my favourite camp interaction with charles is when arthur ends with "anyway, i'm gonna leave you alone now" and charles replies with "thanks" in the most sincere and grateful way. he KNOWS arthur respects his boundaries and he knows that arthur doesn't judge him for wanting to keep to himself most of the time and he knows that arthur doesn't misinterpret it as a "leave me alone, i never want to talk to you again" and will be back to ask how he's doing or if they can go hunting again together
charles feels safe with arthur because arthur is never thrown off by the boundaries he sets and will always be back to keep charles company if charles lets him
also gonna be so so real for a second, i adore how DBDA portrayed the depth and complexity of platonic/queerplatonic love and broke down so many of the (often socially constructed) barriers between the different shades of love that can exist in the world. we were shown that queerplatonic love can be equal to or even surpass the profundity of quintessentially romantic love and be just as powerful and meaningful in its unconditionality, endurance, depth, steadfastness, gentleness, and care. and as much as i adore the potential for a ‘classic,’ expected sort of romance plot to develop for charles and edwin i also hold hope that maybe the show will continue with the level of nuance we’ve already seen for them
like, this show compassionately asks us to think about what love means, why it means that and what would happen to our narratives if our definitions of love were allowed to contain more than we expected them to
who can feel love and in how many different ways at the same time? what is romance and how can it be defined, or be left undefined while still leaving room for mutual care, understanding, safety, and respect? how much intimacy and happiness and dimension-defying joy can we experience if we just let ourselves be free to do it?
okay but it's kind of funny to me that max made a point about the ferrari and red bull not being matched and his and charles' fight wasn't as fun because of it ... but carlos and checo's was fun bc they don't have the same issue. like. is he just rating them as second drivers squabbling or something 😭
I know we’ve all talked about the callbacks to the tragic greek myth of orpheus and eurydice in relation to charles and edwin but just think of the callbacks to the more ancient and tragic myth of dean and castiel
Actually with the drink in Charles’ hand you could just dim the lighting and they would be having a serious conversation and Realisations™️ at a campfire on a road trip