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.
I've been thinking about how to phrase my response to Magpie's question about what I meant, but this pretty much nails it. Even if he ultimately finds the idea exciting (and he very well might!), it doesn't surprise me at all to see that his first response to the notion of having sex with Elizabeth as Clark would be shock and discomfort.
Unlike the two of you, though, I'm actually reading her suggestion (especially given the playful way she works it into a discussion that starts out being about Martha) as "you know, we could actually roleplay this--come on, let's just try it and see what happens." Which exploded my brain when it occurred to me as I first watched the scene, and then I went...huh, no, I guess I could actually see that. :) I mean, they've kind of both had to learn to be sexually adventurous to do their jobs, and roleplay is something they're both really, really good at. It's really not at all surprising that they'd want to (at least sometimes) start playing with that a little with each other. Although also not surprising that it would be more immediately exciting to Elizabeth than to Philip, who roleplays differently from the way she does and therefore would almost certainly have more reservations about it.
Re: Philip as "Clark"
I've been thinking about how to phrase my response to Magpie's question about what I meant, but this pretty much nails it. Even if he ultimately finds the idea exciting (and he very well might!), it doesn't surprise me at all to see that his first response to the notion of having sex with Elizabeth as Clark would be shock and discomfort.
Unlike the two of you, though, I'm actually reading her suggestion (especially given the playful way she works it into a discussion that starts out being about Martha) as "you know, we could actually roleplay this--come on, let's just try it and see what happens." Which exploded my brain when it occurred to me as I first watched the scene, and then I went...huh, no, I guess I could actually see that. :) I mean, they've kind of both had to learn to be sexually adventurous to do their jobs, and roleplay is something they're both really, really good at. It's really not at all surprising that they'd want to (at least sometimes) start playing with that a little with each other. Although also not surprising that it would be more immediately exciting to Elizabeth than to Philip, who roleplays differently from the way she does and therefore would almost certainly have more reservations about it.
-J