#had to gif something that DIDN'T make me sad after my last two gifsets from today

[airenyah]

Joong Archen and Dunk Natachai in Hidden Agenda (2023) vs. The Heart Killers (2024)

[woodswallow]

Prepare for an analysis in thesis-length, sorrynotsorry...

First off, we gladly have two angles of this scene, the one right above this text (very helpful for the start and the ending of this situation), but also this one here, were we can see their faces much better: https://mrsfitzgerald.tumblr.com/post/755527516898361344/copenhagen

I used both in this thesis analysis.

If someone asked me to show them a GIFset that represents a playful, good mood, I'd show them this :D Daaamn, I love everything about this! This feels like we're allowed to look a little behind the curtains of their relationship, like a continuation of a little squabbling they had before the concert or even the tour.

But what is happening here?

We see, they are playing together during Mein Teil, both are very concentrated – and then, during the last few notes of the intro, Richard quickly reaches out and taps with his middlefinger on one of Paul's guitar strings. He has to act very quickly to not collide with Pauls hand, which slides back to the top of the fretboard. Richard pulls a face while doing so and to me, his expression looks like he's doing something mischievous and is not sure if he will succeed.

Well, obviously he did, because the next moment, he breaks out laughing – and I mean really laughing! :D While Paul seems frozen and kind of incredulous that this could happen, Richard is laughing so wholeheartedly, even throwing his head back – and for me it's impossible not to smile while watching this! :) He is obviously SO pleased with himself and so happy that he could fool Paul here, it's a little sad that we can't her his actual laugh.

I watched the video and the sound after Richard's action is quite weird, so maybe that's the effect of his trick. This all seems like a kind of insider-joke to me, a guitarists-thing. I imagine this to be a prank which both of them wanted to do to the other one and Richard succeeded here and celebrates it.

I also like Pauls reaction here, kind of frozen and a bit „wtf just happened“, but then also smiling and laughing like he's thinking „damn, that little fucker got me!“ :D

While Richard is celebrating his schadenfreude (I don't even have to translate that :D), he seems to immediately get a rush of feelings for Paul. I imagine this to turn from „haaa, I got you!!“ to „oh my god, I know how you feel being defeated“ to „oh wow, I have such deep feelings for you, don't want to annoy you and I enjoy your company very much“.

His emotions are like a little circle here and these emotions also show in his body language: Richard is literally doing a circle-motion with his body: Moving backwhile laughing and trowing his head back and then in a curve he's leaning his head on Pauls shoulder.

This looks like a consolation, like a peace offering - „I know I fooled you, but I didn't mean it, please don't be mad, I love you buddy!“ Richard is laughing and softly placing his temple on Pauls shoulder.

Paul is laughing, accepting his defeat – and also accepting Richards peace offering by immediately seeking skin contact by resting his cheek against Richards forehead. This is such a small but in my eyes sooo sweet and important little move. Like „yeah, you fooled me, but we're still good and I enjoy your company too!“

Of course I know this is all my personal interpretation, coming from own experiences and own feelings – but I can definitely see all this in their body language. And I can imagine so well, how a situation like this could have ended 20 years ago. And now look how far these two have come, just look at it!

Situations like these make me an even bigger fan of them. I LOVE storys like these. Watching two full grown men being tender to each other on stage, having such a moved history together...damn, I'm so here for this kind of stuff! <3 Sorry for rambling...

While Richard is cuddling with Paul, Paul seems to turn the knob on his guitar, maybe wanting to chance the weird sound. He then does a, what I read as a „you old little rascal!“-move: He reaches between his own arm and his guitar (what a complicated move), grips Richard's thumb and wiggles at it. In the other GIFset I showed at the start you can see, how both are still gleefully smiling, Richard being a bit surprised by Paul's action and watching him grab his thumb.

You can also see that Paul says something to him, I imagine it to be „rascal!“ or similar...

I love everything about this scene. Richard's pure emotions, his beautiful, honest laugh. Paul's defeat, his forgiveness, Richards need to make amends.

This is beautiful <3

copenhagen 💖 video: @anwiel13

[benka79]

Saying 'I Love You' never felt so good

McDanno meta. Season 4 meta.

Okay, I'm here again because I couldn't put these thoughts in my previous meta!

You can find my previous meta here.

I need to scream about the foreshadow and subtext of the Beautiful first, real, I Love You in the show, episode 4x18.

Let's start

After choosing you

Okay, I said in my previous meta Danny chooses Steve and Grace instead Gaby.

But, before that happens, we had a conversation between Steve and Danny at the beginning of the season 4.

Remember when they were hostages of terrorist that belonged to a drugs cartel in the Palace? There was a wounded person and Steve was kneeling by his side, and Danny came and said he was about to say the three words to Gaby? Remember Steve's reaction to that?

I had to ask for help to my friend @mrsaquaman187 , I don't have the gifs but I do remember when Danny started saying it, Steve closed his eyes and scratched his left eyebrow.

This is sign of uncomfortable, and nervousness.

Why he reacted like that? Oh well, just because he knows Danny said 'I love you' to him in their first date, and then he began to date Gaby, so... That wasn't serious for sure, and he thinks he is gonna do the same to her. So... Steve gave an advice, he said Danny needed to know well if he was about to say those words, because is a big deal.

We know Danny didn't say it to Gaby, but to someone else...

Then we have Amber... But she is not the one

Okay, pay attention to this... Because the episode in which Amber appears, starts with this scene...

Gif credit @wildandwild

Grace says this after Danno confess she's the number one in his list.

And look at what she says, NUMBER TWO ISN'T EVEN CLOSE.

Because when Danny meets Amber, Amber says they're neighbors, because Danny is from Jersey and she's from New York.

So, the second one in Danny's list IS NOT CLOSE TO DANNY. Is not Amber. (Even if I love her, because she's badass and fabulous).

The writers made it wilders, because we will have Steve talking to Grover, saying Danny is IN THE NORTH COAST, WHICH MEANS, HE IS NOT CLOSE TO HIM, DANNY IS FAR AWAY FROM STEVE, AND VICEVERSA, SO, STEVE IS SETTLED HERE AS DANNY SECOND IMPORTANT PERSON IN HIS LIST.

Then we have Danny doubting if he should give this cute woman a chance, because, okay, he's not getting enough attention from his Seal and Gaby is gone. He decides to give it a shot.

Jealousy and Acceptance

Okay, what I'm about to say here is very sad.

When Danny arrives to Steve's house, he asked for Amber, and Danny had this sad expression in his face, but then Steve said Danny was perked up, and Danny mocks saying he doesn't perk up. And there's this exchange of looks, and Danny is smiling, but he's hiding what he is feeling right now. And then... This... (Thanks Trisha)

The following gif set credit belongs to @peggyswilliams

Fine, we have Danny naming situations, these situations are the same that brought Danny and Steve to work together and then to become great partners and best friend's, so, the face is screaming jealousy, but also, sadness. Because Danny is saying here YOU ARE SO KIND WITH YOUR NEW FRIEND, PEOPLE WILL THINK YOU TWO LIKE EACH OTHE.

And this, my friends, is huge!!!!

Danny is recriminating Steve about the way he treated him when they first met, and they way they flirted, and all those golden days full of dates and silliness, PEOPLE THOUGHT WE LIKED EACH OTHER. So, he is saying YOU CONFUSED ME, I THOUGHT WE HAD SOMETHING THERE. And his face is full of sadness and longing.

Danny sees Steve being kind with Grover, and getting close to him, and he is Jealous, and he knows Steve is like this with everyone.

But this one, Danny is sad, and jealous, and disappointed, he is mourning that time when they were something else than friends.

Then Steve's tunes around and Danny face is pure longing. Is amazing, the performance is perfect, and you can read it all over his face and his eyes. His longing for Steve. For those days in which people thought they liked each other.

The I love you, and how Danny perked up after that

Episode 4x19 in which Danny and Steve were trapped when that building crashed, it was very pivotal in the show.

First of all, because Steve attention was again focused on Danny.

Steve thought Danny had died, so when he hears his voice, he runs to him, and holds his hand, with the biggest smile, showing his happiness and relief.

Steve was practically taking care of him, offering him water and trying to take care of the wound. In the middle of the horrible situation, they were bonding again.

Then... When Steve was about to explode that bomb to get them out from there, Danny tried to deliver a message to him, thinking that could be their last hours. But he couldn't, so he said it like a joke, because joking I their defense mechanism to say how they really feel for each other, is their safe place.

So this happened... Danny says, playing around, that he hates Steve, and Steve got the message, he turns around to the bomb, and says I LOVE YOU TOO, BUDDY.

His body language here was showing honesty, but at the same time, he said it natural.

But for Danny, it meant A LOT. Because Steve said before YOU SHOULD BE SURE TO SAY IT, BECAUSE IT CAN'T BE UNSAID.

And this scene showed us it meant more to Danny that to Steve in that moment.

The following gif set belongs to @flipse

Danny looks away, rants, makes circles about the idea he wants to express, because he feels embarrassed. But Steve, Steve is trying to recall what is Danny talking about.

Steve waits... "Come one, you are gonna make me say it?" Steve keeps waiting for him, because he already recalled what Danny is talking about.

The it comes, "I lOVE YOU."

In this moment of the season, it meant a lot to Danny, more than it meant to Steve, because Danny is the one pining for him. Steve is focused on Cath and his problems.

This entire Sun and Moon story will keep going until something huge will happen: THE LIVER TRANSPLANT.

There's a huge change attitude in Danny after 4x19, in 4x20 Danny mocks Steve (with a wink to the mcdanno shipper in their anniversary) but he mocks him about Cath, saying she wants to be away from him. Steve remains speechless for a moment, this is the old Danny there, the Danny that just perked up after a love confession, and is happy, and when Danny is happy, he flirts and plays around with Steve. After this Danny describes Steve like a black cloud that never goes away. Again using the joke to express how he feels about Steve. Their girlfriends are far away from them, but Steve is always there, by his side. Is like if Danny were saying "YOU DON'T WANT TO BE AWAY FROM ME", pointing at the previous joke he made about Cath and Steve.

Then, the I Love You comes again, freely, and comfortable.

There's another HUGE example of Danny playing around with Steve, this time trying to make him jealous, and enjoying his face with please, when he decides to bet for Lou, instead Steve.

Please go check this gifset here.

Look how Danny is deliberately trying to make Steve jealous, and he has immediately success on that.

And this face here...

Gif credit @indiguus

It says everything, Danny is so happy they're back in the game, he is enjoying Steve reaction with such a heart eyes on his boy. He loves him, deeply, and he enjoys to play around with him like this. Is definitely an attitude a lover would take just to watch a pretty mad/jealous face.

Infinitely priceless.

The season ends with Steve saying I LOVE YOU, with romantic meaning to Catherine, pointing us the love triangle, and the current unrequited love in wich Danny is pining for Steve, but at this moment, he is in order be with Catherine.

This was the I LOVE YOU season. Check this post from @five-wow , they also picked up the same analogy to show how important these three words were in season 4.

To Conclude:

Season 4 was the one in which Danny was planning ning for Steve, he even chooses him and Grace instead Gaby. He finds a new love interest, but he doubts I'm initiate something with her at first, because his feelings for Steve, which are unrequited in this season.

The story of the Sun and the Moon, two lovers separated by the day and the night, will end at the end of season 6, when Steve and Danny lives will connect again into a deeper meaning.

Hope you like my rants. See you in the next ones!

If you want to be tagged on these McDanno thoughts, just let me know.

Buenos Aires, October 17th 2020, 6:39 PM