No, but, Teddie’s flirting, as annoying as it can be, is actually the saddest thing ever, hear me out.

By now, it’s pretty clear that Teddie is a self-aware Shadow of the same brand as Metis from P3FES.

By the end of P3FES, it was made very clear that all of Metis’ character traits were exaggerated versions of the traits Aigis had discarded due to her trauma. Her obsession with guarding Aigis like a sister-complex watchdog? An exaggeration of Aigis’ desire to protect her friends. Her whiny nature? An exaggeration of Aigis’ ability to cry in first place. Her tendency to act bratty? An exaggeration of Aigis’ self-confidence. All the traits she had abandoned for the sake of not being hurt anymore.

Do you know what that says about Teddie? It says the person who “expelled” him had given up on trying to be loved. That person had given up on ever having a friendship or a romantic relationship with anyone.

Teddie is acting the way he does because he’s literally desperately trying to counter-act someone else’ abandonment issues out of instinct. If that’s not a goddamn sad character trait to have, I don’t know what it is.