#freezer carmy

[thoughtfulchaos773]

Carmy's birth.

It was so hard and so scary,because he kept getting stuck,

and they just kept having to move me,

and I remember they were moving me in all these positions. And then at one point, i think they had me fucking upside down or something. I don’t even remember. But, babe. Babe.

Natalie: Yeah?

Donna: No, no, no, no. It’s not gonna happen to you.That’s not gonna happen to you.

You know what? It was fucked all around.

The whole thing was fucked.

Seriously. From the beginning, it was fucked

[savagegood]

they're coping...... | THE BEAR

bonus:

[scyeschef]

YOU GUUUUUYS

(from disney plus youtube)

[conceived-angel]

felt crazy when s3 of the bear dropped because it caused so many people to jump ship but it made my sydcarmy obsession worse? am i crazy? 😭

[g3othermal3scapism]

People who like violently hate Claire, call her ugly and say she’s a bad doctor, are generally misogynistic towards her or say awful things about her because she “gets in the way of sydcarmy” are wrong and stupid (and fucking weirdos)

…On a separate note, people who think Claire is a genuinely well-written and realistic (or interesting) character who was a perfect person and right all of the time and should end up with Carmy….. are also wrong.. and I’m not gonna say stupid but

[strawberryscare]

a harrowing sneaking suspicion that the bear will end with carmy and sydney just making the most insane eye contact so impossibly close without touching and that will have to be our endgame

[damnikindadontcare]

The Bear s3 ep1 script leak

[comfortfood-sydcarm]

I think one of my new favorite Sydcarmy scene that I've been watching on repeat is from s2E10 when Carmen gets locked in the freezer and he's desperately yelling at Marcus to get Syd. Carm starts saying "Marcus Get Syd For Me Please" to "GET SYD!", "GET FUCKING SYD!" Following this wonderful post by @devisrina and @currymanganese who pointed it out first.

JAW is such an amazing voice actor!

[satiricaily]

[all-men-must-die]

I'm obssessed with two things today

(btw this is a sydcarmy post)

1. When Syd tells him she needs his full focus she lowers her voice to a whisper (‼️) and when he answers he's also whispering; Nat shows up at the same moment and he says "I understand" in a low voice and then calls out to Nat in his regular voice. They sound SO MARRIED I'm going crazy

2. When they're under the table, Syd says she's afraid of fucking up and Carmy says "I fuck up all the time", then she says "Not like this". I MEAN

(putting on my tinfoil hat)

What does that mean????? I got the feeling Carmy meant fucking up exclusively in a work-related sense, like he did all throughout the season and in the past when she quit. I think she understands that's what he meant, but then she says "not like this", so what does she mean??? Could she possibly be talking about her feelings for him? She made a point of saying she was not jealous of Claire, but her facial expressions when she was saying this tell another story and that little "yeah?" when Carmy says Claire is great was just SO. TELLING. (HERE COMES THE TINFOIL HAT) So what if she got involved with a coworker before? Or she had unrequited feelings for someone and "fucked up" because she couldn't deal with it without getting things mixed up? Or what if a coworker had feelings for her and things got awkward because she didn't reciprocate? (bonus tinfoil points: that's why she's wary of Marcus).

Back in season 1, Carmy says the people she'd worked for said she's "impatient" and we see that with her offering the risotto to the food critic; Carmy is her boss and told her the dish was not ready, but she did it all the same (afterwards she is shown to be aware of her mistake and selfconscious about the whole thing because she tries to smooth things out with him by dismissing the review). When she brings him the dish she is also is visibly anxious while trying to play cool. I think all the little hints throughout the story so far show that even though she is avoidant and a bit emotionally repressed, Syd is very, very eager about things, and, like her father said, she always jumps head first into things; she's very passionate, very driven, and I think she would be capable of bulldozing through people to make things work and to realize her vision. At the same time, I think she FEELS things too much (unlike Carmy, who is also passionate, but a lifetime of trauma made him bury his feelings), and sometimes these feelings just come out to the surface without her bring able to stop them and I think that's what she meant when she said she was afraid of melting and fucking up; not exclusively work-related stuff, but also not being able to (in her eyes, at least) master her feelings and them getting in the way of her professional life.

[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.

[thoughtfulchaos773]

I'm tired and I just don't get it.

[youknowwobbles]

The Bear is such a weird one for me because I fundamentally do not care about the central story, but I like pretty much everything surrounding it

Like Ice Chips was one of the best episodes of TV I've seen in a while, and then the next ep I'm just like "yeah things not going smoothly at the restaurant huh"

[enslaughts]

no i'm sorry i'm not done because every SINGLE post about claire be it spiteful or pitying still somehow misses the point of her place in the plot entirely. she wasn't there to 'fix' carmy. she wasn't there for his escapism. she doesn't represent carmy's past and she isn't a mary sue and she isn't even there to contrast syd!! she is someone who knows and loves carmy just like anyone else in his life who he continues to sabotage any true vulnerability with!! if she contrasts syd, it's not even in a way that richie doesn't also, or natalie, because these are all people who care for him that he refuses to meet halfway the moment any vulnerability is required of him. for better or worse, claire's function in season two is about carmy's dysfunction, and how no matter how good his life can get or how many good opportunities come his way, he will ALWAYS blow it until he sorts his shit! as long as he refuses to process this hovering feeling, this anxiety, this waiting for the other shoe to drop, HE will drop it himself!! he will look at a perfect situation and ask is the other shoe gonna drop and not wait for an answer because the hope of even asking is too dangerous and painful to indulge in. if he stays in the hustle and the stress and never allows himself ANY amusement or enjoyment, it can't be something to lose. the point of claire is that it wouldn't even matter if it was syd or her, or anyone in carmy's life who dares ask of vulnerability from him (re: the big red button are you okay asked at a berzatto family function, hello), because as long as he remains where he is, he will blow it either way.

[iamfitzwilliamdarcy]

I wanted to rewatch S1 again before I circled back to expanding on this post but that’s gonna take me too long to get to lol and I have since discussed with @francesderwent at not midnight with coherent thoughts (also inspired by her post here and here ) — so I am back

“I was running it just fine without you” “Then why’d he leave it to me” paraphrased because I don’t remember the exact lines, but that’s the gist and the set up of a lot of conflict in s1 between Richie and Carmy — with he backdrop of suicide of the person they both loved between them. Why does Mikey leave Carmy the restaurant?

By the end of s2, we know Carmy is very much in danger of becoming his mother, and before that we know he’s isolated himself in NYC. He was a mess even before Mikey’s death. I can’t get out of my head that leaving him the restaurant is Mikey’s way of — trying to save him. The restaurant couldn’t save him, but maybe it could save Carmy — and what does it save him?? Himself. Carmy, becoming like Donna.

But leaving the restaurant to Carmy obviously has an impact on Richie and I think Mikey is smart enough to know that— he does that intentionally. He leaves the restaurant to Carmy, but he leaves Carmy to Richie. And maybe Richie couldn’t save Mikey, but maybe. Just maybe. He can save Carmy.

that walk-in fight they have is so special for that reason because it’s Richie telling Carmy the truth and…really being the only one who will? He even says as much “Someone’s gotta tell you” and he’s the one to compare Carmy to Donna. That fight isn’t about Claire, it’s about Carmy and Carmy self-destructing and Richie STEPS UP and tells him that!!! Shouting “I love you!” at him the way Nat tells Mikey at the 7 fishes — he’s always been part of the family but now he’s accepting that as a responsibility! and one Mikey left to him specifically!

It’s really a culmination of an arc for Richie and I have @francesderwent to thank for this because she pointed out the scene in the hardware store about him bitching about always having to look out for Carmy because he’s a baby in comparison to this freezer fight where he finally takes that seriously and takes responsibility. And you see that arc play out through Forks, where Richie realizes Carmy DOES respect him and admires him and values him and for the same reasons he looked up to Mikey. He’s good with people, like Mikey was. And now he has a role again in Carmy’s life— and isn’t that so much of Richie’s arc, finding his place and his purpose?

Mikey leaves the restaurant to Carmy, but he leaves Carmy to Richie, and maybe that’s what’ll save them in the end

[stonemouthzag]

Love how we see Richie living it up at Sydney’s apartment & Carmen’s stuck in no man’s land under the L(reiteration: taking a Big L) come on come oooon you guys. Cmon