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The Infinitive

@nyikondlovu

She/Her. šŸ³ļøā€šŸŒˆ. Black. 26.
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One day, weā€™ll discuss how fandoms have a tendency to attach hyper masculine traits to black characters. More especially if itā€™s in a same-sex relationship with a white character, no matter how soft canonically the black character is. ļæ¼

There is this an errant need to always attach ā€œprotectorā€œ or ā€œthe strong oneā€œ title to black characters, and itā€™s even worse when they are portrayed by darker skinned black people.

It happens with Finn and Poe in the Star Wars sequel trilogy fandom. Finn is always the one who must defend or console or step up for Poe, even though heā€™s a 24 year old who was stolen from his family, and turned into a soldier against his will as a child, and then thrust into a war, which, he did not have to fight in and couldā€™ve run from. However, he is the one who must always protect the ā€œsofterā€œ Poe.

It happened in the First Kill fandom with Juliette and Calliope. Calliope was attached hyper masculine traits even though weā€™ve seen her dress in ā€œfeminineā€œ ways and carries herself in a ā€œmore feminineā€œ manner. However, she is the one who has the job of protecting Julietļæ¼te in a fandom eyes.

We have it with Devon and Jake in Chucky, even though they equally fight to protect one another. Devon is always portrayed by fandom, as having to be the one who ā€œprotectsā€œ or ā€œconsolesā€ and is always there for Jake meanwhile fans rarely ever give scenarios where it could be the other way around. Canonically Devon and Jake protect each other as equal as possible. However, you could never tell from fandom speaks of them. Devon always has to be the protector. Devon is always be the aggressor. Devon must always be the one who looks after Jake.

Donā€™t get me started on how Interview With The Vampire fandom attached Louis is ā€œthe man of the householdā€ connotations when placed against Lestat even though the show itself tells you HEā€™S the housewife, and we see who really has the power between the two of them, but it is so rarely reflected in how fans write and speak of them. LOUIS is the soft-spoken, LOUIS is the one who needs the constant protection, LOUIS is the one who is insecure overtly however, it is almost never reflected in how fans engage the characters. ļæ¼

And if I were to get into how theyā€™re almost always treated by fans as cruel whenever they do not agree with their white partners actions, or they do something for themselves or how they are never given empathy that black fans donā€™t have to fight for them to be givenļæ¼, or they are held to a much higher standard than their partnerļæ¼, I could be here all day. ļæ¼ļæ¼

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I am begging on my hands and knees for somebody to get me within the walls of Watcher HQ. I will give each of them $6 individually to let me study their brains and their thought process.

This is one of the few things in recent memory that has gripped my attention and I am following actively.

It is so fascinating to me how a fumble of historic proportion was made in 14 minutes that they destroyed eight years of goodwill and trust. Subscribers are falling faster than they can bot them. The Internet is circling, they smell blood.

I just feel bad for anybody who doesnā€™t make decisions and now their job could be in jeopardy but other than that, this fumble is earthshakingā€¦ For them! I go to bed at night and I sleep like a rock because I didnā€™t inadvertently call the people who have been supporting me for eight years broke ļæ¼

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nyikondlovu

You know what? Iā€™m fine with that!

I know I am going to the same place as the three people whose main demographic are college students and they know that but still, in the midst of a global recession, said ā€œhey give us even more moneyā€

If me getting a few jokes about them is sending me to hell, then they must be going to super turbo hell.

All three of them deserve lashings. All three of them deserved to be whacked and made fun of by the Internet. No one is innocent, they each own, Iā€™m assuming, 33.33% of the company. Steven is the CEO but the CEO answers to the board of directors who are Ryan and Shane!

they are all Equally shitty in the situation! Idgaf, iā€™m not letting yā€™all make me feel bad for getting in a few jokes about people who are tone deafšŸ«¶šŸ¾ ļæ¼ļæ¼

Keep the jokes coming yall! Iā€™m having a ball on this bitch ļæ¼ļæ¼

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i'm sorry but steven going 'uwu its just 6 dollars, everyone can afford it' made me want to whack him with a stale baguette filled with lead, like how tone-deaf can you be, you silly little tesla-driving man

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nyikondlovu

@ftglossmp3 I FOUND ANOTHER SOUTH AFRICAN AND DIDNT HAVE TO PAY R115 TO DO SO WE ARE SOOO BACK

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"its just 6 dollars!" if i convert that to rands (south african currency, where I live) that's R114!! A MONTH. I need you guys to be soooo fr right now

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noctqrnxl

6 dollars is. 500 rupees. bruh.

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nyikondlovu

Baby, you know what? Go hunt yourself some ghosts with that moneyļæ¼

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We were having too much funā€¦ They were too good to usā€¦ we were too happy, Ryan and Shane had to remind us they are straight men by disappointing usā€¦

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Idk how to prove it but this is Steven Lim and Queen Naijaā€™s fault idgaf!

(Edit: But in all honesty, Iā€™ve had more time to think and read more on it and while I still do believe it might be Stevenā€™s brainchild, Ryan and Shane are not exempt because they are also cofounders and they still stayed working with that weird man after he said he has racist homophobic friends so kind of fuck them too!)

But Iā€™m happy for the ghoul boys I guess?ā€¦ I hope they have fun and find success!

(Edit: I lied, I donā€™t want people to be jobless but I do hope Ryan, Shane and Steven realise what a dumb fucking idea this is)ļæ¼

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cruciomione

does anyone else still wonder about marcus' place in the whole review (s1e07) equation? like whyyyy was he so obsessed with perfecting a donut? it always bothered me.

sometimes i chalk it up to it being comedic relief but when carmy put his hands on him and he quit, it felt deeper than just a joke about how into donuts he was. i sympathize with him being so excited about this newfound love but it also feels too shallow for me to extend as much sympathy as i do with other characters in that episode who fucked up.

like when you think about sydney, carmy and richie and their place in how that mess started. the whole season led to this episode, and this explosion was bound to happen in some capacity because there was too much history, personalities and motivations going against each other.

for sydney, who represents a radical change. she wants the restaurant to be great. She's ambitious, a leader and creative. but like sheridan road sometimes it can get too much and blow up in her face. which kind of creates this loop of making everything the "thing". etc etc.

richie represents being firm in the past. like yes richie was a raging asshole to syd and carm but with prespective the audience is meant to sympathize with him trying to hold onto the last thing he can, bc everything is changing around him too fast (dead best friend, divorce, co-parenting).

carmy is right in the middle. he wants to fix his brother's restaurant. to fix is to make something better. to change it. he used the Beef to fix his relationship with his brother when that's impossible. hes holding onto the past bc he thinks he can change it somehow.

so with all those factors + ego + the fact that all 3 of them are pretty angry ppl = the review. richie gets stabbed. carmy rages. and syd quits.

but where does marcus fit? the show has never given us a reason as to why exactly he has such an emotional attachment to the donuts that he went into his own little world as every thing was going to shit. i felt like s2 gave a really good opportunity to explore that when he went to coppenhagen but they didnt. or maybe i missed it idk.

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nyikondlovu

I feel like a combination of things. Maybe at some his mom had a passion for baking, but I think more than not, itā€™s to show how he doesnā€™t fit the idea you would have for somebody as built as him to simply be. Heā€™s a creative and gentle giant, who is so taken with the art of pastries.

At first he was kind of just making bread and going through the motions, but then he finally has Sydney and Carmen, who encourage and nurture that inquisitive nature he had about it, and when he finally figures it out, heā€™s so excited and heā€™s so focused on that that he loses sight of the bigger picture, which I do think season two brings back to it.

Marcus works to take care of himself and to be able to pay for his mothers nurse, but then he now has the opportunity to explore this desert world more, while being reminded to keep his eye on the wider picture. I do believe it tied into season two from season one. ļæ¼

And the second part is to show that Sydney and Carmen are not the ones with the mentor/mentee relationship but instead, they are the mentors to Marcusā€™ mentee. Sort of establish firmly that Sydney is extremely talented and to remind us how big a deal that Carmen is when he has contacts in Copenhagen. ļæ¼

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so interesting that a certain group of shippers insisted that gina and ejā€™s conversation on the couch, where they established that they didnā€™t really understand each other, was fine because it gave them a chance to get to know each other and thatā€™s all good and well but gina telling ricky that she didnā€™t know who she was or if she even liked herself before getting to east high and having that change because of him, appreciating that he sees and knows and understands her, that she craves that kind of understanding and gets to experience the great joy of being known because of him is so crazy when you think about it

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nyikondlovu

Ricky saw who Gina really was and Gina saw who Ricky really could be

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yezzyyae

The worst ppl on this social app is ā€œSyd x Carmyā€ shippers! Yā€™all make my stomach turn yā€™all are the most weirdest, delusional, & disrespectful people! Yā€™all disrespect what Ayo Edebiri says who is an executive producer of ā€œThe Bearā€ look it up while yā€™all at it. She have a lot of power who the showā€™s direction so if she said that I believe her! Yā€™all ppl I bet yā€™all are the same ppl who made up that Olivia Benson & Elliot Stabler was in love for years! I bet yā€™all think any man or woman who talk to yā€™all is in love with yā€™all! I see why the world is fucked up. Ppl donā€™t know what real love is I mean romantic love or platonic love. Carmy & Sydney are platonic friends, he is her mentor nothing more they donā€™t even know each other that long. Itā€™s been a total of 4 months and he was dating Claire for 3 of them! Go away and seek help yā€™all the type who wished yā€™all teachers loved yā€™all more šŸ˜‚šŸ˜©I canā€™t yā€™all ruin GREAT SHOW BY MAKING THEM CHEESY!! GROW UP!

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nyikondlovu

Iā€™m crying because you really deduce all of that from who they ship. Like since weā€™re psychoanalyzing each other it seems like youā€™re projecting to the fact that no one in your life loves you onto people who actually enjoy watching love happen like damn and also, heā€™s not her mentor theyā€™re on the same level. We can say that Marcus is their a mentee, but Sydney is not being mentored by Carmen, even he himself says he holds her to a higher standard. Get a job leave her alone. ļæ¼ļæ¼

Let people have fun. the show has enough platonic love of opposite sexes. you can just say you donā€™t see Carmen and Sydney that way and also no one said she should be his savior. All of us agree he needs therapy before he could even be in the realm of deserving Sydney, the same way she has her own shit to work through. ļæ¼

Yā€™all are delusional yā€™all lying saying scenes are this way. What if ppl never watched the show yā€™all taking scenes where they are not evening making contact and saying ā€œomg Carmy looking at her lovelyā€, he said ā€œmenu at the apartmentā€ and yā€™all saying Omgg he want her to move in YALL NEED JOBS AND WATCH THE TV SHOW PROPERLY YALL NOT KIDS! Yā€™all liars and weird!

He brought Sydneyā€™s chef whites yā€™all say ā€œOmgg so what he broke what his girl wants she getsā€ like what Carmy is not broke and as her mentor of course he should have ordered her one!

And Marcus going to Copenhagen was all on Carmyā€™s dime & connections not ļæ¼Sydney he was already thinking it..what show are yā€™all watching!! Marcus call Sydney because he is connected with her but she is not his mentor she canā€™t even bake! WTFFFFFFF Carmy help Marcus all Sydney did was give him books smh but as a black man of course he want to bond with the black girl.

Yā€™all need help! Chris Storer ainā€™t make this show that hard to follow along! Stop being weird! And they work together in a big stressful environment all of their relationships should STAY PLATONIC ESP WHILE THEY COOKING OTHERS FOOD! Or should they bring their home life into the kitchen to entertain yā€™all bored ppl that never had a platonic relationship in yā€™all lives! And I been in a real romantic relationship for 6 yrs! And I have 3 platonic male friends in my life for over 10 yrs each! Yā€™all donā€™t know real love or never had it if you think Sydney & Carmy are secretly in love! Now you salty and still weird!

And thatā€™s how I know you donā€™t watch the show right SYDNEY IS NOOO WHERE ON CARMYā€™s LEVEL HE WORKED IN ā€œNOMAā€ THE BEST RESTAURANT IN THE WORLD!!!! He got the best new chef when he was 21 what awards do Sydney have! She had a catering business! She went to NY and ate Carmyā€™s food and stalked all the way to Chicago please watch the show!! Season 1 episode 1 when Marcus find all Carmyā€™s awards! Bye āœŒšŸ¾ you are weird Sydney & Carmy is never on the same level! She at his apartment following his recipes and getting them wrong Everytime because she needs help cooking! She is green season 1 episode 6 when Carmy tell Sydney all her former jobs said she ā€œimpatient and very greenā€ smh yā€™all truly weirdos! Iā€™m done! Watch the show correctly & not to full the loveless lives yā€™all have!

And Carmy said he hold Sydney ā€œcanā€™t handle pressure assā€ to a higher standard because she worked in high class restaurants and went to CIA!!! Duh what show are yā€™all watching itā€™s embarrassing thatā€™s why ima correct every post I see saying Sydney is a savior or Carmy is in love with her because itā€™s not true at all! Sydney canā€™t even handle the expo with Carmy next to her she is clingy & weird.

Thatā€™s how I know the world is on fire! I gave you facts and you wonā€™t accept them because they donā€™t help your case! I hope you donā€™t work around other humans. You are selfish and weird and childish. Itā€™s not cute and you are ruining Chris Storerā€™s show which is a tribute to his deceased friend who committed suicide and his sister who is a chef.

Have some respect and stop being a weirdo! Carmy & Sydney is not here for yā€™all miserable asses! Accept the facts and move on and stop lying on the internet.

I hope yall donā€™t work around others because yā€™all are liars and weird.

Oh, now I get itā€¦You just hate black women. How the hell are you taking a TV show this seriously? like you probably think of Carmen and Sydney more than we došŸ˜­ļæ¼

Why are you acting as though weā€™re holding a gun to everybody involved in the writing and acting of the shows head?

Get a job move awn! you donā€™t have to interact and if you say youā€™re ā€œconfrontingā€ us I need you to remember some thingā€¦ Youā€™re on the Internet you literally mean nothing to me.

You can bring as many facts to the table as you want, people are going to ship what they want and right now we want to ship Sydney and Carmen thereā€™s nothing you can do about it. ļæ¼ļæ¼

Iā€™m done interacting with you, youā€™re a boring loser weirdo who brings nothing to the table except dragging down the mood. I know everybody around you cheers when you leave the room ļæ¼

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The worst ppl on this social app is ā€œSyd x Carmyā€ shippers! Yā€™all make my stomach turn yā€™all are the most weirdest, delusional, & disrespectful people! Yā€™all disrespect what Ayo Edebiri says who is an executive producer of ā€œThe Bearā€ look it up while yā€™all at it. She have a lot of power who the showā€™s direction so if she said that I believe her! Yā€™all ppl I bet yā€™all are the same ppl who made up that Olivia Benson & Elliot Stabler was in love for years! I bet yā€™all think any man or woman who talk to yā€™all is in love with yā€™all! I see why the world is fucked up. Ppl donā€™t know what real love is I mean romantic love or platonic love. Carmy & Sydney are platonic friends, he is her mentor nothing more they donā€™t even know each other that long. Itā€™s been a total of 4 months and he was dating Claire for 3 of them! Go away and seek help yā€™all the type who wished yā€™all teachers loved yā€™all more šŸ˜‚šŸ˜©I canā€™t yā€™all ruin GREAT SHOW BY MAKING THEM CHEESY!! GROW UP!

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nyikondlovu

Iā€™m crying because you really deduce all of that from who they ship. Like since weā€™re psychoanalyzing each other it seems like youā€™re projecting to the fact that no one in your life loves you onto people who actually enjoy watching love happen like damn and also, heā€™s not her mentor theyā€™re on the same level. We can say that Marcus is their a mentee, but Sydney is not being mentored by Carmen, even he himself says he holds her to a higher standard. Get a job leave her alone. ļæ¼ļæ¼

Let people have fun. the show has enough platonic love of opposite sexes. you can just say you donā€™t see Carmen and Sydney that way and also no one said she should be his savior. All of us agree he needs therapy before he could even be in the realm of deserving Sydney, the same way she has her own shit to work through. ļæ¼

Yā€™all are delusional yā€™all lying saying scenes are this way. What if ppl never watched the show yā€™all taking scenes where they are not evening making contact and saying ā€œomg Carmy looking at her lovelyā€, he said ā€œmenu at the apartmentā€ and yā€™all saying Omgg he want her to move in YALL NEED JOBS AND WATCH THE TV SHOW PROPERLY YALL NOT KIDS! Yā€™all liars and weird!

He brought Sydneyā€™s chef whites yā€™all say ā€œOmgg so what he broke what his girl wants she getsā€ like what Carmy is not broke and as her mentor of course he should have ordered her one!

And Marcus going to Copenhagen was all on Carmyā€™s dime & connections not ļæ¼Sydney he was already thinking it..what show are yā€™all watching!! Marcus call Sydney because he is connected with her but she is not his mentor she canā€™t even bake! WTFFFFFFF Carmy help Marcus all Sydney did was give him books smh but as a black man of course he want to bond with the black girl.

Yā€™all need help! Chris Storer ainā€™t make this show that hard to follow along! Stop being weird! And they work together in a big stressful environment all of their relationships should STAY PLATONIC ESP WHILE THEY COOKING OTHERS FOOD! Or should they bring their home life into the kitchen to entertain yā€™all bored ppl that never had a platonic relationship in yā€™all lives! And I been in a real romantic relationship for 6 yrs! And I have 3 platonic male friends in my life for over 10 yrs each! Yā€™all donā€™t know real love or never had it if you think Sydney & Carmy are secretly in love! Now you salty and still weird!

And thatā€™s how I know you donā€™t watch the show right SYDNEY IS NOOO WHERE ON CARMYā€™s LEVEL HE WORKED IN ā€œNOMAā€ THE BEST RESTAURANT IN THE WORLD!!!! He got the best new chef when he was 21 what awards do Sydney have! She had a catering business! She went to NY and ate Carmyā€™s food and stalked all the way to Chicago please watch the show!! Season 1 episode 1 when Marcus find all Carmyā€™s awards! Bye āœŒšŸ¾ you are weird Sydney & Carmy is never on the same level! She at his apartment following his recipes and getting them wrong Everytime because she needs help cooking! She is green season 1 episode 6 when Carmy tell Sydney all her former jobs said she ā€œimpatient and very greenā€ smh yā€™all truly weirdos! Iā€™m done! Watch the show correctly & not to full the loveless lives yā€™all have!

And Carmy said he hold Sydney ā€œcanā€™t handle pressure assā€ to a higher standard because she worked in high class restaurants and went to CIA!!! Duh what show are yā€™all watching itā€™s embarrassing thatā€™s why ima correct every post I see saying Sydney is a savior or Carmy is in love with her because itā€™s not true at all! Sydney canā€™t even handle the expo with Carmy next to her she is clingy & weird.

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Like thereā€™s this crazy account thatā€™s forever in the Sydcarmy tagā€¦ Like fucking move if you donā€™t see what we see.

Going like ā€œthe actors say that they donā€™t have that kind of relationshipā€ well, they also said the show wasnā€™t for romance last season and what did we get this season? romance.

so fucking annoying. get a job leave her alone!

Sydney is a queen. Carmen needs therapy before they can kiss in season five. ļæ¼

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yezzyyae

The worst ppl on this social app is ā€œSyd x Carmyā€ shippers! Yā€™all make my stomach turn yā€™all are the most weirdest, delusional, & disrespectful people! Yā€™all disrespect what Ayo Edebiri says who is an executive producer of ā€œThe Bearā€ look it up while yā€™all at it. She have a lot of power who the showā€™s direction so if she said that I believe her! Yā€™all ppl I bet yā€™all are the same ppl who made up that Olivia Benson & Elliot Stabler was in love for years! I bet yā€™all think any man or woman who talk to yā€™all is in love with yā€™all! I see why the world is fucked up. Ppl donā€™t know what real love is I mean romantic love or platonic love. Carmy & Sydney are platonic friends, he is her mentor nothing more they donā€™t even know each other that long. Itā€™s been a total of 4 months and he was dating Claire for 3 of them! Go away and seek help yā€™all the type who wished yā€™all teachers loved yā€™all more šŸ˜‚šŸ˜©I canā€™t yā€™all ruin GREAT SHOW BY MAKING THEM CHEESY!! GROW UP!

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nyikondlovu

Iā€™m crying because you really deduce all of that from who they ship. Like since weā€™re psychoanalyzing each other it seems like youā€™re projecting to the fact that no one in your life loves you onto people who actually enjoy watching love happen like damn and also, heā€™s not her mentor theyā€™re on the same level. We can say that Marcus is their a mentee, but Sydney is not being mentored by Carmen, even he himself says he holds her to a higher standard. Get a job leave her alone. ļæ¼ļæ¼

Let people have fun. the show has enough platonic love of opposite sexes. you can just say you donā€™t see Carmen and Sydney that way and also no one said she should be his savior. All of us agree he needs therapy before he could even be in the realm of deserving Sydney, the same way she has her own shit to work through. ļæ¼

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