AUGH your tag about them spinning the teacup rides too fast got me right in my silly little heart. I need to see them do things together that Patty couldn’t enjoy anymore without confirming her mother’s belief that she’s Still Just A Kid and that Simon forgot could be fun 🥺
EXACTLYYYYYY and they get to be public menaces. like simon's 100% the kind of guy to bring up playing the penis game bc he has no shame/no problem with people shooting him dirty looks. patty impressing him with how loud she can holler PENIS and then laughing just as loud because she's been silent and shut down every time she's been in public for yeeeeears.
patty getting to enjoy whatever she might have missed out on in fighting connie's foreverchild bullshit. it's not her mom forcing her to stay in the Kid Zone of the fair because she's still a kid, it's Fun Stuff Enjoyed By a Fuckin' Whimsical Punk Grownup. spinning the teacup ride too hard, blowing fifty bucks on a game stall to win a fifty cent stuffie, making an obnoxious dessert concoction at some novelty food truck, falling asleep on the drive home.
simon hasn't had this much fun since he and danny went to the fair, well over 10 years ago. forgot it's okay to enjoy yourself on occasion. he can keep the fire stoked, doesn't have to dull his bite or his beliefs. but if patty wants to line up for free face paint, he can get a bowie-style lightning bolt to match the glittery star drawn around her eye. when he notices there's not a big line for the drop tower, he asks patty if she's afraid of heights, holds her hand and screams for fun instead of to be heard.














