#kitso harper

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I think Oh Brother is more about Kit/Freddie than it is about Peter/Balth. I think maybe Kit started writing the song as a means of dealing with his sadness about hiding his new relationship with Freddie, and then realized a lot of it could also apply to how Balth is feeling and added a verse about Balth’s situationship.

“Oh brother” = not a literal brother, but the phrase you say in exasperation while rolling your eyes at someone

“A time when someday is too soon” = Freddie stalling on making the Fritso relationship official. There’s no time that isn’t too soon for her because she’s holding back out of fear/anxiety.

“What d’you know about loving someone” = both Kit being frustrated at Freddie holding back from him, and Balth being frustrated that Peter doesn’t seem to have the same views on love that he does

“I’m lying about new things I’ve tried” = Kit is hiding that he’s trying dating Freddie, and he literally had to hide that he tried a new sushi restaurant with her because it was a date

“I’ll make em swoon” = Kit feels confident that he can win Freddie over. I don’t see Balth having the same confidence wrt Peter though.

“How did I get so used to you by my side” = Kit and Balth both love their crushes so much and feel like they’re getting nothing back, but don’t want to lose them 😩

- “I’m the joke and he’s too cool” = the only part of the song that can’t be about Fritso and has to be about Pedrazar. Balth probably vented to Kit about feeling this way.

- “Off they parted separate ways” = someone in the comments ingeniously pointed out that this is a reference to the ending of Love’s Labour’s Lost. Kit and Balth are both expecting to eventually have to stop trying and leave Freddie and Peter behind. But the rest of this part, with the loneliness and “no way the memories fade” shows how painful that parting will be for them. (That parting is currently happening now, btw, in Sardines and beyond, when Kit and Balth go to Vegan Fred’s.)

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It’s really interesting that the morning after BALTHDAY, Freddie is already so so anxious about getting control back, keeping the flat together. She should still be on cloud nine after last night- or, a person who doesn’t have either an anxiety disorder or OCD would be able to be on cloud nine.

I’m going to find the post so I can credit the person who first noticed this, but in Aftermath, Freddie is wearing the blue and white shirt that Kitso was wearing last night at the party. (Edit: Kit wears the shirt in Feathers, a still-upcoming episode. So maybe it is Freddie’s and Kit borrowed it from her at some point. But I like the idea that she put on his shirt after they spent Balthday night together and then gave it back sometime before Feathers.) That means Freddie and Kit almost certainly snuck off and hooked up at the party. She finally got to be with the guy she’s been pining for. And she doesn’t get to enjoy it because she’s so anxious about the flat. Maybe she was able to compartmentalize when her flatmates were out of her sight, so she did enjoy her time with Kit, and then the anxiety and need for control came back the next morning when she woke up and realized the rules were back on and that now the flatmates would be more tempted to break them? That seems the most likely scenario, because we know she still likes Kit, so it can’t be that being with him went badly or showed her they aren’t compatible.

I really feel for Kit. The girl he’s been talking to finally lets her guard down and just enjoys being with him for a night, and maybe he hopes, in his heart of hearts, that this night together will be enough to get her to drop her rules and choose him. And in the cold light of day, she doesn’t choose him. He’s alone, in the tent, shirtless and cold. With no end to the rules in sight.

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See, now I’m thinking about the concept of John and Kit sharing a tent. John and Kit friendship. The pessimist and the optimist. The cloud and the sunshine. Two different kinds of quiet dudes. I actually love it.

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Kitso Harper is the cutest person in the world.

Just imagine Freddie watching this video and going “Oh. Oh no. He’s even cute when his mouth is full of marshmallows. I am so screwed.”

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Second Benji interview where Ben talks about wanting to release a hit single. Another thing that could’ve been healthier than vlogging- Ben could start a boy band with Balth and Kit! All Balthazar’s songs are secretly about Peter, so a band would technically further the Pedrazar agenda too, it’s foolproof! Their songs would include “Endeavor to Goodness” and a cover of Fife & The Drums hit “Thou Canst Not Hit It” ;)

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It is so adorable how immediately down for the silliness Kitso is. Just yes-and-ing Ben’s goofy Benji shtick and ad-libbing a cheese memory with no hesitation. And it’s very cute how Ben (probably actually Jake, lbr) is immediately visibly trying not to laugh. It’s good to see Ben happy. It’s good to see Kit happy, too.

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Do we think Ben automatically likes Kit Harper just a little bit more on first meeting because he shares a nickname with THE Christopher “Kit” Marlowe?