#( ◇ thread: dennis )

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the pitt on twitter pt 6 (part 5 | masterlist)

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14.02 / 15.08 / 16.07

Mac making his own decisions, because Dennis told him to.

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and none of them knew why he came or stayed or who he was or ever acted like they cared.

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Queer Books for Pride Month:

"All The Painted Stars" by Emma Denny

This is book two from The Barden Series and if you like badass lesbians, pretending to be knights in the 14th century, this one's definetly for you.

Presonally, I loved every second of this book.

Watching Lily and Jo go from friends to lovers was so hearwarming and touching. Their characters are incredibly distinct and well-rounded. They have good chemistry and play off each other really well.

The book is also written so beautifully and sometimes even poetically.

And I loved the journey of both characters finding their own happiness and figuring out how they want to live their lives.

I would recommend reading One Night in Hartswood first, even though this can be read as a stand-alone. It'll help fill out the blanks and give more context to the story.

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i also wanna believe for my own selfish purposes we might get some good deetress outta them 🥲

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"You know, I really think we could benefit from having our own version of Groundhog Day here. Find some sort of creature we can ask once a year if winter is over or not." Denny looked up from his phone - even though it was useless he still found himself scrolling through various notes and photos daily. "What do you think?"

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who: aiko and denny / @backmaskcd

where: the lake party

"there you are!" aiko's visibly excited when she spots denny, rushing across the area to get to him. she looks like she can hardly contain herself, a little squeal leaving her lips. "i wanted to tell you first -- i signed up to perform today!"

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"Alright. Being a half demon or whatever is fun and all but I don't wanna deal with anymore bullcrap right now. There's enough going on in my life and I don't need more stuff to deal with."

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"We've pulled off the highway, and onto a dirt road. We're sitting side by side on the hood. It's so warm. When you imagine the stars are a far away, upside-down city at night they seem more important. I learned that trick from him, but he's better at it."

— Dennis Cooper, 'My Loose Thread'

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Opinions on Charlie woobification? Also, do you think the fandom woobifies Dennis (too much)?

A few people have sent me asks about my thoughts on Dennis being woobified in the fandom and I’ve failed to answer them (sorry). Not for lack of interest on the subject, it’s just hard to answer. I think, though, answering this Charlie question in the same ask might make it easier to explain my thoughts on this.

When we talk about the fandom we’re generally talking about the people here, a couple hundred people on Twitter, maybe some Instagram stans(?) and tend to ignore the million (1,000,000)+ people on the subReddit and the huge chunk of people on Facebook and casual Twitter who are constantly, continually pushing a narrative that these characters have no depth, and thus their characterisation is what we see on the surface and nothing more. I think the one time it’s probably important not to ignore those people as fans of the show is when it comes to woobification.

Because at a surface level, the people who are consuming this show as a comedy and making posts that exhibit their takes/opinions on these characters to the majority of people portray the characters very simply: Charlie is an idiot and the best member of the Gang, in every sense of the word, and Dennis is a mere representation of toxic masculinity to a psychopathic degree. And those opinions are the loud majority.

So any discussion in our minority section of the fandom that woobifies Charlie or Dennis operates within and on top of the general narrative of the public perception (“face value”) of the characters. Woobification of Charlie, then, almost always further infantilises the majority of his traits to contribute to the idea that he’s not a bad guy and doesn’t deserve the position he’s in in life, while woobification of Dennis mostly works to counteract the idea that he’s a cold-blooded psychopath.

In a way, I think you have to woobify Dennis to a degree in order to properly understand his character (and Glenn makes that clear). Do some people take it too far? When it gets into the realm of genuinely somehow believing he’s not a bad person, absolutely, but in over a decade of Sunnyblr posts, I think I’ve seen that conclusion once, maybe twice. I really don’t think any post that’s diving into how Dennis' actions reflect his insecurities and trauma is ever speaking ignorant of the rest of his character, and that normally seems clear to the majority of people because rarely, if ever, does a dive into Dennis woobification cause fans to understand the character worse than they understood him at face value.

Whereas, with Charlie, you constantly do see this. Posts and threads and fights between fans arguing up and down that Charlie is better than the rest of them: he’s the smartest, actually, he means to do good, he shouldn’t be lumped in with the rest of them as sexual predators... People in this fandom genuinely argue that you are a *better person* if you’re a Charlie stan, that Charlie ships are softer, more moral, than toxic Dennis ships. The result of Charlie woobification seems to often make people less media literate about the character (and the show as a whole if we’re being real) than they would be if they just watched at face value.

They’re all morally despicable characters.

TL;DR: Due to the face value perceptions of the characters, woobification is an almost necessary tool for better exploring and understanding Dennis under his surface, while it really only exacerbates an annoying surface-level understanding of Charlie

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Edgar: women are hot

Edgar: men are hot

Edgar: non-binary people are hot

Edgar: why is everyone so fucking hot?!

Locke: global warming?

Edgar: that's- that's not- well I mean technically yes, but-

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Hey hey hey! I managed to get Chapter 2 of Severed Threads in just under the wire! I wrote part of it last week, but then the Body Hates Me thing kicked in and I couldn't write for several days. Today is a day off, so I got it whipped out.

If you're just joining in, Severed Threads is a prequel to a prequel to a written story. It's the first in the series, so you can hop on in without any knowledge of the other stories. It's going to be novella length, and is absolutely free. I'll eventually release a hard copy edition on Amazon for cheap as well, in case you're like me and like to hold books and turn pages.

Anyhow, this is only chapter 2, so there's not a ton of catch up to do. The action is just getting started.

Severed Threads is a story set in the Philadelphia offices of the FBI. It centers around Ian Maynard, who is struggling in his relationship with Abby and Dennis McCartney. His best friends -- one of whom is an expert in polyamory -- are trying to help Ian see that his relationship is not the healthy one that he thinks it is.

Will they succeed, or will Ian burn himself out trying to make Abby and Dennis happy?

Check. it. out. !!! :)

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now i Really need to know what a Ghost Bath is in this world, because its real and i bet its awesome.

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Queer Books for Pride Month:

"One Night in Hartswood" by Emma Denny

You don't see many queer books set in 14th century. And this one did this so well, you can really feel like you've traveled back in time.

The book leaves you with a lot of warm feelings and wishing for more.

The relationships dynamics are quite interesting and focus on different aspects and kinds of love.

The main characters give us a classic grumpy and sunshine dynamic. And both Penn and Raff are really lovable.

The books has a lot of fun and cute moments, but it also touches on the subjects of sociatel pressure and expectations.

And to top it all of we get many amazing tropes, such as friends to lovers, huddling for warmth and hidden identities, that are expertly done and do not disappoint.

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ok my HC is dee has trich. she like 100% has trich. and it started out as the kind where u like eat the hair too so as a kid she gets a hairball in her stomach and dennis NEVERRRR lets her live it down and so she starts pulling in more discreet places and like tweezing her leg hair off instead of just shaving it….. yeah