#shameless 10x03

[sam-loves-seb]

i'm split in half (but that'll have to do)

“Is that Mickey?” “Yeah,” Ian says easily, and Mickey can hear the smile in his voice. “He’s the one who got me the phone.” “Really,” Lip says, more of a musing than a question. “Well, I’m glad someone’s got your back in there.” He pauses. “Even if it is a Milkovich.” Mickey rolls his eyes, and shouts, “Fuck off.” Lip definitely laughs that time. “There he is.”

// post-10x03 : “FaceTime your brother, see the baby.”

[deedala]

Ian x Mickey in 10x03

[heymacy]

GALLACRAFTS THEME 34: I LOVE YOU ╰┈➤ @gallacrafts collab w/ @sickness-health-all-that-shit & dedicated to our Summer Camp bunkmate @doshiart 💛

[lupeloto]

just a reminder that ian wants to be where ever mickey is. in case yall forgot.

even in prison

[7x10mickey]

IAN & MICKEY || SHAMELESS - 10x03

[winnie-the-monster]

[m4ndysk4nkovich]

is there a canon gallavich first" i love you"? from mickey that is. i think he just says it once, i don't remember it ever being properly addressed (not against that decision btw)

unfortunately, the first mickey “i love you” was in 5x06 after ian stole yevgeny and it was DEVASTATING (link). as for ian saying it, it’s in 7x11 at the mexico border which is ALSO devastating because john wells hates us (link)… the first mutual “i love you” was in 10x03 and it was probably one of my favorite scenes (link) but also like… SEASON 10. 10 FUCKING SEASONS IN. THATS HOW LONG IT TOOK. AHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[missdavonne]

Sometimes I wonder how we ever came to be But without you I'm incomplete

[belleandkurtbastian]

You said that Ian is thinking about them the way he did S1-3, so do you think Ian's bipolar disorder changed the way he thought/viewed their relationship during season 4 and 5?

This is... really complicated... and I think I rambled fairly far off-topic at some point here, but I REALLY don’t want to edit:

I haven’t actually drawn a parallel between S1-3 and S7 properly, before...

But in S1-3 (and to an extent into S4), Ian was chasing that One Big Romance. He wanted the guy and the future and everything else that came along with it.

In S4, Ian was clearly (in retrospect) manic, but he was also really starting to have Mickey in the ways that he wanted to.

And then in S5, especially the first half of that season, Ian and Mickey HAVE that family life that Ian was thinking about in S1-3 (and that he was talking about again in 10x03). So, it’s a lot more about the here-and-now, rather than saving those goals for the future.

So, on the one hand - yes, Ian’s mania in S4 and S5 kind of interfered with Ian’s Grand Ambitions for his relationships...

But on the other hand, was it the mania, or was it just that Ian didn’t NEED to consider the future? He already had the guy and the kid and the family life.

And the thing is - I know that a LOT of Shameless fans have always tacitly agreed that Ian wanted that settled family life. I know this because there is a disproportionate number of fics, written and set in times from S4 to the mid-2030s, about Ian and Mickey and Svetlana and Yevgeny (and the Gallaghers and Mandy and Iggy and Nika, from time to time) as a family unit.

And then you look to S7-10. S6 gave us a hard reset on the Gallavich front. They were broken up, Svetlana married V, and Ian had completely lost his status as a parent to Yevgeny. When Mickey returns in S7, in a lot of ways it’s a reset to how they were in the earlier seasons. I don’t have any solid examples, but it does seem to me like Ian was once again thinking about the future when he ran away with Mickey, before realising that maybe he CAN’T have the future he wants if he stays with Mickey.

Which brings us to S9 and 10. I think this is really a continuation of the S7 story. Mickey’s back, but there’s still no Yevgeny or Svetlana on the scene. They’re back to their S1-3 status quo, in that regard, so it’s natural that Ian is thinking about the “next time” they can bring back those traditional hallmarks of a relationship together.

In summary: I think it’s not that Ian changed the way he was thinking about their relationship, necessarily. I think it’s just that as the relationship changed, the things he used to think about were just... happening, so there was no need for further-flung goals on that front, until they came crashing down again in S5-6.

[thefandomsinhalor]

Mickey: Ian, you shouldn’t stay In prison.

Mickey: You don’t belong here.

Mickey: Even if it means we won’t be together and that’s not what I want, you should be out there.

Me: MY HEART

Mickey: *gets Ian a phone so he can talk to Lip and see his nephew*

Me: fuuuuuuuuuuck. my feelings.

[gallavich-headcanon]

I’m rewatching season 10 right now and just noticed this lovely drawing on their wall

Any headcanons of who drew it and how did it get on the wall?

[themilkoviches]

SHAMELESS S10E03―Which America? 

[deedala]

SHAMELESS CREATORS NETWORK MARCH THEME: GROWTH🌱

mickey + roots (an excerpt from James Norbury) [x]

when i sat and thought about mickey and growth i found myself imagining roots. moments of growth that didn't feel exactly like blooming but like rebirth and creating a foundation for his own desires and his own place in the world. the first thing a seed does before it breaks through towards the sun is that it sprouts roots down into the dirt below. what we see on the surface growing upwards is delicate, easily blows in the wind, and easy to tear. but that is deceptive, because hidden in the earth there are hundreds of roots weaving around and in-between the soil, the stones, and even older stronger roots. they reach lower and wider making themselves a permanent piece of the land to the point that to truly extract it would require extraordinary strength and effort that would leave behind a literal crater in the earth. we see so many plants get mowed over or seem to die in the winter, but their roots keep them alive and we see them flourish again and again. and that is what mickey's growth feels like to me. he planted himself a new place in ian's existence and he grew deep strong roots that stayed alive even when things above the surface looked bleak. and now they can weather any storm.

[heymacy]

I love you. I know. I love you too.

[lupeloto]

hi, here is my little intro post from the lovely @callivich :) this was very fun hehe

Age: 20!

What made you fall in love with Gallavich? 

hmm that’s a good question. I was in the eighth grade and started watching after seeing gifs of them on tumblr. i fell instantly in love with mickey and as a closeted kid, his entire journey is what really roped me into the whole gallavich story:)

How long have you been a fan? 

seven years now😁(this is a cry for help)

Favourite Gallavich moment/scene? 

omg that’s so hard you can’t ask this of meeee but if i’m only choosing ONE, i would say the entire “I love you. I know” scene at the end of 10x03 because prison boyfriends!

Favourite Shameless character apart from Ian and Mickey? 

Fiona💗 my love! my light! my woman forever!<3

Do you write or draw or make edits? Feel free to link to your work!

I am tragically awful at drawing and editing, so i do not😞 but! i love all of you talented people out there so much, never stop creating!!!!

Favourite type of Gallavich fics? Are you into angsty canon type fics or maybe fluffy one shots, perhaps you like dramatic canon divergent stories or interesting AUs - share what tropes/genres you like! 

I am a whore for a fluffly one shot! I have like the worst attention span ever so they always do the trick. I typically steer away from heavier, angsty fics because i feel like we got so much of that in canon so i’m like phew i need a break. however, i do still love those fics sometimes and you big-brained authors out there who write them! to get hyper specific, i LOVEEEEE a sickfic soo much:)

Favourite Gallavich quote?

"I love you....I know.” reallyyyy does something to me

Anything else you’d like to share about yourself?

I write a little! I recently got the courage to actually share it so if you’re interested??? you can find some here on my ao3, moonlight0709!

[7x10mickey]

IAN & MICKEY || SHAMELESS - 10x03