#basically all the bs mickey went through in the show

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Chapter 9 of Knight in a Shining Youber.

This one's Mickey's Story.

Like Ian's it's also sad.

Mind the trigger warnings, and skip the marked part if needed.

[smores100]

Um, important question!! Thanks to you (and two other Skam-fam ppl but they post less, aha) putting them on my dash, I've become invested in Mickey and Ian despite myself, ajsjk. Now, I'm not masochistic enough to watch the entire show for them because I've also heard it's a garbage fire for long periods of time BUT I was thinking of watching a supercut of their scenes? My question is are there whole seasons I shouldn't even bother to watch their scenes from since they're just upsetting/ooc?

hahaha welcome to the dark side! that’s exactly how i got sucked into this mess back in s4, saw a ton of gifs all over my dash and got completely invested w/o having watched even one scene. I KNOW WHAT YOU’RE GOING THROUGH 😛 you’ve heard correctly, it really is a garbage fire for long periods of time, especially in recent years it’s become a shitshow. i *did* enjoy a lot of it (as in not just ian/mickey scenes) in the early seasons, tho there were still problematic elements back then too, and it’s possible i’m mostly remembering the good stuff bc so much time has passed since then. but since the only *good* thing nowadays is ian/mickey and the rest is mostly blah, it’s probably better, easier and less time consuming if you just watch their story instead of catching up with 10 full seasons (or even just 5 seasons).

do you already have a link to a supercut of their scenes? if not, there’s this one on youtube (part 1 + part 2) that covers s1-s5 pretty well i think. if you watch that, i think you’ve got most things covered. if s10 hadn’t happened i would’ve told you to just stop there, or just not bother at all tbh, but things are less upsetting now that mickey is back and they’re getting their happy ending, so look up “gallavich seasons 6-9” and you should have all the relevant stuff from those seasons too (it’s not a whole lot, sadly). as for s10, i haven’t watched a spercut, i just play the whole ep and fast forward to the ian and mickey stuff hah, but maybe this will do? (can’t promise it has every little scene tho since i haven’t watched it!)

to answer your question, since i’m not sure i *really* have yet oops - no, there aren’t any whole seasons you can just skip their scenes. s1-s5 are all important bc that’s peak gallavich; s6 only has one scene in the first ep that tbh i never bothered watching bc it’s bs so feel free to skip that one, idt you’ll miss anything; there are only a couple of eps in s7, it was angsty back then but like i said it’s better now that you know that wasn’t the end for them and their story continues so i think it’s worth a watch; and just one scene in s9 that’s worth watching too. so basically just skip the s6 one, haha. other than that, watch it all. just keep in mind that it’s absolutely NOTHING like evak, otherwise you’ll be highly disappointed!!! there’s a lot of angst and heavy dark stuff and problematic elements to their story, but personally i think it’s worth it, if only for mickey milkovich aka one of the most iconic characters ever

hope this was helpful??? lemme know if you have any more questions and i’ll try to answer - SHORT answers this time, i promise! hope you enjoy! :D

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my opinion on the mickey and ian situation so i recently just finished beign watching all 7 seasons of shameless and i was absolutely hooked, especially with gallavich (total otp) buuut from an outsiders perspective i have to say that Ian was more to blame with ruin of their relationship than mickey, im not gonna be one of those shippers who completely ignore the faults and problematic behavior of a character so i'll admit that both of them had their faults but ultimately i feel bad for mickey and i believe he deserved better than ian and hers why. s where to begin, well firstly, i just wanna say i think ian has fucked mickey over countless times and i think he lowkey feeds on the fact that he knows mickey would take him back. mickey has ALWAYS held it down for ian even when no one else would but ian just shitted on him. an example is how ian kept giving mickey shit for not coming out and being openly gay like he was. i can sympathize with how frustrating it can be having a closeted partner when you wanna be cute in public but ian shouldve understood the circumstances. mickey father was not only homophobic but also an ABUSIVE homophobe and he wouldve literally killed mickey for it. it kinda bothers me that ian sorta gave mickey an ultimatum as like basically, come out or we're done. a second thing that bothered was how ian reacted when mickey went to prison for him. it was harsh of ian to say he was paid to be there and barley said anything sympathetic to him. but was pissed me off the most was the bs excus ian gave saying "you tried to kill my sister". AS IF IAN REALLY GAVE A SHIT ABOUT SAMMI. ian didnt love or care about sammi for him to actually be bothered by mickey trying to kill her. im not trying to justify mickey's attempted murder but he did only try to kill her for ian. he went after her because he was trying to get revenge for ian because she was the one who snitched to the army. can we just acknowledge that every time mickey has done time on the show it was because or for ian? the first time he went to juve was because h got shot for ian (when kash shot him), the second time was when he wanted to kill frank in fear of being outted but for ian's sake he didn't and got himself sent back to juve instead and the third time was prison for trying to kill the person who got ian sent away. i understand that mickey has a violent history but every prior to ian but everything hes ever done thus fat was for ian. mickey was the only one who advocated on ian's behalf when everyone wanted him lovked away at an asylum. He fought against his family's wishes and took the responsibility of taking care of him on his own even when he didn't know how to. when ian had a manic episode and STOLE MICKEY'S BABY everyone wanted to get the cops involved but mickey was the ONLY one who fought against the cops and trusted in ian's abilities to work through it and come home. even when his own baby was in danger he still protected ian. lastly, the mexico thing was the icing on the cake. tbh in my opinion i feel like ian was in a way just using mickey for a thrill because mickey was exciting. when he was talking to fiona and asked her if she regretted going away with jimmy steve because she might never feel that thrill again; that was a red flag because he didnt ask her if she'll ever LOVE someone like she loved jimmy steve, he asked if she'll ever feel the THRILL. and if you really think about it and pay attention to the small details, ian never had any intentions of going to mexico with mickey. it was hurtful for ian to string mickey along like that and for what? just to breakup with him for the billionth time? what was the point in getting his hopes up making him think he was going to be able to run away with the love of his life if you wasnt going to go through with it? why make him come out if you werent planning on being with him? i hate that ian gave the excuse "it was hard seeing you" for not visiting him in prison, as if it wasnt hard for mickey to see you in that mental house? but he still went and he still visited him, he pushed through it. all in all, i just feel like mickey deserved better and the whole mexico thing was a shitty way to end gallavich but at least we got SOME type of closure even if it was shitty. Gallavich as a ship also deserved better. *ps// it was kinda shitty of ian to cheat on trevor for a good 3 days and than waltz in his place of work like everything is fine and still expect him to wanna be with him.

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(1) Hey, hey! Oh April your anger was my initial reaction too (and honestly if I think about it too much its still my overriding emotion), so I apologise in advance for what I'm sure is gonna be a long, rambly mess (am I really sorry though? cos you are pretty much responsible for me falling down the "Gallavich" rabbit hole hehe!!) but it's the last on this topic, promise. Anyway I experienced my 1st & last 'live' Shameless moment when that 50 second end scene was plastered over social media

2) (cos i'm not watching any more Shitshow eps (not seen any S8/9 & barely remember S6/7 anyway despite it not being that long ago I mistakenly watched it - a blessing I guess lol how is it still going! God!) & I have many conflicting feelings about it tbh. The initial overriding feeling was "I'm mad about it" even though I wasn't surprised. Sighs. I still am really cos even though I admit that I did want "end game" for Mickey & Ian (cos i'm weak), I didn't want it like this!! Look what they've3. done to those KIDS! Just dumping them both in prison (ffs) in a patch job, lazily tagged on ending & then playing Frank Ocean (trying to win points & maybe it worked cos I've listened to that song more than once since gdi) over it cos we are meant to view it as so romantic!? I just..?!? I mean you gotta laugh really.. I suppose it is very "Shameless". Honestly I don't think I've known a show to so unapologetically give so little care to its own characters (let alone fans). urgh.4. (aka arrogant, lazy & petty? hmm). Tbf they had written themselves into a corner where this was the only ending they could give, other than have Ian run away to mexico, which yeah why didn't they do that? But, and here's the other side of my thought process about it all, at least this way they'll both be free after they serve their time, genuinely free not fugitives. So my rationalising about it all is basically that they serve relatively short sentences (Mickey negotiated a good deal ok lol!5. also at least he was given some agency back here in a way - yes I know I'm reaching), during which they will have time to hash everything out (aka Ian has a shit tonne of explaining, grovelling & making up to do imo) & then they are free to live out their lives & have a real chance at being together away from all the BS that's been thrown their way. That's my story anyway (they better not do or say anything to contradict this in canon now I stg). That's how I choose to view it as this way6.I can be relatively happy they ended up together & it allows me to look back their journey story without bitterness taking over cos Mickey Milkovich & the journey he and Ian (rip puppy Ian from the early days - he was cute) went on (before tptb fucked it up) deserves to be looked back on fondly. So that's the story of my journey to acceptance I guess lol. Plus there are no longer at the shows mercy to screw over! Also if you ignore everything else it was good to see mickey again, swooping in7. To save the day being his cocky self, for all of 30 secs, for some sort of closure (the article you reblogged was spot on). In that short scene cam & noel's chemistry was undeniable (easily the best thing to come out of that show - tptb know it too. Bet they hate it that's why they ended it like this #petty but fan service still or maybe they thinks it's actually good who tf knows). But it wouldn't have been the same ending Ian's journey without mickey (they really screwed Ian's charachter8. Over after mickey left didn't they - cant blame cam for leaving. Maybe he should have left after s7. We coulda had them driving across the border as their ending then). I defo think all parties involved did it to shut down the relentless demand. Everyone (cam, Noel, the fabs) can be free now. So I'll take this version of endgame but I won't thank tptb for it! Sidenote but Noel really is s talented cute bean isn't he?! 😊 anyway sorry for the self indulgent ramble. It got way long! Thanks for9. Being my cheerleader through this v belated journey. Did you warn me not to? I can't remember? 🤣 just kidding! I'll ignore the in between bits & focus on the good & imagine a better future for them away from shameless' clutches. My mental gymnastics to be happyish with it is impressive huh? (I mean I'm still mad but eh). Lol. You deserve a medal for dealing with it all in real time! Hope you're not too disheartened. Glad you're all good my lovely! ❤ Tina

to be fair i definitely warned you before you started watching but nobody ever listens because you see their early stuff and like i said magic. they draw you in and you just can’t help yourself. i really don’t want to say a whole lot about everything that angered me and i totally understand why people are burying their heads in the sand and saying ‘end game’ and ‘happy ending’ but like life didn’t just stop? they have to actually live their lives in prison and for people with their histories, their backgrounds, and their mental issues to contend with, if we’re being realistic this is probably like the worst ending? because what happens when mickey’s smart mouth and short fuse get him in trouble? or ian doesn’t get his meds and goes manic? nothing good. also tptb couldn’t help themselves form doing mickey dirty again could they? also for me a good parallel isn’t mickey risks everything to break out with almost the exclusive purpose of being with ian again and now he has to risk it all again, this includes his life to get back into prison to be with ian? where is ian’s sacrifice in any of this? a couple seasons ago i would have felt that overwhelming love from ian but after listening to him badmouth mickey for so long and turn him away again and again it didn’t feel like enough. if i’m being honest i feel like cam wanted out a long time ago and he’s been phoning in his performances. his guest appearances and work outside shameless were far superior for quite a while now. his best scenes on shameless in the last idk three or four years have all been with noel. i don’t think he liked where they took his character after mickey left and i don’t think he liked how they treated mickey’s character. he and noel seemed quite close and they cared a lot about the story they were telling. and stepping outside of just what they did with bringing mickey in for the ending i wanted to vomit when they had ian go to fucking terry milkovich of all people to ask for advice about prison. like how gross can they be? so i guess i got carried away as well but yeah i’m angry and i’m never not going to be angry. just waiting for when they bring them both back magically out of prison for the finale. or just cam and say some shit about mickey staying longer because he got more time. i wouldn’t put anything past them at this point. 

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Chapter 9 of Knight in a Shining Youber.

This one's Mickey's Story.

Like Ian's it's also sad.

Mind the trigger warnings, and skip the marked part if needed.