I haven’t watched season three yet and am now in no hurry to. I caved and read spoilers and wow what a shit show, literally.
But it made me wonder, if they really, truly never wanted SydCarmy then maybe all of what we were seeing was Ayomy mega chemistry that hit the screen. It’s possible they never wanted them to be romantic, or they did but retconned everything, including Claire and Carmy, to backtrack. We will never know for sure. But if they never wanted it then what Ayo and Jeremy was saying in that interview about passion, etc. was totally about them, not the characters. Because what passion was shown this season? What vibrant collaboration? I don’t have faith in SydCarmy now and that’s ok. It doesn’t erase the Ayomy connection and how that sparked shipping.
But what really has me thinking is what if part of the reason Jeremy seemed kind of down at the premier wasn’t just because the boyfriend was there? What if he knew the season was crap. But even bigger what if he was also sad because he barely got to work with Ayo and was stuck playing an irredeemable character stuck trying to give substance to a romance storyline he knows is bullshit? What if he was feeling the vibes he had when he knew Shameless went downhill and his character wasn’t growing?
I’m shocked the show got this bad so quickly. Even without romantic SydCarmy they kind of nuked their platonic relationship, too. Which ok fine but they didn't even have the big fight we have been yearning for?
What a loss. Maybe Jeremy felt like it was a funeral for the show he once loved and feels he will never work with Ayo in the same way again given the complete reversal of everything that was built the prior two seasons.