#carmys hair

[unladyboss]

IT'S BECAUSE OF HOW HE'S SITTING: CARMY GETS HIS HAIR DONE

CARMY getting his hair done

Didn't realize it was so much work

[hothammies]

morning commute

[cryobabyy]

Syd: yeah i guess a star would be nice

Carmy:

[ixoren]

Family style? Two tops, booths. Danish design. Tasting menu at the bar..

[riickgrimes]

[tvgremlin]

There canon. I don’t care what the writers say.

[g3othermal3scapism]

highschool au sydcarmy r my kids btw. theyre very important to me

[zinyli]

carmy orr jeremy? idc!!its a watercolor portrait :3

[thoughtfulchaos773]

I believe these items were intentionally placed in both episode 1 and episode 9. It's the close-ups, and it's prompting us to question what Carmy is holding.

Items in episode 1

Mikey's prayer card, Carmy's pocket, and a Hair claw

Items in Episode 9

Mikey's prayer card, Carmy's pocket, scrunchie

Notice when the hair accessory goes out of focus and the prayer card comes into focus.

For episodes 1 and 9, Sydney and Claire have multiple hairstyles without indicating a scrunchie or hair clip.

Sydney's hairstyles in episode 1

Claire Hairstyles in Episode 1

Sydney Hairstyles in Episode 9

Claire's hairstyles in episode 9

There is continuity in costumes; for example, in the scene where Claire and Carmy are making out in blue lighting in Carmy's apartment, she could have worn that hair claw.

The only hairstyle we know of is Sydney's, who wore all kinds of scrunchies in season 1. Episode 9 is interesting in that we see the back of Sydney's head twice.

The back of Sydney's headshot reminds me of Vertigo and Hitchcock's fixation on the woman's back of the head as the man's romantic interest for the woman grew.

Vertigo was part of the montage at the beginning of episode 9.

Take with this what you will.

[m4ndysk4nkovich]

jeremy allen white is really good at disappearing into his characters because i don’t think i’ve ever seen carmy and thought he was lip or seen lip and thought he was carmy- both characters are similar but he portrays them so perfectly that you can see a clear distinction

[ochrogasting]

do you see my vision

[cosmic-light-fics]

I honestly can't get over Carmen Anthony Berzatto getting relationship advice from Neil Fak of all people in "Bolognese".

Neil, the one almost everyone refers to as a child. Neil, the one almost everyone doesn't take seriously. That Neil.

So why have a deep conversation with an unserious person?

Well.... because the conversation isn't seriously about Claire.

It's about Sydney.

The Crane Wife 3 by The Decemberists plays in the background as Carmy suddenly asks Neil "Is Claire my girlfriend?" He could have asked Sydney that question. You know, the person who prompted him to think of Claire as a girlfriend instead of a friend that's a girl. But all he was concerned about in that moment was being a shitty person (to whom he doesn't specify. It's purposely left open-ended).

The song playing draws on the Japanese folk tale of the crane wife. A blogger who analyzes The Decemberists' album The Crane Wife had this to say about The Crane Wife 3.

We begin here with the end of the tale of the crane wife, told from the point of view of the now-estranged husband who deeply regrets driving her away. If you’re like me and you know nothing of the story going into the album, all that you’re likely to pick up on is the fact that a man drove his lover away due to some sort of mistrust or disagreement between them, and you’d probably take the lines referring to her shed feathers and her choice to take flight as metaphors for a scorned woman walking out on the man she once loved, not realizing it’s all actually quite literal, as she was a crane who had taken human form. The source of the betrayal won’t become clear until much later in the album.

Up until this point in the season, Carmy and Claire haven't really faced any dips in their relationship due to Carmy's inability to define their connection. The person who is affected the most is Sydney. Claire hasn't felt betrayal from Carmy. Sydney has: from him standing her up for their palate cleanser, to him not updating her on the structural changes to The Bear, and his most egregious betrayal being the construction of the chaos menu without her. Making the chaos menu without her and gaining input from Claire.

Carmy betrayed Sydney. And I think what compounds this fact is that he decides to confirm who Claire is to him to everyone else except Sydney. Sydney is the one who asks for confirmation, the one who confronts him to decide and yet!!! Carmy never confirms their status to the one person who was concerned enough to point it out.

Who suffers from Carmy's relationship the most? Sydney. She loses his time, his focus, his dedication to their creation. But the biggest thing she loses is their connection (up until Carmy finally decides to give her his full focus in ep. 9).

Nothing confirms all of this more than Sydney's Three of Swords tattoo. A song of betrayal playing in the background as Carmy decides if Claire is his girlfriend, a couple's montage between Claire and Carmy undercut with shots of Sydney, and the reveal of a tattoo that symbolizes betrayal and heartbreak.

[yannaryartside]

I NEED SYD IN DENIN

making Carmy salivating

[hawkmothmoon]

Okay!! Last two The Bear pieces (til season 3, at least. Maybe sooner. Idk! I am inconsistent! I love many shows and movies and games and can’t commit to only posting from one fandom!!) JK I went and did a bunch more Bear pieces lololol

I had this idea of doing it to the single piece but it wasn’t working so I separated them out. Took inspo from the prayer cards we saw in the show.

My handwriting sucks lmao don’t judge me

[laviejaguardia]

Thinking about kid Syd and kid Carmy spending an afternoon neither of them remember anymore playing under the tables of The Beef

[babybirbb]

i’m licherally losing my goddamn mind (x)