#milkmaidovich answers

[milkmaidovich]

PLEASE ALWAYS HAND ME ALL YOUR EMO/POP PUNK!MICKEY HEADCANONS, THANKS.

OKAY WONDERFUL here's one about how Mickey even finds FOB:

GOTTA be an accident, right? Where is he gonna hear pop punk of any kind in his regular daily life? We know he dropped out of school early, has spent time off and on in juvie since, and it's not like anyone in his family (outside of Mandy) would listen to it.

So say he gets sent on a job in the middle of May '05 (From Under The Cork Tree came out May 3rd of that year), and it's just an easy car jacking from somewhere on the West Side. Someone in the house owes Terry some money and he's gonna take the car as payment but he can't be fucked to do it himself so he sends Mickey. And Mickey is not at all mad, will take whatever excuse he can to get away from the house and all the family hanging around right now, though he does kind of wish he had Ian with him, but for what? They're fucking, not dating, even if they do hang out sometimes before they fuck, or after, or instead of if they're with Mandy, but this would just be them alone so why the fuck should be be wishing Gallagher were here?

He'd be agitatedly chain smoking the whole walk from the L, chest and head tight and throbbing like they do when he thinks too hard about this... situation he's got going on with Gallagher. He'd find the house easy enough, he'd staked it out the last couple days and had heard the family talking about leaving for vacation and knew there'd be no one home to catch him so it's late afternoon when he gets there.

He's after the Honda on the street, the one with the Wheaton College parking sticker in the corner, and it takes no time at all to jimmy the lock and slide into the driver's seat, reaching beneath the dash and yanking at the wires, twisting them together to get the car to start.

And as soon as he does the stereo ROARS to life, loud as fuck camera noises pouring out of the speakers and Mickey is PANICKED for a hot second but then some guitar comes in and his whole fucking brain lights up?????

And then the guy starts singing??????

Mickey's four songs deep, just finishing Sugar We're Going Down by the time he realizes he's still sitting in front of the goddamn house and finally drives away. He takes the longest route he can to the chop shop Terry told him to go to and before he gets there he digs around in the car looking for the cd case that matches the CD he popped out of the slot in the stereo before finding it in the glove box. He wipes the car and pockets the CD before dropping off the car and gets to the nearest pawn shop he can to get a cheap discman and some shitty headphones.

He doesn't come home till after dark. He spent all day walking around and listening to the album on repeat and felt his whole fucking brain rewire itself. How the fuck did these guys take all these complicated, mixed up feelings he have and put them into songs????

The CD and the discman immediately become his most prized and we'll hidden possessions.

[deedala]

🌛 weekly ✨ tag ✨ wednesday 🌜

happy wednesday!!!! thanks for tagging me @mybrainismelted @suzy-queued and @energievie !!

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Name:  deanna🌱

Location:  ohio!

And now for the randomness!  Tell me your most and least favorites of:

Candy? Most - any mint chocolate but ill specifically cite andes mints/Least - gummies

Seasons? Most - Fall/Least - Summer

Hot beverage? Most - oatmilk latte/Least - black coffee (i am who i am okay?)

Cold beverage? Most - lemonade/Least - iced tea

Colours? Most - mint green/Least - hrm...baby poop brown??? (also i dont like purple, i will never pick purple, sorry purple lovers)

Vegetables? Most - broccoli/Least - brussels sprouts

Traditional foods from your country? i honestly dont know how to answer this...

Insects? Most - firefies, pretty! /Least - oh its definitely house centipedes fuck those fucking things omfg

Cake flavours? Most - yellow cake/Least - i dunno white? hmmm

Non-Gallagher or Milkovich Shameless Characters? Most - yeah its gotta be sheila/Least - i was thinking maybe Mikey? cuz that guy was like hauntingly obnoxious?? but i think i actually hate Helene even more.

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and now to tag some precious nuggets to play if they wanna play or just feel warm and fuzzy and carry on with your day 💖 @too-schoolforcool @darlingian @heymacy @heymrspatel @suchagallabitch @tanktopgallavich @gallawitchxx @crossmydna @sam-loves-seb @the-rat-wins @thisdivorce @mickeysgaymom @whatwouldmickeydo @transmickey @metalheadmickey @softmick @michellemisfit @jrooc @mmmichyyy @gardenerian @juliakayyy @rereadanon @lingy910y @vintagelacerosette @palepinkgoat @lee-ow @ardent-fox @purplemagpie @thepupperino @milkmaidovich @callivich @sickness-health-all-that-shit @howlinchickhowl @sleepyfacetoughguy @auds-and-evens @themarchg1rl @toddmccray @gofionaonthem @iansw0rld @grumble-fish and anyone else who wants to hop on!! 💖💖💖

[vintagelacerosette]

Tag game catch up ✨

I was tagged by these magnificent sweet peas Macy @celestialmickey Evie @energievie Ling @lingy910y Laurel @lupeloto Deena @suzy-queued Vey @look-i-love-u Emmet @grossmickey Deanna @deedala Ajax @transmickey Cross @crossmydna Melodie @sirrudo Nosho @creepkinginc Jay @surviving-maybe Harvey @mikhailoisbaby Paola @mishervellous Sisi @sisitrip Donna @sleepyfacetoughguy Kat @milkmaidovich Lyds @ardent-fox Lemon @depressedstressedlemonzest Carolie @shinygalaxyperson Ri @tanktopgallavich Jade @jademickian Michelle @mmmichyyy Arrow @arrowflier Meagan @softmick @solaq Anna @rereadanon Julia @juliakayyy Cherry @too-schoolforcool

Thanks yall 🥰

This weeks Tag game Tuesday

Name: Shermyn

Whereabouts in the world are you? Sydneeeey

Do you have any pets? My Roxy pup

What do you do for work? DMV but we actually help y'all lol

Favourite fruit? Rock melon or as mericans like to say cantaloupe 🍈

A pet peeve of yours: Music or vid in public places like doctor waiting room or in trains

Are you a fast walker or a slow walker? As many have said, bc of short legs it looks fast, but I'm just tryna catch up 😅

How do you usually wear your hair? Down & flowing & I try to make it fun with hair bows or fun clips 💕

Sunny days or rainy days? Sunny days ☀️

What time do you usually go to bed? 11pm-1am

What time do you usually wake up? Sunrise clock is at 6am but I go back to sleep depending on how late i sleep lol so 7am-8am. 9am-10am on days off lol

if you were a cartoon character, what would be your everyday outfit? My birthday dress but in the cartoon my outfit is magic so it can turn whatever I want it to be depending on the occasion but keeping them colours 🩷🩵💜 for example if I needed a business outfit it would turn into a dashing 3 piece suit 💖

Something you'd like to learn: How to write fic & to crochet

and finally, tell me something that made you happy recently: All the birthday messages from y'all (thank you) & seeing my friends for my birthday 🎂💕

Last week's tag game Tuesday✨️

Name: Myn

Age: 27

Pronouns: she/they

Your sun sign, MBTI type, and enneagram type (google them if you’re not sure!): Leo, & Nines (ok screaming bc this was the first time i did thay & can i say accuracy wtf 😭)

How tall are you? 151cm/4"11 aka cute sized by

What colour are your eyes? Dark brown

The last time you saw a movie in theaters (bonus: what was it?): Barbie movie!! It was terrific & hilarious (if i did this one time the answer wouda been Birds of Prey haha great Margot films)

Favourite dessert: Love all dessert rn I'm craving for crepes 😋

Outer space or the ocean? Now I woulda said ocean before but just Good Omens season 2 means me want outta space 🚀

You’re in a McDonald’s drive thru, what are you ordering? 10 pack nugget meal with medium strawberry milkshake & sweet & sour sauce for the nugs

Are you good with plants? Probs not bought some basil & my dad ended up take care of it idk if they still alive 🥲

Would your current self and high school self get along? Sure but she'd berate me asking wth girl thought you'd be an animater 😅

A food you can’t stand:

Something you’d do if money were no object: Have an lavish retreat trip somewhere exciting to meet all the you amazing gallabitches in the fandom, where we can have fanfic writing sessions, craft sessions & even have a meet & greet with Cam & Noel. Oh my! Am I making a dashcon for gallavich? 😆

The last app you opened on your phone: Amazon prime bc of Good Omens s2

and finally, compliment yourself! You are incredibly resilient, creative & full of light. 💖

Picrew

Concert ABC

Five comfort characters

1. Mickey Milkovich from Shameless

2. Lacus Clyne from Gundam Seed

3. Kaylee Frye from Firefly

4. Wylan Hendricks from Shadow & Bone

5. Brooke Davis from One Tree Hill

List five songs that someone else introduced me to that have made their way into my regular rotation

Last line written of fic

“Ok! Small Gallaghers, it's time to get moving and into the car, or I'll be getting chatty kathy up my as again” A familiar voice cuts through the tender moment and causes Ian to shoot up like he’s been electrocuted with Liam still in his arms.

(Ngl i haven't touched my fics in forever 😅)

Fanfic trope tier list

[catgrassplantdad]

wip wednesday 🌸

i was tagged by @howlinchickhowl @whatwouldmickeydo @michellemisfit to share some of a wip! i'm currently working on a personal trainer & yoga teacher ian/neighbors au that came about because of that au tag game a few weeks back. my prompts involved yoga, them being neighbors, and one of them having a broken shower. i've been running with it. there will be lots of sexual tension. i've had to neglect it for the past couple of weeks, but i'm excited to get to it now and start really fleshing it out. here's a bit that picks up just a few paragraphs in from the very beginning. 💫

Mickey’s had about an hour to accept his new showerless reality. The plumber told him it should only be a day or two to replace some decrepit parts, and if Mickey had believed him then this wouldn’t have been a big deal. He could go a day or two without a shower. But he knows better, which means he needs to figure out a solution for the next few days, since it doesn't exactly thrill him to think about going to work unwashed for like a week. He's not used to that shit these days. He doesn't live in a house where the water bill doesn't get paid anymore.

He stares into his coffee. It offers no answers.

Clouds pass by outside. He watches them out his kitchen window, squinting against the glare of an overcast sky. They also seem to offer no answers.

A car door closes. He glances across the parking lot and watches someone start heading towards his building. It’s the redhead guy from down the hall. He loses sight of him after just a moment as he gets closer to the building, but he sees that he’s carrying a gym bag, like he usually is. He’s wearing red track pants. He kind of looks like a clown.

Or he would, at least. Any regular jackass would look like a clown in those pants. It’s annoying, the shit someone like him can get away with wearing just because he’s got such a nice face and broad shoulders. And he’s tall. And always smiling at people. Mickey rolls his eyes.

But then he has an idea.

i'll tag @gardenerian @whatthebodygraspsnot @celestialmickey @gallawitchxx @thisdivorce @suzy-queued @squidyyy23 @iansfreckles @palepinkgoat @rereadanon @crossmydna @harrowhark-a-vagrant @milkmaidovich

[gallawitchxx]

get to know bee 🐝

so many lovely pals have tagged me in so many lovely things, so if you've been dying to know more about me (you are, right?) - this post is for you! 😂😌🥳

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first up, this picrew!

tagged by @whatthebodygraspsnot & @heymrspatel 🖤

she's giving lgbtqia+ rights are the smart & sexy choice ✨🌈

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next, it's tag game tuesday!

tagged by @celestialmickey @energievie @thepupperino & @creepkinginc 🥳

name: bee 🐝

age: the big three-zero for just a few more days 🎂

how many hours of sleep did you get last night? enough, i think! 💤

which do you use more: tumblr mobile or desktop? it depends what i'm doing! i like posting from desktop & scrolling on mobile 😌

a hobby you’d like to pick up: oooh, i'd really like to do some paint by numbers 🎨

if you were a crayon, what color would you be? sea foam green 🌊

what was your average screen time last week? hehehe it went up.... like 5+ hours? 📲

a song you put on every playlist: "silk chiffon" by MUNA because that is my gay ass right 🌈

favorite holiday: i don't think i really have one anymore tbh 🤷‍♀️

something on your bucket list: go to bali 🌴

you’re invited to a costume party, what are you dressing up as? reese witherspoon as elle woods as a playboy bunny 💗

what show takes up the most space in your brain? i mean.... shamey wamey probs! also love island my chaotic beloved ☀️

and finally, share something you’re looking forward to: hugging my friends 😭 i'm so touch-starved 😭 also i'm seeing john williams conduct a night of his film scores with the LA Phil this weekend & i am freaking stooooked 🤘🏼

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lastly, here are 15 questions!

tagged by @gardenerian @squidyyy23 @transmickey @milkmaidovich @celestialmickey @such-a-barbarian @heymrspatel @look-i-love-u @palepinkgoat @creepkinginc @harrowhark-a-vagrant @rereadanon & @thepupperino 🖤

Were you named after anyone? nope, not that i know of!

When was the last time you cried? definitely two days ago, but maybe again today because it's cancer season & i loooove to weep 😭

Do you have kids? noooo & neverrrrrrr

Do you use sarcasm a lot? noooo & neverrrrrr (meaning yes & always)

What's the first thing you notice about people? probably their vibe. what a queer answer lmaoooo!

What’s your eye color? i'm a brown eyed girl, eat your heart out van morrison.

Scary movies or happy endings? happy endings all day!

Any special talents? i have a very strong inner compass & can navigate places i've never been in before with relative ease! this is a really handy talent tbh!

Where were you born? northern california bayybeee

What are your hobbies? writing, reading, playing with my pup, pal'ing around with my buds, going to the movies, swimming in the pool, being stupid!

Have any pets? yes, a small dream dog named gus

What sports do you play/have you played? basketball & taekwondo

How tall are you? 5'5"

Favorite subject in school? english lit, drama & french

Dream job? i do not dream of labor, but i also kind of have my dream job - i'm a writer! & i'm so grateful!

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i'm not going to tag anyone because i feel y'all have already done these! but if you want to do any of them, please tag me! i love you all! xx

[m4ndysk4nkovich]

get to know me!!!

thank you for tagging me, @milkmaidovich

rule: tag 9 people you want to get to know better

favorite color: black. is that a basic answer? if yes, then dark red (still basic but whatever)

currently reading: book wise? sharp objects by gillian flynn. fanfic wise? not just penpals by fckyeahgallavich + notherenj

last song: yard of blonde girls by jeff buckley

last series: i’m incapable of watching one thing at a time. i’m currently watching the riches, the walking dead, and i restarted shameless for the sixth time (maybe?? i’ve probably seen it more than that actually)

last movie: sid & nancy (my fav movie, starring chloe webb aka monica gallagher)

currently working on: idk if this counts but i’m rewriting a chapter of a fic i started

if i tag you and you don’t want to do it/have already done it then ignore this @carlgallagerswife @bees-flowers @stocious @lyricailove @lupeloto @swiftfootedachilles @golden28s @virgiliusmwpp @too-schoolforcool

[antiatuz]

TAG GAME TUESDAY

Thanks for the tag, @milkmaidovich, that's my first game here, so emotional🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺Though it's already Wednesday here. 😂

name: You can call me Hercules.

when is your birthday? Top secret! That might out who i am (really) so on the internet, I choose a closer date to my real birthday. It is January 1st. I'm a damn Capricorn, that's for sure.

favorite social media platform outside of tumblr? YouTube i guess.

do you wear makeup? No, not at all.

favorite board game? MonoPoly🥹🥹🥹

do you have any tattoos? Yes, 1 and it's not enough!!! 😠😠😠 I'll get more tattoos once i can afford them. 😮‍💨

which of the seven deadly sins would you say you struggle with the most? All of them. But lately, i can say wrath. 🙁🙁

best vacation you’ve ever been on? Can't really go on vacations.. It's damn expensive too.. I can barely say the one in 2007. Really.

how do you get around town? Bus. Unfortunately. I can't afford to buy a car. (Who's poor here?)

describe your vibe in three words: open-minded, versatile, short-tempered (the third one was really hard for me to choose, 3 is a big number for me‼)

share a song rec: I've been thinking about this for a while, this song damn fits hangster. Who's in denial of his feelings????? 😄😄

I'll choose two bloggers who follow me, i couldn't find any other person. @miles-alexander-teller @clintbartonscoffepot Please tag me when you decide to play the game, I'm wondering about your answers guys!!!

[mickeyheartian]

Tag Game Tuesday (On Saturday oops)

Ok, ok this is the last one! I have officially caught up yay!!

I was tagged by @mickeysgaymom and @milkmaidovich in this weeks tag game

Name: Bee

Birthday: in 2 weeks!!

Where in the world are you?  UK

When did you join tumblr?  Originally when it first started, I apparently came back briefly in like 2015 according to a blog of mine I found accidentally which now no longer exists, then came back again recently

Do you have any sideblogs? Nopeee

Mobile or desktop: bit of both I suppose

Your perfect sleeping conditions: dark, freshly washed sheets and the sound of rain outside, but it has to be real rain, listening to rain sounds just doesn’t compare

A movie everyone should see at least once? I honestly do not have an answer to this question I’m not a big classic movie person, or a big movie person at all tbh.  I’m gonna go with Barbie cause I watched it recently and enjoyed it, but I don’t think that was really the purpose of this question.

What shoes do you wear the most often? Apart from work shoes (sketchers) I live in AF1s

Find the book closest to you and turn to page seven, what’s the 7th word?  All of my books are in boxes…  gonna have to be a party pooper on this one, I am not about to tackle a pile of boxes for this sorry guys

Describe your keys to me: uhh ok.  So I have a lil silver cat keychain with an arched back, an odd black clip which I believe once clipped onto a backpack?  But I no longer have that backpack so please don’t ask why this is still on my keys because I do not have the answer.  A store card and a climbing membership card (which I have used once so again, clueless why it’s still on there), then I have three keys, one to my building, one to my front door and one to the deadlock.

What’s your favourite snack? I feel like this changes super regularly, but currently cookies.  Chocolate chip cookies.

One of your aspirations: to have a book published!  This has been an aspiration of mine since I was like five and writing stories in my blues clues notebook.

And finally, tell me a random fact about yourself: why did I sit here for ages, suddenly having a mind blank of anything about me???  I love shitty TV, like reality TV shows.  I watch them with my nan when I go visit her, and it’s like my favorite thing we do together.

[milkmaidovich]

Kat! Kat! Kat!

I am absolutely losing my mind over Mickey being a Fall Out Boy fan!! From Under the Cork Tree is pure poetry! One of the best albums of all time to me! I am just thinking of Mickey crushing on Pete Wentz at the height of his emo-ness! Just like me 🤣 Ugh, and screaming along to their songs! I Slept With Someone! XO! Nobody Puts Baby in the Corner! Get Busy Living!

I don't care if anyone feels like this would be OOC for Mickey. The idea of Mickey getting all emo in his bedroom listening to Fall Out Boy floods my brain with serotonin and that's enough for me lol.

I sincerely thank you for putting this idea out there!

I AM SO GLAD YOU'RE IN THIS WITH ME!

Like, if we just shift the timeline of the whole show back a few years so the events happen at the same ages but the years are earlier, you know Mickey would have been GOING THROUGH IT and that album is such high drama from the second it starts that I can see him easily putting the circumstances of his life into the words and being like "yes Pete, no one understands me like you do!"

The whole pre-chorus/chorus of Nobody Put's Baby In The Corner??????

I keep my jealousy close / 'Cause it's all mine / And if you say this makes you happy / Then I'm not the only one lying

Keep quiet, nothing comes as easy as you / Can I lay in your bed all day? / I'll be your best kept secret and your biggest mistake

The second verse of A Little Less Sixteen Candles???

Write me off, give up on me / 'Cause darling, what did you expect? / I'm just off, a lost cause / A long shot, don't even take this bet

You know Mr. Fucked For Life was eating that shit up.

IMO Get Busy Living is Mickey's absolute favorite song on the album, and 95% of the reason is the outro and he has screamed himself HOARSE more than once singing along. It's written in notebooks and on scraps of paper and if he went to school it would be scrawled on his binders.

That album was EVERYTHING to me when it came out and I thought Pete Wentz was the most Profound Lyricist in generations lmao. I had the lyrics EVERYWHERE, and even now in my 30s I know every word to every song. It's etched into my brain in an indelible way. I listened to it yesterday and nothing has screamed Mickey Milkovich quite so immediately and insistently as it did!!!!

[milkmaidovich]

What about an au where Ian broke it off with a long-term boyfriend (over cheating) and goes to Mickey for a cover-up for a couple's tattoo he got with his ex. Imagine Mickey telling Ian he deserves better while gently wiping excess ink from his skin.

YEAH YEAH YEAH this is so so good little grayface!

Mickey asking why he's covering it up (I imagine something that without the context of the former relationship is just a runn-of-the-mill tattoo) and Ian taking a deep slow breath so it doesn't shudder even though he's feeling real emotional about everything still (they got TATTOOS! They were COMMITTED!!!) and beginning to explain why he got the first one and how the relationship was and Mickey picking up on some red flags about the former partner that Ian didn't catch (frog in the boiling water situation, tbh) and then The Discovery and how Ian tried to work it out and do the work because he is that kind of guy and the former partner not wanting to and Ian feeling so upset that he's got this constant reminder (the tattoos gotta be in a place where Ian sees it a lot, he'd absolutely want to be able to Stare Fondly whenever he wanted) and now he needs it to be something else.

And Mickey would just let him talk and talk and work through it, gloved hand moving slowly over Ian's skin (which Mickey is low-key obsessing over, the freckles drive him crazy, he wants to tattoo the constellations on this man, use them as built in shading for classical painting type tattoos, outline the three he's picked out that look like hearts, add a little snake near the ones that look like puncture marks), the machine buzzing lowly under Ian's story, the soft swipe of a paper towel revealing the new lines, the fresh start, as Mickey and his art help Ian move forward from this bad relationship.

And after a little while, when Ian's talked himself out for now, when he's just kind of sniffing wetly, Mickey will murmur about how no one deserves to have their love and devotion tossed aside like that, like it's nothing, when the most amazing thing one person can offer another is seeing them wholly, knowing the good and the bad of them, the extraordinary and the mundane, and choosing to take it all, to love them Because Of, not In Spite Of. Mickey would point to the curling letters that wrap underneath his collar bones, "Because Of, Not In Spite Of" inked forever into his flesh, a declaration to himself and whoever came along that he would settle for nothing less.

"I'm not one for religion or god or whatever," he'd say, almost a whisper as he goes over the last of things, the little detail touchups to make sure everything about this new ink and new beginning is as perfect as he can make it, "But love like that? That's the only kind of sacred there is."

He'd look up at Ian, eyes wide and sincere and Ian's breath would catch at the unshakable belief radiating from this man who's spent the last hour and a half with his hands all over Ian's skin, helping him close an old chapter and start a new one, facilitating this monumental moment of growth, and he would have a flashing thought that whoever this guy eneded up with would be the luckiest fucking person on the planet.

He'd wait the required amount of time for his tattoo to heal and then he'd call Mickey up, thinking that maybe if he played his cards right, that lucky sonofabitch could be him.

[milkmaidovich]

ask you anything, huh? alright-

1 - who's YOUR favourite gallagher sibling. and why.

2 - do you think you and above gallagher sibling are most alike? or someone else?

please & thank you 🌾

Ooooh these are good questions!! Thank you!

1. HMMMMMM I think this is a tie between Ian, my sweet cheese, my rotten solider, my good time boy FOREVER and Lip.

Ian because barring a bit in the middle there (which was understandable) he's probably the most optimistic of them all. He can see a better life for himself and he's gonna make it happen and he believes he deserves it! He's adaptable (middle child shit) and has that Gallagher ability to think outside the box. A trait he and Lip share as they become adults that I love dearly is their desire to grow and change and be better, even if means admitting some hard things and taking responsibility for bad choices. I don't love the whole gay Jesus storyline (could have been handled in a way that felt less gimmicky imo) but I did like that Ian wasn't going to not own up to the why of his actions, especially because it shows him putting his needs before those of others, ie his little cult following, because he can't heal from it or begin to make amends if he's not honest. He doesn't want to be Monica, who could never accept her diagnosis and her own culpability in bad decisions AND she didn't let anyone be the support system Ian builds for himself with his siblings and Mickey to help him make the good choices when all his brain wants is the other ones.

Lip has those self-sabotaging tendencies of a person who doesn't believe he belongs, or that he shouldn't get good things, and the added pressure of everyone telling you forever how smart you are and how you're gonna be The One who gets out/makes something of themselves/changes everything for the family/etc and when suddenly shit is hard???? And you feel like you can't say anything because you're The One??? And you feel guilty for not being home and for enjoying being your own individual person for the first time in your entire life???? It broke my heart to see him try to half-ass sobriety in some attempt to keep hold of how he wasn't like Frank, he was better, he was The One, but it was great to see him accept that he the best way to be NOT like Frank was to accept that this was a problem he had and that he needed to do something about it. My feelings on how, in the later seasons, they could have utilized his rocky path to being a better person and embracing the growing emotional intelligence and communication skills that come with doing a 12 step program like AA are MANY (and I have OPINIONS on all how the arcs of all the siblings went real fucking sideways out of nowhere) and I am sad every day we got the set up for something great for him and they leaned into Dumb Shenanigans instead.

2. I have more in common with with Lip than most of the others, in that I had that idea that as the "you're so smart! Everything is so easy for you!" gifted kid I had a really really hard time accepting when shit was no longer easy and also understanding that I could ask for help, because who was I if I wasn't those things and ALSO no one believed me when I did ask, because I was so smart and everything was easy so I just wasn't trying hard enough surely (the adult diagnosis of severe ADHD really put a lot of this into context). I struggle to accept when things change for how I thought I would be and I also have the tendency to not believe I deserve good things, but unlike Lip I've done enough therapy to be able to push back when the brain gremlins come calling. I also looked at the family history of substance abuse and alcoholism and went "nah I don't think I'm gonna drink when I'm stressed, seems like tempting fate" which he didn't do till he had to, but I can absolutely see myself going a different route if the drinking culture I grew up with had been more casual.

Thanks for the ask!! Of course I got real busy as soon as I received it so I'm sorry it took so long

[milkmaidovich]

fistbump.

(i didn't use anon for any of these, and i won't start now. that being said: hii! 🌾)

This is so wholesome and I would 100000% fist bump you with maximum enthusiasm

(hiiii!)

[milkmaidovich]

iii wanna try the wip thing - midnight (i think i haven't scored even once so far, let's see if you're my lucky charm).

Hi hi hi!!! You're in luck! I have something for you from what will be a two-part primal play situation 😌

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Mickey hurries without Ian saying anything, that hind-brain instinct clearly still aware of the midnight dangers a forest can hold, and before too long is standing ten feet from Ian at the edge of the woods, dappled in bright silver light. He meets Ian’s eyes and something in that look has Ian taking off almost before Mickey turns and sprints as fast as he can deeper into the thick band of trees.

Oh, fuck yeah.

He doesn’t totally know what’s happening but he knows he’s fucking into it.

[milkmaidovich]

29, 7. 💖😌

Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii thank you for the asks 😊

7. hair-ties or scrunchies?

I've recently switched to scrunchies because, turns out, my hair is wavy/curly?????? WHO KNEW (the answer is not me for the first 29 years of my life). However, what I actually use most often are big ole claw clips!

29. Answered here, friend

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"be gay, do crime" indeed. heisenberg agrees, too.

THIS IS THE GREATEST THING I HAVE EVEE SEEN

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Hellooooo Kat!

30- You're at the Alibi. Frank is sitting next to you. Do you engage? Also, what drink are you asking Kev for?

Hiiiii Chani! What an excellent question!!

If he talks to me, yes, absolutely. I have heard drunks talk themselves in circles my whole life, let's see what weird fucking takes you got, Frank. Bet I can out-weird you lmao.

I'm asking Kev for a G&T if he has it, and a 7&7 if he doesn't! Tho the Seagram's is maybe a dangerous choice but hey, I'm already on the South Side, what's a little more danger?