#Mine is mac and dennis from IASIP

[chickpea0]

Everyone put your most out of left field regression headcanon 3 2 1 GO!

[chrliekclly]

maybe the three of us were meant to be best friends...together

[king-lena]

macdennis + watermour parallels (beating each other up)

[someofitwastrue]

IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA

YOU NEED JESUS (YUNG GRAVY & BBNO$)

[gayasslovestory]

DID I MISS SOMETHING? LIKE DID LIAM AND DENNIS FUCK.....AM I INSANE???

[cgtg]

mac and dennis talker from yesterday here!! i think there’s so many funny mac and dennis scenes that are dvkt but in particular i always think of mac and dennis move to the suburbs, such a good one i think it fits them. anyways i love ur art and iasip so i wanted to talk at u!!! have a wonderful day :]

i havent actually gotten 2 that episode yet , the latest ive ever watchd is s9 i think? ive heard ov it tho it sounds fucking great. cant w8. the rewatch im doing atm was to set up for watching the latter half of the show which seems very interesting.

whos ur fav char? i said mine is mac, but i also rlly like charlie. sumtimez i like him more than mac. but its always those 2 hehe

thanks so mch, i have no issue with ppl comin 2 talk @ me about stuff like this its fun heh. have a good day urself take care 🙂

[billpottsismygf]

Season 1 / Season 15 (x)

[astrangerlately]

[goldrushzukka]

after dennis comes out i want an episode abt him and mac (maybe dee too?) and the gay tradition of finding a pop icon to stan over all others where mac develops an instant fascination w taylor swift or whoever and it takes longer for dennis to find someone who really speaks to him but then they're in a gas station or smth and there's some 20 year old lesbian in charge of the playlist and dennis hears gold trans am by kesha for the first time bc she clocked him for the messy bitch of a homosexual he is the second he walked in

[gaydennisreynolds]

Lately I'm seeing tumblr fandom "history" posts about IASIP by emberphantom and sunnyontheside and it's showing a curiosity in me I didn't know I had about this topic. Can you also share about the older Sunny fandom from what you know? I'm only joining since the podcast started so I don't know about the changes. (Sorry if I sound rude, English is not my first lang)

hi anon <3 you don't sound rude don't worry!

I was on sunnyblr the first time around 2014/2015. There were very few active sunnyblr blogs at the time and the show was only up through season 9 so less content to discuss. It was like 10 of us passing around insanity. I remember one of the biggest sunnyblrinas had a url like trashboat and went by the nickname bio or something like that. I can't find their old blog and their fics have been orphaned on a03 so RIP fallen soldier....I've been unsuccessful so far at digging up posts from this time period because all of our old blogs have been deactivated for YEARS (mine included). If anyone has any 2014/2015 sunnyblr era posts please tag me I'd love to see them!

As for what we used to talk about: Mac was known to be gay but it was less salient in our discussions about him (remember he wouldnt come out on the show for several more years at this point) and it was like TABOO to suggest that Dennis might be gay. bisexual, sure. But to "gay Dennis truth" was to be biphobic since he hooks up with women. I'm really glad for that big 180 in thinking because I've always been a gay Dennis truther in my heart.

I don't remember shipping being huge? There were definitely those of us who enjoyed macden and made content for it but most of the blogs just posted like gifs and screen caps with overall less analysis / postulating. I think there was a very real fear of being Cancelled for saying something too nice or pure or w/e about these fucked up characters. I think Tumblr ecosystem is much more accepting and encouraging of "dark" content, which includes exploring amoral characters/subject matter, than it was back then. I don't ever remember CharDee or CharMac being discussed back then either. There was a huge emphasis on Charlie being on the asexual spectrum and it was Discourse Worthy if you wrote him as being sexual in any context. Weirdly enough, I remember Dennis/Dee being more socially acceptable and more frequently discussed. The good old days where incest was fine but speculating about sexuality was NOT (lol /s).

I can't remember any big Discourses or Scandals or hopes for later seasons that we had. Overall, I like this Tumblr better -- it's quiet here, sure, and sometimes we all say wildly OOC things about these insane characters, but i enjoy reading speculation posts and savoring the wide variety of macden content available to me. I like the focus on their fucked up dynamics and trauma backgrounds that we have now. We're all definitely adults and have more coherent thoughts about the content of the show, which is a nice change (I was about 15/16 my first sunnyblr time, as were most of my friends in fandom I think). It's nice to see people pick up on what RCG is trying to do with subtexts and references as opposed to taking things at face value. Older sunnyblr was way more like r/IASIP is today, the more I think about it. Way more rehashing jokes from the show and circle jerking about face value stuff like serial killer Dennis etc.

Glirst was still sooooooo real and all the lesbians have always wanted to fuck him. The one constant for now and for forevermore is that Glenn is sexually attractive and all the sexy ladies woobify his evil character <3

[chrliekclly]

charden is v important to me bcuz they recognize their traumas n each othr...

[freckledennis]

tbh like... when people genderswap mac and dennis and then make them lesbians its so fucking annoying? i’ve never seen anyone ever do that to a lesbian ship! no ones done that to deetress why is it done SO SO SO much to macdennis? 

also with chardee as well, making charlie a woman and making them lesbians really rubs me the wrong way becuase so many people, including myself, see charlie as a trans man and the idea of changing his gender so that he’s then a woman and then a lesbian feels a whole lot like equating trans men to lesbians which is shite.

genderswaps in general just always feel so bad, it’s just such a transphobic concept and i am not down for any of that shit and its fustrating how accepted it is by cis fans lol

[gayasslovestory]

for dtamhd im imagining something a la tends bar where dennis has this explosive yet emotional confession once he reaches his breaking point, and as he's hurling insults at each member of the gang, he finally reaches mac and says "and you, this is all your goddamn fault, you son of a bitch!!" and mac, with all the pity and longing of a kicked puppy asks, "what? how is this my fault?" and dennis, of course, refuses to elaborate, maybe he takes a swing at mac and they're wrestling like dennis just found out mac banged his mom, but in the middle, dennis breaks down into tears, giving us a reveal of what's been going on with him, and then, mac, sitting beside him, asks: "do you want a tissue?" and dennis pauses, staring at him, the rest of the gang looking on in confusion, except for dee, cause she knows what it means, she has all along, and then, in the words of frank, "they plow"

[itsactuallycorrine]

tagged by @bgonemydear--thanks, Brit! 

How many works do you have on AO3?

37!

What’s your total AO3 word count?

266,653

How many fandoms have you written for and what are they?

10 (grouping Star Trek, Star Trek: TOS, and Star Trek: TOS movies into 1). From most works to least:

The 100

Community

The Mindy Project

Agents of SHIELD

From Dusk till Dawn: the series

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Star Trek: The Original Series

Veep

Will & Grace

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone (or, Clarke is a Punk Rocker) (t100, Bellarke)

somehow the beauty will find you (t100, Bellarke)

counting down the hours (t100, Bellarke)

the truth was built to bend (t100, Bellarke)

hope's a burden (or it sets you free) (t100, Bellarke)

Do you respond to comments, why or why not?

I didn’t used to, but as I start writing for smaller or more inactive fandoms, I do like to reply. 

What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?

The first 2 stories of my series the stars came falling on our heads (t100, Bellarke) both end on a very angsty note. I think part one more than part two, but just by a bit. (They also didn’t age. great since they were written pre-s3)

Do you write crossovers? If so what’s the craziest one you’ve written?

I don’t write true crossovers, but in terms of fusion my Crazy Ex-Girlfriend-inspired Community fic The Situation's a Lot More Nuanced Than That was very fun to write (even if it did take me literal years to finish & post chapter 3.)

Have you ever received hate on a fic?

Not out & out hate, but very recently I got a comment along the lines of “This was good but I would’ve done it differently,” and it was the first time I ever received any comment of that kind on a fic in over a decade of writing & posting.

Do you write smut? If so what kind?

Very, very rarely--I only have 1 on AO3 rated E. I’m much more comfortable with either a fade to black or a short, not-too-explicit sex scene

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Yes! I’ve had someone post a fic of mine on Wattpad as their own (although I think that was from FFN, not AO3) and a year or two ago, someone stole one of my t100 fics, changed the names, and reposted it as a Game of Thrones fic. 

Have you ever had a fic translated?

I’ve had someone start translating one of my fics, but I think they only got two chapters in before they gave up. I don’t even remember which one it was, but it was definitely one of my t100 fics.

What’s your all time favorite ship?

My favorite to write is Jeff/Annie from Community--I always go through periods where I don’t think about them at all, but if I rewatch the show or read something, I always fall back into writing them. (There’s more than one reason my otp tag for them is “something always brings me back to you”.) 

My favorite to read depends on my mood. I’m still in my Garashir (DS9) period right now--which is also a lot of fun to write. I’ve got a few WIPs simmering for them still.

What’s a WIP that you want to finish but don’t think you ever will?

I have so many WIPs that I just open up in google docs, read, and then get angry that they haven’t been finished. 

I have 2 I don’t think I ever will get to, no matter how badly I want them, both for MacDennis (IASIP):

does it slip away slow (so you never even notice it’s happening): (title from Merrily We Roll Along) angsty-ish fic starting out in season 14, going back through time, and ending when they meet in high school. I have it completely outlined but every time I go to write it, my brain refuses to cooperate.

Untitled fic where Mac & Dennis argue and Dennis says something along the lines of wishing he’d never met Mac, and then he gets to see what it would be like and how his not being friends with Mac would change things.

What are your writing strengths?

I would hope characterization. That’s definitely where I personally feel strongest, and I put a lot of thought into the characters’ mindsets and personalities. My second would be dialogue.

What are your writing weaknesses?

Exposition! As much as I hate reading dialogue-only, it’s everything in between that I have a hard time with. 

What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?

It would have to be very necessary and I’d have to have it vetted at least once by a native speaker of that language, for sure. I avoid it where I can.

What was the first fandom you wrote for?

....... iCarly. LISTEN...! (I have no excuse; I was 25 at the time.)

What’s your favorite fic that you’ve written?

I Thought I Could Fly Alone (I Can't Even Get Off the Ground) (gen Frankie-centric fic, Community) by a very wide margin. I love Frankie and I love her dynamic with every member of the study group, and this is one that came to me so effortlessly and turned out so well.

I’ll no-pressure tag @crazyassmurdererwall @bellakitse @peglegsjones @bufordtannen @celerylapel @shadesalvarez and anyone else who wants to do it

[billpottsismygf]

Thinking about Mac living with Dennis (and Dee?) while he was studying at Penn, despite not being a student himself

[kimwexlersponytail]