Just rewatched some of that “So much has happened” video too. I know it’s been analysed and rehashed here a few times, but it always seems like Matt is scripted, like he’s been told to agree with her at all times and just repeat what she says. He looks
so so awkward and uncomfortable in that
entire haul clip. Maybe they’d filmed it a few times and he kept screwing it up for her. Or he’s just praying she won’t be a B—— and mention how she’d been laughing at him. Seems like emotionally abusive/ bullying/ degrading behaviour if you ask me, to say that and put it online. Almost like a bullying tactic “watch me tell the world how annoying you are and how you can’t do the smallest thing right, because I have the power to do that.”
The more it’s brought up here, the more I watch it and feel bloody awful for him.
What if she was like that all the time? Mentally bullying him regularly? It may explain why he always seemed more into her than the other way around, sort of like Stockholm syndrome, or he was made to believe he wasn’t good enough for her and he felt he had to work for her affection- am I making sense??
Either way, that whole chunk of video doesn’t seem healthy, no matter who’s side you’re on.
Also, I noticed before, but not seen it mentioned here, at 16:55, when he’s saying “sometimes I have to give you something to moan about, to keep things equal,” she leans back and nudges him in a warning, STFU way, you’re about to ruin our wholesome image- kind of like your parents would try to do subtly if you were about to repeat something rude they’d said about a neighbour. And he mentions how the ring dish thing will add a bit of colour to their dressing area- obviously he wasn’t a fan of the clinical white (unsurprisingly)
Apologies for the essay, it’s bothering me a lot today, as you can probably tell