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lewis mccartney - hip to be square

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I made a compilation of Jealous Lewis moments from S2E4 “Fire and Ice”:

My commentary on Clewis jealousy that nobody asked for but I’m sharing anyway:

We only ever get a few glimpses into Lewis’s jealousy. In the entire run of Clewis moments through seasons 1-3 we most often see jealousy manifest in Cleo, usually through her animosity towards Charlotte in season 2. Of course, they probably set this up to heighten the conflict between the characters and to better set up Charlotte as the season 2 finale antagonist. However, in a lot of ways, Cleo’s jealousy is very destructive, unnecessarily cruel (see S2E6), and uncalled for (since Cleo was the one who broke up with Lewis and consistently doubled down on it) causing a lot of second-hand embarrassment for viewers. We also see her jealousy very briefly in season 1 through the mean comments about appearance that Cleo makes towards Dr. Denman—a direct result of her jealousy of Lewis’s attention toward Denman. Obviously, Cleo is just a teenager and these actions can be somewhat justified by her immaturity and knowing that she’s just lashing out as a teenage girl going through tough circumstances (and also by the fact that it’s sometimes played up for comedic beats in the show). BUT I did find it interesting that there is always a focus on Cleo’s jealousy and rarely ever on Lewis’s. Of course, Cleo is apart of the main trio and central to the show, so her experiences are expected to drive the plot more. BUT whenever I find myself as a viewer upset with Cleo’s actions of jealousy, I wonder what Lewis would have acted like in the same exact situation. Lewis was never given an antagonist who really posed a threat to his relationship with Cleo. You could argue that the role was played occasionally by Nate, but he was never a real and pressing competition for Cleo’s affections—not in the way Charlotte was for Lewis’s affections. I find that the compilation I made above of Lewis’s jealousy gives us a glimpse into how he would have acted had he actually been given an antagonist who vied for Cleo’s love. In the small glimpses we see, he’s pretty aggressive! He hits a punching bag out of frustration and provokes a karate fight with Nate (despite Cleo’s protests) that ends in breaking the Gilbert’s glass sculpture. Just like Cleo, he’s a teenager. His jealousy would probably be as uncalled for, cruel, destructive, and played up for plot or comedy as hers—had we seen it! All of this to say, as much as I see big character flaws in Cleo and the way that she handled her jealousy—she’s only human! And I’m sure Lewis would have acted the same way had the tables been turned! That’s one of the reasons why this show is just so good, its characters aren’t perfect and there’s a complex duality to them. Also bc Clewis jealousy is just so juicy for my shipper heart lol.

Wow. I just wrote a long analysis for a kids show. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

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I saw somewhere on the internet, maybe on tik tok or tumblr or YouTube, that someone (I don’t remember who) said there was a clever Lewis parallel between S1E6 and S2E3. They showed the scene from season 1 where Lewis says that “guys just want to know where they stand” and then the scene in season 2 where, after asking Cleo if she’s changed her mind about their breakup (to which she doubles down on her decision and denies her jealousy of Charlotte), Lewis says “it’s good to know where I stand.”

I’ve clipped it here:

I think about this parallel ALL THE TIME! And I’m including a reference to that line of thinking (Lewis wanting to know where he stands) in the latest chapter of my Clewis fic I’m writing hehehehe. It adds a great level of angst!

If anyone can find the original post or the person who said it please let me know!!! I’ve been searching for it for FOREVER and I can’t find it! Full credit to them for pointing this moment out!!

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No matter how many times I rewatch “Love Potion #9,” Lewis’s dance ALWAYS gets me. He’s just a funky lil dude. I love him sm.

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Zane Bennett — Memoir of the First Clewis Stan

as promised: zane bennett being the leader of team clewis

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This makes me want to draw what their season 2 end-of-year-party outfits could have looked like!! Like an extension of the season 2 finale, with the three girls and their three love interest? I could draw the three girls and their dates at a school formal…. Hmmmm…

my one tiny gripe with season 2 besides the overall treatment of charlotte's character is that we didn't get any end-of-year party for the girlies and their beaus to dress up at. season 3 sucks all round but at least we got to see bella in an adorable all-white fit, cleo in a cute floral sundress, and rikki in a gayass hawaiian shirt. not to mention the iconic feat of costuming which is the season 1 dance episode like rikki's black outfit with her little red heels? emma's blue dress? cleo's purple dress?! academy award

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This! This! This! As much as Lewis and Charlotte had their moments together, and as much as Charlotte tried to make Lewis choose her… At the end of the day, Lewis has spent almost his entire life loving Cleo for Cleo. She has his heart entirely. She means everything to him.

"You can do anything. You're amazing." "Just because I've got these powers doesn't mean I'm amazing." "I didn't mean the powers."

This is one of my favorite clewis moments. They've been best friends for years, and Lewis has loved Cleo for forever, since before the start of the series. Mermaid or not. And that's what Charlotte fails to understand. He doesn't care so much about Cleo (or the others) because she's a mermaid. He loves her for who she is. Even if Charlotte had been successful in taking the girls' powers away, Lewis still would've chosen Cleo.

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The parallels I noticed:

Rikki on the left side of Lewis in the first gif thinking the kiss was sweet VERSUS Charlotte on the left side of Lewis in the second gif thinking the kiss was suspicious

Lewis is nervous after the kiss because he is bashful about this act of intimacy from Cleo in the first gif VERSUS Lewis is nervous after the kiss because this is intimacy from Cleo following their breakup and because Charlotte is present

Lewis can’t help but smile after each kiss

Cleo says Lewis’s name so fondly before she goes in for each kiss

The way they both present each other’s thoughtful gifts in a cute lil baggie (of course Lewis’s gift wasn’t just the balloon, but the way he orchestrated a whole party for Cleo because he knew she was upset about the way her dad threw her parties)

Biggest Parallel: CLEWIS IS SO CUTE AND I AM SCREAMING AT MY SCREEN FOR BOTH KISSES

Clewis Birthday Kisses

Bonus:

The gifts they got each other

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Clewis Birthday Kisses

The gifts they got each other

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The two blonde guys who help with Lewis’s bday party boat aren’t given any more than a “School Friend” part in the end credits of the episode I think… BUT since it is H2O lore that Lewis has 4 brothers, it’s my own personal headcanon that they are 2 of Lewis’s brothers.

They kind of look like Lenny from season 1, but I checked and they aren’t the same actors womp womp.

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Idk if anyone has gif’d this but this moment where Emma and Rikki hide under a blanket from the moon in S1E12 is SO CUTE

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Did I fill my Clewis fic with references to songs from the Kate Alexa H2O season 2 album, Indiana Evans H2O season 3 album, and specific lines of dialogue throughout the series?

Yes.

Yes I did.

I am OBSESSED with tying back to canon and making parallels, often to my own detriment.

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The little detail that Rikki and Lewis share the same taste in music is something that is so special to me… so I made a mini compilation of it hehe

Cleo looking over to Rikki expectantly when Charlotte mentions music for Lewis’s bday party bc she knows that those two have the same funky taste has me ROLLING

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Clewis 🤝 Idioms

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Okay so this is the thing I noticed to be a Clewis “Easter Egg”:

Earlier I said that I like to think the opening theme song of every episode from season 1-2 features a cute little Clewis moment. Below I attached clips showing it. In Cleo/Phoebe’s credit montage, it showcases a scene of her looking fondly to Lewis (in both seasons) and then right after it they show the Lewis/Angus credit montage… NOW HERE’S THE INTERESTING PART! The last image we see of Lewis is him framing a shot with his fingers. The frame of his fingers then fades to a HEART! Now, before I used to think that this heart was just like a cute lil Y2K heart aesthetic thing, or like a heart drawn in condensation on a window bc you know… water… h2o… aur naur the condensation… but THEN I realized—it’s an edited image of the very heart that Lewis drew in the sand at the moon pool in S1E25!! (Sidenote: I love their cute little date moment at Mako and lil lovesick Lewis doodling a little heart for Cleo TWICE in that episode) Maybe everyone else had already realized that the heart was Lewis’s heart, but I’m dumb and I didn’t so when I finally realized it I FREAKED TF OUT! Anyways, the opening theme goes Cleo>>Lewis>>Lewis framing something with his fingers>>Lewis’s Heart… and where does it go next? The final frame of the opening cuts back to the three girls swimming, but lo and behold who is centered right where the heart fades away from the screen? Cleo! Cleo takes place front and center right in the heart that Lewis drew. There’s even a frame where you can kind of see the heart sort of circling Cleo, and I included that in the clip down below too! So yeah, thats the cute little detail I always like to look for in the openings of season 1-2. Idk if I explained it very well but every time I see it my mind goes brrrrrrr. Obviously this is just my interpretation, as a crazy person who can’t stop seeing Clewis in everything. Happy Easter weekend yall. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

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Drawings of Lewis and Cleo I did during a Neuropsychology Lecture bc they be livin rent free in my head

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Cleo Sertori wearing blue, having reading glasses, becoming the group’s scientist and pushing them to study hard for exams while Emma and Lewis aren’t around anymore in season 3 is something that makes me SO EMOTIONAL