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the gang as texts posts part 10 ?

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"Dennis and Dee Get a New Dad" and I Get Sad About Mac and Charlie's Childhoods

we learn more about mac's dad, aka luther mcdonald, and it's such a great introduction to mac's overarching development throughout the show's run

(deeply analyzing mac's relationship with his dad alert) luther has always been tough on mac cuz, y'know, he’s a criminal and in prison, but it really does seem like he loves mac in his own way. it's always sunny is all about subverting expectations, so they make us think luther's this big scary guy who hates his son, but it’s revealed in later episodes like "mac and charlie die" and "mac kills his dad" that this isn’t always the case. luther somehow ends up in prison again where we see mac do The Dance, and sadly, luther walks out. it really hits deep because i don’t think luther was always the TERRIBLE man he’s painted out to be. though he obviously isn’t the greatest dad, i do think there was a point when he really did love mac, at least to some extent, which makes it all the more painful when he walks out during mac’s dance. all mac ever wanted was his dad's love, but ultimately, he lost luther's love by being authentically himself. luther only wanted to love mac for who he wanted mac to be. now mac tries to be what he thinks other people want from him, all because he thinks that is the only way he will ever be worthy of love

that being said, if luther did at one point actually love mac, then why the FUCK did he name him RONALD

when dennis and dee find out frank might not be their real father, mac and charlie both relate over the fact they have absent father figures. charlie states he doesn't have a father and mac does too. when charlie calls mac out for this not being true as mac does have a father, mac states his father is in prison and has been there his whole life, insinuating the fact mac views himself as fatherless because of this

mac and charlie visit luther in jail, hoping that they might all connect and become sort of like a family

there's something in the way mac and charlie are consistently searching for a father figure together god they make me so

badnew! badnew!

mac caught whimpering in 4K

mac and charlie want to prove themselves to luther so that he'll accept them, ultimately teaching the pair that love is conditional rather than unconditional. this could be part of why mac later on feels the need to prove himself to others in order to earn their love, because he believes love is something to be earned rather than something he deserves

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Please spread the word!!!!

STOP KOSA.

PLEASE CALL YOUR SENATOR.

The above links provide scripts for phone calls and letters/emails you can send if you prefer! PLEASE!!!!

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MAC and CHARLIE in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season 16

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probably this joke has been done before, but--

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“macdennis could happen in season 17” is such an insane sentence it’s been 18 years there’s not going to be macdennis you stupid slut. But what if this time there really is

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Dennis Takes a Mental Health Day trailer

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i think my favorite little sunny dynamic thing is: obviously mac and dennis are in love etc etc but like,,,

dennis likes charlie more than he likes mac

and mac likes charlie more than he likes dennis

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old man yaoi

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ASSHOLE MAC LONG LIVE ASSHOLE MAC

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god bless the show’s costume designer for this fashion choice

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nothing further

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Something about Dennis saying "I am Johnny" instead of "Johnny isn't real" "there is no Johnny"

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ok but dennis’s hands shaking late at night while texting mac as johnny and he tells himself its bc the room is cold or hes stressed but its actually bc its getting more and more difficult to know where dennis ends and johnny begins. when johnnys texting mac all the things he loves about him but its really everything dennis loves about mac. and when mac texts all the things he loves about johnny its all the things he loves about dennis. because dennis made johnny just like him. he wants to be caught by mac because he cant catch himself. he knew from the start it wasnt sustainable. that wasnt the flaw in his plan, it was the climax

when he sees mac texted “gn ily” and for a second he prays mac sent it to his number and not johnnys. but he knows mac didnt bc mac already confessed and dennis said no. so macs trying to move on. when mac texts that and for a brief second dennis debates texting mac “i love u too” from his real number. he knows mac is in his bedroom. he wonders, if he did, how long it would be before he hears footsteps making their way to his door. what would be the first thing mac says as he makes eye contact with johnny for the first time

or when he sends mac to the motel and he sits outside of what he knows for a fact to be macs room. johnny texting excuses as to why hes not there while dennis is just feet away from the door. maybe once or twice he gets his hand on the handle before pulling back. the cold metal burning his skin like holy water hitting a demon (despite nothing about this being holy). sitting in his car in front of the window begging mac to look out the window. to see him. to recognize him. to make the first move bc dennis sure as hell cant

but he never texts “i love you” from his real number and mac never looks out the window and dennis never opens the door. so hes left there knowing exactly where mac is and a pretty good idea of what hes doing but never getting to be as happy as mac. bc mac is texting a fake man hes convinced hes going to have while dennis is texting the very real man hes convinced hes never going to have

always telling himself tomorrow. tomorrow he’ll go to macs bedroom or motel room and confess. lay out his soul and affection. but he can never make tomorrow happen. then mac has to go and tell everyone about johnny. and suddenly its real. mac is in schrodingers box and unknowingly blows it open and the universes collide. text mac and irl mac are one and dennis cant handle it so he doesnt get his grand confession. he gets his exasperated “i am him” but theres people around. he could maybe get his soul out in front of one person (one specific person) but not here at the bar in front of an audience (even if that audience is only one or two people)

so it ends. johnny doesnt exist (at least physically) and now mac knows. everyone pushes it behind them as some scheme abruptly ended as usual. no one pokes or prods at it too much bc why would they. so now that johnnys gone mac isnt tethered to anyone anymore and dennis has to sit through as mac uses his own system against him. so he has to make another elaborate private tactic because being another person is the closest dennis has ever got to being true to himself and mac. dear god he couldnt get anyones help with this because again, his soul only has room for one person. if he doesnt start something else this feeling with sit and sit and fester then die. he already has enough dead things inside of him and one more might start having consequences. he wonders if this is how mac felt all those years. if macs feelings festered and died. maybe he’ll never know

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seeing josh groban’s name just out in the world is so jarring because i forget he’s not a fictional character from it’s always sunny in philadelphia