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23meteorstreet · 2 years ago

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it's so interesting seeing people point out things that were upsetting about mac & dennis's dynamic in the last ep. none of those things really bugged me not bc i don't think they're toxic but bc they didnt't feel ooc or surprising in any way? like it's essentially a lot of shit they've done & gone thru in previous eps just packaged in a different way.

#i mean... last time dennis couldnt get mac to do what he wanted he started a literal cult #and there were A LOT of equally bad ways that couldve gone but he literally ended up getting someone killed #the problem with this ep is that some things literally only work if ur willing to read them thru the lens that #mac would be willing to go thru w/e dennis would put him thru if dennis communicated it properly #(which doesnt sketch me out so much as the idea that if dennis could admit his feelings he *would* be able to communicate everything else)#idk i get macdennis! i get the appeal of 2 people who genuinely love e/o but constantly end up in toxic situations bc the only way they kno #it's just the fandom's single-mindedness that makes the ship annoying #& im kinda opposed to any critique that just says toxic = bad esp on this show #(even tho im seeing a lot of valid critiques on here within that which i genuinely love to read)#i do wish we could get an actual exploration or subversion of these dynamics but i still think that's a little beyond the show unfortunatel #s16 spoilers #i thought i had a point here but looking back over it i dont think i actually did...#oh actually 1 more thing... it's weird to me that so many ppl specifically blame megan for making characters/dynamics more toxic #bc almost all her eps feel like this to me... a rehash of a dynamic used in another ep that barely goes 1 step further

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