Ok so I literally came back to tumblr for Sydcarmy, and the nostalgia it has brought me is a whole another thing to go down but I can’t help but wonder about the 360 of their relationship ship. And because I’m somewhat neurodivergent, I obsess when my brain connects to something until I regulate. Case in point Syd and Carm.
The fact that Carmen made one of the blood orange hamachi ever in rebellion on the night he got the call about his brother’s suicide and it went to Sydney who fell in love with his food to the point of tea king him down at the Beef. That shed work with him at any capacity even at a sandwich shop just makes the whole of the series just chef’s kiss. It’s literally shipper material, fucking soulmate, kismet shit.
I try to be a practical shipper, of course there’s potential and chemistry and honestly sometimes that chemistry can be questionable, I’m not gonna get into some that popped into my head where even I was like ehh, but I’m rewatching the show and honestly I’m confused as why edit the show and wrote for them in the way that they did.
Like the table scene, like literally before that scene Carmy is so blasé about Claire coming to friends and family, like Neil is 100x more excited than Carm. Then this man proceeded to tell Syd in soft whisper that he wouldn’t want to do this without her, that she makes him better, that he won’t let her fail and that she’s not alone!!! (Help!)
After the whole being stuck in the fridge thing and he says he left her alone and it won’t ever happen again. That conversation could’ve had a different font and tone. But time and time again there’s a softness in Carmen in the way he talks to Sydney.
I’m a grown woman who has worked in several places, including a kitchen as a lone cook for a short time, and have been the only woman at a startup. I can tell you that I did not have these kinds of interactions with my coworkers, or coworkers that are my friends to this day. Again that conversation about never leaving her alone again would’ve sounded very different between me and my colleagues. I never hugged them with my hands in their hair, unless there was a mutual flirtation. Just saying.
Also let’s think about their physical interactions, they barely touch, there’s this almost control when it comes to physical closeness. They’ll stand next to each other, Carmy will stare Syd down like she is a rare specimen, but they hardly touch. I don’t think it’s not about respect, I think that boundary is put in place silently cause if they added the physical with their mental and emotional bond it would solidify what we the audience already picked up on.
Anyway, I’m bummed that we didn’t get a full on confirmation but I absolutely loved season 5 and the open ending and the magnificent embrace. But am I surprised that a woman of color and a white man are meant to be platonic (also if people looked into this, platonic love as seen by Plato didn’t mean none sexual, that shit was coined by a catholic scholar who made it less about physical intimacy. Plato believed that everything starts with physical and the deepest form of love is actually emotional and mental intimacy-but wtf do I know) no I’m not. lol but where’s Shonda when you need her? Like sydcarmy could be olitz level amazing!!
Ramble done for now…I guess 🤷🏽♀️
I haven’t written a fanfic in ages, and I’m low key thinking I need to get this energy out by doing so. 🤔
