#don`t hate me but I find Consti extremly interesting to be honest

[hanna-water]

How and why did Isi and Constantpain become friends? 🤔 Since season 6 I was curious to know why Isi and Kieu My are actually friends with Constantin. They both expressed that they had issues with him (Kieu My: ”he can sometimes be a real asshole”  and the Spongebob/Patrick/Plankton analogy from Isi) and always had to take care of him when he was in “Consti-world” or fix his mess (Maike).  Since season 7 didn`t manage to give us a satisfying  😤  answer to that question, I will share my own theory about Isi and him: Isi was wearing acessoiries and clothes that society would call “feminine” (obviously clothes have no gender) since season 5 and we could imagine that it has been like this for a few years or maybe always. No matter how liberal and open-minded Berlin is compared to other german cities, I am sure that Isi often had a hard time because she is non-binary even before she could name or realize that. Other kids and teenagers in school surely made them feel uncomfortable by saying stupid and mean things about her appearance. I imagine Isi as a shy and more reserved kid because of that. Being considered “different” is never easy. I would assume that boys gave her a harder time about it then girls and that might be one of the reasons why Isi stopped playing football.  Besides all the negative things we can say about Constantin, I don`t remember him ever giving Isi a weird look or making any comment about Isis choice of clothes or make-up. I even would go so far to say that Consti liked that Isi was doing her own thing, beeing a bit extra. I remember one scene from season 6 (or 5?) were Kieu My is painting Constis nails. So he seems super relaxed and doesn`t give much about gender roles. A part of me wants to believe that Consti occasionally used to wear nailpolish too (long before Lou) because he wanted to make Isi feel more comfortable and encourage her. But that`s just me speculating.  Now imagine Isi, who has probably gotten a lot of shit from other boys (except Sascha) for her outfits and identity, to meet Consti for the first time and realize that this boy is accepting them how they are and maybe even thinks their style is really cool. It must have meant the world to Isi especially because Consti must have seemed super confident and cocky. I could understand why Isi would have given anything to become and stay friends with Consti, simply because he finally had someone in school who made them feel stronger and not as if there is anything weird about them. Isi maybe even looked up to Consti (hard to imagine, I know) because they saw him as someone who was what Isi desperatly wanted to be: strong, self-assured and invulnerable.  Even after all the hurtful and negative things Consti did over the time (to Ava, to Nora, to almost everyone)....that glorified image of him that Isi had must have  been the reason for holding onto this toxic friendship and beeing blind to the truth, that Consti is actually just a broken mess with anger-issues.