightly (and we have seen greg hug so many people, always awkwardly, terribly, with insane amount of distance between and like two points of contact, nothing like this, two bodies glued to each other), before watching tom walk away with clear concern on his face because he cares truly, wholeheartedly.

please, i desperately need a poster where both shiv and greg are whispering in tom's ear, all 'an angel on one shoulder and a devil on the other' like, but there are no angels here.

alternatively, i would love a reverse of this season's tomgreg poster, but, instead of hands on tom's shoulders, greg keeps one hand on his throat. for reasons.

we talk loads about how hot and cold tom is with greg, but never about how hot and cold greg is with tom. not only did he pull this face 🥺 after the forehead kiss, he then decided to tell tom he will be pursuing some girl tom has literally never met, only to then tell him his wife is way too hot for him, TO THEN, IN AN ACT OF BRAVERY THAT COULD BE ONLY TRIGGERED BY THE PENIS DELIRIOUS STATE OF MIND, he asked him to fuck him to prove him he fucks well and his meat is huge.

all of that and for what? for absolutely nothing because his news about wanting to chase some unknown girl has already taken its toll on tom.