Shawn: " Do You Ever Get Sad And Watch Ancient Swedish Hearding Calls?"

Shawn: " do you ever get sad and watch ancient Swedish hearding calls?"

Gus: "no..?"

Shawn: "are you sure?"

Gus: "I'm pretty sure Shawn"

Oc doodle

LOLL EVEN LASSITER KNOWS THAT'S NOT A GOOD SUBJECT TO BRING UP TOO SHAWN. The fact the man literally sinks down trying to disappear 😭😭

I think there is something really special about Lassiter and O'haras relationship. It's so refreshing to see opposite sex characters just being friends and romance not being put into the mix. Bonus, they also have a very close relationship with each other, which is made very clear when Lassiter jumps in to save her when she was put in danger on the clocktower. Of course, he also hugs her too , comforting her when she needs it, and it is completely platonic and wholsome. They kind of give me little sister, big brother vibes, and I love that. Lassiter is the grumpy , protective big brother, while jules is the fierce but bubbly little sister.

The man rolls his eyes sm istg 😭 I swear he's a lot grumpier than he makes out outwardly, so here is a small slice of proof 😌

Shawn acts like his life is a play constantly. Like he's in some sort of theatre performing or in some sort of skit with a laughing track in the background . Even though I'm aware psych is a comedy, shawn does not need to act the way he does to MAKE it a comedy. No other character acts as theatrical, nonsensical, and dramatic as shawn does, which leads me to believe this is a character trait, not just a byproduct of the show genre.

He sees his life as some big game. Like a performance that he participates in to make pop culture references, bizarre jokes, and flirty comments to make things interesting to an auidence that doesn't exist( at least in his reality). It's only when things become REAL that shawn actually shows any of the darker sides to his personality. I deffo do think he has some sort of personality disorder because he acts SO different on the surface from the far more analytical, almost antisocial personality below it all.

When anything breaks the illusion to him that his life ISNT some sort of game or play. When things get emotional , when stakes are high, when his friends are in danger or his family , shawns entire exterior personality crumbles. He becomes the opposite to everything he is normally compleatly shutting down. In the first yang episode for example he gets very mad and very upset. He consistently asks Gus to make things more lighthearted and like normal eventhough it's extreamly inappropriate given the stakes. He needs to stay in that illusion to be able to not only think clearly , but too distract himself from reality and dissociate himself from it entirely to feel a sense of stability which he does on a constant already.

Also with the first yang ep or any time he has to be forced to be serious, he seems to become a lot more closed in, emotional, and insecure which is alarming considering he has a huge ego usually about things and wouldn't just bail. He goes overwhelmingly out of character that it's hard not to notice the stark contrast.

Shawn clearly doesn't want to address the issues he has and the issues of his life. Or his emotional problems. He doesn't like being or feeling vulnerable either, so instead , he just acts as though there isn't anything wrong in the first place. If he doesn't see it, it's not there , right?

(I really love analysing shawn. He's such a deep and interesting character)