#briannnnn i love you

[howtosingit]

This might be unpopular but...I don’t really want tarlos to take any big steps this season — no moving in, no I love yous, nothing like that. I really really want some beginnings-of-relationship stuff. I wanna journey with these two, I wanna see them slowly fall for each other on screen — they’re clearly enamoured, but you can’t say you love someone until you’ve seen them really live and they’ve been together four months I guess what I’m trying to say is that I need more tarlos BRIANNNNN THEY NEED TO GIVE IT TO MEEEEE I wanna see TK become best friends with Carlos’ friends and Carlos become best friends with TK’s friends lordy

I’m not sure that this is super unpopular, Anon - I think a lot of people agree with you! There’s even a part of me that agrees with you. I mean, we’re always going to want more than what the show gives us, right?

The problem with having such a large cast and a very oddly-developed first season is that, ultimately, I think we’ve passed a lot of that “beginnings of the relationship” stuff. Also, TK and Carlos have really gotten to know each other in a very unconventional (and unseen) way. By episode 9, TK was already mentally thinking of Carlos as his boyfriend to some degree! (Does that make a whole lot of sense with episode 10? Not really, but he still said it, so it’s canon.) Basically, season one was kind of all over the place, so I’m really putting more stock into season two now, which seems more focused...

Season 2 began by telling us that four months had passed. We now know that TK and Carlos are in a relationship, that they spend a lot of time together, that Carlos has spent time around Owen and Gwen, that they hang out with the 126 pretty often. TK has keys to Carlos’s place, and him spending the night there seems to be routine... in-between all of those moments is all of that “beginning of the relationship stuff” that you really want to see!

And is that frustrating, that we don’t get to see it? Yes, totally! But that’s the risk of falling in love with a ship on an ensemble show - especially one that likes to devote about 40-50% of its screen time to wild and crazy emergencies (I don’t have actual numbers, but it does feel like half the show). That doesn’t leave a lot of room for the small stuff, so I think those small moments are always going to be more implied. We just have to accept that if we want to enjoy the show.

So, if we let go of all of the things that we want to see, and pay attention to all of the things that we already know, it really does make a lot of sense that we’ll probably be getting the “I love yous” and the moving-in together moments this season (and probably by the halfway point). I mean, by episode 4 they’ll have been dating for 5-6 months! I’d honestly be worried if they don’t say it soon, or take the next step in their relationship.

I’m looking forward to episodes 4-7. I think they’re going to be big episodes for TK and Carlos. I think we’re going to get conversations about their relationship, sort of a “check-in” to see how it’s going, probably their first hurdle to climb. I also think we’ll get them moving forward together in some way. They’ve clearly been saving all of that for this big episode 4 and beyond - to me, it feels like a lot of the meatier stories have been held for post-crossover (another reason why I’m annoyed by it). 

I still think we’re getting their journey, Anon - maybe just not the exact one that you might want. But, honestly, when has a television show ever given fans exactly what they want? And besides, that’s why fanfic was created, and we all love that! 

TL;DR - WE’RE GETTING MORE TARLOS! I say, let’s see what this huge Tarlos episode gives us, and we go from there before we get too upset or frustrated. At least, that’s what I’m going to do.

(Also, last thing: I think we’re supposed to assume that Carlos is friends with Paul, Marjan, and Mateo now. Heck, I even write him as being friends with them in fics because I’m more interested in their dynamics than in creating an OG character for him. So, again, it might be more implied, but I think we are seeing them become friends with each other’s friends? They just have the same ones?)

[joonie-beanie]

it's not briannnnn. although if he's out there, hi brian! but dear sweet girl, you are oblivious and I love you still. how many times must I paint pictures for you until you understand things hahaha

*cries* we’ll see how long your love for me can persevere considering that I still have no idea who you are or what pictures you are painting kjhslakdjald I’m sorryyyyyyyyy