This is not how you look at a friend. Is not about him being proud of how far she has come. Is about him remembering her initial impression of him and the chaos around him. And mostly: you don't look at a friend like THAT
Carmy finally getting to be kind and soft spoken and good because he's so focused and getting Sydney everything that she needs to succeed without him that he's able to be present.
He loves her so much that it allows him to become the best version of himself, the version he really wants to be. He's not out of the kitchen, but he's out of his head.
They trust each other enough that he's abe to let go of that control that he's always grasping for, and she knows that he's there to catch her if she falls.
“the most beautiful thing about (syd and carmy’s) relationship is their true unconditional belief in one another. they see the beautiful things in one another that the other one is not able to witness in themselves. […] in a lot of ways, they saved each other. the piece in the opening episode of season 3, where carmy gets the call about mikey and serves the scallop to syd without ever having met her — there is this invisible tether that was not witnessed by either of them, but it inspired syd, and whether carmy knew it or not, this thing was loved and enjoyed by someone that was birthed from this very traumatic moment. there’s just this beautiful, invisible tether that has always existed and will always exist between the two of them.” JEREMY YOU GET ITTTTT
This meta is dedicated to all the Clairmy stands that I blocked throughout the years. It's my gift to you, lizards! Enjoy!
In this take, we can better appreciate the distance between Sugar and her, and that she was even a lil further back than Sugar, and there were kids between them, when we know that Sugar was standing RIGHT BEHIND Carmy, next to Pete, in the NEW BERZATTOS VIP AREA
When Carmy moved bc Syd started focusing on cutting the cake, as ONLY A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY WOULD for their "niece", in this case, which BTW Eva officialized and foreshadowed in S4 UNDER THE TABLE, calling her Antie Syd in front of the family, the C person could be seen behind Carmy trying to get his attention that at the time was focused on Eva, basking in the moment, because we know that man loves kids, since he held Sophie in his arms for the first time.
It's a matter of perspective created by camera placement, but they were not together; he was with Syd and the New Berzattos, celebrating his niece's birthday at his wife's restaurant, their restaurant, the family business. C was with her friend and her BF, third wheeling and trying to get her ex's attention when Syd was RIGHT THERE, faithful to her narcissistic style. But Sydney didn't even register her, FAMILY COMES FIRST for Syd.
Bonus track 1: He put a ring on it? Syd is clearly wearing a ring on her left hand, now bc of the camera perspective, we can't see whether it is a diamond ring or not, but it might be.
Bonus track 2: Storer used a similar method to the one used at weddings to place couples that are together, or as Hulu called it, PERFECT PAIRINGS. It stems from Classical French etiquette, and it's called "Alignement". It's also used at restaurants, for new couples or newlywed couples, or when it is desired to just optimize the closeness of any particular pairing. It's also commonly utilized at corporate events.
This can be seen in Cicero-Donna-Lee's case as well. We know Cicero wanted to ask Donna out in 5x8, and I will quote JAW directly here: "thought he wanted to retire", but then, like IMO a couple of years later, at Eva's Bday party, Donna is in the back with Lee, and Cicero is UNALIGNED, alone, more to the front of the room, third wheeling with Tiff + Frank.
Meanwhile, DD is lurking in the background with Lee:
Away from Cicero, who seems to be flying solo, actually, unless we count his "Kelly", AKA: Computer. (so it didn't work out or he didn't even ask her out, we don't know, but we know they're not together)
This proves that C being where she was represents Carmy and her didn't end up together, were never endgame, and that Storer is a sadist who wanted to make a last DICK MOVE with this POS Schrödinger's Bday party.
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