do you permit it?
Alison. London/Durham. Gemini, ESFJ. Literature student. Drama queen, series & film junkie. Crying about fictional characters since 1996.
do you permit it?
Our thing is like, “how far can we go while still justifying their behavior in the minds of the character?“ because that’s— our golden rule on the show which we always follow is the audience has to believe that the character believes that what he’s doing is going to work, ‘cause the minute the audience stop believing that the character would believe that what he’s doing is gonna work, and I know this sounds a little convoluted, but the second the audience doesn’t believe it… I think you’re fucked! [x]
doodle of the gang but as teens
I’ve been drawing so much sunny lately, i want 2 die
stop these hands
i don’t remember who invented ‘mac and dennis light each other’s joints/cigarettes’ as a trope but i would like to give them a gold medal for inspiring one of the most wonderful fanons this trash fandom has to its name
Friendly reminder that someone in the writers room suggested “milkshakes” as Charlie’s favorite food, and Glenn misheard it as “milksteaks” and bursted out laughing
Mac comes out of the closet. He decides there’s no God (no Father) to reject him. Mac says his dad loves him even though he doesn’t write him - acknowledges he and his dad don’t talk. There is no father to reject him.
Mac starts imagining his life as a gay man, how it looks, where he lives. He imagines Dennis as the other half of the couple. He starts getting bossy again, taking control of the dinner party.
He smashes the fantasy when it doesn’t go exactly as planned..He starts considering the logistics of the sex - whether it’s clear he’s the one on top. His issues with authority and masculinity are starting to filter into his new idea of himself. Doubt creeps in.
Dennis’s betrayal is revealed. Mac reveals cracks in his denial about Luther: “You mean I could have had a relationship with my dad this entire time?” Mac would normally act out physically, hurt Dennis back, but something’s different, he’s different. In accepting things as they are, his resistance is gone. Opening himself up to reality also opens him up to pain.
“I could have had a relationship with my dad.” There may still be a father to reject him.
God seems to answer his prayer. There may still be a Father to reject him. He takes time to hurt Dennis on the way up out of the water.
Mac goes back in the closet.
Mac’s denial is the same as the gang’s other acts of resistance. It’s Charlie and Dee denying they slept together. It’s Dennis believing he’ll look twenty forever. Mac can only be out when he feels he has nothing left to lose.
future grammy and tony winner
you know the show wipeout? i want 21 minutes of footage of the gang on that show
mac comes out