#chucky marstein

[drabbles-mc]

What’s in the Bag?

SOA Fanny Pack HC’s

Brainchild from the chat with the endlessly wonderful @withmyteeth​ 💖

When we say fanny pack, we mean club-issued, branded with the reaper on the front, type of fanny pack. It’s called fashion.

Jax:

A pack of cigarettes. One escaped and he’s too lazy to empty and clean out the fanny pack. 

One zippo lighter that has been out of fluid for almost the entire time he’s had the fanny pack. He always forgets and goes to use it, just getting more and more annoyed each time he tries to use it with no success.

3 loose tic tacs

A condom wrapper

Tara’s high school photo. Does he already have one in his wallet? Yea. Is it another copy of that same photo? Also yea.

Opie:

Nothing. It’s empty. He just wears it because he wants to be included.

Tig:

No one was more pro-fanny pack than Tig Trager. He did not stop at just one.

He has 3, and he wears all three at the same time. One around the waist, the other two over his shoulders, cross-body. He’s ready for any situation that may arise.

In the words of Cricket: “This one’s drugs (shakes it and you can hear pill bottles rattle), this one’s boozes (pulls out the little mini bottles of alcohol) and this one’s snacks (pulls out a Slim Jim). I’m ready for the weekend, where we going?”

Triple-packed with his shades on is his signature look. Also I will pay in undying love if someone is able to draw that up

Happy:

A switchblade. For emergencies.

Empty shells that he swipes up after shoot-outs. After all, it’s cheaper to reload those than to constantly buy new ones. Reduce, reuse, recycle, baby.

Juice:

It’s all tangled charging cords. So many cords that look the same but they’re not. He’s constantly wondering why they can’t all get the same kind of burner phone. It’s a mess.

There is one (1) pair of headphones in there for himself but he never gets to use them because they’re tangled up with all the other cords. It’s a mistake he will never let himself live down.

Random hard candies with crinkly wrappers. If he ever gets a snack for himself, he needs to be ready to share with the class because everyone is going to hear it and also want candy.

Bobby:

Keys. So many keys. He starts taking them from people once they start drinking so they don’t try to operate any kind of vehicle.

It only backfired once when he also got drunk and then proceeded to lose his fanny pack. They found it. It was fine.

Also, one poorly-rolled joint is kept there at all times.

Chibs:

Rosary beads

12 tightly-packed juiceboxes of Jameson. It’s all fun and games until he had to dive for cover in a fight and it went. Everywhere. Everything was sticky and it was all anyone heard about for the next week.

Chucky:

No one has an actual inventory on the type and number of items in his fanny pack. No matter what they’ve asked for, he’s had it. There is currently a running betting pool to see what item is finally going to make him say, “Sorry, I don’t have that.”

When that does happy, Chucky is so ashamed. Not because he doesn’t have it, but because he does. It’s just in his other fanny pack.

And that is the moment he starts wearing both packs at once. Unlike Tig, he wears them both around his waist, one pouch on each hip.

[crimsonheart01]

I will always be a Chucky Marstein stan. That’s all.

[bailwhoreganaxoxo]

what your fave did during quarantine: mayans mc pt 1

johnny “coco” cruz: started a twitch channel where he bullies racists and mysognists while kickign their asses in game

gilly lopez: worked on art so he could give better tattoos practiced a lot on creeper when he was passed out drunk.

emily thomas: had a breakdown the resulted in her cutting most of her hair off and making 40 loaves of banana bread. her hair has since grown back but they still have banana bread in the freezer

felipe reyes: started taking up donation to make get produce and other supplies so he always has hot meals for the homeless in the area. whatever club member is not busy usually delivers them around dinner time. 

nestor oceteva: got a pet snake for some reason but now they’re best friends. her name is pluto.

michael “riz” ariza: finally dropped that haircare routine on youtube now has millions of followers and stylists all over begging to do his hair.

lincoln potter: creating the worse strain of covid in his trashy hotel room probably making some babies cry or something

angel reyes: started a garden in his dad’s backyard of all his mom’s favorite flowers actually has an insanely great green thumb.

chucky marstein: learning to speak and write Japanese 

[thisiswhatshefelt]

dancing queen | chucky hc

really written for myself because this is an hc that has been living in my head rent-free for days. this could happen, yes? gif credit: @mistressvera​

• chucky tells the boys that no one’s ever thrown him a birthday party, so coco, EZ, Gilly and Coco take him to vegas.

• “anything you wanna do, chucky,” coco tells him, patting him on the back.

• yeah, it’s your night,” EZ gestures towards the blinking lights down the strip.

• “there.” chucky points to a drag nightclub. they all share a look, squinting at each other. chucky reminds them, “anything means anything–not some things.”

• they agree to take him and look so out of place once inside. dusty bikers in a glamorous club.

• chucky is having a good time, though, and the boys eventually get into it when “i will survive” comes on.

• chucky’s taken backstage after gilly announces that it’s his birthday. when he returns, he’s still in his plaid button down and khaki slacks, his makeup is done and he’s wearing a farrah fawcett wig, and they’ve even given him sequin gloves on his prosthetic hands.

• chucky is nervous at first when “dancing queen” starts. there are nearly a hundred pairs of eyes on him, and he’s frozen under the spotlight until angel stands up and starts singing loudly. gilly joins in as he sways, and it’s not long before ez and coco follow angel’s stage as he join chucky on stage. they finish dancing and singing to the song and get a standing ovation.

• when they’re leaving the club, chucky’s tears are causing his heavy mascara to run. yet he’s still beaming, his smile is wider than they’ve ever seen. he opens his mouth to speak, but he stutters and sniffles through his happy tears.

• “yeah, yeah,” coco says. “we love you, too, chucky.”

[incorrectsantopadre]

Chucky: I’ve never smoked marijuana. I ate a brownie once at a party. It was intense. It was kind of indescribable. I felt like I was floating. Turns out there was no pot in the brownie. It was just an insanely good brownie.

[firewalkwithchibs]

Wherever Chucky is, he’s not gonna be happy about Coco

[thesandbeneathmytoes]

Mayans Season 3

Soooooooooooooooo I have a lot of thoughts. Like, a lot. No one asked for this but some of you did express enthusiasm when I told you I was gonna go AWF, so here we go.

DISCLAIMER: I should perhaps also mention that this is simply a critique of the finished product — I understand, of course, there were other issues that affected the production of the season that perhaps didn’t affect seasons one and two, such as Covid and some of the confusion after the departure of Sutter. Some might say, however, that this season without Sutter was easier because there was less tension on set (I’m just re-counting what some of the cast have intimated). Ultimately, though, I really just want this to be a critique of the finished product, in the way that I assume all creators and artists want their work to be judged… Standing alone versus as a potential outcome of problems or challenges.

It’s probably clear by now that I wasn’t a huge fan of this season, so first I’ll start off with what I did like:

*SPOILERS, OBVIOUSLY*

• The cinematography was really nice. We got a lot of great wide shots that made us feel how expansive these worlds are, how lonely the desert, how wide the ocean, etc. They showed us the freedom that comes with this life but also how small it can make you feel when you get swallowed up in it. Scenes were also a lot less dark-lit, which was great cuz I didn’t have to mess with my screen’s contrast as much, so that was appreciated.

• There was also some beautiful color work this year. A lot of oranges and purples that I appreciated. EZ was almost always beautifully framed. We got some nice close ups of Angel as well. The scene with the tear running down his cheek was beautiful, which leads me to:

• THE ACTING: Danny Pino was far and away the best for me. His microexpressions, his ability to change emotions on a dime, his capacity for showing us the exact thoughts going through Miguel’s head, as well as his continued excellence at portraying Miguel’s duality and his divided loyalties (his family of origin vs. his current family, his American vs. Mexican heritage, his classy Cornell acapella-singing [!] self vs. his ruthless cartel persona) never ceases to impress me. Carla is amazing as well, she gave me chills in pretty much every scene. Sometimes I remember that she’s my age (30) and I’m just like holy shit, where did all this poise and presence and focus come from?? Couldnt be me! Honorable mentions include Clayton Cardenas (aforementioned crying scene, “WHERE THE FUCK IS RAMOS?!”), Michael Irby/Alexandra Barreto (diner scene), Felipe (telling Gaby to go scene...most scenes with Gaby), Emily Tosta, and Holland Roden. Richard Cabral did great too, although his storyline bored me so much that I couldn’t really pay attention to his excellent performance. Hope also was a distraction for me, but (much) more on this later. JD was pretty strong throughout, although some of his scenes (especially the ones with Gaby) were so poorly written that I imagine it was hard to make them anything but wooden (more on this later too, unfortunately). Sulem was hit or miss for me, but I felt like she hit her stride later in the season, and by the end, I fully bought it. MOMO RODRIGUEZ made me feel everything. There was a nuance and a depth to his performance that I was not expecting. It was a beautiful surprise to have a comic character (and a comedian) bring such an important role to the show. I loved that they made him symbolic of the heavy toll this life can take (I regret his death, but I think it was a wake up call) and how you can’t always escape your pain. And the fact that EZ was the one to try and tell him otherwise, emphasizing his own internal struggle, was especially poignant and heartbreaking, which now leads me to:

• THEMES: I liked a lot that we got to explore some of these character’s inner worlds more this season, and that we finally got to see the emotional consequences for what these characters have done and who they are. I never watched SOA, but from what y’all have said on here, it seems like more of those characters acted with impunity and were largely unphased by their own demons. It’s really nice to see the Mayans own up to what they’ve done and the lives they’ve chosen, from EZ, who wonders about the darkness inside of him and if he always was this way (see: theme of fate, later in this paragraph) to Alvarez, regretting what he’s done and who he has been (killing his own son) and wanting to live a new life, but not sure he deserves it. Angel’s monologue about “no happy endings in this town” was especially revelatory as well. It was also nice to see POCs, notably POC men, allowed to explore their emotions, cry, and lift back the curtain on what this kind of life does to your fucking soul. It humanizes the characters and liberates them from the Latinos = gangsters trope that we’re all so used to seeing, the very racist trope that ludicrously & infuriatingly suggests that POC men, especially Latinos, are almost meant to be gangsters and have no qualms about it whatsoever, that they are good at it because they are unburdened by the strict moral code that governs white people (LOL @1/6/2021). The theme of FATE was also drawn upon heavily, and I really liked that. It harkened back to S1 [Church of] Coco and the conversation he had with EZ on Celia’s floor, talking about how “everything that happens is what was meant to happen.” He insists that even though EZ thought he was supposed to be the “Golden Boy,” he ended up in the MC for a reason, maybe that other life was never an option for him at all. We now know that part of the reason his parents encouraged his Golden Boy persona so much was as a way to KEEP him from indulging his darker side. I liked the development of this theme a lot, but it did, unfortunately, also cause some problems, which leads me to:

PROBLEMS WITH MAYANS MC SEASON 3:

Characterization: I think this season suffered from what TV can often suffer from when a new person takes the helm, which is a lack of continuity from previous seasons… I understand, of course, that the characters were going through a lot this season, but I don’t think that warrants a total change in their personalities. The biggest offenders here, for me, were Angel and Coco. While we certainly had an idea that Angel, before he was with Adelita, was something of a hoe, I didn’t get the vibe that he was quite as insouciant or uncaring with his partners as he definitely seemed to be in Season 3. I understand why the show wanted to portray him that way—he was hurting—but it just seemed out of character to me that he would jump from partner to partner, so easily make intense commitments, and somehow be obsessed with creating a family life when that never really seemed to be his focus before… His focus on the baby in Season 2 seemed to be confined to Adelita. Coco, on the other hand, seemed to be very interested in his romantic relationship with Hope this season which really baffled me. Coco in previous seasons was almost the spiritual or kind of mystic element of the show – – his “Church of Coco” musings were, as I previously said, sort of a vehicle to highlight the element of fate as a theme in the show. For me, this made perfect sense as a place for him to be, partially because Richy himself is sort of woo woo (I mean this as the highest of compliments). To see him thrust into a somewhat arbitrary (for me) romantic relationship felt so forced, not only because their sex scene was incredibly dry and uncomfortable to watch (LOL), but also because it just didn’t make sense that Coco would risk everything for this woman he knew nothing about… And even at the expense of his relationship with Letty. As @drabbles-mc mentioned, why spend all this time developing Coco’s relationship with Letty when you’re just gonna destroy it? It feels disrespectful to the writing that has gone before… Speaking of, I want to address the EZ equals psychopath road that we now seem to be going down. As I mentioned earlier, I’m glad that they addressed that his scholarliness and the encouragement of that by his parents was a tactic to distract him from the “darkness” inside of him, however, it feels strange that all of a sudden they are intimating that he has a very very deep darkness inside of him that we didn’t really see in previous seasons. I suppose you could make the argument that it was there before, however I would’ve liked it to be revealed a little bit slower and perhaps have more references to it in previous seasons if you’re going to make this case now. It just feels a little incongruous to what we know about EZ that he is a psycho on the inside… Because that’s what they seem to be suggesting — that he’s dark and can’t be anything but dark. I guess I just would’ve liked to see a more gradual reveal of that versus him saying that he’s always been dark and he knows because of a Goya painting? Seems weird. Like, how is he Dexter all of a sudden? Finally, the Nestor/Álvarez situation at the end: are you telling me that Alvarez really would give a fuck about the Mayans after Bishop betrayed him, especially at the expense of his own life if Miguel figured out that he didn’t do what was asked of him? And how is Nestor, who has always been undyingly faithful to Miguel, all of a sudden going to flake out on his duties, especially when he knows how important this is to Miguel???

Writing/storylines: So, to the extent that this is a separate issue than just simple characterization, I would say that this was the biggest problem for me this season. Lazy writing was a real issue for me and that it took me out of the plot and the moment many times. As I mentioned before, there were some scenes with Gaby and EZ that just felt so stilted that I really couldn’t take them seriously – – the scene in the church comes to mind. In addition to this, there were some plotlines that just felt tired or unnecessary, or didn’t link up. The Angel/Hank/Nails storyline, for example, just seems so boring… We just did a unexpected pregnancy storyline last season with Angel – – why did we need one again? Have they just run out of ideas for him? And to put Nails into the position of baby mama just feels kind of disrespectful to her character. Does every woman in this show need to have her uterus or sex life be a plot line? Bishop is another character that I feel like was done a little bit dirty the season. While I previously mentioned that I adored the scene with him in the diner, I was confused by the purpose of his dead son storyline. As emotional as it was and as great as the performances that it produced were, it didn’t really tie into anything else in the season. I understand that they were trying to give some background to Bishop’s character, but it just seemed like kind of a one-off considering it lasted for a few episodes and then was never brought up again. Perhaps they were trying to show us that everyone lost family or had to compromise something to be part of the MC, but if that was the case, then I would’ve liked to see it be tied to his decisions or his story later on. Maybe they could’ve done something like show that his dedication to the club was because they are the only family he has now that he lost his son? Or that he is wildin’ out now and tryna be the one king because he has nothing left to lose? Idk, maybe that was implied but I certainly didnt catch it — it would’ve been nice to have a more explicit connection there, because to me it just kinda felt like they showed us his pain and then forgot about it and just made him this crazed bloodthirsty madman. I also want to talk a little bit about undelivered upon promises – – Elgin said in a review before the season came out that we would get to see a little bit more into the backstory of each character and why they joined the MC – as I mentioned before, we got a little more about different characters lives but we didn’t necessarily see the why, which is something I really would’ve liked to know. I also was hoping for more social commentary than in fact happened this season – – the new intro seemed to suggest that we would get more of an emphasis on Latinx history or culture or social clashes, but in fact, such references were few and far between, as far as I could tell (although totally possible I missed some stuff). One scene, or rather, one line, that I really really enjoyed was when Gaby said “I risked my life to come here and I try to survive every day and you choose to flirt with death. That’s the privilege of being an American.” I found this line SO powerful, but it was almost a throw-away, and I really wish it had been touched upon more. I was looking forward to learning more about this and having it portrayed in such a Latinx-centered way would’ve been cool to see.

Ok, this is likely to be the most unpopular section of this post (for those of you who are even still around LOL), but I’m including a list of all the plotholes, inconsistencies, or unexplained events from this season, of which there were many. If anyone has an answer to these, please let me know:

Taza and Riz: I’m supposed to believe that he killed Riz just because he wanted to start a war with Palo? Because palo killed his lover over 20 years ago?? Like, could he not have started a war with Palo without involving Riz? And when he said “I didn’t know how many people would get hurt?” What??? How could you possibly have thought that a. Murdering your brother and b. Starting a war with the VM over a personal issue wouldn’t result in carnage?

Dead SOA ppl: why did Chibs never come calling to find out who killed Thomas (?) last season? Or Montez? I know that Montez wasn’t actually killed by the Mayans but he was placed in the Mayans parking lot or whatever so wouldn’t that raise some suspicions??? All that they said about Thomas was that he disappeared and the Sons didn’t know what happened? @starrynite7114

What was the point of the whole Lobos Sonora thing? Why did Palo need to talk to them to get involved with the Tucson mayans? Could he not have just gone to Canche himself? Was this something that they were doing to set up next season? If so, it seems like a long walk to get there…

Speaking of Canche, how the fuck did that cockroach survive a bomb?

Who tipped off border patrol on the night that they tried to move the drugs from the tunnel? Was it the girl in jail? And how come we never heard from her again? Just one of many plotlines that was started and then never revisited.

The Miguel/Felipe thing: We got so close but never actually got there. Are we gonna have to wait a whole other season for this?

Speaking of paternity, who is actually the father of Adelitas baby? I’m kind of OK with not knowing if the baby is alive or dead but I’m ready to know who the father was… Again, I don’t wanna wait another season to wrap this up.

Additionally, did Adelita actually hurt Potter’s family? Did she kill them? It was very unclear.

They essentially said that Potter shut down the border out of spite after the Adelita thing happened… What the fuck does that mean? Are you trying to tell me that a government official can just randomly shut down the border whenever he wants? And what was it about the Adelita thing that pissed him off? That he captured her? That EZ and Angel got one over on him? I really don’t understand… Angel said in the first episode that “the shutdown affected me more than anyone,” ostensibly because he lost his partner and child, but I just don’t see how Adelita and the shut down were related??

CHUCKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111!!!!! GTFOH with that weak-ass excuse.

Coco storyline:

Was he never gonna find out that Hope was the one who took the picture of him and set him up?

What about the fact that Letty essentially conned him into killing his mom?

Also, did Isaac really die? And what about the reaper tattoo on his side? Was he part of SOA? Was that ever going to be addressed? The story just wasn’t wrapped up at all and I cannot HANDLE any more Meth Mountain next season.

I guess my point in all of this is that I don’t have a problem with the cliffhangers per say – – but there’s a difference between “oh this is an exciting unknown that we can speculate about until next season” and “this is just messy writing where many story threads were begun this year and then never finished” or “we were supposed to wrap up storylines from two seasons ago and we just didn’t.” The latter two just feel sloppy to me, and I feel like that’s a lot of what went on this season. The whole show this year felt both slow and overstuffed, both uneventful and packed at the end. Perhaps it was a pacing issue, a problem of Elgin wanting to distinguish himself and pack so much in and make it so different from previous seasons that he bit off more than he could chew and it all became unfocused. As I read somewhere else, the problem when you have this many unfinished storylines is that they weigh you down for the next season – the writers now have to either spend the majority of next season addressing these questions or just forget about them and pretend they never happened, which feels disrespectful to the audience. I guess my hope is just that Elgin will find his footing and be able to deliver us a more cohesive, well-paced season next year. I fully believe he is capable of this, and if he continues to deliver on the things that did work about this season, we should be in good shape.

Tagging some ppl who have expressed interest in my thoughts: @yourwonkywriter @angelreyesgirl @megapeacelovemusic-blog @starrynite7114 @joannasteez @brattyfics @mareethequeen

[come-join-themurder]

Sons of Tumblr

[drabbles-mc]

📂 for a stray cat making the clubhouse and TM its home? Idk just the idea of our badass band of dumbasses communally adopting a stray kitty makes my heart happy lol

I love this. I think all the time about the Mayans scrapyard becoming home to some stray cats, but the idea of one hanging out at Teller-Morrow makes my heart so happy.

I just know that at first Clay wants the thing gone. He doesn't want something else to think about or take care of, doesn't want another thing getting in the way. But no matter how many times he puts it out on the street or tries to shoo it away, it always comes back. And he has absolutely no idea why.

Then one day when he gets there early, he sees Chucky putting food out for it and he just lets out the deepest sigh imaginable because he knows that now there is no way he is going to get rid of this little creature that has been crawling and laying all over their toolchests and crawling underneath cars next to them while they're working.

Meanwhile, the other guys are thrilled. Most of them are dog people by nature, but no one is going to be upset about a resident shop cat. Every morning when they get in and go to open up the work bays, it comes out and follows them around like the world's cutest little supervisor. Even the guys who tend not to show all that much emotion get caught being sappy and soft with it.

The only time the cat ever caused a problem was when none of them realized that it had snuck inside a car they were giving back to the owner, and it definitely gave the person a good scare. The guys didn't necessarily care about that aspect of it, but now they do pretty thorough car checks before handing the keys over because they don't want anyone accidentally driving off with their new T-M mascot.

Send me a “📂” and I’ll give you a random/useless headcanon that I have!

[scribbuluswrites]

Masterlist

Wishing It

Prequel: Happy Lowman x OC

Part 1: The Introduction

Part 2: The Call

Part 3: The Desperate

Part 4: The Heartland

Part 5: The Visit

Part 6: The Leaving

Part 7: The Trouble

Part 8: The Surprise

Part 9: The Inclusion

Part 10: The Self-Defense

Part 11: The Outside

Part 12: The Incident

Part 13: The Shopping

Part 14: The Apology

Part 15: The Ending

Part 16: The Remembrance

Part 17: The Yahtzee

Part 18: The Message

Part 19: The Interest

Part 20: The Betrayal

Part 21: The Flash

Part 22: The Closet

Part 23: The Check-Up

Part 24: The Bang

Part 25: The Plan

Faking It Main Story: Coco Cruz x OC

Part 1: The Fake

Part 2: The Pass

Part 3: The Admission

Part 4: The Dinner

Part 5: The Ghost

Part 6: The Unwanted Visitor

Part 7: The Learning Experience

Part 8: The Mask

Part 9: The Chaos

Part 10: The Secret

Part 11: The Question

Part 12: The Discovery

Part 13: The Reveal

Part 14: The Break

Part 15: The Invitation

Part 16: The Choice

Part 17: The Shift

Part 18: The Boxing

Finding It

Epilogue

Part 1: The Crack

Part 2: The Change

Part 3: The Return

Part 4: The Threat

Part 5: The Decision

Part 6: The Entanglement

Part 7: The Destruction

Part 8: The Serpent

[bailwhoreganaxoxo]

what their powerpoint would be about for powerpoint night: sons of anarchy pt 2

jax teller: which bikes are the best to bang your girlfriends on

opie winston: how many drinks it would take for me to sleep you (one slide per person at the powerpoint night)

chucky marstein: things to do when you can’t jerk off

gemma teller-morrow: women whose lives would’ve been easier if they just killed their husbands

clay morrow: the best cigars i’ve ever smoked

wayne unser: top 5 reason reasons each of you dumbasses owe me one

herman kozik: why cats are better than dogs from a real cat expert

half sack epps: i learned astrology 20 minutes before making this so i’m gonna guess all of your zodiac signs 

[thisiswhatshefelt]

maybe kurt got chucky in the custody battle. it has been 4 episodes!

[beardburnsupersoldiers]

Also....

Where the fuck is Chucky?????

[firewalkwithchibs]

Will we find out this season?

[kijahslove]

Five episodes later and still no answer to where tf Chucky is at. I need answers NEOOOW

[come-join-themurder]

Tig Trager, Season 6 Episode 5, The Mad King - “I had me a girl like cigarette smoke she came and she went.”