Kyman analyzation book

Pt. 14 kyle and cartmans relationship is unclassified.

i am forever obsessed with how unclassifiable kyman's relationship is. like that quote in casa bonita where cartman says "but we've also been through a lot together and maybe that alone doesn't make us friends but it makes us something" lives in my head rent free. the fact that in canon even the two dont know what what to call each other is something so personal to me!!!

most people would argue that they're just rivals and i'm looking in too deep but i feel like, even though, yes, that label does capture a good portion of their interactions, but it also ignores some of their most bare, important moments with each other.

theres literally so many instances where their relationship looks so confusing and beyond "rivals". like in smug alert or jewpacabra, where they save each other's lives. (bonus for smug alert because the fact it literally points out cartman NEEDS kyle). or in cartman finds love where it pretty much confirms cartman is romantically into kyle, and the heiman arc pretty much confirms kyle is romantically into cartman (there's more evidence that they're in love but these are some of the biggest examples. i'll make a post abt it maybe) imagination land scene when cartman has a whole breakdown about kyle dying, ass burgers/ you're getting old where they abandon stan together, kyle being the first to be sympathetic and believe cartman can change, faith hilling, crack baby athletes association, i can keep on going for days.

and ofc there's the fact the two, despite seemingly despising each other, will stick by each other's side, hang out, willingly work together etc. like they could literally just leave each other if they hate each other sm but they don't. and it's this willingness to hang out w/ each other that's so interesting to me. the mutual need for each other to make their lives complete...how can you say they're JUST rivals. 

their relationship is just so specific. they're stuck as forever "rivals", as the boys who would argue about something every single day. but then have moments where they care for each other. they've been through hell and back with each other, through thick and thin, and the unwillingness to leave each other's side or to abandon or give up on each other (take a look at any ep they team up or are the main focus) really says a lot about how deep this relationship really goes. how it's so much deeper than just rivals.

but then again they aren't just "friends" either. they've had so many disagreements, fights and pit against each other so many times that it doesn't exactly fit into the category of standard friends ripping against each other. it's clear they're much more.

kyman just has such a unique dynamic. i don't even think this post even gave it's complexity and inner workings justice. idk if any thing in this post even made sense but the fact my brain can't wrap itself around it kinda just proves how indescribable  their relationship truly is. they really are "something"