Like (and I'm curious to see how it plays out) my theory would be it might be weirder for Philip to try to roleplay as "Clark" while making love to Elizabeth simply because it mixes up worlds it would seem the multiple personalities are intended to keep separate. Like I would think doing something as "Clark" or "Dave" or whatever would make it easier to simply get out of that head when you get back in the car instead of feeling guilty over it if you had to kill someone or do something else potentially mentally unpleasant. When Philip and Elizabeth are together, it's the most "real" they are with anyone on an emotional level and I could imagine it feeling weird to have to pretend on a different level while doing it.
Plus, to what degree would Elizabeth even *want* him to be Clark? Does he need to keep on the wig and glasses? Start off in a nerdy sweater? Just do the voice? Or does she just want to feel like there's nothing that's private between Philip and another woman that they don't do, making the circles of intimacy reversed? The initial thought I had was that it was both about righting that "who's really on the inside" emotional aspect of it, and also that the idea of Philip being unreserved and kind of freely sexual with her was probably a turn-on. I would imagine in the same way that he tends to be very private and hold back giving us glimpses at "the real man" (or close to it, ha ha) in general, the same thing may carry over into the bedroom and she may like the idea of seeing a very private glimpse of him where he lets the walls down and abandons caution.
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Re: Philip as "Clark"
Date: 2014-03-30 03:26 am (UTC)Plus, to what degree would Elizabeth even *want* him to be Clark? Does he need to keep on the wig and glasses? Start off in a nerdy sweater? Just do the voice? Or does she just want to feel like there's nothing that's private between Philip and another woman that they don't do, making the circles of intimacy reversed? The initial thought I had was that it was both about righting that "who's really on the inside" emotional aspect of it, and also that the idea of Philip being unreserved and kind of freely sexual with her was probably a turn-on. I would imagine in the same way that he tends to be very private and hold back giving us glimpses at "the real man" (or close to it, ha ha) in general, the same thing may carry over into the bedroom and she may like the idea of seeing a very private glimpse of him where he lets the walls down and abandons caution.