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genuinely what is wrong with shameless fans on tik tok have they never heard of nuance in their lives or

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Even if Mickey had never come back, none of Ian’s relationships in the show or even after would’ve worked out long term because Mickey is the only person that truly knows Ian and he’s the only one that Ian could ever truly be himself around.

Ian changed himself to fit into a mold of what he felt Caleb & Trevor wanted. He wanted to hide the ugly parts of his life from them. To Ian, these shiny new relationships that were separated from the South Side and his past, were a way to hide those ugly parts of his life from himself. He wanted to move on from his past and every thing that happened in seasons 4 and 5. And he also wanted a better life for himself than what he’d had, because Ian’s always been ambitious and always wanted a way out from where he was. To Ian, a relationship with a “normal” guy who didn’t grow up like him was a way to do that.

But because of this he was never his full true self around them. He was always just playing a part for them (and himself) and keeping the things he wanted hidden, hidden. Through that he was able to hide things from himself too.

But Mickey grew up with him. Mickey’s life was just as messy, if not more so, than Ian’s. He understands Ian better than anyone. He saw first hand all the messy parts of Ian and still loved him. Even with all his insecurities that stemmed from his diagnosis, Ian never felt like he had to hide himself or change himself around Mickey. He was always just himself.

Even though it’s Mickey who says “I don’t do normal, Gallagher,” the truth is - neither does Ian. A “normal” relationship never would’ve satisfied Ian long term.

If Mickey had never come back Ian would’ve continued to do this with every new guy he dated and they all eventually would’ve ended because of this. Mickey is the only person that he doesn’t have to act with. He’s always able to just be himself.

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We don't talk about how Frank bringing monica back into the kids' lives was likely a purposeful manipulation tactic. He often uses the fact that monica comes and goes as a way to one up in arguments. They hate monica more because "at least Frank stuck around."

Monica had every right to leave imo, Frank forced her to keep fiona and literally hand cuffed her to the bed to stop her from aborting Carl. If monica had left and never came back no one would hate her nearly as much ( u can imagine it as she stayed up till liams born or that she just stops coming back for liam my point it still the same.) It's because she comes back and messes things up again and again that adds salt to the wound. Every time she leaves again, it pushes the kids closer to Frank.

Frank seeks validation in being a father. Making sure he's the favourite parent, disregarding fiona, is a good way to get that. He brings her back when he's feeling insecure

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i don’t care how fangirl i sound this is the prettiest ian scene in season 1

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for the hot take thingie- kev was a terrible husband who had abusive and DV vibes and for a second one- they treated svetlana TERRIBLE and she deserved so much better

i don’t think that only kev was terrible, both kev and v were pretty bad husband and wife to each other. they should’ve never gotten married. like, they had a whole arc where they cheated on eachother, TWICE! i feel like the writers just kind of gave up on them towards the end. they were a great couple and so strong at the beginning of the series, and then they just got progressively more toxic. also this is kind of off topic but i HATE that kev proposed to v at ian’s wedding. 😒anyways…

i fully agree with the statement that svetlana deserved better. they had a right to be mad when she tricked them into signing the paperwork for the bar, but they kind of did that to themselves. svetlana was way too smart for them and evidently, they got too insecure, especially v. she called ice on svet too? for what? taking the bar you were BARELY taking care of on your own? i was pretty upset about that. i also never liked the whole thing where v was in love with svetlana. it’s just so out of character for her to love anyone else besides kev. but anywho, im really glad svet got the ending she wanted and deserved but kev and v were so bitter to her toward the end of it. all she wanted was a better life.

nice takes btw!! i don’t see many people talk about how unhappy kev and v’s married was. especially on kevs part.

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What you and I have makes me free

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I could talk about how important the s10 marriage certificate storyline was and how important it was for Mickey to stand his ground and walk away from Ian outside Byron’s house and how that was ultimately a good thing for their dynamic for HOURS I swear to god

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gentle reminder that ian is attracted to this man ☺️🎀

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"Why does Ian not believe Mickey loves him after everything they have been through?" Because Ian has a mental illness, and mental illnesses tend to lie to you

"But Mickey loves him"

He knows that. He genuinely knows that. But, again, his brain is lying to him. I don't have bipolar disorder, but I do have other conditions, and I can say 100% that when your brain doesn't work correctly, it tends to flip out and think people hate you. Or that people won't like you when you're having an episode. It convinces you that you are a bad person, that you are unlovable, and circumstances outside your control can just compound that. Ian IS loved, his best friend is his older brother Lip, he has friends and colleagues that respect him and even followers for a while. But he also grew up in a home with a largely absent mother and an abusive father* who mentally, emotionally and physically lashed out at him. Those circumstances just make the inherited risk factor he has coming from Monica even worse.

Mickey is hurt and confused that Ian thinks like that. Has he not proven time and time again he's fiercely, deeply in love with his redhead? He sure has, and he's demonstrated so many vurnerable parts of his psyche to him. So to hear Ian suddenly question his love for him, when Ian MEANS it to mean 'are you sure you love all parts of me, including the parts that are unwell?', it just feels like a slap in the face. I let you under my skin, man, how much will it take to prove it?

It's neither man's fault. And thankfully Ian realises that no matter what, he loves Mickey and can't do without him, and Mickey is just as willing to get back together. Neither are bad people in this regard. Both are entitled to their feelings. I just feel that, for all the praise Mickey's character gets, not enough people really pick up on the side-effects of Ian's disorder, including that horrible little feeling that no-one really likes you and they're just being polite/they are lying to you.

(*I mean Frank. I KNOW technically Clayton is Ian's biological father, but Ian rejected this information and Frank seems to have forgotten it as well to put things back the way they were. If everyone is keen to throw that information away and never bring it up again, I see no reason to split hairs either)

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“guess what we’ve been doing, daddy! we’ve been fucking! and i take it! he gives it to me good and hard and i fucking like it!”

mickey took ian home and they had insane NASTY sex I JUST KNOW IT—

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my roman empire is whatever the heck shameless writers were on when writing ian’s lover interests after mickey’s incarceration. if they wanted us to hate him (as if) why did they make his partners so shitty to him? like caleb told ian to grow up cause ian was worried not getting the job due to his bipolar??? caleb saying ‘push past it’ like bro you are so damn privileged to think a mental illness is something you can just brush off like that, what are we taking meds for when we have our lord and saviour caleb saying it’s no big deal!

and trevor giving no shit that ian was having an episode? oh ian you seem off your meds you alright mate? no? oh okay i don’t give a fuck i tried keep it up you do you i was just your boyfriend and work as a freaking social service i surely know that ignoring the problem and getting angry at someone mentally unstable is the way to go!

they wrote all that without gallavich being endgame in mind, did they hate ian that much??? only one who never got scared to stop ian (the knife scene, the funeral, the guns) and insists he needs meds (pushing him on the wall so he wouldn’t leave, suggesting to call the cops on him so force his recovery, calming him down during hallucinations, not making him feel ashamed for them, getting him meds and so on) has always been mickey and only mickey.

they saw each others at their worst and their best and thought yeah i wanna spend the rest of my life with this person???????????

i wonder if they would have made ian end up miserable with someone who doesn’t care about his mental health if mickey didn’t come back??? god to be a fly on the wall in that writing room

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Mickey Milkovich In 3x08 Where There’s A Will

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Ian teaching Mickey to drive: Okay, you're driving and Lip and Carl walk into the road. What do you hit? Mickey: Lip, obliviously Ian, rubbing his temples: No, Mick. The brakes. You hit the brakes

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"It's just an episode of TV."

WRONG. It's my entire personality.

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in honor of the his new instagram post WE WON

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gallavich olympic au where mickey is just the turkish guy with the gun