#and she and carmy are closer so i'm going to accept the lack of anything

[blackjack-15]

yeah now is a better time for the envelope good carmy needs something to hold on to

stressed and almost puking and shaking at the letter and carmy texts syd what her dish needs XD i love them truly

"so shove it up your ass" THE BEAR IS A COMEDY

and he laughs at it it's so cute

he reads her "correct" as a brush off -- which it is -- and is polite and professional. good job here from carmy -- apologize, and accept, and -- in an intensely carmy move -- help her to improve her dish

i'm...getting the sense that we're probably not gonna get any apologies to carmy, just from him, and...well, that's what fanfic is for, for filling in the gaps, right? there's prolly a time skip between S1 and S2, at least a little, so i can just pretend marcus was an adult and apologized for absolutely appalling behavior on work time (that got him lambasted by both carmy and syd, so it's not like it can just be blamed on carmy having a meltdown), and that sydcarmy have a heart to heart, or at least a convo about it

apologies are both owed and needed from all parties involved, no matter what form those apologies take (non-standard apologies like Tina's to Syd a few episodes count beautifully!)

i'm not happy but i'll deal. i'm sure carmy doesn't feel like he's owed anything, but i'm not a huge fan of the world of the show validating that

boy already has very little self-esteem (he's got self-confidence regarding his food, that's different), let's not shove him deeper into that hole

all that being said, i do love that, in times of high stress, he still thinks of syd, still turns to syd, still smiles because of her. it's lovely. two halves of the same whole

Mikey leaving behind an i love you and a crappy spaghetti recipe on an index card is SUCH a wonderful choice. Mikey's built up as this mythic figure by both Carmy and Richie, he haunts the restaurant and those who work there, but in the end he wasn't larger than life -- he was just a guy, same as the rest of us all, and the index card is such a beautiful way to illustrate that

"back in Somalia, I am grill master" "shut up you old bitch" "...that's sexist" THE BEAR IS A COMEDY