#and i have to pause for a sec

[sleepymick]

like i am rewatching the show, and i saw a clip of that scene and was like ?? that just doesn’t make sense??? like, he may not use his ss number -bc i agree, there was just never any use for it- but imo, it makes sense that he’d at least KNOW it, given all the crime and what not he and his family get up to. he had to get a fake ID and passport in s7, something tells me he KNOWS a ss number has 9 numbers.

i just recently replied to someone on a reddit thread bc they had asked “where in the show does it say/show that mickey is street smart?” or something along those lines, and i was like HUH???? like, i do not mean to be rude, i am super happy to answer this question tbh, but HUH?? did we watch the same show? i know everyone takes away different things when it comes to shows and characters, but i was so lost bc huuhhh?? my rant was about the “dumbing down” of his character in later seasons -which i guess can be a controversial take- and like yeah, some of that has to do with the maturity that most people adopt to some degree or another as they age, and it’s a little to do with how he now needs to adapt to a more stable life, but later seasons mickey just feels OFF. i love him literally no matter what, but that’s just my opinion. but yeah, i was talking about this, and how we see that there’s several examples of mickey being very intelligent in his own right, and that’s what someone had responded with. i was so floored!!

i like the headcanon that with the right guidance, mickey could’ve matched lip in his intelligence. i LOVE fics that show how smart and hands on mickey is, and how quickly he can pick up on something and learn that skill, but i especially love fics that make this intelligence a sort of passion of his. like, he’s really really good at x thing, and understands it really well, and feels a passion for it, or attachment. a really good example is a fic called cooperative gameplay, which i will tell everyone about til the day i die bc it’s soooo good (and it does this thing where mickey is adapted to a stable life really well, but he isn’t out of character) and if you haven’t read it, 10/10 highly recommend

@sleepymick I agree. I think sometimes the writers did things for comedic affect without thinking the fans would be clocking their canon mistakes. Like him not spelling Gallagher right in the tattoo. He spelled it right when he spraypainted it on the wall in season 1.

So even if we take season 11's word on it and he didn't know what a social security number was, it's not because he's dumb. It's because his entire life he's not needed it. They've never had bank accounts or jobs so he would have no use of it. It's not like good ole' Terry had a file folder with his kids birth certificates and ss cards safe at home.

Mickey was surprised when Ian said he had a bank account because it's so rare for the people in his life to save responsibly or to have anything that was legitimate or on the grid. It's all about now and surviving through today. Cash. Goods he can sell for cash.

It's part of why he doesn't think long term about consequences, either. When Ian talks to him about having a gun and possibly going back to jail, he doesn't flinch. Those are tomorrow problems. His whole life was pretty much just trying to figure out the day to day living. Hustling. Those are the skills he learned. And he's exceptional at them. If he'd actually had the opportunity to do other types of learning, I have no doubt he'd be above average. No, I don't think he's smarter than Lip. I don't think he's a super genius. But I think he's exceptional at the world he's grown up in and, if redirected, it could have taken him far in either the business world or in a trade. Especially if it had to do with numbers.

He'd have been a great carpenter or architect. He's shown a propensity for drawing and being creative. He'd do what he wanted without answering to anyone. He'd be bored working in an office making other people money. But if he was a carpenter or architect, he'd be able to do the geometry in his head to make cuts and put together furniture or home building. He'd also be a good negotiator for his own contracts.

[goldenstorm0]

pt 2 (pt 1 here)

I think these two are on the same page more often then they realize

(ignore me messing around randomly) (next part will take longer due to me being picky about art gloves)

[permafrown]

scratching my head.. y'all think I'm cool right

[phantom-of-the-501st]

I thought I was prepared for this

I was, in fact, not prepared at all

Holly was phenomenal. Paige and Matt were incredible. Jon's MoTN is just flawless as per usual.

[fumifooms]

Just finished Fool Night vol 7 (chap 63) and clutching my head. Mayhaps I shall never be the same. Oh Mukuru Izumi the villain that you are… "What’s back teryas? Veer usses?" "What’s oxygen? Is it like air?" "What’s that? What are you holding?" "Do you think I can live happily one day?" Just shoot me mysterious masked guy it’ll hurt less idc anymore just do it. This is my csm Aki I feel the tragedy in my bones even more here

It’s the cycle of revenge right, that goes on and on until there’s no one left to avenge the last one murdered— And the thought that there’d be no one that would remember or care or want or try to avenge Mukuru is the fucking saddest thing I’ve ever heard.

Trying to be as vague as possible to avoid spoilers but man. Fool Night, the manga that’ll make me cry over trees… Like so far I’ve only cried once and it was during the first umm trees field scene right, because it was simply too fucking real yeah that’d happen yeah, but my god. They’re not just trees they’re lives and they’re not just lives they’re humans and more but does it matter and what are souls???? What are feelings????? What is communication?????? "Oh sure I’ll bring you to Shiika." then that. evil.

…….. And also today I started NegaPosi Angler!!! Great and comfy so far very looking forward to watching it every week. For anyone who didn’t know yet I have a weird ultra fixation on fishing in media in general, Tsuritama and River King are two of my fave things, sooo this is perfect for me lol, came around just at the right time too. Big recommend. Surprisingly topical since both NegaPosi and Fool Night deal with poverty hm. It’s csm Denji meets FN Toshiro except this guy fixes his life through fishing. Bless.

2 works that make me say "I want to live!!" in very different ways! 😀 Fool Night’s out in english through Viz what are you doing here go check it out

[1800duckhotline]

I am addicted to this game now. Im gone

[stinkrascal]

having a queue is so much fun idk why i didnt do this sooner

[angelsdean]

i am writing a full comparative media analysis essay to post on tumblr dot com. because i am insane

[closedrop]

I’ve been thoroughly roped into the portal fandom now

All I know right now is the song “Mr. Blue Sky” by Electric Light Orchestra is fucking magical what the hell-

Why it doin that, more importantly how??

[perilegs]

ever since keekki was diagnosed with kidney failure back in... i think it was 2022? i knew he was living on borrowed time and would probably live like a year or so. he had some bloodwork done today and i knew the situation was dire from how keekki has been for a bit now but man idk i still wasn't prepared to see just how bad his kidney stuff had plummeted and hearing the "you don't have much time together left" like yeah i know that and i have been knowing that for two years but now it just feels more real. idk man

[unproduciblesmackdown]

from jenashtep from the final xmas rehearsal ft. jeremy morse as mister macabee & his super sexy "here comes santa claus" intro i.e. EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED btw

[thus-spoke-lo]

i am grateful that my partner never judges my fic-writing hobby but i had to laugh earlier as we were chatting about some of the dark content stuff i'm working on, and yet somehow, the only thing he even showed a bit of being kind of horrified by was the fact i write for doflamingo.

[padfootastic]

hmmm i thought i could have the next chapter of FoD up like. yesterday night, which obv didn’t happen and now i’m thinking tonight, but this conversation between harry & sirius just. does not want to end lmao

it’s at 4k rn, which is…a respectable amount, and i think it might reach 4.5 by the time it’s done. and then i want to have, atleast, the outline for the next chapter fleshed out before i post it just as like. buffer. hmmmm thoughts, thoughts, decisions, decisions…

[vazaez]

I was walking to class and i wanted to listen to music but none of the songs coming up i felt like listening, so i started skipping them and after skipping like 5 i went "Ah fuck it, whatever it plays next" and 19-2000 started playing 💀🙏

[keeps-ache]

[staring out the window but it's just a sticker on the wall] i actually need to make something right now or i'll espode

[honeyvenommusic]

just got on youtube for the 1st time today just seeing what would pop up if anything interesting and TAMINO?? SHORT FILM??? HE JUST RELEASED TODAY??????????? A SHORT FILM?????????????!