Predictions on the Big Mouth Valentine Day Special
Soooooo... In light of the trailer for the Valentineās Day special, Iāve seen people say:
āWhy are they trying to make Matthew look straight?ā
āJessei x Matthew?ā
āJessei can turn gay guys biā
First: that last one. NO
Second: I highly doubt the creators of this show would make the only openly gay character straight, knowing how much itāll piss off its on fans and others.Ā (Also, Matthewās voice actor is also openly gay and I doubt heād let that slide too.)
Earlier in the trailer, we see Matthew doing the morning announcements with a tagline saying āLOVE IS AN ILLUSIONā Given his personality, heās probably bitter and/or upset that heās alone on another Valentineās Day. Think back to season two with his interactions with Jay. Mainly the one in E10, where Jay, obviously confused about his feelings, goes up to Matthew about the previous night. The latter brushes it off, with the former is happy about. However, Matthew looks annoyed at the fact that Jay is happyĀ about theirĀ āgameā meaning nothing.
We see in the trailer that Jay (at least for some part of the special), heās spending Valentineās Day with Suzzette, a motel pillow.
Btw we know Matthew isnāt well liked by his peers. Not wanting to go to the dance alone, he mightāve asked Jessei, as the two of them are friends (And friends alone)
Third: Those scenes involvingĀ Jessei and Matthew look like a song.
By the lightning on the two characters, their outfits, the flow of the scenes, and movement of the characters, especially their mouths, it looks like a song.
If thereās one thing Big Mouth can do perfect, is theirĀ singing sequences.
In the trailer, all the characters have a plot line including something about love or partnership. Andrew is tired of Missy not being available. Nick is recently single and looking for new people. Jay is spending Valentineās Day with Suzzette. Matthew has to deal with another thing that reminds him of how lonely his and Jessei has just gone through a bout of depression and her parentās divorce.
But then you could be asking:
āWhat does Jessei have to do with the illusion of love?ā
One: Do you hear yourself?
Two: Jessei has just (and still is) going through a divorce with her parents. She watched their once loving relationship completelyĀ fall apart and now her mom is dating another woman, who Jessei isnāt very fond of.
Jessei has also seen the horrid effects of love on her classmates. She datedĀ Nick and Jay; One ending with rumors being blasted all over school and the other ending when she realizedĀ running away with him was a bad idea. Sheās also seen Ginaās, who was alsoĀ ādatingā Nick, reputation be completely ruined by her (meaning Jessei) spreading rumors about her all over school. She saw the toxicity of Andrew and Lolaās relationship and how it ruined him.
Now, were all the relationships I listed in the paragraphĀ above actual love?
No, but you understand my point.
Jessei has seen what love can do to her family and friends: be awful and toxic.
Matthew is lonely because of his love (meaning his sexuality)
A song about how love is an illusion is PERFECT for these two characters.
I may have gone tooĀ deeply into this but thanks for reading.