#this is so stupid but i made it anyways

[whatarewedoingdude]

Alright I rewatched the godforsaken movie for the 21st? time a few days ago, and for some reason I decided to count how many times Alex lips his lips because I noticed he does it A LOT.

So! Like any sane person, I took tally on how many times he did it and in which scenes it occurred, so here is my hopefully accurate counter:

All interrogation scenes with Sally: 7

All jail cell scenes with Sally: 2

Assembly scene where the headmaster calls Alex and Josh out for talking during announcements: 1

Argument between Reverend Donaldson and Alex in religion/history(?) class: 1

In total, we've got at least eleven lip licks from Alex throughout the entire movie. Obviously, I may have missed some, but I counted every one I noticed.

As an expert in the field of severe anxiety, I've observed that Alex licks his lips in tense situations where he feels uncomfortable, put on the spot, or peeved.

Obviously, in every scene with Sally, she's trying to get information out of Alex regarding very recent and VERY distressing events, leading Alex to feel uncomfortable and upset. Also, given that Alex is likely twisting the story to save his skin, he's more than likely nervous. So, that more or less supports the hypothesis that the lip licking is an anxious tic.

As someone with an anxiety disorder, this absolutely tracks. When in high-stress and uncomfortable situations, my number one outlet for that nervous energy is lip licking and fidgeting with my hands. Since Alex is chock full of pride, he's probably less likely to outwardly show that nervousness in the form of anything else but lip licking- it's subtle enough not to attract much attention.

I also observed that Alex never licks his lips in scenes with Nigel. Coincidence? I think not! Since Alex so obviously regards Nigel as a freaky outsider, he likely feels a certain level of control and power over him (i.e. raising his voice at Nigel, scolding him, punching him, pushing him around), and therefore has nothing to be nervous or uncomfortable about. So, there is no anxious energy- or not enough anxious energy- to warrant tics such as lip licking.

On the other hand, in the interrogation scenes, Alex has nearly no power or control over anything besides the story he tells Sally. He cannot easily get himself out of that situation in any other way than telling half-truths, so that anxious energy builds and seeps out in the form of lip licking.

In conclusion, Alex's #1 anxious tic is lip licking, and this post is absolutely unnecessary but I made it anyways because I observe far too much🫶

[ladysqueakinpip]

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[egophiliac]

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[orionis13]

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[monkayy]

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[heirloommtomatoes]

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[tragicvampireromanceisland]

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[toytulini]

listen im ace and im pro kink at pride and whatever, but the way some of yall are wording your posts in response to the backlash against it is uh. really taking me back to the ace shitcourse era.

yall know theres nothing wrong with being a "virgin", right? that its not inherently shameful to have not had sex, to never have sex, even if youre not ace, even if you do want to have sex someday, like, its fine that you haven't had sex?

maybe if your problem is that theyre trying to police your behavior and shame you for expressing your sexuality, you can say that? instead of resorting to "haha stupid virgin gets no bitches" like my god. do you not hear how fucking regressive that attitude is? i know, i know, youre "joking".

get a better joke

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[shortcakelils]

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