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the reynolds - i think the apple's rotten right to the core

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guys what…. iasip uquiz??… noooo…. https://uquiz.com/N0VmZx

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WHERE is the episode where Dee and Mac (arguably the most competitive dynamic in the group) have a crush on the same guy and try to impress him whilst simultaneously trying to one-up each-other until he gets a restraining order against them and they egg his car.

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Soulmates.

I was in a discord server earlier, and we got to talking about the Yellowjackets as soulmates, and I thought I'd share those thoughts here, just a nice little put together catalogue of all those thoughts put together. I might add to this, too, as more pairings and relationships come to me.

For the record, I want to point out that I think that all of these characters are soulmates, far beyond ship dynamics, far beyond romance. What makes up the insides of one makes up the insides of the others because they are all the same: teenage girls trapped in either growing or decaying bodies. Their souls are all mated to the others in some way or another.

Tai and Van are a pair. Two separate souls that are a part of a matched set, like socks. They can be worn mismatched, certainly, but they really are at their best together. Tai gives Van a purpose. Van calms Tai's "demons." They can exist without each other, live without each other, love without each other, but they just are at their best together.

Lottie and Nat are that sort of star-crossed soulmates, doomed soulmates. There's a red string of fate but its severed somewhere in the middle. They can be good for each other, laugh and smile and hold each other close. They can be the worst of each other, holding knives to each other's throats, laughing in the face of it. They're the epitome of a missed chance. What kind of missed chance? That's up for you to decide.

Misty and Nat are the kind of soulmates that don't seem like they'd match, but they work so good together. The believer and the skeptic (though who is who changes with the circumstance, the belief, the skepticism). Orange and blue. Salt and sweet. Chaotic good and lawful evil. They're diametrically opposed but in a way that makes sense, in a way that works together. They each feed off of what makes the other their opposite. One is running, the other is chasing. Of course one would die at the hand of the other.

Lottie and Laura Lee are the kind of soulmates where each thinks they are the worshipper while the other is the god. A prophet, a believer, a worship under the sun. Souls that just burn brighter around each other (and that pun was unintentional the first time but very intentional with the emphasis). Both want to help the other. Both want to hold the other. They are belief without boundaries personified. Each is Icarus. Each is the sun.

Tai and Shauna are soulmates in a way that recognizes "That is my person." Two people that have so much in common, who understand each other, who both recognize the want in the other. They have an understanding and a care for each other that's fierce. I see you, you see me, ad it might not be pretty, but we will be honest with each other. Especially as the two of them have aged; time has not erased their understanding of one another.

Jackie and Nat are soulmates in a way that isn't explored a lot in the show but has been discussed, from what I've seen, really well. Foils. Two sides of the same coin. Opposites. Rich girl, poor girl. Prude, slut. There are certain stereotypes around both of them that, from a glance, seem to play out. One only needs to look deeper to really see it. Unfortunately, from the show, we never really see the two of them see past their expectations of each other.

Jackie and Shauna. Two heads, one heart. I don't know where you end and I begin and all that. We've been there, we've done that. We know it by heart. They're not a pair because a pair implies separation, and there is none. You can cut out your heart, and you can even replace it, but it's never the same. They're two shattered halves of the same fucked up whole. When one piece is gone, the hole cannot be filled properly ever again. There are some species of worms that, when worm cut in half, can keep living as two separate entities. That does not negate the fact that it was once one whole creature. They're unhealthy together. They're unnatural apart. One did not live long enough to remedy either of these facts.

(If Jackie's heart was still beating, I know it would beat in time with Shauna's. I hope Shauna ate it to feel it beat with hers one last time.)

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i love to 👍 i'm a thumbs-upper in real life and online

peak of simplistic silent communication to me

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"It's a shame 'cause you've been looking so great lately. So sexy!"

I have so much to say about this scene oh my god.

Starting with the fact Mac is just casually watching shirtless men workout on TV. But this scene is SUCH good proof that Dennis 100% knows what he's doing, aka nurturing Mac's dependence on him, aka literally using the SINNED system on Mac right before our eyes.

The use of the word "sexy" here is so interesting to me, because Dennis could've used so many other words to describe how he views Mac's physical form. He could've said Mac's been looking so strong, or ripped, or tough, or manly, but instead he lands on the word sexy. And he says it so deliberately!! He knows it's the best word to describe Mac. It's the most effective word he could use to convince Mac to go back to the cult, because if Mac is in the cult getting fit and not eating Thin Mints, then Dennis will think he's sexy. We can tell Dennis' verbiage works too because of the way Mac cocks his head. He's almost surprised at the descriptive use of the word "sexy." He straightens his posture. "Oh, Dennis thought I was sexy?"

Mac is visibly upset at the notion that Dennis is disappointed in him. This is such an obvious use of Dennis praising and then withholding praise from Mac. Dennis is fully aware that in giving the dog a bone, Mac will do whatever it takes to earn the more significant prize. Dennis allows Mac a fragment of his praise because he knows in doing so Mac will believe it's possible to earn more. Mac knows what it feels like to earn Dennis' affections and now he wants nothing more than to have that back. If Mac can please Dennis just enough, he might be praised by Dennis again.

The absurdity comes in later seasons when Mac follows Dennis at his heels like a lost puppy, desperate for Dennis' love and affection, and Dennis acts as if he didn't purposefully and meticulously train this man to act this way. Dennis Reynolds truly is a bastard man.

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Mac who is constantly trying to affirm who he is, rationalize his identity, label himself. Dennis who hides behind a mask, recoils at the notion of being truly known, gets off on having a different name. Mac who is goofy and boyish; loves karate, texts in abbreviations, thrives on chaos. Dennis who is haughty and sensitive; craves quiet but settles for intervals of unfettered rage, thrives on the illusion of being in control. One is doting to a fault, the other spits vitriol because he can’t admit how much he needs to be doted on. Mommy and daddy issues. Homoerotic subtext. They want to kill each other (they’d both die if separated). They’re unhappily married (they’re blissfully divorced, three times over). All of their disguises together hinge on their life partnership because sometimes they lie so much, they accidentally tell the truth. They’re able to afford a two bedroom apartment in a major city but somehow upon occasion, there’s only one bed—every few years like clockwork, there is only one bed, and always for a uniquely ridiculous reason. A chess set on the dining room table, and Twister on the living room shelf. Muscle shirts and button ups. Florals and flannels. Monthly dinners. Erotic nightmares. They’re both broken in ways where if you were to fit their pieces together, they wouldn’t exactly line up. RCG, I’m in your walls.

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the gang as text posts part 11

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it's always sunny in philadelphia is no way an underground indie show but feels like it. feels too niche to be mainstream. too unpacked. so many little moments that worth a life in the eyes of a couple of dozens of queer people. love and hate's flirty blur, the narrative of not suffering alone but with the only family that accepts you, understanding that it is a curse to be this codependent but knowing it's the only thing worth seizing, homoeroticism lurking behind every single character's relationship with each other. how did this show survive till now. a beautiful cockroach smoking a cigarette in her ruin balcony watching the flames grow bigger

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slut of the year!

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the gang as texts posts part 10 ?

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NEVER WAS A CLOUDY DAY! ☀️💃🪩🕺

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Charlie and Dennis loving Mac's silliness

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Late seasons charmac is insane to me because it's not uncommon for your childhood best friend to become a stranger but the kicker is they see each other EVERY DAY and they are so fed up with each other ('sometimes I wish you wouldn't make everything so difficult!' 'sometimes I wish you would just dissappear!' But they still Get each other so intrinsically (eg. The episode where they go searching for family heirlooms and they meet Mac's uncle who is everything Mac ever wanted in a family member yet Mac rejects him anyways and Charlie just keeps saying that it's everything Macs ever wanted because he Knows that and he still does want Mac to have something like that because he does still care about him a lot)

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iasip seasons rated by how much the gang Performs

season 1: because it was the first season, rcg were not yet ready to fully embrace their theater kid selves. disappointing lack of performance unless you count “boys are out tonight, huh?” but I do not because dennis is just like that. 0/10

season 2: limited performance. the gang makes an offensive video to terrorize their israeli neighbor (the nature of which docks performance points), dee and artemis do street acting. charlie sings both “I got the good lord going down on me” and “rock flag and eagle” but neither of these are particularly notable as the only audience is members of the gang. 1/10

season 3: it is clear that rcg realized that they were staying on air and began to embrace their passion for performance. this season gifts us with chemical toilet as well as the iconic first rendition of “dayman” (while both from a terrible episode, they get bonus points for the intensity with which glenn displays his slutty bottomness). mac displays his sick karate moves and pretends to go down on dennis. charlie shows everyone the white hot cream of an eighth grade boy with a fully choreographed dance. the first season with true performance. 5/10

season 4: the season begins with a lack of performance, picking up with mac and dennis self-inserting themselves as sodomites in their colonial america story. however, in the last episode rcg do what may well be the most iconic episode of sunny with the nightman cometh. between “tiny boy,” “troll toll” “dayman,” and charlie’s proposal, this episode provides a full performance in the form of a musical. extra points are added by the fact that rcgkd performed the nightman cometh as an actual live musical on tour afterwards. 9/10 thanks to the nightman cometh.

season 5: charmacden perform their birds of war song in which glenn demonstrates yet again that he has in fact ridden dick. arguably hugh and vic count as a performance as well. dennis and dee both briefly are in an m night movie. overall mediocre amount and quality of performance. 4/10

season 6: technically this has the first mention of lethal weapon but that one doesn’t even count because of the horrible nature of the entire thing. dee performs for some high schoolers. overall disappointing lack of performance. 1/10

season 7: arguably their most performative season not only in quantity but also quality. frank reynolds’ little beauties includes not only the opening number with iconic gay outfits and dancing, but also dee’s “moms suck” song and charmacden joining in with the yankee doodle performance. dee plays the role of a grieving mother to scam her way out of getting audited, assisted by dennis putting chili pepper in her eyes. the season ends with the gang’s revenge of performing at their high school reunion which gifts us not only with their elaborately choreographed vision of their dance, but also the realistic one that ended up happening. excellent content 10/10

season 8: not much in the way of singing, entire lack of dancing, a couple acting moments. dennis pretends to be brian lefevre along with dee and mac as prudence and vic. dennis sings wind beneath my wings to mac in front of an entire restaurant which adds a bonus point for being gay. 1.5/10

season 9: this season brings about some iconic performances but also some regrettable ones. dee performs stand up, charlie sings his paddy’s pub song, charlie performs the ever-iconic go fuck yourselves which in itself is worth several points, the gang practices for their boyz ii men audition, the gang performs motown philly for some hospital staff. unfortunately this season is also home to lethal weapon, which objectively should add performance points for being a full movie but I’m in charge here and I say it takes away points. overall pretty solid season with a downfall in the racism. 8/10

season 10: no performances. sad. 0/10

season 11: meh performance-wise this season. dee acts in a smut film, frank appears as the iconique ongo gablogian, mac discovers his passion for musical theater on the cruise ship. 3/10

season 12: begins strongly right off the bat with an entire musical episode, showcasing that rcg truly do the most in writing, learning choreography, and performing musical numbers whenever possible. dennis and charlie strip, unfortunately. dennis gives a horribly acted performance in which he pretends to be heterosexual and not deeply in love with mac in the finale. 9/10 for the musical episode alone.

season 13: starts off with no performance only for the finale to give us rob mcelhenney’s gift to the gays, a beautifully choreographed 5-minute coming out dance sequence that I still cannot watch without crying. rob said gay rights and wanted us to know we’re appreciated and so he did the absolute most by getting into crazy shape and training for months to learn ballet and then did That. mac finds his pride was unspeakably beautiful and profound and shows not only how much rob loves the gays, but how much he loves to perform. 1000000/10