#jimmy-steve lishman

[m4ndysk4nkovich]

i know some people may see this and disagree, but honestly, i don’t care- lip was not at all at fault for not calling the cops on kash and some people need to stop acting like he was evil for not doing so. while i do think he should’ve, my main issue with it is that we always acknowledge that ian was a child at the time, but never seem to mention lip’s only a year older. the person who should’ve called the cops was linda, the adult who instead of placing the blame on kash, placed it on ian. and with ned, it should’ve been fiona or jimmy-steve, also adults, and in fiona’s case, an adult who had a parental role in ian’s life (even if she wasn’t yet legal guardian) and instead brushed the situation off as “just sex” and dumbed it down to it all being about ned being gay. lip knew it was wrong and was extremely upset both times it happened, and expressed his guilt for not calling the cops on kash. would it have been good if lip had called and kash was arrested? absolutely. but do i think he was obligated to as a child and bad for not calling? no. that should’ve never happened in the first place and while i understand where people are coming from when they express their disappointment with lip for not doing anything about it, i still don’t feel like lip was the one who should’ve been forced to handle that situation. leave that to the adults.

[femboymilkovich]

That's a good choice, the Flyers are a bunch of fags

⤷Set for @transsexual-dandelions

[shamelessdvdcommentary]

I used to love DVD commentaries that writers used to do for their fanfics on livejournal. Fanlore describes it as “written commentary or gloss that accompanies a given piece of fanfiction. The commentary can be written by the story's author or beta reader, or by another fan.”

There’s so many stories in this fandom that I’d love to know more about. So, I’ve made a list of questions that writers can use to do their own commentary of their fanfics. And I’ve created a side blog to reblog the commentaries and hopefully create a little archive of them.

This is open to all writers! Pick your favourite story you’ve written or your most popular or the one you think deserves some more love! Or ask your followers to suggest their favourite fic of yours!

You can do this as many times as you’d like - there’s no limit to the amount of commentaries you can do. And if you’d like to tag anyone to take part, feel free! And feel free to use these questions for fics in other fandoms too! 😃

Read all the DVD commentaries so far here!

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You can submit to this blog or tag me @shamelessdvdcommentary and I’ll reblog it.

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[hopelessromanticcs]

im sorry fiona. i shouldn't have kidnapped your dad.

[abbatoirablaze]

Shameless, Seasons 1 & 2 Master List

This series is complete! ✔️

Frank Gallagher.

The one man who's fucked over more people in the South Side than any other person in existence.

And Monica Gallagher.

His wife. His female counterpart. Together they had seven kids. Me and my twin sister Fiona, Lip, Ian, Debbie, Carl, and little Liam.

It's obvious they aren't going to win any awards for parenting...but we didn't want to be split up...that's why Fiona and I run the house. We kick in to the squirrel fund. And we make sure that none of us are in foster care if we can help it.

This is our story...

Chapters, Season 1

Chapter 1-Pilot

Chapter 2-Frank The Plank

Chapter 3-Aunt Ginger and Casey Casden

Chapter 4-Three Boys, Killer Carl, and Frank Gallagher: Loving Husband, Devoted Father

Chapter 5-It's Time To Kill The Turtle

Chapter 6-But At Last Came A Knock

Chapter 7-Nana Gallagher Had An Affair

Chapter 8-Daddyz Girl &Father Frank, Full of Grace

Chapters, Season 2

Chapter 9-Honeymoon Phase

Chapter 10-Summertime

Chapter 11-Summer Loving

Chapter 12-I'll Light A Candle For You Every Day & A Beautiful Mess

Chapter 13-Father's Day & Can I Have A Mother

Chapter 14-A Bottle Of Jean Nate & Parenthood

Chapter 15-Hurricane Monica & Its A Great Cause

Chapter 16-Just Like The Pilgrims Intended Part 1

Chapter 17-Fiona (And Sofia) Interrupted

Shameless, Seasons 3 & 4

[elhopper1sm]

"Fiona and Jimmy were soulmates"

"Fiona and Jimmy were right person wrong time"

Actually Fiona and Jimmy were the classic "Love in The Dark" romance where the relationship served not to be her endgame but to show her she could have better and to be an important milestone in her realizing she could have a life outside of codependence. They weren't meant to be endgame because honestly I don't think Fiona's endgame was supposed to be anyone but herself. There's a reason why the scene where she finally leaves parallels the scene in Season 1 where she decides to take a vacation. She's thinking of Jimmy in that moment. Fiona's endgame so to speak was honestly herself and realizing she can't tie herself down to any one person because she can't live the rest of her life just attaching to people and she set off to force herself to detach from those people. Jimmy obviously left his mark on her in both good ways and bad ways. For example I think the reason she's so unfaithful is because she feels completely betrayed by love and having trusted someone that when someone is good on paper she immediately goes to ruin it for herself. But I do think the idea that what she really needs is herself is something that she wouldn't have fully been ready to accept if it wasn't for Jimmy beating it into her head. Not to say he was a good guy but God damn his importance to her character can't be understated. Again I probably will have more coherent thoughts on this later. I wore this on the fly. But I truly think Fiona and Jimmy were the epitome of a "Love in The Dark" Romance. A romance that was successful not because they were endgame but because it serves to teach you about yourself.

[themoonandthedogstar]

I saw a tiktok with jimmysteve and fiona with the “are we soulmates in every universe trend” and it said smth like “did u lie to me and sa in every universe” and all the comments were like “it isn’t sa she was crying about something else” like HUH? SHE BEGGED HIM TO STOP 3 (!!!) TIMES BEFORE HE LISTENED DID WE WATCH THE SAME SHOW?😭

[bubblegumbarbie33]

My man Jimmy-Steve would have made the perfect house husband

[gallavichmeta]

If you have in-universe explanations/theories for certain plot holes, feel free to send them in to the ask box so we can discuss!

[crooner-deans-walkman]

calling him jimmy steve is still one of the funniest things this show did

[cc-tinslebee]

I don’t care what happens, Jimmy-Steve in his malewife arc will always be my favourite

[m4ndysk4nkovich]

shameless x the unsent project

[samthetrekkie]

quick shameless review of the first three seasons after having binged them for over a week straight: this show has some weird and lowkey cringy plotlines going on, but overall I love it. and I think from season 1 onwards it only got better.

some of the characters annoy me immensely, like karen, and - for completely different reasons - a little bit fiona (even though she's obviously a great person) and steve/jimmy bc they are a bit overacted imo (and why does she look so perfect all the time?). but apart from them, I think most of the characters are incredibly authentic. sometimes I really forget they're acting, like veronica and kevin.

and of course mickey and ian have my heart. takes me back to the early seasons of sex ed with adam and eric (except a little more violent). I only wish they had more screen time, but I hear that will be the case in the later seasons. someone said "I wish this show was only about those two" and don't get me wrong, I still like the show as it is, but I would love that. I honestly sometimes just wanna skip to their scenes, especially when there's some dumb plot going down again...

season 1 mandy (visually) reminded me so much of maeve too. (and the actual maeve and lip would really like each other I think) the recast made a completely different character out of her imo - no hate though, I still think she's an interesting character. I only loved her friendship with ian in season 1, but then the chemistry kind of disappeared with the new actress.

plot wise it's a little like sex ed too bc of all the teenager stuff and many sex scenes, but in general it's more like oitnb to me. perfect dramedy with the really serious stuff paired with dark humour (which doesn't make me laugh exactly, but I weirdly love the vibe) and I guess the social setting as well. but it also kind of reminds me of house m.d. (I think about that show all the time btw but I haven't watched it in so long), for one thing probably bc they are both set in the early 2010s. but house and frank would also have a great time drinking together - completely different ends of the education scale, but same sly cleverness and drug addiction. and very random thing to add, but that I keep thinking about: frank's not a good person but he's has been sexually abused (and actually raped) a lot in this show so far and it either gets laughed off or completely turned around. anyway, so weird that I thought this was gonna be like a comedy sitcom, but I'm so positively surprised by what it really is.

now I'm taking a break though bc it honestly got a bit too much and I unfortunately need to do other things besides watching shameless as well...

[voids-ideas]

Shameless E6 S5

...

He's an idiot and i love him

[calummss]

unpopular opinion but jimmy-steve was fiona’s best boyfriend. he fit into the gallagher household so well, genuinely cared for fiona and her family. he matched their energy and vibes

“but he lied bla bla”

fiona wasn’t perfect either. they both had their flaws but that’s what made them such a good team. he was the only boyfriend to truly give a fuck about her and her family. within a week he was making breakfast, moving passed out frank aside….like that’s fiona’s soulmate right there

[abbatoirablaze]

Shameless, Chapter 8

Word Count: 2.6k

Warnings: mentions of smut/sexual innuendos, minors going to jail/grand theft auto, angst. 

“Hey…right on time…”

A blush rose to your cheeks as you held up a pie in front of your boyfriend’s face, “I brought dessert.”

“You always bring dessert!” he teased, pulling you close enough to kiss you.  Your eyes fluttered closed as he took the serving dish, “and I’m not talking about the pie…”

“Why do I get the feeling that you’re talking about a pie of a different kind?”

“Because I am!” he smirked, breaking the kiss.  You rolled your eyes at him as he let you into the house, his arm haphazardly looped around your waist, “mom…Sofia brought us a pie she made!”

“Oh SOFIA” his mother cooed, coming out of the kitchen.  You smiled back at Tony and took the pie from him.  She gasped, her eyes widening ever so slightly, “is that a Boston Crème?”

“It is…I know how my Tony loves a good crème pie,” you teased, shooting him another look, “I figured I’d bring one by for after dinner.  I know you have a sweet tooth, Mrs. Markovich.”

“You’re too good to me and my Tony!” she smiled, pulling you into a hug, “come in though.  Come in.  You can help me slice this and we’ll throw it in the fridge while Tony sets the table.”

“Come on, mom.  You can’t go hogging my girlfriend!”

“Be a good boy and set the table, officer!” you playfully teased, pushing him towards the dining room.  You gave him a playful smack on the ass as he stalked off towards the dining room.

“You’re lucky I like you.”

“Don’t I know it.  Play nice and then after dinner we can go to your room and I’ll let you give me a whole different kind of crème pie…one that I want every bit of!” you whispered, before turning to his mother, who had already brought the pie back into the kitchen to cut it.  You spared him a look, shooting him a wink as you went into the kitchen.

“I’ll set the table, mom!” he said loudly, before shooting you a look, his eyes traveling down to his hardening length.  Your thighs clenched on instinct, and you knew that there was going to be no way you left after dinner.

“So how was your day, sweetie?” Mrs. Markovich asked, interrupting your dirty thoughts as you continued to watch her son disappearing into the dining room, reappearing every few seconds when he started to set the table.

“Oh…uh, great…I saw my grandmother…”

“Oh, that’s nice, sweetie…”

“Hey Grammy!”

“Who the hell are you?” she asked, glaring at Lip and Ian. 

“Grammy it’s Ian and Lip…Frank’s sons!”

“Hi Grammy!”

She lit up when she saw you, “Sofia!  I haven’t seen you in weeks!  Thanks for putting some money on my books for more smokes…was just about to run out.”

“Sorry about being a no-show lately, grammy…school and work…but I brought Ian and Lip with me.  Your grandsons…two of em anyways.”

“Well would you look at that,” she mused, raising a hand so that she could lean her chin on it, “I have never seen apple and spice, and everything nice, looking so…nice.”

“Thanks grammy!” Ian grinned.

“So how you doing in there?” Lip asked.

“Well, the foods not so great, but the pussy is pretty good,” she admitted with a shrug, “never thought I’d be the type.  Oh, this dump ain’t so bad!  I can get blow anytime I like.”

“Grammy!”

“Sounds alright!”

“Only thing that sucks is that they got me cleaning toilets,” she sighed, “I wanted to be on the kitchen crew.  They won’t let me anywhere near the place.  I mean, one meth lab explosion and this is what I get!”

“Oh, yeah…well it’s probably the two college kids that died in that fire, grams!”

“So, what do you want?” she asked.

“So, what do you want?”

You looked up, your attention caught up in the man standing at the door.

“Just wanna have a night out with our boy,” one of his fellow officers smiled, gently pushing past him and into the house, “Mrs. Markovich we are stealing Tony boy away so-why hello…we didn’t know that you’d be here, Sofia…”

“Tony’s girlfriend?” she asked, “why wouldn’t she be here?”

Another of the officers raised his brow at Tony, before looking to you, “you still wanted to date him?”

“Tony’s a good guy!” you smiled, sticking up for him, “not like any of you buttheads.  Does Annie and Rachelle know you’re not on the clock and you’re trying to take my man away to some poker night or strip club?”

“Sorry guys…I’m staying in tonight!” Tony smiled, looking at you.

“Not even married, and it’s like you’ve already got a ball and chain.”

“No one else I’d rather be attached to!” he smiled, leaning down to kiss you on the lips. 

“Did you boys want to stay for dinner?” Mrs. Markovich asked, “I always make plenty extra for Sofia to take home to the kids…”

“Oh no, that’s fine!”

“We wouldn’t want to intrude!” another one of the officers smiled as he started leading the others back to the door.  He shot Tony a wink, “you two kids have fun…don’t do anything that we wouldn’t do!”

“So, I was thinking…”

“Yeah?” he asked.

“I’m all alone at the house right now,” you giggled, playing with the hem of your panties, “Fiona is at Deb’s school party with Carl…Kev and V are watching Liam…and Lip and Ian are out…”

“Are you suggesting I come over?”

“It’s up to you…but we would have the whole house to ourselves…” you smiled, “and right now I’m only wearing one of my camis and these panties that are  nearly see through because you’ve got me so hot and bothered thinking about last night.”

“Oh yeah?”

“Yeah…should have a few hours before everyone gets back too…” you hinted, “wonder how many orgasms you could pull from me in that amount of time…”

“I like the sound of that,” he agreed, “god…today is turning out to be the perfect day, Sof…”

“Come make it a perfect night,” you giggled, “come over and cum in me, Tony.”

“Shit…”

“What’s wrong?” you asked, hearing the change in his voice.

“Think I just got something…”

“You’re off duty, aren’t you?”

“There was a stolen car we were watching, and I see it on the move…I-fuck, I’m sorry Sof.  I can’t let it get away though,” he sighed, “I’ll call you back after I catch the perp…hopefully we can salvage the night after I call it in.”

“Okay…yeah…I understand,” you sighed, “call me after?”

“Of course…”

“Stay safe.”

“Always!”

“Hey…where the hell were you?” you asked as he tried to kiss you.  Instantly you took a step back from him and he frowned, “Tony?”

“I told you.  I saw something about a stolen car-“

“Was it the car that Ian and Lip were driving?”

He froze.  And instantly you knew he had something to do with it.

“Sof-“

“Did you call in the stolen car on Lip and Ian?”

“How much do you know about Fiona’s boyfriend Steve?”

“What does he have to do with it?” you asked, arms crossing over your chest.

“He’s been stealing cars, Sof…the car the boys were driving was one that I’ve seen him driving lately.  It was reported stolen by someone who isn’t Steve…the plates were changed from earlier, but I remembered the numbers on the plate.  He stole it, Sof.”

“No way…Fi said tha-“

“Sofia, Fiona is lying to you…chances are that she’s covering for that asshole boyfriend of hers.  I already saw her at the station.  Sh-“

“Well you have to know that Ian and Lip wouldn’t do anything like that,” you said desperately, suddenly feeling nervous for your two younger brothers, “Tony, you know Ian and Lip…that isn’t the kind of boys that they-“

“They have to testify to that then.”

“What?”

“Baby…Lip is 17, and Ian is 16.  If they didn’t take the car, and you said it’s Steve’s, they have to tell the detective that.”

“Tony…this is Wallace Street.,” you reasoned, “South side.  The yard!  They aren’t going to snitch on someone like that.  Th-“

Sof…Lip’s looking at five years if they try him as an adult,” he said firmly, collecting his face in your hands, “and Ian…do you really think they’ll let him into the military with grand theft auto on his record?”

You felt the tears welling up in your eyes, “Tony…please…”

“They have to, Sofia.”

“Please,” you begged, shaking your head as your eyes watered, “please Tony, you have to help them.”

He sighed, “I don’t know how much I can help, Sof…this is a pretty big hole they found themselves in.”

“Tony, please…” you begged as you bit your lip, “they’re my family…they-you can’t let this happen to them.  They’re practically your family too with everything that’s been going on…”

“I care about Ian and Phillip, Sofia, but-“

“Tony, you can’t let them go to jail!” you begged.   You pulled his hands away from your face and put them on your stomach, “I-I wanted to tell you before everyone got home so that we could surprise them…I-I didn’t want it to come out like this bu-“

“Sofia?”

“We’re pregnant Tony…”you cried, “please…I-you can’t let this happen to our baby’s uncles…you know that Ian and Lip aren’t bad kids…they wouldn’t ever steal a car.  Sure, Carl maybe, but not Ian and Lip.”

“Y-you’re pregnant?”

You nodded, sniffling, “I-I didn’t think anything of it when my period didn’t come last month because I’m on the pill…but I-I started getting nauseous last week at dinner…and my meds are slipping so I-“

“That night…when we-when you were upset about Monica coming back to town…”

You nodded, sniffling, “I’m seven weeks along, Tony.  But that’s not it…I-I can’t take my meds if I’m pregnant…I-I’m scared…and I can’t deal with something like this and that all happening…”

“I’ll help as much as I can, baby,” he promised sadly.  His eyes went from your stomach to your own, and his hands shifted until he was cupping your face, “I’ll figure it out…but after this we need to figure out what we’re doing…I can’t let you live at the house with all that craziness if you’re pregnant and off your meds…I can’t have something triggering you and us losing the baby…or me losing you…”

You watched as your little brothers walked through the doors of the station.  Your heart raced as Debbie clung to you while Fiona held Carl close to her.  Kev was smoking a step away while V held onto Liam.

“He really got them off!” Fiona said in disbelief. 

The younger kids ran to Lip, and Fiona ran to Ian.  They embraced one another as Tony came out behind them.  You walked up to your boyfriend tears in your eyes, as you embraced him, immediately sobbing into his chest, “thank you Tony…”

“I can’t ever ask anyone for another favor again…you know that, right?” he asked softly, his arms weaving around your waist, “the kids have to keep every inch of themselves in line…”

“They will…I promise…they will.”

You noticed everyone was a bit too quiet, and you turned.  Your brothers were looking gratefully at you.  He pulled your face to his and kissed you, “I did it for us…you know that, right?  Did that for you.”

“Thank you, Tony…”

“We should probably tell them…about the baby…”

You nodded.

Fiona was tearing up as she turned to you and your boyfriend, “Thank you…”

“We uh-we wanted to tell you guys something,” you said slowly, leaning into your boyfriend’s arms.  He leaned against the station, “I-I’m going to be moving out…”

“WHAT?”

“WHY?” Fiona all but shouted, “What ar-“

“Tony and I are pregnant.”

Debbie’s eyes went wide, and she raced up to you, while Fiona gasped. 

“Holy shit!” Lip commented. 

Ian’s eyes nearly bulged out of his head, “you’re leaving?”

“You’re pregnant?” Fiona asked.

“Seven weeks,” you nodded, looking up and over your shoulder so you could look into your boyfriend’s eyes, “me and Tony are going to start looking at places…but I’m going to be moving out before the baby’s born…”

“You’re leaving?” Debbie asked, copying Ian’s question.

“We-we don’t want to add another two people to the house,” you admitted, leaving out the part of you primarily agreeing to leave because you didn’t need the stress when you couldn’t take your medicie, “it’s already bursting at the seams…but we’ve already talked about it.  We want to stay close by…and any time you guys need anything, or wanna come over…or get away from Frank-“

“The house will be open to all of you guys!” Tony finished, cutting you off, “anyone that needs a place to stay to just get some air…you guys are welcome over any time.”

“Come on,” Fiona urged softly, nodding her head towards the house, “looks like we’ve got two reasons to celebrate today then.”

You smiled and started walking with your siblings.  Tony let go of you as you walked, and you turned, “come on…”

“Got a few things to tie up here,” he nodded firmly, “you guys go get the party started…I’ll be over after I finish up with the detective and the case.”

You nodded and ran back up to him so that you could press your lips to his in a sweet kiss, “I love you, Tony Markovich.”

“And I love you, Sofia Gallagher.”

“Fi…what the hell are you doing?”

“Steve wants me to leave with him…”

“What?”

“Steve…he asked me to come with him.”

“Come with him where?” you asked, stopping your sister as she opened the suitcase and threw it on the bed, “What the hell are you talking about, Fiona?”

“I’m going to leave the country, Fi Fi.  I’m going to be selfish for once,” she smiled, tears lining her eyes, “Steve wants me to go with him to Brazil!”

“What?  For How long?”

“I don’t know,” she shrugged, “and I don’t care…after what’s happened the past few months…why shouldn’t I be selfish?  Why wouldn’t I take him up on that?  I mean, you had the past few years.  You got to finish high school and get some college done and now that you and Tony are finally together, he’s got you knocked up…you’re starting your life, so why should I continue to put mine on hold?”

“Fiona…are-are you jealous of what Tony and I have?” you asked, “are you seriously going to pick up and leave because I’m going have a kid and don’t wanna make the house even more crowded, so I said I’d move out?”

“I want to be happy, Sofia!”

“And you’re not, now?”

“FUCK  NO!” she spat, throwing some clothes into the suitcase, “why the hell would you think I was happy?  I never get to do anything that I want.  Always have to put my paychecks into the squirrel fund or-“

“So, you’re just going to walk away?” you yelled at her.  “You’re just going to pull a Monica and abandon them?  Fuck, Fiona.  Lip is gonna be seventeen in a few months, and Ian is going to turn 16.  Debbie and Carl are nine and ten.  Liam is still a toddler.”

“Not my problem,” she shrugged, “you were worried about too many people being in the house when you had your news about being knocked up, well guess what…me and Steve aren’t gonna be here.  So, you can keep Tony and your new baby in your room.  Take the house.  Take the kids-“

“Fiona, what the fuck!” you hissed, “stop acting like this.  You’re acting like I’m going to be dead…or that I’m trying to take over by putting out some ultimatum that doesn’t exist.  You’re acting like I won’t still help care for the kids.”

“I don’t have to worry about it anymore, Fi Fi…because it won’t be on me anymore…it’ll be on you…or Frank…I don’t care.  You’re getting your happiness…and well, I deserve mine too!  Have a nice life, sis!”

Chapter 9/Season 2