Can we talk about this moment here?
I didn’t notice the first time I watched, but now I can never stop smiling whenever I rewatch this scene, because of how much emotional underlay every word and action here has.
Right up till the clip before the Kosegruppa Neon Party, Isak and Even have kind of been dancing in circles around one another. They’ve been playing a game of back and forth with the whole ‘does he like me or does he like me?’
For Isak it’s been a rollercoaster of emotions: first, he allows himself to fall a little, but then he finds out about Sonja. This very clearly must have hurt, so Isak draws back and closes himself off. For Even it’s been a battle choosing between the security he has with Sonja and the magnetism he feels towards Isak. It’s that magnetism that keeps bringing Even back, and what also motivates him to work to get Isak to open up again when he withdraws.
And then in that scene the kitchen they both took huge risks - Even is moving forward and he is leaning in, even with all of what might have happened with Mikael in the past. Even though he knows the consequences of what happened the last time he took a risk like this. But Isak doesn’t move, he doesn’t pull away, and their lips are just a hair’s width from touching when they are forced to pull apart.
They did not kiss, but it was enough: both of them had the confirmation they needed to know that yes, he likes me back.
And so for the both of them here in this scene at Isak’s locker, you can almost feel how strong the words left unsaid are. It’s there in the way Isak’s expression switches from frustration with his locker to the little, startled “Hi!” an octave higher than usual, in less than a second.
They’re both looking at each other and they both know.
They both know what they almost did last Friday, they both know what might have happened if they weren’t interrupted, and they both know that the other person now knows this, too. They both know, they’re both wondering the what if we had?, and I honestly can’t believe both Isak and Even are able maintain somewhat of a decent composure here.
Like, imagine: you’re talking to your crush that you almost kissed last Friday. Neither of you have talked about it. Neither of you are bringing it up right now. All you can do is look at them and wonder what on earth they might be thinking. This scene carries so much energy because of the anticipation that’s building between the two of them.
And it just makes me so excited for what they have coming for them.
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