#casey x derek

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

[moonagedaydreamsofrhiannon]

casey “i still haven’t found what i’m looking for” mcdonald and derek “all i want is you” venturi

[eagercastle]

So lately I have been rewatching some shows from my childhood as I wait for Bridgerton season 3 part 2. One of the shows was Life with Derek and my Lord. I'm sorry but there is no way to convince Derek and Casey are not in love with each other. I mean you literally hear Casey at one point call Derek the bane of her existence but the way they exist with one another is on another level. They give me Kate and Anthony vibes like crazy.

[zorosnavigator]

Over analyzing the intro of LWD because it drives me crazy each times i watch it and look, look what this show made me do, over-analyzing an Canadian Disney serie from 2005 i was barely one at the times that i didnt know the existence until last week...

so.yeah. I dont skip the intro. i like the funky little song. the family vibes. the early 2000's serie vibes. but also. lets talk abt this very interesting moment where she says SO MANY CHANGES IT MAKES MY HEAD SPIN.who's the camera chooses to focus on????? DEREK???????!!!! (you can even replace this particular expression with synonym having less 'romantic ' connotation..)

crazy

mad

insane

and youre still get the romantic vibes BECAUSE:

after all the 'i got new school, new house', here's the screen when we hear Casey's line aaaand:

hes smug. of course. girl just said YOU MAKE HER HEAD SPIN.

Then he smiles. of course he's gonna smile. girl said YOU MAKE HER HEAD SPIN.

Full smile. Okay. Sure, lets say its for the camera, not for your newfound crush huh sister, sorry.

Then we have....whatever going on here...which is...awkward Derek???? because your crush just smiled at you, her eyes ✨ sparkling✨(she's happy because you look nice)

then, re-awkward Derek but at least he's smiling 'yeah, methink she's.. weird...but I...kinda..like that??😃'

They really said lets make her spin with her new brother in case they dont understand who exactly makes her head spin.why did they do that????.. ..they look so..happy here???? not at all at each others throat or pissed off.. (maybe it was just Derek being Derek again and mocking Casey, so making her dance was a way to 'humiliate' her, again but methink its overanalyzing these microseconds.......)

More of me overanalyzing Dasey and just LWD shitpost to come because these 2 selfish idiots got me alright.

[lunastar92]

Ugh! They are true friendship goals!!!!! 😁😆🥰🥰

[filmmakerdreamst]

“Life with Derek” is Back Again!

Life with Luca is a hour and a half spin-off movie based on the 2000’s Canadian Sitcom Life with Derek, set eighteen years after its predecessor. The story follows two step-siblings, Casey McDonald (Ashley Leggat), now a court lawyer and mother of three. And Derek Venturi (Michael Seater), now a successful musician in Paris and a single dad. As history repeats itself, they both have rebellious fourteen year old teenagers, pushing their buttons. So in order to get a break, they both have the idea of dropping them off with their grandparents for their anniversary, and to their surprise, they end up meeting each other instead. With help, they figure out how to co-parent their kids together for a weekend, and hijinks naturally ensue.

The original show Life with Derek was all about a blended family. In which two teenage step-siblings, Casey and Derek (the eldest children in the household and equally self absorbed), clash; fighting each other to take control of the house, their younger siblings, their school and their world.

The episodes consisted of simple, domestic family antics, containing smart jokes that would make adults and children alike laugh. The storylines were mature enough for teenagers to be interested but not so mature that it would put children off from watching.

Life with Derek was a show that prided itself in being character driven and more realistic than some of the family shows that was airing around that time, especially on networks such as Disney Channel.

However, it became well known and successful to this day for the slow burning subtextual “love affair” between the two step-siblings, Casey and Derek which undoubtedly acted as the backbone of the series. And the reason why it got picked up for a reboot fifteen years after the final episode aired.

When I first read the premise of Life with Luca (when the announcement came out that they were going to make a Life with Derek reboot in 2020), I was immediately judgemental as often reboots can erase character growth. It just seemed like another manufactured money making remake (a copy for the next generation) rather than an actual continuation of the original show.

And while the movie does have alot of tropes repeated from the original i.e. Casey and Derek’s kids Skyler and Luca clash from the beginning, two families not really knowing each other previously merging for the first time etc. The writers had the ability to make these tropes most importantly character driven and natural so the audience didn’t notice the similarities so much. And when they did, it’s treated as a familiar nod rather than a direct copy.

Luca and Skyler

Part of the fun of the original was the ongoing romantic tension between Casey and Derek, and I was worried we were going to have a repeat of that with their kids, Luca and Skyler but thankfully the casting and writing department was alot more thorough. And while they do clash at the beginning, its presented more of a culture clash because of how they were raised, and it evolved into a familial relationship quite quickly. I loved watching their bonding moments.

They managed to keep the core message from the original ‘of family and building a family even when you hate your situation at the beginning’. I felt they did a good job of mirroring that message with Luca and Skyler.

Out of the two, I felt like Skyler was the more fleshed out. The casting for her was amazing, she looks just like Derek’s daughter. I loved how, even though she was clearly meant to be the ‘Casey character’ — organised and dramatic — she still had her own vibe. She had the carefree attitude and style from Derek’s parenting, but still was able to be responsible as she essentially raised herself.

Luca, (the ‘Derek’ character) the more rebellious counterpart, is suggested to be acting out due to his chaotic home life, rather than that’s just “how he is” unlike Derek who was labelled as the bad guy from the start. He’s still very much Casey’s son as he doesn’t have some of the toxic masculinity that Derek possessed in the original show. And he has a few neurotic tendencies from her style of parenting as well. But I almost feel we didn’t get enough of him.

If and when Life with Luca does get picked up as a TV Series later on, it would be nice to flesh out his character alot more (and hers), because there was clearly alot of conflict that the two of them both had, his dad working overseas and her mum having a bran new family, that can’t really be fleshed out thoroughly in a hour and a half film.

George and Nora

George and Nora’s plot was by far the most ridiculous (hint, jewel thief car chase), but I loved seeing them on screen again. It was nice to see how their relationship was still going strong after all this time. Along with their cameo, there were some other great ones such as Sam and Mr Lassiter. It was a shame we didn’t get to see the rest of the blended family such as Edwin and Lizzie and Marti, even for a second at the anniversary party at the end. But I understand the screenwriters wanted to save that for a TV Series later on, so they could be fully explored more.

Simon

Simon, the youngest of the McDonald-Venturi’s (that was a storyline for the last two episodes of the original) was by far my favourite addition to the film. This was surprising, since that storyline in Life with Derek wasn’t exactly my favourite around the time of watching because I don’t necessarily agree that the step-family gaining a shared child made them “a proper family”. Thankfully, Life with Luca proved me wrong as he was so lovable. I loved how he was a perfect mix of both of the McDonalds and the Venturi’s, but mostly the Venturi’s as he was so clumsy.

Casey and Derek

As always, the strongest parts of the movie, were when they were focusing on Casey and Derek, individually and together. I loved how they went with careers that naturally meshed with their personalities. Casey being a married lawyer in Toronto and Derek being a travelling musician in Paris with his daughter as a best friend. Watching Derek be a parent was amazing, especially since he was shown to be really good with kids in the original.

When the two finally meet up again, the audience can see that their friendship has definitely progressed; they have finally learnt to respect one another even though they haven’t spoken one on one for a long time. But they still maintained their comedic banter. It was refreshing to see that character growth. It was nice that it hadn’t backtracked in typical reboot fashion for the sake of drama/entertainment since that relationship was the core of why the original worked.

Now in the original show, Life with Derek, it was never confirmed that Casey and Derek had romantic feelings for each other, but there was alot of speculation by the fans, because of all the subtext going on throughout the series.

The actors, Michael Seater and Ashley Leggat, put a rest to some of the speculation in 2016 and confirmed in a article by MTV that because ‘the fans were so into Casey and Derek being a couple, [they] would find subtext in their lines to give the fans what they desire’

Life with Derek was primarily about the first four years that they [Casey and Derek] lived together. Their relationship mostly consisted of an antagonistic push and pull/tug of war even though at the end of the day, they were always there for each other when it really counted. Even though Casey and Derek claimed to dislike each other, it was very clear that the two had developed a deep bond over the course of the series.

However, Casey and Derek’s relationship in Life with Luca is interesting in a way that they’re no longer in a “sibling dynamic” in which they were previously forced into. Mostly because they’re no longer teenagers and the fact that they’ve barely interacted or lived together in eighteen years since life both took them in very different directions. Which creates a paradox in itself.

It’s this incredibly grey area throughout the movie where they’re adjusting to each other again, slipping into their old bickering, confiding in each other about parenthood, all while transitioning into a mum and dad dynamic while they’re co-parenting the children they had with other people.

Before the movie came out, I was positive, because of the criticisms and hype surrounding the show and the pairing, that the writers were going to diminish the potential of a romance between the characters in fear of backlash. For example, have Casey in a happy marriage, Derek dating around and eventually gain a love interest at the end of the film. Also, trying to make their relationship as “Sibling- Esque” as possible.

Even though I knew from the premise of the reboot, that they were going to move in together, and there would be a few romantic undertones scattered in for the fans, I’d thought they’d play it off more as an “aunt and uncle babysitting the kids”.

But the opposite ended up happening. Casey has an absent husband who continuously leaves her and her kids alone while he plays hockey over seas — breaking his promises that he was going to retire before their kids were teenagers. Derek supposedly hasn’t dated anyone in fourteen years nor mentions flirting with other women. He even has a distant relationship with his daughters mum.

The moment Derek comes, he almost takes ‘the role of her husband’ as he sees Casey isn’t doing so well. He does the cooking for their kids — Casey even mentions that her husband does all the cooking while Derek is preparing dinner — babysits her little ones, attempts to calm Casey down when she’s getting too stressed, helps arrange an anniversary party for their parents so she’s able to get on with her work. And even though, they are referred as “Aunt” and “Uncle” in the movie, it’s also made apparent that they’re essentially “Mum and Dad” to their children as well.

One of Casey’s little ones, Molly even makes a “catch it or you’ll miss it” comment to Derek’s kid in one scene “I wish we were cousins AND sisters.”

Their last scene together at the end of the movie, Casey comes up to Derek saying ‘You’re gonna come home again soon, before the kids go to university?’ in which Derek heavily implies that he wants to move into her guest house to potentially raise their kids together, making a direct parallel to her husband not retiring from hockey and coming home from Europe, even after their kids grew up.

That moment is possibly why I came out from watching the movie thinking ‘If Casey and Derek don’t get together after this; then it’s bad writing’ because their scenes in the reboot didn’t feel like random “fanservice moments” like in the original; it felt like a genuine setup for a romance. Even if it can’t be written explicitly, due to the network, it is the most logical ending for their characters and the movie just made that ending seem even more inevitable.

Despite my enjoyment of Life with Luca, and overall it being a Great Comeback of a 2000’s Classic — it’s not a movie that can really work on its own. Finishing it left me feeling unsatisfied and wanting more. It felt very much like an introduction than a complete product. Its very apparent they made this movie so it could be picked up as a TV series later on, since there is alot of plot threads that are unexplored, unfinished or left open.

Life with Luca is not a reunion movie. It’s only page one.

“Life with Derek” is Back Again! by Ellie Hersey

[fanaticforlife]

About You - LWD Tribute

I'm still waiting for their hugs <3. Haydée (@imaginaryhaydee)made everything fit together in this masterpiece (the flashbacks combined with the new movies scenes are simply healing my soul). There are simply too many emotions -in the most fulfilling way!!!!!

[bisexualmultifandommess]

I started rewatching Life with Derek for Dasey but every time Paul’s on screen I love it!

[myshipsmyotpmylifeistrash]

Casey married a professional hockey player

Like…?

[homemade-ghosts]

Thinking about two things rn: 1. how Casey told Derek that his stuff is still in her basement, implying that she willingly took most of his things (or at least what he brought to/left at uni) with her when George & Nora moved out of Ontario, despite the fact that G&N clearly have ample storage space at their new home (see: their giant garage) and 2. how, if they ever do a Life with Luca series, Derek & Casey’s scenes in the first episode could involve her telling him he needs to go through all the crap that’s in her basement after he & Skyler move into the guest house (he, of course, ropes Casey into helping him sort through everything because he knows organizing things is her weakness).

While they’re going through all his old stuff and reminiscing, they think of the last time they remember being in a basement together. The first episode of the original series.

It’s all come full circle. Derek moving into Casey’s (guest) house like she moved into his house all those years ago. The two of them back in a basement (this time, choosing to be there instead of being forced to be). Thinking of everything that’s changed...and everything that hasn’t. 

[hey-every-one-im]

Dasey fanfic I’m currently working on. Set around season 3-4, I’m still figuring out specifics.

It starts off in Derek’s POV but it will include 3rd person and Casey’s pov! if y’all think I should keep writing that is lol

•••

I don’t think it’s really too big a deal, I mean a dream is a dream, it doesn’t have to mean anything …I mean sure it’s the same dream I’ve had every night for a week now but lots of people dream about kissing people they are totally not super into, I’m sure. Me dreaming about kissing Casey over and over again doesn’t mean anything… right?

Who am I kidding…. Before this dream there were others, always in the same sorta realm, Me and Casey, being all lovey dovey, kissing (or more), happy, and then I wake up.

Normally the dreams happen here and there or every few nights but the last week this one dream just won’t leave my head. And really it’s all Casey’s fault.

The other day I was just trying to watch tv, enjoy some chips and some hockey when as per usual Casey decided she suddenly also needed to see something on tv, some dumb dance competition or whatever.

Anyway, she tried to grab the remote that was next to me on the armrest but I grabbed it at the same time, I tugged it and she fell forward right on top of me. Now she could have moved right away but did she? No. She stayed there looking me in the eyes for what felt like an eternity and then she BIT HER LIP. After all that she just pushed herself off of me and said I could watch my game and she went to bed. Leaving me there all red in the face and speechless which is the last thing I ever want to be around Casey and yet there I was. Embarrassing honestly because now she probably thinks I think something weird and oh God here I go on the spiral again…

But anyway, that is also essentially the dream I’ve been having, only when she falls in my arms like that in my dream, I make the move. It’s been driving me insane.

Every morning I have to wake up and see her first thing either brushing her teeth or hair in the bathroom with the door open so she can talk to me as I struggle to open my eyes or most times as soon as I enter the kitchen for breakfast. But seeing her every morning completely unfazed while I’m still recovering from my dream makes me feel like a stupid kid with a crush. Normally I can ignore my feelings for Casey but it’s hard when you keep having this dream that feels like it’s taunting you for your cowardice, for not leaning in and kissing her in real life. Not that she would reciprocate, or maybe she would but even if she did not like me back… there’s no way she feels the same way about me as I feel about her. They’re absolutely no way…. If she does she’s better at acting nonchalant about it…

Besides, our conversations have been pretty normal lately it feels, ya know since the whole remote incident, so soon hopefully I can put this whole thing out of my head again.

The only problem is I’ve been feeling a little less confident I guess you could say when we bicker and part of me thinks she may have noticed (all of me definitely knows she noticed), especially after this mornings conversation outside the bathroom.

TBC…

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

1x3 | 3x16 | 4x8

[venturismcdonald]

Look, he loves Casey. In a way that he can't fucking describe because words are hard and this thing between them is practically tangible, alright? Not just in the way that they're tangled up in bed together right now, or even the way that he'll look at her sometimes and swear his heart grows ten sizes. It's not in any way that he thinks anyone else could ever experience because sure, people fall in love every day, but it's impossible to love someone as deeply as Derek loves Casey. He feels it in his bone marrow, in every cell of his body, in every breath he takes. She's an impossible keener and he's so in love with her he might stop breathing (or something that doesn't sound like a Taylor Swift lyric; he's not that cheesy. Yet.) Given the way he hates words, singing makes more sense for him and that's exactly what he does.

(or: derek proposes to casey on their anniversary trip to boston.)

[ironicsopsychotic]

can someone please edit dasey to ‘outta my head’ by lowborn bc i don’t edit them nor do i have the knowledge of their scenes to do so, but i like the vibe here

[lunastar92]

Watch "ashley + michael | you're my best friend" on YouTube

Ashley & Michael are best friend goals!!!!!

[filmmakerdreamst]

10 Ways Life with Derek is a Modern Regency Rom Com

1. The story's main female character is an independent headstrong individual, whose world gets shaken up by a man who has opposing beliefs as her - but they're both on a similar wavelength.

2. The most excruciating slowest of slow burns

3. Enemies to Lovers

4. Both parties challenge each other despite being "polar opposites"

4. Sexual TeNSIon 101

5. No kissing or sex scenes are present. Only Scandalous touches.

7. The pseudo-incest I mean come on. Thats period drama written all over it.

8. Dancing being the 18th century's equivalent of a love scene.

9. The Gazing™

10. Both main characters are stubborn, flawed individuals who become better people because they know and love each other.