Where The Trans Satire Misses The Mark In IASIP

Where the trans satire misses the mark in IASIP

Gonna talk about this because it does kinda bug me, and I am a trans man. I wanna start by saying I don't think that trans people shouldn't be joked about, but like any good satire the joke shouldn't be on us. I also do think there is great LGBT rep in sunny and they get it right a lot but also in this case I think they got it wrong.

What has always irked me is that the joke with Carmen was Mac wants to be with her because she has a penis and Mac is gay. I know that when they introduced Carmen Mac wasn't written as being gay, but later he is and he does come out and yes it makes sense that he was sleeping with women because of comphet but now it just seems even more like Carmen was the only woman he really liked because she has a penis.

I know its a little late now but I wish they would've found a way to clear this up.

(not to mention the zoom on the penis in the pants, the whole joke being transwoman have penis funny)

Really what should have happened is Mac finds a trans man that he is super into, but he refuses to acknowledge him as being a man, even though hes a total beefcake. Mac could still refuse to admit he's gay and everyone could point out how completely delusional he is because, well, that's obviously a man.

I don't know, maybe Im just not getting it.

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hungiehipo

9 months ago

Mac is literally the cleanest of the gang, I don’t care that they dropped his bossiness a bit in later seasons but he was still the one cleaning Charlie and Frank’s apartment in “Mac and Dennis break up”, so I’ll just take that scene as representative of his entire character from now on, thank you very much

But seriously, it makes sense. We’ve seen his mom, how she’s a mess alone (and his father wouldn’t make much of a difference if he was present). Lots of people that grow up in an uncaring and messy environment tend to grow up and take cleaningness very seriously. I speak from personal experience when I say I get anxious when I see a messy bedroom precisely because it brings me back to my early childhood. Mac took the role of “man of the house” very seriously after his father went to jail, it’s very evident his bossiness and need to take care of people came from that. He NEEDS Dennis to need him, because if he doesn’t, what’s preventing him from just leaving?

Speaking of Dennis, I wouldn’t describe him as clean like other people have. He’s not messy, he likes to have things organized, but only to the extent of his own willingness to clean. I actually think Dennis would be very laidback in general, he grew up with maids and butlers and never actually lived on his own. His college dorm must’ve been a hellsite, though the majority of dorms usually are. Mac cleans after Dennis, metaphorically and literally.

This then leads me to think a bit more about their living dynamics (though I dwelve into more headcanon-y territory) like how Dennis probably takes care of the money aspects (tbf Frank’s credit card takes care of it), Mac does grocery shopping because I think if Dennis did it, he’d come back with like 4 protein bars and some apples to last them the whole month. Mac totally cleans Dennis’ room, atleast in minor ways like dusting and taking out the trash, wile Dennis keeps their apartment tidy by decorating shelves or keeping things in their places. It’s a silent part of their living arrangement and the kind of thing they’d never trade off.

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hungiehipo

1 year ago

this is one of my most favorite interactions ever and i think about it every day at least once

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hungiehipo

11 months ago

tfw your best pal who you’ve been gaying off with for 20+ years finally comes out and everything suddenly becomes painfully real

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hungiehipo

1 year ago

My top 8 favorite Macdennis fanfiction

So I've officially run through all the macdennis fics available (if I'm being honest there ARE definitely some that I did not finish for various reasons such as high school AUs that felt a little weird to read in my mid twenties). It took 8 months. Probably will do as suggested and just start rereading. Something very comforting about reading the same plot run through over and over and over lol.

I do not claim to have amazing or superior taste, but these ones all stood out to me as being exceptionally unique, interesting, or well characterized out of the thousands of stories on A03.

Also if you want recs/want to give me recs my inbox is super open :) I crave to talk to the people

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