Very Interested In How Qimir Kind Of Let His Mask Fall When He Realized Mae Was Actually Osha In Ep 2.

Very interested in how Qimir kind of let his mask fall when he realized “Mae” was actually Osha in ep 2. Like immediately when he says “you look just like her”, his whole demeanor changes from the jovial non threatening potion master that he played for Mae, into a character much more similar to the version we see when his literal mask falls in ep 5.

Manny Jacinto aka Qimir/The Stranger talks about the difference between Maemir and Oshamir.

I can't take it anymore

Qimir really is gonna say, "Well, Mae, since you back-stabbed me, I'm gonna sweep your twin sister off her feet, marry her, then you're not invited to the wedding!"

Osha is desperately in need of connection and understanding. The Stranger is kind of the first person to provide that for her in a truly authentic way, without trying to make her be anything else [...] I think that kind of understanding has a lot of romantic tension in it. And so, it's sort of born out of those characters, the points they are in their life.

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Inside Out if it was filmed inside my head