#the mcfly family

[martymcflyboy]

Thinking about how Marty probably has the most adorable little tiny sneeze and it embarrasses the heck outta him

[spirits-having-flown]

Michael J. Fox Icons (2/?)

[knickynoo]

Nobody gets it right when MJF talks about destiny

Family Ties 02x17 "Double Date" & Back to the Future

[texaschainsawmascara]

Michael J Fox on his wife, Tracy Pollan

Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (2023)

[stouijen]

We need more appreciation for Einie!!!

Guys, I have nothing to draw 😟

[cheriboms]

doctober day 6: ticking time bomb

pov your teenager is an inevitable accident waiting to happen (no, literally)

[henry-the-queer-artist]

characters who should be your favorite because reasons #1: george mcfly (bttf)

within this 2 hour film/musical george mcfly managed to:

-meet his son from the future who wasn't even born at that point

-fall out of a tree

-ride a bike

-down an entire chocolate milk in one go

-ask lorraine to go to the dance (she didn't answer)

-dance terribly at a party

-punch a rapist

-get the cutest girl in school despite being mostly a loser

-write a novel

-become a dilf

musical only:

-get an entire holiday about him

thank you there will be more of these

[bmobepip]

16 magazine, michael j. fox ...what you didn't know! thought you knew it all about mike-the-fox? 16's uncovered seventeen sizzlin' secrets!

[moxxpoxx]

thinking about marty mcfly just a little too hard and now suddenly back to the future is a psychological horror film

[its-flame-art]

“what?”

“you’re George Goof!”

“yeah. who are you?”

[rottenhavec]

Can we talk about how fucking gross the back to the future fandom can get when it comes to incest? Like. I can't even search up George Mcfly without some nasty shit about him and his LITERAL. SON. Popping up. I've blocked so many tags

[marthamydearposts]

Michael J. Fox (1985)

[butchedgarfrog]

back to the funnies

[knickynoo]

You know, as I listened to the BTTF Minute podcast before, they got into a discussion about George and Lorraine's relationship in the Twin Pines timeline that I really liked.

In the episode, they're breaking down the McFly dinner scene and focusing in on when Lorraine is telling the story of how she and George met. And this is a scene I've mentioned in a post or two before, because it's just so sad. You can tell that Lorraine is still so in love with George—or at least in love with the version of him who kissed her on the dance floor that night. Her face brightens as she talks, and you can just hear the fondness in her voice. She's that young girl again, hopeful and in love and smitten with this guy who she helped care for when he was hurt.

But then the tone changes. She's brought back to reality—to a husband who is so wrapped in his own world that he doesn't even acknowledge her. He's facing away from her, eyes glued to the TV, unaware of the loving glance being directed his way. He doesn't even respond when she asks him if he remembers the night of that terrible thunderstorm.

All of a sudden, Lorraine is slapped in the face with reality. She's drained of that hope, and in its place is the realization that she's stuck with George. Stuck in a lonely marriage. Stuck in a life that young girl never would have pictured for herself.

Anyway, this is where I really liked the commentary the podcast hosts, Nick and Scott, gave regarding the scene.

In talking about George, they point out, "He never had to try. He never had to fight for her," and, "Literally, he got run over by love."

Which I think condenses the situation very well. George was hit by a car, carried into the Baines house, and all the groundwork was instantly laid for him. Lorraine fell head over heels for this poor, injured, awkward guy and established their relationship herself. George didn't have to fight; his dream girl was handed to him. And for someone like George, who is already very much a wallflower and doesn't stand up for himself or anyone else, it made it all that much easier to let his marriage go stale. Take Lorraine for granted, in a way.

Then, Scott got to talking about how George and Lorraine were brought together on accident and by an accident. It was George accidentally falling from the tree and then the literal being hit with a car accident that led him to Lorraine. And he goes on to say,

"Which, in a lot of ways, that's kind of what the movie's about, in that they fell in love with an accident, and it's just like, oh, love shouldn't be an accident. Love should be something that you earn and work for."

And like. Idk, I've been thinking about that all afternoon. Just. About the trilogy's whole message (to me, at least) boiling down to love, which I've made many a post about on this blog. But it's so true. Everything in these movies comes down to and is directed by love.

Marty's love for his parents. His love then helping to shape George and Lorraine's love. Marty's love for Doc, and Doc's love for Marty, and the way they are constantly saving each other and willing to sacrifice themselves. Doc's love for Clara. Marty's love for Jennifer. Marty's love for his siblings. The movie's "theme song" being "The Power of Love."

The movies wouldn't work if all these characters took the more passive approach. If they all grew comfortable and complacent like Twin Pines George is shown to be.

I dunno, it's just been ringing in my head for hours. Love shouldn't be an accident.

[vertigoartgore]

Lea Thompson as Lorraine Baines McFly in Back to the Future.

[cheriboms]

doctober day 7: family

aka 3 brothers just hangin out ^_^

bonus (dedicated to all of the older siblings who got outgrown):