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sometimes a 46 year old man is just a little guy
#mac with his dumb fucking appy juice is so important to me#loved his characterization in the latest episode#hes so MAC thats HIM#my art#iasip#its always sunny in philadelphia#mac mcdonald#side note is the constant green too repetitive. its my fave colour so ive just been using it as default instead of b&w lmao
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Do you think Mac has jacked off while reading the Bible? Or is he too ashamed? Or does the shame just turn him on more? Are the pages of his Bible all stuck together?
Oh, I don't think; we know:
(Pages stuck together, thanks for the confirmation, Charlie)
I think the shame definitely turns him on more, considering Mac Day:
And, the connected punishment, lest we forget The Gang Goes to Hell... (and the script here... whew)
While he was repressed then, he wasn't as of Charlie's Home Alone, so I think it's clear to claim that a part of his "homosexual awakening" was connected to the fact that he was gradually getting more and more into the idea of being punished (gone sexual) for his sins, to a point where he was just genuinely jerking off to the "evils of homosexuality"
I do wanna continue here though and say Season 15 is pretty interesting because we see Mac battle between being Catholic and proudly gay. He seemingly has no issue bragging to a Priest in the middle of a church that he's into triple penetration, but it is his sex life that is the driving "reasoning" for why he thinks he should become a Catholic Priest:
He's been "S-ing&F-ing" his way though life for too long and now he thinks God has taken away one of his identities (Irish) as a result. Mac's idea of being punished by/for God continues, but it's now through the form of revocation (as opposed to shame or flagellation). I think there's a clear "connect the dots" idea that depriving himself of sex (via becoming a Priest) is an "evolved" form of allowing God to punish him for being gay.
Obviously Mac learns he was lied to, as he actually is Irish, so his "journey" here is a bit of a wash, but the fact that his rationale jumped to God punishing him for having gay sex still stands. As he grows to accept himself, he's still looking for ways to feel shame (which, as we've seen, gets him off)...
But is the constant seeking for some form of punishment still there? We didn't see much of his Catholicism in Season 16 (I think the only mention of God from Mac was in The Gang Gets Cursed), but we did continue to see his sex life and—well, that was pretty heavy on Mac, openly gay dating, somehow managing to be neglected and deprived of actual gay sex, wasn't it?
#by the golden god no less..#mac mcdonald#iasip#main tagging it why not this is analysis to me#mac meta#ask#also i rewatching sinks in a bog while answering this and#damn the little 'thats what he said' jokes between mac and gus were cute... give him a boyfriend RCG meahesrshhhh#only for an episode tho so dennis can get jealous#ah im seeing myself in my own shitpost#thanks for the ask i doubt this went the way you thought but oh well lol#also.. idk how much of mac's gayness is like. rob avoiding being gay on screen tbh#but this is simply analysis of the character and my interpretation#idk if this is rob's actual intent.#but i like to think he does care about mac's struggle between enjoying being gay while feeling like he HAS to be punished for being gay#ok deep in the tags now cos i cant stfu#hohc kinda hurts this idea that mac gets off to being called a fag lol#but i do have to wonder if there was a point where he did#like prior to his actual gay acceptance and awakening#idk.. lol whatever.. interesting interesting
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Various other one-sided swap doodles inspired by oomfs comments
#clemspaint#clemart#yeah sure why not lets just maintag it all#flooding the tag with my slop doodles. the toontowners hate him#ttcc#toontown corporate clash#mac opsys#winn dos#brian and ben are also there . bens only there bc in the last image theyre supposed to be boxing#bens a funny character to me i like the fact he goes through peoples mailboxes and also boxes#i should actually draw him one day#in terms of managers that brain is the only one that fills my mind but everyone else gets (1) thought once in a blue moon#lalalaa what else can i add down here thats completely irrelevant to the drawing#anyone else really in the mood for sherbet ice cream. ive been craving it for days but im too afraid to ask to go to the store#we have ice cream technically but its this chocolate flavor thats too rich for me and also i dont care for chocolate that much so yknow
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mac imagining being a badass and charlie being impressed by it
#hc mac meeting charlie when he saw charlie getting beaten up by bullies and proceeded to defend him#cue them getting beaten up together#thats cliche tho so maybe he was just taken by charlies autistic swag#on another note charlie is so cute when hes cheering like that#charmac#iasip posting#gifs
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#iasip#charlie kelly#dennis reynolds#charden#this moment is so hot and i have SO many feelings about it#the fact charlie tried to quit rat detail and then they made him keep doing it for like 20 years#'thats why we call it charlie work'#the smoke obviously#'what is he talking about' addressed to mac#pair it with 'youre a disappointment' at the end of the ep...their arc is just like...#dennis doesnt even have to retaliate. charlie is just humbled by the world. bc of course he is.#consider...high school dirtgrub disliking smoke bc they make him eat cigarette butts#and ALSO consider 'ive been smoking with dee' vs this scene... idk what it means but it definitely means SOMETHING#cd#oh also in this scene frank tells charlie 'youre practically a vietcong' which may or may not be a joke abt his name which#i only just caught which made me laugh#also the deer hunter parody in this ep: i watched that movie on charlie's recommendation and it was so good.#so sad he doesnt get to be in movies like that. so sad he doesnt get to be robert de niro.
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mac enjoyer syndrome is at an all time high,, he's cute he's funny he's delusional he ignores a horrific allergic reaction bc he loves fancy nuts he invests in inflatable furniture he handwaves his childhood trauma he wants to be on reality tv he stalks baseball players and greets them like a victorian orphan boy he has bewitched me with his sopping wet eyes and deep-seated emotional issues
#hes so silly goofy#love him sooooo much thats my baby my bestie my very good pal#my princess if u will#s.txt#mac
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Charlie: "Hey, uh, Dennis, uh, get to Frank as fast as you can. I have Malcolm and his dad."
#iasip#s16 spoilers#it's always sunny in philadelphia#always sunny#macdennis#meta#analysis#s16#macden#AND BOOM‼️💥#i call this one ''the macdennis red herring''#tldr for people that dont get it. FRANK controls dennis. mac sets him free (gets him thinking for himself)#ALWAYS HAS BEEN.#i probably forgot some good lines to add but i feel like this is readable enough! if u have additions go off and add em#also im not claiming dennis is gonna literally shoot frank lol im SAYING he's taking back control#oh thats also why the plot in FVR was so important anyway. theres a reason dennis 'controls' mac then later controls frank#but that's more complicated i cant explain in tags also im not 100% set yet. but have this post for now#the real abusive relationship was frank and dennis all along ! 😊#father and son meta#idk how to tag this thread...#parallels
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"....Ashe?"
"Who's that?"
short-ish fic under the cut because I had to be in the tranches about this :)
The Wards received the invitation only an hour before they arrived.
i know where to find your friend :)
The crumpled piece of paper looked like it had been drawn in crayon. It was stapled to the front door of their home. Their civilian home.
"Aux-" Failsafe started immediately, but Imprint's hand over his mouth cut off the name before he could finish. The boy wasn't in costume.
Imprint addressed him instead, cautious. "Ashe...?" He lowered his gloved hand from Failsafe's face and stepped forward between his two teammates, slowly, like he was approaching a cornered animal.
Wraith had been a stoic, silent presence since they entered the room, but Failsafe could feel the tension rolling off of him in waves.
The boy sitting on the edge of the desk looked.... young. Younger than he should. The shirt he had been put in was too big for him. Not in the same way his dad's jacket was too big for him- he used that like a turtle shell, something to retreat into, pull over himself like a shield. It was safe, warm, all-encompassing. Despite the issues they knew Ashe and his father had with each other, the love was still there. No, these clothes... they hung loose on his already skinny frame, making him look exposed. Vulnerable. They were monochrome, pale in a way that made him look washed-out, almost ghostly. He sat with his legs crossed, hands holding his ankles. He wasn't wearing shoes. One of the sleeves threatened to slip off his shoulder.
He tilted his head as they entered the room. The movement made Failsafe think of the stray puppies he used to feed in the alley behind their house.
His hair had been washed recently.
Something was very wrong here.
Ashe's face was devoid of all emotion. Though he was looking at the three of them, making eye contact, something seemed... distant. Failsafe reached out with his power and found... nothing.
He felt his heart seize in his chest. He frantically grabbed Imprint's hand before he could take another step forward, and tore his gaze away from Ashe to lock eyes with Wraith He hissed under his breath, he didn't trust his voice not to shake "guys, hes-"
"Breaker state, yeah. I know." Wraith finally broke his silence, voice stony and cold. "Don't get any closer to him."
At the sound of Wraith's voice, Ashe's eyes locked onto him. They were burning with an orange glow.
His head bent further to one side, and his face split into a wide grin that looked almost painful. Failsafe felt Imprint tense, fingers twitching like he was getting ready to reach for a weapon. He squeezed the wrist he was already holding. "Don't. We can't. That's still Ashe."
In that brief moment of distraction, the boy on the desk began to laugh. It was a broken sound, distorted, not like anything they had heard from him before. That deep orange glow in his eyes shone even through his closed eyelids. Wraith's cape billowed as he stepped in front of the other two, barking a clipped "Incoming!" as the space behind the desk began to distort.
Wraith's own warping powers sprang up in response, a translucent blue barrier forming in the air between the wards and their friend. As they watched, unsure of how to act, a rectangular shape began to appear in the air behind where Ashe was sitting, growing clearer and sharper as it eventually formed a sort of doorway. It was hard to look at directly, the light in the room seeming to bend toward the corners. The walls and floor buldged and sank in response to the tear in reality. The door itself was more like a window- a vague, distorted cityscape slowly coming into focus on the other side. The barrier began to ripple, as if it was made of water, as a figure stepped through it into the room.
Ashe's laughing was suddenly doubled as it became clear that whoever had just entered was cackling as well. It was an eerie echo- they were taking the same pauses for breath and short hiccups between giggles. Their shoulders bounced in matching tempo and their heads tilted back toward the ceiling at the exact same time.
The new figure was dressed in a long purple-grey patchwork coat, sleeves torn off and bottom hem ripped to shreds. He wore a darker purple scarf up to his chin, which flared out behind him into a tattered cape. The coat was sinched at the waist with a faded green belt, the end of which swung loose around his legs to give the appearance of a long tail. He wore some sort of blood-red bodysuit which concealed every bit of skin that would otherwise be showing. His darkened silver hair flared out around his head in wild spikes. Over his face, a circular mask concealed any distinguishing features. The mask may have been white once, but was now more of a tarnished brown. Two horns curled upward on either side of the face, which consisted of a cudely painted-on cartoonish black smile with squinted eyes.
"Why, if it isn't the Wards of New Haven!" The figure exclaimed, suddenly dropping into a deep bow. "You can call me the Trickster. Oh, I've been waiting so long to meet you!" There was a sort of childlike excitement in his voice, but there was a strain to it as well, as if holding back the laughter was causing him mental pain.
He turned his head toward Ashe, who was sitting motionless again on the desk. The figure cleared his throat, then in a harsh voice, snapped "You'd best show some respect in the face of such powerful heroes!"
As if dragged down by force, Ashe bent forward, nearly losing his balance and falling face first off of his perch. When he sat back again, his deadpan expression broke into a wide grin again. The smile didn't reach his eyes.
"What are you doing to him?!" Failsafe snapped, voice cracking with the panic of seeing his friend so vulnerable.
"Who, me?" The villain straightened back up, bouncing on his toes as he did. He flung a hand up to his chest in an overdramatic show of offense... and Ashe's hand made the same motion. In a cheap imitation of Ashe's voice, the Trickster echoed "I wouldn't hurt a fly!" As he did, Ashe muttered the same words.
"He's some sort of Master." Imprint's eyes were locked onto the figure, tracing his every move. The subtle shift in his posture put the image of a panther in Failsafe's mind. His next words were directed at the villain. "What do you want with Ashe?"
"Better yet, what do you want with us?" Wraith added. The strain of holding up a constant shield for this long was starting to take its toll on him, hands starting to shake. Even though the Trickster wasn't outright attacking them, knowing he was a Master with this kind of power was enough to keep them all on edge. They didnt know his limitations yet. "You were the one that sent us the note, right? Why bring us here just to stand there and laugh at us?"
The villain started cackling again, bending at the waist with the sheer force of his laughter. "Ashe?!" He straightened back up, mimed wiping a tear from the corner of the eye of the mask. "Who's that? Never heard of them!" As he stood up to his full height, he ran a hand gingerly through Ashe's hair. The boy didn't move, didn't react, despite Failsafe's immediate short burst of anger at the action. The Trickster clicked his tongue, continued to run his hands through Ashe's silvery-purple hair. As his hands moved, a glow began to spread from them. The same orange glow emanating from Ashe's eyes was surrounding the Trickster's fingertips. As he waggled the fingers on his free hand, little orange strings no thicker than spider silk extended upwards from them, seeming to disappear into thin air. The strings reappeared, wound around Ashe's arms. There was a loop around his neck as well, giving the sickening illusion of a collar.
"I just wanted to introduce the three of you to my Muse." He put an odd emphasis on that final word.
It was a name.
"And, to let you know he's mine now, and you can't have him back!" The static smile on the mask somehow looked devilish. It was such a childish statement, as if they were fighting over a toy on the playground, but it sent chills down all three of the heroes' spines. "Finders keepers, he came to me first! That means I get dibs." His voice dropped an octave on that last sentence, suddenly becoming threatening and deadpan. "Try to take him from me if you can. It'll be fun."
Suddenly, he spun on his heel, facing the doorway he came from. The rippling effect was starting to get more pronounced, more unpredictable. "Ah! But it seems like playtime's over for now. We'll see you soon, Wards."
Before he stepped back through the door, the strings around Ashe's limbs tightened, and he was dragged by some nearly-invisible force toward the doorway. He moved stiffly, as if the puppetmaster hadn't gotten used to moving him yet, but eventually he was pulled through the fading doorway.
The Trickster gave them one last mock solute before ducking through as well. The lingering echo of laughter hung in the room around them.
And Ashe- Muse- was gone with him.
#“but mac why would the trickster invite the wards to his base just to gloat. isnt that stupid of him. isnt he smarter than that”#well you see. he wants to show off his new toy <3#he needs them to see EXACTLY what he holds against them. hes petty and childish and also extremely dangerous#and thats a horrible combination of things for a villain to be#also hey btw hes holding your best friend hostage! and using mind control powers on him#and keeping him in his extremely dangerous uncontrollable altered mental state pretty much constantly!#literally unable to stop feeling so gross and unwell over the comparison to dinah. ushhhghghhgshhahhahhghguhhhg#he puts ashe in a costume later. i imagine this takes place VERY soon after the overlord thing.#ashe goes missing after he kills overlord. i have a whole timeline scenario about that in my mind ros ill put that in your inbox later#aaauaghgh. hello its 1am. sorry about that#ghostiezone#digital art#new haven wards#fics#jrwi#jrwi pd#ashe winters#the trickster#nhw trickster#nhw muse
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I've been thinking about my Cuphead AU again. I'm also thinking that everyone knew that Mac and Cuphead were dating before Cuphead did.
Like he never realized he could like someone until he asked Mugman if he felt nervous or if his knees felt weak whenever he was with his best friend and Mugman just liked at him all confused.
Mac is one of Cuphead's favorite people. That fact alone makes Cuphead embarrassed to say. Being venerable and opening up isn't the easiest thing for Cuphead, but he makes sure the people that he loves know how much he cares about them. In his own way.
Mac is perfectly aware of how much he loves Cuphead. He's known that he's loved him since the second grade and always thought that Cuphead knew too but he didn't.
They hold hands and kiss but Cuphead never figured out they have been going steady for almost half thier lives until Mac told him. He and Mac are just sitting under a tree together one afternoon and Cuphead turns to Mac and asks him "are we in love?" Or "are we dating?" And Mac doesn't even turn to him or stop what he's doing and just goes "we sure are!" So happily.
It takes Cuphead a second to process and he just ends up with the biggest smile on his face. "Oh....neat!" He says.
#they literally get married and cuphead just thinks its a completely normal best friend activity#like no sweetie#people normally don't marry their best friends#that would confuse him so much#he questions mugman and chalice and and they're like no#we arent married to our best friends thats not normal#youre just in love#i love them#mac was so sad to see cuphead go when the boys went off the fourth isle#he made sure cup got a goodbye kiss#it was a long goodbye before that i think#like a house wife seeing her husband get sent off to war#“hey be safe”#“we will :)”#ginger and canteen are making fun of mac the whole time#applecider#maccup#mac#cuphead#cuphead au#headcanon#cuphead ddwtd
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i regret to inform y'all that during the divorce from hell i think ravenstan wrote a song called f(o)r(ver) and it was bRUUUTAL
#nina speaks#i am sorry i am obsessed with the parenthesis thing#idk why i did that but i think its kind of neato#anyways fucking horrible#but Nina u might cry and scream#You Undivorced Them!#like damn thats crazy#u thought u were free that is so funny my love#or in jks case my l-- my...my lo-...my l-lo#get it#bc he cant say it#Anyways!#hows ur day#is it ruined#nina stop writing songs#and write a damn ask meme or oneshot u fkn idiot#also this doesnt even matter#but i get a weird jerseykyle really likes fleetwood mac vibe#so cd covers a lot of them also bc stevie nicks is an icon#and i think ravenstans voice would sound beautiful#also x 2 bc ull never get away from the sound of a person that loves u is fucking brutal as hell and jk would khs#raven red hair divorce era is so powerful hes so frightening holy shit i hate him i love him like go off but have Mercy
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#absolutely do not want to argue because i get where the post is coming from with but im gonna give some thots#re: dennis autism!!!! ok!!!!!#ive talked about it before but there is WAY more to him being autistic than just the buzzer noises. when i first watched that i was like#is THIS really why people hc him as autistic. :/ and i get it! i do! i think he has misophonia inherited from glenn personally#its actually why i captioned the noise sensitive den gifsets as that rather than just. autism.#but personally i see his scripted social interactions and i go. yeah. me. me fuckin too.#and his outbursts. which are VERY personally relatable to me#i have uh. basically the same triggers? very similar triggers at least#i think dennis' neurodivergency presents itself differently because of his upbringing and thats why a lot of ppl go ???? when you say.#'yea i think den's autistic actually'#and like i said i was absolutely like. what the hell are people talking about. he's not autistic#but uh. on rewatches? hm.#dennis quite literally masks almost 24/7#charlie has no qualms about being perceived as like. weird. but dennis masks SO hard. SSSSSSOOOOO hard#i once saw a post like. charlie has boy autism and dennis has girl autism which honestly fucking hate that but its... kiiiind of true#ASD presents itself differently in adults depending on early social conditioning#mac fights gay marriage. group dates. new wheels. dee day. celebrity booze. all the big ones. all the hits.#look how he acts when he goes off script and is forced to speak off the cuff#the way glenn describes him as being very emotional but unable to adequately express his emotions too like. yeah. same.#theres so much more than the noise sensitivity#i could go on and on about how many fucking boxes he ticks but i honestly hate that shit. i know how autism works and that bitch is autisti#im going to refrain from commenting on the reasons why i feel charlie is more acceptably hced as autistic vs dennis because mmmmm but#dennis being 'hypersexual' (not about the sex. at all) and socially adept (has scripts/systems. charlie is more emotionally intelligent)#smells a lil stinky. smells a little bit like infantilization on charlie's part.#ada speaks#ok ill spare you guys. someday ill write a proper meta on this. ive talked about it before but.
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[meme of that one fish from SpongeBob voice]
Wait you people actually DON'T genuinely dislike Rob as a person (as opposed to as an artist) I thought that WASN'T a joke
/gen (i do genuinely dislike him lol I just tolerate him cuz he's decent at his job and isn't actively causing harm, at least not on the scale of SOME ppl (eg jkr))
This ask is confusing to me, ngl I don't know Spongebob very well so idk the tone, but I don't really think this is a "you people" kind of thing here, just my opinion(s), which you really can't lump into the majority of the fandom (or really anyone else at all)
I'm pretty sure when most people in this fandom speak about liking/disliking RCG they do mean as creatives, where the "like" comes from the positives they've given us with their projects (mostly Sunny) and the "dislike" is the negatives they've given or contributed creatively. To a smaller extent people have decided if they like/dislike RCG as people based on their personalities and the opinions they've shared on the Podcast, and to another extent what they see from or hear about them on socials..
My feelings are muddied because of my personal experiences, which is funny because I've seen quite a few people express that's why they never want to meet these guys, and I think that's totally legit because having met Rob and had conversations with him, my perspective is forever a little warped (and don't ask about Glenn or Charlie cos that's truly fucked)
But for the most part, yes people generally dislike Rob as a person but tolerate him for what he birthed (Sunny) and does creatively, lol, that's the general fandom opinion and similar to mine, which I thought I had expressed but maybe I didn't do it properly? So to be clear: most of my "like" for Rob lies in what he has done and given us in Sunny (and to an extent Mythic Quest, as well) and most of my "dislike" lies in... most else he's doing right now
#my other bias that's always existed toward rob sucks to say but we have pretty similar personalities#i think in part bc he has the same kinda adhd as i do lol but .. yeah yikes we are similar in many ways#so that probably/maybe contributes to my “like” of him as a person#but thats REALLY a love hate thing cos I hate myself yk#so yeah. erm. its complicated for me. but for most people i think its exactly what youre saying#which is also where i sat/sit with forever-existed side of . yikes i see myself in him#and an added topping of. fuck now i like. have experiences with him.#also he keeps giving me things#if he lets mac and dennis keep the inflatable furniture.. he gets another point in the like column#if they dont have inflatable furniture still hes on my shitlist#see how my opinions are untrustworthy? im too close.#im definitely not to be the fandom sayer of RCG opinions#cos give me Charlie ill tell you defend that man with your life. he has never done wrong.#thats barely a joke seriously its bad#dont meet your faves now you're in it so deep you cannot be an unbiased opinion haver... sigh#jk so worth it forever worth it#ask#rcg#rob mcelhenney
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o...k..... starts coughing really hard and falls to the floor
#clemart#macthinker#IM TOOEMBARRASSED TO TAG THIS ANYTHING ELSE#drew this in the same session as the other allnighter one so if it looks off. thats why#macs face is supposed to be scrunched up bc yknow.... face to metal but im not sure if i conveyed that well#funfact brians eyes are like that because im not giving him the ability to emote . i let him eat sand bc i dont like him#ok half lie. I think they can expand and contrast and disappear but they cant close or anything. the closest to closing is disappearing#and that means he's shut off. idk i might change that idea later#im scheduling this for 2am. the guise of late night posting will hide my embarrassment. save me queue
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dennis saying "we spend every waking minute together [with charlie and frank], it'll be good for us to keep our distance" as an excuse to not share a table with them during his monthly dinner with mac... as if he and mac aren't the ones who ACTUALLY see each other 24/7 since not only do they work together, but they also literally live together too. incredible.
#good for us to keep our distance suree#it's funny bc he said the same thing when he realised hes codependent w mac after dee called him out for it#and now hes using the good to keep our distance reason to not share the table w charlie and frank#so mac and him can have their monthly date together without them#so basically he used to say it to get out of his codependency w mac and now hes using it to be even more codependent on mac#i mean s8 wise. not rly now now#im aware that dennis also just hated the idea of approaching them first for ego reasons btw#i just think that dennis sometimes seems pretty unaware#like hes painfully aware but also unaware bc hes deep in denial if that makes sense??#like how hes so yuck at the fact of being a partner/lover whatever to mac#and says the i sleep w women but im emotionally involved w mac line as a pretend thing#without realising that hey thats. thats literally it. thats the literal truth to their relationship tbh#i kinda think he does realise it but he buried it deep and sometimes it'll hit him hard randomly and he would do impulsive things thus#whatever idk#macdennis#iasip posting
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OKAY NHW THOUGHTS. SUFFER WITH ME !!!!
having a lot of thoughts and feelings as always about how virion sees himself as the one who has to be strong, who has to be the one to protect the other two . dakota may have had his powers for longer, but virion has more field experience. he's been trained how to fight his whole life. his family prepared him for this since the day he could stand on his own two feet. it's so deeply ingrained into him, he knows the ins and outs of cape politics, and while he may be an outsider in new haven he had plenty of experience in fauna and how much different can the two cities really be? I feel like he's faaaar less trustful of the heroes, can kind of see through their bullshit when it happens, but he doesn't make a move because now he has a team, now he has people he loves again, and he would do anything to keep them safe even if that means putting up with bureaucratic nonsense. he's got that vigilante blood in him!!! idk how long he was on his own but even if it was as short as a few months that's still PLENTY of time to pick up terrible habits in the name of keeping on his toes, keeping himself safe. gotta keep moving constantly. can't sleep for more than a few hours at a time, and the sleep he does get is VERY light. only ever wearing dark clothes and covering his face even out of costume. constantly keeping at least one concealed weapon on him. being SO hyperaware of any sound or sudden movement in the general vicinity. when hes with the other two he always places himself in the middle between them so he can easily grab both of them if he needs to. maybe walking a half step behind them to watch their backs. always situates himself with clear view of any doors/windows whenever theyre in an enclosed space. etc etc you see my vision!!!!!
im just thinking abt like... the first time william and dakota see him Without All That Tension. he probably looks like a totally different person! the whole time they've known him he's been this stoic quiet intimidating presence, he always stays awake longer than either of them so they've never seen him sleep. after one too many all-nighter volunteer patrols he passes on pizza for dinner and gets home before either of them. when they walk in later (leftover pizza for him ofc) and see him passed out fast asleep on the couch it almost takes them a second to recognize him . who is this.. soft faced *boy* curled up in a loose ball facing the door in their living room!! what if this is where williams crush really kicks in and becomes Real- he desperately wants to be able to make virion comfortable enough around him to make him look like that again. william is just frozen in the doorway staring at him, studying him, trying to commit the whole scene to memory, so dakota is the one who steps forward to put a blanket over him. virion wakes up IMMEDIATELY at this and the moment is kind of broken and he thanks them for the pizza and everything's back to normal but now they KNOW. do you SEE my vision here.
I hope ur malaise is a little better sorry this took me like an hour and a half to type i had 2 keep pausing bc I was getting emotional thinking about them auaghaguyghh
ohh having so many emotions about him.... yeah..... yeah..... the cape world is all he's ever known! of course he's more experienced, cynical, knows the procedures and conventions and lies better than they do. he's maybe the only one of them who's killed before. i think it fucks him UP to realize he loves william & dakota. how can he trust them? he does, he can't choose not to, but i think he's very scared for a very long time that they're going to betray him like his father betrayed his friends. "they sound like they really mean it" yeah well. so did his dad!! honestly i think it's a kind of let it happen situation. he thinks about it for a while and goes well. it's not like i have anything else. this, right now, is nice, so if i end up dead in my sleep about it? whatever. i like them. they're allowed. he's constantly waiting in the back of his mind for the cold gun to the back of his head while theyre hugging or a knife to his throat on the couch during a movie or for them to detour into a dark alley while they're walking somewhere. and it takes a very long time for him to lose this mindset. it would fuck the other two UP if they knew but he's very good at hiding it, both the fear & the decision to just let them do it, if they want to. virion sol willing vulnerability looks like anyone else's efficient dangerous capability and hypervigilance. (i think they Should find out that their best friend is always waiting for them to kill him. that would be a lot.)
anyway. distracted!! in my mind he was a rogue for at least, like, around a year. so much time for bad habits to sink in! the thing ive been thinking about is like, he never really had to be subtle? he's so good at disappearing into nowhere & being a sneaky ass creep on the job, he's alright at lying and social engineering if there was a situation where it was necessary, but he never like... had a civilian life! to him it was fine if he was mostly perceived as a thug or a contractor or just as suspicious as "deftly moving masked figure in black checking all the entrances to the coffee shop as he sits down or buying zip ties and gorilla tape and kerosene at lowes" implies. so like i think their manager or boss or handler has to go "hey dude you need to like. Not be walking exactly a step behind your friends checking your surroundings wherever u go. please stop moving like you're getting ready for a fight. it directs so much attention to u u are in high school ur supposed to be a kid ur setting off so many red flags!"& he doesn't really get it. and it's a thing.
ill over everything ur saying here btw!!!! actually fucked up over them seeing him without all those walls and facades & constant tension!! oh christ!! he's so intimidating even when he's not trying and knows so much and is so good at what they do-- he's. actually their age? he's really just some teenager like them? the crackling anxiety and hypervigilance aren't, just, like, part of him? all the tense lines and angles of him soften into just-- something normal and loose and comfortable?? that fic when???
#i think he only finally relaxes once they all hammer out the im not gonna fucking murder you shit & it's the three of them so he knows#there's always someone keeping an eye and an ear out. and he trusts them enough to know he doesn't have to do it all all the time.#bet thats INSANE btw. wiwi hard coping with the fact that he suddenly has a lapful of sleepy cat virion during the movie when for however#long they literally never even saw him sleep. oh theyre so everything to me...#THANK U FOR THIS BTW. ily ur so correct abt them always this was so good 2 think abt <333#mac tag!#new haven wards
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never watch iasip. youll be going about your day and like every five minutes youll have a moment of "oh my god im just like (insert character you relate to)!!!! lol" and then after that another five will pass and youll look at yourself and go "oh my god im just like (character you relate to) make it end" and thats just your whole day now every single day
#iasip#its always sunny in philadelphia#this post is about me going on a long rant#about how woman mac wouldnt be anything but butch. shes prolly got some grown out peach fuzz too#she would be a butch. shes a butch.#and then it spiraled into a long ramble about how butches and bears gotta stick together#and then i sat back and read it and went “mm. thats not for this blog”#but that initial rant feels so mac coded of me (joke. kinda.)#anyway i do in fact see red if you make mac any level of feminine when you genderswap him#hes not a feminine man. he would not be a feminine woman.
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