Guys, no matter what happens, 🎵 We can't. We can't back down🎵 cause this season is giving me major Camp Rock vibes.
In all seriousness thought, I appreciate each of you in the Fandom that made it what it was today. I have made some memories and some great friends/mutual. I am staying cautiously optimistic cause while I'm very scared for this season and mourning in my own way,I'm grateful that I still got to experience the past seasons in this Fandom.
I have a lot of love for this Fandom and will try my best to still interact in the tag and post (tangent I have been procrastinating on those posts, but best believe it's happening)
Shout out to the fanfic writers, meta writers, theorists, the ranters, our anon asks warriors ( cause even though some people think it's bad to gossip we either listen or do it ourselves,so thank you for sharing your opinions and posing the asks ,yall some real ones), the readers, the artists,the editors, and so much more.
Special shout out to the black woman sydcarmy, which is always and forever!!!.
The Bear: An Appreciation (continued: part2). To all who've made this fandom what it is...
To the fan artists, idk how y’all do it but drawing and painting these characters that we’ve gotten to know and love and cherish and putting your spin on these characters is just so so gorgeous and thank you for your contributions as well. Thanks for using your talent to capture beautiful scenes or make new scenes entirely, thanks for the beautiful visuals and showing us your unique take on our beloved characters
some of my fav work by sydcarmy artists:
💬 11 🔁 24 ❤️ 79 · Legacy · Hii, it's been a while :] my hyperfixation on The Bear has vanished as of lately, that's why I haven't been as
💬 1 🔁 8 ❤️ 24 · Syd <3 · Btw in honour of s5 coming soon, here's an old piece i made of my favourite girl from The Bear which i don't thin
💬 1 🔁 25 ❤️ 97 · "Their turn now" · Me: ir might take me a while for my next sydcarmy fanart
Still me: *publishes one like two days later
💬 0 🔁 12 ❤️ 55 · I can’t wait to see them again 🍳
Support my art by buying my merch here
💬 7 🔁 1199 ❤️ 3283 · hands!
(not strictly bear related but talented nonetheless but relates to Ayo):
💬 12 🔁 22 ❤️ 69 · ayo’s stagedoor gift is done!! a cartoon of her most iconic roles <3 i have a few mixed media details to add & then she
@studio-kilimeen @lynxiepancakes @noreamea & of course @bananapopsicies
Fanfic writers:
To the fanfic writers, oh where do i begin. Thanks to you guys as well. One of the most fun aspect of any fandom is always the fanfic writers and seeing what they come up with in both the setting in canon but au’s as well as everything in between. Thanks for your creativity, thanks for your passion and sharing your time with us to the ship that we love all together. Your stories didn’t go unnoticed, they’ve made us (me and many more) giggle, they’ve made us cry, they’ve made us feel, they’ve made us clutch our invisible pearls, they’ve made us feel everything in between. Every story you’ve written has brought this ship to life in several ways than one. Thanks for the late nights staying up to complete a chapter(s) on something that is totally optional on top of all the regular responsibilities you have in your everyday life but choosing to do so anyways. It is appreciated truly.
some of my fav works by sydcarmy fanfic writers:
https://archiveofourown.org/works/67917566 by @missamyshay
https://archiveofourown.org/works/59181112 by (lalalena22) not sure of tumblr user also if they have any.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
https://archiveofourown.org/works/64809277 by @half-bloodorange
https://archiveofourown.org/works/60977416 by @turbulenthandholding
https://archiveofourown.org/works/53058574 by (At High Noon) not sure of their user on tumblr if they have any but good fic nonetheless.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/54867235 by @hotelfoxtrot
https://archiveofourown.org/works/52961134 by (Ceselle1024) not sure of tumblr user if they have any
https://archiveofourown.org/works/52858947 by (DoubleApple) not sure of tumblr user if they have any
https://archiveofourown.org/works/59166334
@bootlegramdomneess
https://archiveofourown.org/works/48236095 by (idolizedviolence) not sure of tumblr user also if they have any.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/58936909
@sutherlins
https://archiveofourown.org/works/58902496 by (BlaquePantheress) not sure of tumblr user if they have any
https://archiveofourown.org/works/53334667
@shewalksoverm3
https://archiveofourown.org/works/59814610
@sydneys-adamu
https://archiveofourown.org/works/75988696
@aerishey
https://archiveofourown.org/works/66678931
@elkscrossing
https://archiveofourown.org/works/49410490
By (tvfanatic97)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/78164366
@yapper1020
https://archiveofourown.org/works/65919154
(Emma_Swan3)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/51245494 by (flantattoo) not sure of tumblr user also if they have any
https://archiveofourown.org/works/58900324 by @anxietycroissant
https://archiveofourown.org/works/59111605 by (browneyesparker) not sure of tumblr user also if they have any.
and so many many more… truly thank you all for your contributions to the sydcarmy fandom!!
I am so fucking annoyed with how The Bear is ending
I wanted to save my thoughts for when season 5 comes out but I’ll share some of them now. Also please just keep in mind that this is me venting. I’m hoping season 5 is good and still want sydcarmy to happen, but these are my concerns.
I was already annoyed with this being the shows final season. Eventually thought, I was able to make some peace with it. However, I HATE THIS ONE DAY BULLSHIT. Not just because of plot holes, but for Sydney. I honestly would’ve like to see Sydney be the head Chef for more than one day. I would have love to see more of her personal life outside of the bear similar to Carmy in season 2 (even if it was with Donna lite). And look, I’m honestly fine with the restaurant falling apart atp. I get that it’s supposed to show Sydney and Carmy falling apart but maybe they could rebuild it with this hope thing season 5 has going on (idk maybe im being too optimistic about sydcarmy). At the same time I don’t think it should’ve been on the day after the fight they had at the end of season 4. I would’ve like maybe a season of Sydney running shit but also trying to maybe sort out shit in her personal life. I don’t like the idea of Sydney‘s life just being tethered to that restaurant and she gets nothing out of it.
“Because you’re the bear”
OK, but what about her life outside of the bear? Sure I believe that she is, but can she also have like something outside of it too? Sydney at the club maybe? Honestly, maybe a love interest outside of Carmy or at least an explanation as to why Sydney isn’t an in a relationship? A proper one. Like this show really said fuck Sydney. She barely get nothing. Hell she even keeps getting denied as the show’s love interest. They don’t even have the decency to give her Luca or Marcus as love interest (im not fans of her with either but at least she would have some experiences with love like Carmy did) No. They just really said here Fak dumb ass to fall through the ceiling and almost kill her. And I know I’m judging too soon when the season isn’t even out yet, but I feel like it’s very valid to criticize how Sydney is written throughout the show. Keep in mind Sydney is the shows heroine and we still know little to nothing about her backstory. We know bits and pieces, but they don’t really talk about her mom at least in the same way they talk about Mikey and Carmy. And not to say that Sydney is a bad character by any means she is an interesting character. She’s kind and caring, but she’s also shown to be very impatient and imperfect at times. But I hate how they write her to be tethered to the restaurant and I hate how they write her to have no life outside of the restaurant. I wish the show would go over her experiences with loneliness, and how that truly affects her. Or even addressing her being a bad communicator. OR EVEN ADDRESS HER BACK TATTOO AND WHY SOME OF THEM ARE SIMILAR TO CARMY.
I hope we at least get an episode where we do get a flashback of her mother. And even though it’s very messy, part of me still hopes that maybe sydcarmy are meant to be. Even if that’s the case, I will always criticize with how Chris chose to write Sydney shit last minute.
It seems we are staring this new year the same we did last. With a Black trans man found dead in New York. And like last time, no one on social media is talking about it, because we don't talk about dead trans men.
Danny Siplin was 33-years-old, he was a community builder, a dedicated son that drove his mother to work every morning, and he loved the snow.
He was found dead near his car on a bridge in Rochester. Police have alleged there was no foul play involved in his death, but details of his death have not been released to the public. The media reporting his death misgendered him on TV and in articles. He was described by his mother as someone who "give the shirt off [his] back,".
Sam Nordquist's body was found almost a year ago, also in New York, also after he had gone missing. Sam Nordquist was de-gendered by the New York Times, which initially had correctly referred to him as a trans man before changing the language to "person". Sam, a 24-year-old Black trans man, had been tortured and raped for three months before he was killed and his buddy dumped and dedicated. The media also failed him, not just by misgendered and de-gendering him but also by using photos of him pre-transition. Something that his Wikipedia page has also done.
He was described by his mother as someone who "give the shirt off his back,".
It has also been almost two years since the murder of TK Hill, a 35-year-old Black publicly transgender man, who was shot and killed in front of his home at the start of 2024. TK had been a community organizer and an LGBT salon owner. TK Hill was also described as someone who would "give the shirt off his back,".
As I mourn the death of Danny Siplin, I am still mourning the death of Sam Nordquist and TK Hill. I mourn the deaths of all trans men whose names go unspoken, whose names go erased, who have been defined as people who give and give and give - even when they had very little and faced such great and terrible adversity.
like ok allegedly the white people in Northern Ireland terrorizing mainly Black people and poc are British loyalists and not “real Irish” but that video stating that is showing more concern for the white Irish people currently hiding in their homes “in fear” of harm, while real life Black people are actively being harmed lmao like??? get up! if you say you’re not like these white supremacists than show up in defense for the Black people currently being mobbed by people who look like you!
paying liberal lip service does nothing but make sure history doesn’t remember you as the “actual bad guys”, just the cowardly bystanders & it damn sure doesn’t make any moves to protect anyone Black!
I'm freaking out because I love this concept too much and I don't want to jinx it 😭😭😭
It's not a The Pitt-style season, it's Groundhog Day season.
In the movie, there was a blizzard, in The Bear we have a storm.
The very first teaser included a clock going backwards.
The trailer has multiple scenes that include the rewind effect, and it made me go, 'Wait a second'.
Minute 0:07
Minute 0:22
Minute 1:07
But it's the multiple teasers that keep popping up after the trailer that are making me wonder whether it's really happening. I know Storer has used scenes that never made it into the actual show before (it happened in S4). But something is definitely up with these teasers, they include the 'same' scenes with little variations:
Tina at the Beef window
Richie talking to Cicero
Tina and Syd in the walk-in scenes
Richie speaking to Jess before going back to FOH
The big motivational speeches
Also, Richie's accident at the end of 'Gary' would fit perfectly in a loop.
And then there's Carmy:
When Richie says, 'We have each other', Syd looks at Richie and smiles, Carmy looks at Syd. He's not pissed, but he does look serious.
He tells Syd, 'Whatever you need, I'm here'.
Syd says, 'The restaurant is flooding, but we're here, together'. He says, 'I like that. I like that positivity.'
'I look at you all, and I love you so much'.
He is finally trying to show up for the bear, for Syd, which is a big thing Phil does for Rita and the people in town in the movie.
I hate the idea of everything happening in one day, but if it's a loop.. COUNT ME IN. Some many things can happen. What do you think?
My wife is now in the hospital, between life and death. The doctors confirmed that she urgently needs immediate surgery, and any delay could mean losing her.
Time is not on our side, and every minute that passes brings us closer to the end.
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These two could be parallel worlds, so whatever happened in one have a similar reflection in other.
The thing is, in moment when Dansim was about to die something happened, I think the shaman done something so Dansim was moved to the parallel herself , but...if my theory is right - hear me out -
Seori then jumped to Danshim body and was living in it same as Damsim in the story we see.
Danshim hasn't died from the poison. She survived and the moment from Preview she is woking up AFTER the poison drinking scene in her own body.
Seori hasn't died either, she's back to her body in hospital.
But things will never be same anymore, they both made a visible mark in their timeline.
This makes sense but likee….. that is whole another plot that needs to be stretched out. Seori adjusting back into her world and finding out about grandma, her love life and her career. Also Danshim adjusting back to her original timeline. It’s just so much that I hope doesn’t get squished into 14 episodes. It’s one of the reasons I wish this show had the 16 episode format cause their so much to tell the audience lol.
but also (my theory) …….you pointed out that Danshim is not died what if she learns how to take down the king. Then she comes back to modern world and uses that information to take down Mundo. We might get a history rewrite cause they kept emphasizing how she was erased from history. But my theory then falls cause what happens to Seori lmaooo where did she go!!
I can’t stop thinking about it either lol like what’s gonna happen???? What makes sense for the story as this point?
Here’s a very messy compilation of my thoughts while watching on episodes 8-10.
EP. 8 GREEN
* Syd as Ina Garten is so funny
* THIS IS HOW YOU OPEN AN EPISODE! LETS FUCKING GOOOOOO
* The Stuffed Bear with the broken heart. There’s no way that Sydcarmy is not endgame. Chris I swear to god if Sycarmy is not endgame…
* I love Ayo in some big curly hair, though I wonder why her hair looks like this in her nightmare.
* The stage ? Ooof I need to read some Metas about her nightmare any recs
* Hey Shapiro your mouth when you’re talking to my girl Sydney. (Also how does he know the Bear isn’t doing well financially “a ship that is literally sinking” is that public knowledge. Is he saying this because of the review?”)
* Since when was Marcus’ dad a thing. I thought he didn’t know him. Did I miss something?
* Inject Sydney and Emmanuel scenes into my veins. He is practically begging to know more about her life 🥺 Tell your daddy things Syd. (She probably just doesn’t want to worry him.)
* Luca scenes being cut together with Marcus’. It’s starting to smell like Boylove in here guys. Marluca forever. (they are my fav crackship. I’m never letting them go.)
* Here goes Carmy with his soft ass voice when talking to Syd.
* The kitchen is so calm. In a way that is making me anxious. lol why can’t I appreciate the quiet moments in the show. I feel like the other shoe is about to drop. (This is by design right? So we can feel how he feels. I think so. What do yall think?)
* Omg Jessica fixing Richie’s tie 🥰🥰🥰
* That damn lamb. Those damn colors. This damn couple better be endgame. Please do not play in my face Hulu. Please don’t do it.
* “Do you think maybe it was a photo you liked.” “I don’t know was it a photo I liked.”………. I’m seeing things. I am thinking thoughts but I will keep my mouth shut for now.
* Wow Richie’s had the same job is whole life. That feels significant, did we know that before this episode. Very very interesting. He’s nothing if not loyal.
* Claire’s still here…cool, great, fun, looove that.
* Richie worrying if he over shared is actually so adorable (and painfully relatable).
* Have I said I love Jess, yet? Because I really do.
* HE RETURNED THE TIE FAVOR !!! Richie x Jess fans were up! Lets Fucking Goooooo!
* “Sydney’s” “Obviously.” Ughh my little superstar
EP. 9 Tonnato
* “No time for enjoyment.” OOOF.
* “Syd mom was an actresss?” This is great news for my ficsss
* I want NEED flashback with Syd mom and Emmanuel
* I love uncle giving Syd her flowers. He really sees here and her effort that’s big
* “Thank unc” - Syd🫂
* I really loved Carmen’s moment with Donna. It’s so important for your parents to apologize. I loved that she took ownership of her awful behavior.
* I can’t say I love her as a person but she acted the hell out of the scene
* Chester being jealous of Luca is so funny.
* Rob Reiner 💖
* I love Ebra and Tina so deeply. I love seeing them do well.
(I watched this episode with a friend so I wasn’t able to get many notes but I really enjoyed this episode. Jeremy and Jamie were very interesting to watch. My friend and I cried a lot actually lol.
EP.10 GOODBYE
* “You didn’t talk to me all service.”
* The shared cig 🙃🥺♥️
* I loved Richie this episode.
(I may have hyped this episode up too much in my head. I was very excited to see it, mostly based off of the few clips I saw here. For the most part I didn’t love this episode. Maybe I will revisit it though.)
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