Hi i love reading your thoughts about Not Me and about White can i have your thoughts about why Sean had such a reaction during the latest episode after the wrestling bit i've been wondering why he had such a reaction
So, this is an interesting one and one where it is important to remember that Sean has no reason to expect Black to be anyone but Black.
Because that reaction, pushing him on the bed and throwing him under the blanket? That's all very normal to the gang. This is just what they do. They wrestle and pile and grab each other. Their language is definitely more physical than verbal. They're all friends/frenemies.
Think about the first episode. When Sean grabbed White, he was startled as well. Probably because he expected Black to fight back, like he normally would have.
Sean is wrestling with Black, something they do regularly, playfully and seriously, he's pushing him around and expecting to get the same pushing in return.
Instead, it's not Black. It's White. And White is genuinely hurt, White is genuinely affected by Sean giving his spot on the bed, what White sees as his safest spot, to Namo.
White bursts out of the blanket on the edge of tears. He's aching and heartbroken and he doesn't totally know why and Sean has no goddamn idea what's going on.
Sean has gone from playful and familiar frenemy wrestling to staring at his normally asshole and stoic friend on the verge of tears for what seems to be no reason to him. There would be no normal reason for Black to be upset by this.
And now Sean is confused and even more worried but also... he's instinctively drawn to White the same way White is drawn to him. He wants to comfort him. He wants to reach out. But you don't reach out like that with Black.
He's trapped between the urge to comfort and the knowledge of who he'd be comforting. And so he stays frozen while White escapes.
