because they all love and hate each other to varying degrees like patrick loves tennis and tashi and art but art the most and art loves tennis and patrick but he loves tashi the most and tashi loves tennis the most but none of them can have the thing they want most so they use one another to get closer to it and in the aftermath end up resenting each other for what could have been
There is a sort of constant battle between the two of them to the degree that they are fighting, but they are taking care of one another. When the sugar goes on the cheek of Patrick, Art takes it off with his hand in a very nice gesture of kindness -- and very intimate, I would say. But at the same time, they are really tense. And I think it’s about being jealous of one another, but at the same time wanting one another.
There is a sort of constant battle between the two of them to the degree that they are fighting, but they are taking care of one another. When the sugar goes on the cheek of Patrick, Art takes it off with his hand in a very nice gesture of kindness -- and very intimate, I would say. But at the same time, they are really tense. And I think it’s about being jealous of one another, but at the same time wanting one another.
“I’m far away but I’m praying for you. And I’m sending peace, on an olive branch. In the land of peace, peace is dead. And the world is sleeping on a hurt child.”
otis and ruby went through a pregnancy scare together, otis’ first time was with ruby, ruby’s first time falling in love was with otis, otis has never been more carefree than when he was with ruby, otis is the only person in ruby’s life that has been to her house and met her dad AND I AM SUPPOSED TO ROOT FOR MAEVE AND OTIS??????????????????? nah
Adam and Eric breaking up and Cal and Jackson not getting together are obviously different situations but they do have the same core, which is the two people in the relationship being at different stages of a journey, which ultimately makes them incompatible (at least for the time being).
Jackson still sees Cal as a girl, but he’s not painted as the bad guy because of that. We see that he’s trying and learning and doing his best, but he’s just not there yet and it’s not something he can fast forward on or flip a switch in his brain. At the same time, it’s not Cal’s job to hold his hand through that and they’re completely justified in putting their needs first. It sucks that they can’t be together, but it’s not because either of them did anything wrong.
On the other hand, Eric explicitly names the problem between him and Adam, that he’s ready to fly while Adam is still learning to walk. And that’s a legitimate reason to break up, because they both need different things from the relationship. It’s okay for Adam to need time, and it’s okay for Eric not to be able to give him that time. But instead of showing us that it’s framed like it’s somehow Adam’s fault that Eric kissed someone else because Adam isn’t progressing fast enough, and I just wish the narrative had shown Adam the same grace as Jackson.