#let me tell you my whole arm hurts from lab paperwork I’m rlly feeling Skylar’s pain here lmao

[mr-snailman]

hiiii okay I saw this earlier and I got so excited but unfortunately I was up to my elbows in Lab Paperwork but that’s done now so I can finally talk :)

first off an enthusiastic YES to all of the above because for me. that’s the underlying thesis of their relationship, that’s what every chuckwill fic (all lovely 46 of them) is predicated on, that’s what the fucking MOVIE is built on, and so:

the obvious other time this comes up in the film is the Bar Scene, right, in which Ponytail Dickhead tries to humiliate Chuckie for not being a Harvard student, and summarily gets his ass handed to him by Will (courtesy of the Southie Public Library lmao). I think actually that was the first scene I ever remember seeing, it was on TV one day and I had no idea how important it was gonna be eventually but that scene stuck with me. that’s the scene where we find out who Will really is: he’s whip-smart, he’s got pride (and a temper) but MOST IMPORTANTLY he’s just as loyal to Chuckie as Chuckie is to him. It’s a two-way street!

Had to pull it up on youtube cause it’s been a while ;-; but the way he steps in front of Chuckie all protective <3 like dudeeeee (also note Chuckie and Skylar exchanging glances back there like “you seeing this?” lmao) Chuckie’s the first guy who comes to mind at the word soulmate, cause he’s one of the only people who’s ever seen Will Hunting’s soul. Because Will is SO good at bullshit, 24/7 non stop pretending to be fine, to be invincible, because nobody can hurt you if you don’t give a shit— but he can’t hide from Chuckie, who sees right through him every time.

it’s like for Will smarts aren’t that impressive. so you can solve a proof, so what, so can I, and it never mattered and it didn’t (keep my parents alive keep my stepdad from hitting me make anybody see me or know me or love me) but what blows him away abt Chuckie (one of many things anyway) is that despite ALSO being Local King of Bullshitting, Chuckie wears his heart on his sleeve all the time. His love for Will bleeds through every moment he’s onscreen. He doesn’t even try to hide it, and that’s a kind of bravery Will’s never had.

ANYWAYS so glad this ended up being the topic of the latest Slowmo Chuckwill Rant bc it’s so near and dear to my heart, I worked with a lot of construction / trades people and it kicks me into rage overdrive whenever anybody acts like those jobs make someone less smart or admirable or worthy of respect just because, what, cause they work with their hands? like to see you build a house, mister. three-degrees-and-not-one-of-them-was-in-human-decency.

Thinking about Chuckies speech at the end of the movie where Chuckie tells Will to leave and that he’s better off in California and Chuckie says “I don’t know much but I know that”. Something about chuckie accepting the fact that he’ll never be able to compete with wills intelligence and he’s not the sharpest tool in the shed. Meanwhile there’s Will, who advocates for Chuckies intellect almost every day and believes whole heartedly that he’s also a genius despite what everyone else says. Like he may not be a mathematical genius or know how to solve math equations the size of his torso but hes so selfless and empathetic and has a stellar way of articulating his emotions when he’s called upon and it just blows wills mind. And NO ONE sees it but him.

Like we know Chuckies a great story teller and an unapologetic loud mouth but underneath it all he’s got this bleeding heart that has kept Will safe his entire life (maybe maybe not stealing that line from one of my fav fics wink wink). Saving him from every close call with his foster father, bandaging every cut and icing every bruise, wrapping him in his own clothes and blankets and offering him a place in his bed until he was an old enough to move out on his own. He’s never not looked out for Will. That same empathy that helped feed him and keep him warm has always amazed Will. There are some days where Will cant believe how lucky he was ending up with a guy like chuckie, someone who can see straight through him and love the gross messy parts of Will that he believed couldn’t be loved. His kindness and his sincerity are seen in every little thing he does when you’re actually paying close attention and his selflessness and unconditional love for all that Will is will always be more impressive then any math proof on the planet.

And sometimes Will has enough of people reducing Chuckie to just some nobody because he’s seen this side of Chuckie that’s so well rounded, so warm, so intelligent, and people have to gaul to compare the two of them and call him an idiot when Will knows the truth. And Chuckies not bothered by it either, because that’s the box he’s been put in all his life, meanwhile Will is beyond insulted on behalf of Chuckie because he KNOWS Chuckies one of a kind and a genius in his own right.

I can picture some of the upper crust Harvard staff reducing Chuckie to the blue collar all braun no brains stereotype and asking him shit like “what do you see in that guy” and you can see Will physically seething because where the fuck do you get off insulting him like that in front of someone who would lay his life down in an instant to protect him. Someone who’s so deeply infatuated with him and his brain and how his mind works. Someone who’s so in love with him that he considers every part of Chuckie to be worth studying. It’s almost a shame that other people can’t witness Chuckie for Chuckie but he wouldn’t have it any other way. He takes pride in the fact that he gets to see this side of chuckie no one else sees, and that he gets to keep it forever.