"If you believe it to be real, then it’s real."
(Dennis, Mac and reality)
BillPaul doodles based on this idea <3
they're a little fucked up but it's fine they're gay buddies <3
i don’t think i posted this but he’s yearning :(
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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Mac McDonald/Dennis Reynolds, Mac McDonald/Original Male Character(s) Characters: Mac McDonald, Dennis Reynolds, Original Male Character(s), minor appearances from the rest of the gang Additional Tags: Screenplay/Script Format, Post-Season/Series 16, Tragedy/Comedy, Angst, toxic codependency, Toxic Relationship, Toxic Yaoi, Jealous Dennis Reynolds, Manipulative Dennis Reynolds, Self-Fulfilling Prophecy, thigh rubbing Summary:
Mac gets a new boyfriend. An actual, physical boyfriend, who isn't Dennis this time. Dennis is not thrilled.
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New Macdennis fic, yippee!! It’s a little fan episode afcdibiebe I had a lot of fun with this one <3. I love writing in script format, it almost feels more intuitive than normal prose. I really wanna be a screenwriter someday. But for now, I have to put my talents into making toxic yaoi fanfiction :D.
I had to pause a few times so I just finished the livestream, Joey remembering everything and Lauren remembering nothing was hilarious I love them both so much
so mac was known as ronnie the rat in high school and in "Mac Kills His Dad" even his parents know him to be a rat and specifically tell him NOT to be one. what if it was mac who ratted out his dad, not even on purpose just by saying the wrong thing and never knowing when to shut up, and that's why luther got sent to prison. and that's what ruined his relationship with his parents forever (not that it was a loving healthy relationship to begin with but from the christmas episode we know it had its nice moments that mac latches on to as proof that his parents love him). anyways that's just a theory #mytheories
This one is actually almost a year old, but I never got around to posting it anywhere. I’d definitely do some things different now (the first thing that comes to mind is resizing the text), but for the most part I’m still proud of it.
the idea of Ruth as a trans allegory has me crying in the club
(SPOILERS FOR NERDY PRUDES MUST DIE GO WATCH IT ITS AMAZING)
the idea of discovering something more to yourself that you want to show the world, but feel stuck in what people say you need to be rather than what you really are hits really close to home
Max Jagerman saying “you’re a nerd cause I said so. i willed it into existence.” represents how the more acceptable, “normal” people project what someone is supposed to be onto them without considering what they truly are, to keep them in a box, a box that Ruth is trying to break out of
when Max is presumed dead, it represents those expectations being lifted off of those who were affected, allowing people like Richie to be confident in who they are and make friends
even though Ruth doesn’t know exactly what she is yet, she finds her passion for being in the spotlight at the beginning of “Just For Once”, singing about how she now knows she wants to be in the spotlight
lines that talk about her character growing old, talking about how she’s disappointed with where her life is, maybe reflects how she’s feels about growing up herself, being scared of a future where she has to live as someone she isn’t or with someone she doesn’t want to be with
her repetition of “just for once,” in the song reflects many of the thoughts that other trans people have, often imagining ultimatums like “if only I had a button that turned me into a (preferred gender)” or “if I could just wear this outfit just for one event,” or “if I could just be a (preferred gender) for one day”
“just for once I’d feel the spark that I once knew” reflects feelings of many trans people who realized they weren’t cis around high school, where Ruth is, and searched to find that feeling again, but felt trapped by expectations by parents or others
“should I flip the burgers now? should I double check it’s well done on the outside, not within?” her indecisiveness reflects one of her main character traits, that she is riddled with anxiety, a common struggle that trans people experience, her anxiety makes scenarios that even though people are starting to accept her after Max’s death, that she’d still be ridiculed, or that it isn’t right for her to be who she is
her musicality shows her in bursts of confidence, like at the end with her lengthening the last note and letting it trail off, setting it free, only to go completely silent, highlighting the duality of her confidence in her new self, and fear of change (the last note always kills me it makes me tear up everytime)
what makes it even more gut-wrenching is that she isn’t able to feel the freedom of living her dream
the trailing off repetition of “i used to dance” after talking about giving away her tap shoes, representing her surrender to anxiety and fear, giving up on her dreams of being a performer, before being killed by Max
“Life is fine, if only it were mine.”
looks like frank got lost on the way to ponyville...
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