#ngl i felt sad when i saw the thumbnail

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Me listening to Grayson complain about his ‘long’ hair and realizing men are wimps as I straighten my hair that almost touches my ass lol

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Flirting with Social Anxiety | Sanders Asides

(WARNING: SPOILERS FOR “FLIRTING WITH SOCIAL ANXIETY” i mean, i put the video i think you already know that but still...just go watch it, it’s really cool) (P.S: I would be tagging all my posts and reblogs with “ts spoilers” and “sanders sides spoilers” so you can block or silence the tags and avoid getting spoiled)

FIRST OF ALL, thanks to the amazing artist that helped in the making of this video, you can go to the description of the video and visit their social media to support them and say thank you.

I want to start saying that this is the most relatable episode for me. I want to clarify, i haven’t been diagnosed with any anxiety disorder but i do suffer from really high levels of social anxiety, so you can guess that flirting is not my strong suit.

Besides that, I think it's really good that Thomas made an episode about this because being nervous (or in this case, anxious) about dates it's usually seen in woman, so I think it’s a good example to younger boys, telling them that is okay to not feel confident in every moment related to dating, because not everyone feels confident, especially if you some type of anxiety.

Now, to the ACTUAL episode:

The fact that Virgil and Roman were the ones with Thomas without the other, it’s a really interesting dynamic since most people see them as opposites even when they can end up making Thomas do the same thing, just in a different way or for different reasons, like how we can see Virgil making Thomas go talk with Nico after he and Roman already felt defeated.

I want to see more about how Virgil affects Romans plans, since it’s pretty common for people with anxiety to sometimes let it affect their dreams or inspirations but not in a way that it’s so direct that you can feel that you're not letting yourself keep doing what you want to do.

I think this was a really good episode that could be used to exemplify how social anxiety feels, the constant comments about every single little thing that could go wrong, everything you did and how its was wrong, the contradiction between actions and thoughts, and mainly, the feeling of regret that follows almost every actions that didn’t went how i wanted.

The whole situation with the pins and the stickers was just really hilarious, and yes, gay eyes are a thing, but also yes, they don’t always work.

Besides the actual debate between Thomas, Virgil and Roman, the interactions with Nico were just both the cutest and the awkwardest thing ever, i really like them, ngl.

The monologue in the bathroom was both hilarious and really sad after Thomas felt awkward and left, it was such an important thing for Thomas, because it meant that he was going to be sincere with his feelings and actions, even if he didn’t completely want to acknowledge, so it hurt in a different way. Also Vrigil making him extremely anxious and guilty is such a common experience for me that I couldn't feel worse for him.

But something really...unexpected, was seeing Virgil pushing Thomas to go talk to Nico, even if it was part of his fight or flight reflex and not because of bravery or any reason Roman had. In the end I think it was a good way to show that Virgil doesn’t want Thomas to never interact with people, he's just his reflexes and self preservation.

The post-credit scene was just the cutest part of the episode, I think it was a cute detail that Virgl made Thomas do a bunch stuff just because of all the emotions caused by the good interactions with Nico, it’s good to show that just because some actitions are caused by anxiety doesn’t mean that they’re bad themselves or that they are always hurtful.

ALSO, AM I THE ONLY ONE THAT SAW VIRGIL EYESHADOW A LIL PINK? Because it absolutely destroyed me.

But even when the post-credit scene was really cute, I think that a lot of us saw how start to date or starting a relationship is still kind of a sensitive topic of Thomas and the Sides, especially when we see Virgil being kinda bumped down after Thomas and Roman start discussing it. So it’s my prediction that the next episode (or other episode that comes out after this one) will be about how Virgil causes Thomas to be anxious when talking or deciding things related  to his love life, I think it would be kind of a way to protect Thomas for a potential break up, since we saw that the last one he suffered was really hurtful, and it would be the other Sides job to calm him down and see that he has to take some risks even if it means that he can get hurt.

Finally, I want to say thank you to all the people that helped to make this episode posible, especially taking into account the present circumstances.

So a big thank you to Erin, Alex and Brei for doing this amazing animatic that made it possible to make the actual episode.

Thank you to Joan, Quil, Manny, Davi, Leo, Dhalia, AJ for giving their voices for the animatic.

Thank you to Lev for the amazing thumbnail

And the biggest thank you to Joan and Thomas for scripting this amazing episode, your hard work it's really appreciated.

And that would be all the comments I have about the episode right now but I will be thinking more about it and posting any other thoughts that I have about it.