#carmy should not be in any kind of romantic relationship right now and for the foreseeable future and he gets into one anyway

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i guess i shouldn't be surprised about this but re: the introduction of claire as a character in the bear--y'all really love hating women and completely disregarding larger narrative arcs don't you

#by y'all i mostly mean like #ppl in youtube comments complaining about claire being a boring manic pixie dream girl and not having chemistry with carm or whatever #but i've also seen some opinions on here that have me hmmm #carmy should not be in any kind of romantic relationship right now and for the foreseeable future and he gets into one anyway #and that's the point #he is a deeply traumatized deeply maladjusted man who is barely just scratching the surface of his healing process #and everything about claire and his relationship with her is meant to be directly symbolic of his regression back into harmful behaviors #that put him deep in his trauma #he's backpedaling and that's the point #it's supposed to make you angry and frustrated as the viewer. because you want him to continue to heal and focus on his growth #but he backtracks because it's easy #it's safe #he literally starts their connection by trying to self sabotage and giving her a fake phone number #he knows he shouldn't do this! he knows he can't! #but it happens anyway so he tries anyway because he thinks he should #not because he actually wants to #but hating on claire as a character is misdirected and often misogynistic #she didn't do anything wrong #and i don't think she's an uninteresting person #i honestly think she's quite lovely and i know she doesn't deserve to be with carmy's ghost #like yes we're supposed to be frustrated that they're together because they definitely shouldn't be but it's not because claire sucks #it's because carmy isn't in a good place for a relationship and because they're not right for each other #at least not now #and like completely separate from carmy/sydney--which i love #the narrative is clearly spelling out that the harmony isn't there #story and character wise carmy and claire aren't good for each other #and claire is still a well written and interesting character #and both of those things can be true at the same time #the bear