#Carmy's expression

[unladyboss]

WHENEVER CARMY'S BROWS RAISE. JEREMY ALLEN WHITE. THE BEAR. ALWAYS and IRL

Whenever he raises his brow it's an intense stare at her or in her direction or to do with HER

There's no hiding that (unless you use a green heart)

Let's get that straight. There's NO blinking here

[torisprlng]

#fun is a negotiable

THE BEAR | 3.03: DOORS

[thoughtfulchaos773]

I will always be obsessed by Carmy’s obsession with what Sydney is wearing.

[only-one-brain-cell]

Do you guys ever stop and think that Richie might on a subconscious level resist Carmy? No mater how close Richie and Mikey might have been it’s not like Mikey and Carmy. Mikey probably talked about Carmy, how proud he is of his little brother, Mikey jokes how jealous he is of Carmy who not only knows what he wants to do but is so good at it. That Mikey was always close with Carmy the two of them always hanging out when Carmy was younger, even when Richie and Mikey did hang out chances are Carmy was there too.

Carmy is jealous of Richie too, that Richie could go out with Mikey and get drunk, meet girls do typical guy stuff. Stuff Carmy was always so shy and awkward to do with Mikey, while he was happy that Mikey liked cooking with him and hanging out that way Carmy wishes he could do more. He wants to be able to tell stories with Mikey like Richie does, maybe not on the same level but he wants to have fun with Mikey like Richie does. Carmy knows Mikey cooks with him because he likes it but more because that’s Carmys way of having fun, hanging out in the kitchen and laughing at stuff is how Carmy has fun. But Mikey is an extrovert and enjoys being out and meeting people and Carmy an introvert would rather die than do that so that’s where Richie comes in.

The two of them sort of competed for Mikey’s attention because Mikey is the glue that was holding both of them together but neither of them realized what Mikey was going through, both of them so dependent on Mikey that they didn’t stop and think about Mikey’s problems. Mikey felt like he couldn’t talk about his problems because he was so focused on being what the other needed.

[spywhitney]

I don't want to see Luca anywhere near Sydney in season 4.

If sydcarmy is happening, I don't want no romantic or platonic (pft) storyline with Luca for Syd.

For one, it makes no sense to spend time on a relationship that's going to end. And highkey, I especially wouldn't like if a romance happened only for there to be parallels to Carmen, or Luca is presented as a good viable option for Syd, only for her to get with Carmen anyway.

At this point, I just want the show to give sydcarmy or get the hell away lol. I'm over the multi-channel gaslighting of it not being there in the show and the parallels that many hope are actually going to mean something by the time the show ends.

Syd, Marcus, Ebra, Tina, Gary (and Manny and Angel that won't be getting any screen time atp) haven't got the time I think they deserve (Syd in particular, for the second main character where tf was she in S3? S2 I understand, but for real wtf was that?). That time would be better spent on them rather than a short-lived, reprieve-centred fling for Syd imo.

I wrote a post a while ago regarding sydcarmy after S3 and I still more or less agree with what I said, but in terms of plot, if Sydney is going to struggle along with Carmen when she chooses to stay at the bear, that's perfectly fine. But I don't want anymore ambiguity, "up to interpretation" bs when it comes to them. At least give me the opportunity to wave a satisfied fist in the air with blatant, confirmed romance between them at least, so I can say "the sydcarmy shippers told yall so", even if I don't particularly want it the same way.

[paranormaljones]

the way that season one Carmy looks at Syd like she's his entire future. someone needs to lock me in solitary confinement.

[vicciouxs]

some locals 🌵 * sims 3 & 4 are by @machinegrl <3

[blackjack-15]

kay right carmy al-anon speech let's go

"before i came to al-anon i was a cook. i'm still a cook i guess, just a different kind of cook" this for me is a really, really sad peek into how he thinks of himself. there are so many carmys, broken up by where he is and who he is and what's happened to him

also he says "cook" not "chef", probably feeling "chef" is pretentious -- probably due to his extended family's reactions to him being a chef

also he introduces himself as "Carmen" here, not Carmy, which is interesting. i'd love to know how he introduced himself in NYC, b/c in ep 1 we see him introduce himself to syd as "Carmy"

"let it rip" we've heard that so many times in the background as sort of an auditory hallucination from carmy that it makes sense that it was Mikey's phrase

the knowledge that carmy has a speech impediment is not even a little surprising -- he still has hesitation markers, especially when stressed, and it prolly reinforced the idea to richie et al that he was a baby

bad at school, bad at paying attention, bad with women, bad with humor -- he's hurling these one after another and, again with The Bear's excellence in hearing what characters don't say, you can get the sense that he thought Mikey was good at all of these things, and how could Carmy even begin to compare?

"I just wanted him to say good job!" oh honey

"and I think it's clear that me trying to fix the restaurant was me trying fix what was wrong with my brother" there's the thesis statement of s1, and Carmy coming to that conclusion makes so much sense -- out of his siblings (including Richie), he's the quiet, introspective, sensitive one -- an artist's temperament with a pugilist's temper. he knows what he's doing, he just can't express it, can't fix it

"that restaurant has, and does, mean a lot to people. it means a lot to me" -- it's why he reacts the way he does when sugar (and, implied there, his mother) blames the restaurant and says it makes people unhappy. to him, this restaurant isn't just an obligation, or a f//k-you from Mikey, or a distraction, or a place where he can cook -- it's something that Means something, it's a constant, it's an institution. i don't know how Mikey felt about it-- we may find that in S2, we might not -- but Richie and Carmy love the restaurant the same amount in different ways, and as long as that's true, some form of the Berzatto family restaurant will exist in Chicago

a final note for that speech -- it's an incredible performance, first of all, but that's obvious. it's also an incredibly risky scene, especially in a half-hour show (which The Bear is, despite the runtime of eps 7 and 8), to point the camera at an actor for seven minutes straight and say "go".

in any TV that's risky, in half hour tv it's riskier -- that's 1/3 of the show's runtime! -- and in a show that relies on movement, chaos (organized or otherwise) and quick cuts like The Bear does, it's incredibly risky. it pays off in full here, and i'm clapping it out. a+ for all involved

[accioepiphany]

Finally finished s3 and whew... def the first half was more solid than the second one...

Napkins was great, lovely view into Tina's past.... until I saw someone point out it was sort of inconsistent with the story we have heard previously from Tina... which. true. and not great.

Legacy, Ice chips, Apologies, Forever.... soooooooo full of dialogue, to the point that. why are you telling me this. we have already discussed this. I rather you show me. pls in no more flashbacks. I don't get the extensive amount of flashbacks either ! !

Like is it lovely that we get to see Nat reconnect with her mom? Yeah! do I need a 30 min long conversation in one same place to get that? I don't know???? do I?????

I don't know.... sadly the reviews are kinda right and the second part feels stretched. Syd being poached could have brought so much drama, so much consequences and the only thing we get is anxiety. when. let's be real. Carmy has been so shitty to her that honestly I don't get why she didn't just took the opportunity. like her doubt would have made way more sense if there was actually something promising for her.. but like, girl, run. you deserve better!!!

more thoughts maybe in a future when i have processed it better.

[doodlingbreak]

Date idea: I make us homemade pasta and you tell me about that time you fucked up your life

[november-rising]

I grew up hearing an eclectic mix of music. A song I loved growing up made me think:

If The Bear could have been a musical for one single moment, Carmen in the walk-in embodies this. PLEASE NOTE: It’s not just the lyrics- it’s the guitar solo. Listen to it. That solo sounds like Carmy to me.

For your listening pleasure “I’m So Afraid” by Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac)

https://youtu.be/6OrtLxsqSic?si=WgLPI4nH2pnoQsqU

Lyrics:

I been alone

All the years

So many ways to count the tears

I never change

I never will

I'm so afraid the way I feel

Days when the rain and the sun are gone

Black as night

Agony's torn at my heart too long

So afraid

Slip and I fall and I die

I been alone

Always down

No one cared to stay around

I never change

I never will

I'm so afraid the way I feel

Days when the rain and the sun are gone

Black as night

Agony's torn at my heart too long

So afraid

Slip and I fall and I die

How I feel

Days when the rain and the sun are gone

Black as night

Agony's torn at my heart too long

So afraid

Slip and I fall and I die

Again, listen to the guitar solo all the way through. I beg you.

[unladyboss]

THEY JUST CANNOT HELP IT. MIRRORING EXPRESSIONS. JAYO. THE BEAR. SEASON THEM.

This was a super tense night.

But full of stares, awkward hugs

Side eyes from friend of hers

All captured on fillm

[futureempressoftheuniverse]

okay but syd's face when she goes to carmy's apartment for the first time and takes in how empty it is and how he has to pull his jeans out of the oven so they can cook and the way during the table seen carmy asks her if she still enjoys cooking and how she says the best part of her day was making sugar an omelet and how even though carmy finds it important that she still enjoy cooking when was the last time before she came over that he cooked in his own kitchen

[thoughtfulchaos773]

I'd like to see Carmy try to do it without Sydney—I'd like to see how he doesn't even want to and how he'll react to that circumstance.

I'd like Sydney to get the Star-do it without Carmy. But there's an emphasis on choosing not to be alone. They can go through the journey alone, but they wouldn't want to, and because of that choice, there's an awareness that dependency and not (co) dependency needs to happen. It's about Carmy and Syd going through ups and downs and having boundaries to the dependency, i.e., I'm not your fucking babysitter.

The partnership lies in Sydney speaking up sometimes without Carmy prompting her not to brew in her feelings. It's carmy building an environment with Sydney where he can support her, she can teach others, and her cup is so full she can continue to do what she loves, taking care of others and making them happy.

To have that dependency where Carmy can be the guy she relies on, one where he's not stuck in his own way and can focus on others, on Sydney. I know a lot of Carmy's gestures weren't as valued by his family, and that can create a person who withholds affection. But with Sydney, does he know how freely he can give to her? How, like her, he can enjoy taking care of people?

I hope we get a table scene moment one where they express they're partners- where Carmy actually shows he can't do with Sydney

[calamity-bean]

Carmy breaking down and freaking out and crying while trapped in the walk-in, shut out from the team and deprived of the opportunity to participate in launching the dream he's worked so hard for.... they're doing so good and they're doing so good WITHOUT HIM..... Really giving me parallels of Donna crying in the kitchen while everyone else sits around the dinner table bearing her feast..... ooughhhoughghghghghghghg 🥺

[pietrodart]

i was watching the bear with my dad tonight and he said carmy reminds him of pietro. honestly I get it