#Adrian Monk

[lanativite]

[gunlicker-offical]

Like Mr. Monk hating that one other guy who's just like him but just a little to the left. People would assume "those guys are exactly alike, they must be friends" but no they hate each others guts

People, there's "diversity" in "neurodiversity"

You know when someone goes "Oh, you're autistic? You should meet my buddy Ronathon he's autistic you'll love him he's great" and you meet him and he's the fucking worst

[mismess]

Mr. Monk goes to Walmart

[the-maddened-hatter]

Honestly Monk was SUCH a good show for me to see as a young teen I'm ngl. Like yeah, it's not an overly accurate representation of OCD and I'm sure there's things that probably didn't age very well, but OH MY GOD can you even comprehend how amazing it was to get to see a canonically disabled, ND, and, more specifically, PROFOUNDLY ANXIOUS badass main character when you're a freshly diagnosed autistic & anxious young 12-13 year old with the only real advice from a crappy psychiatrist being to "learn to step out of your comfort zone or consider beginning prescription medications."

To get to see "do it scared" depicted in cinematic action in both heroic and relatively mundane contexts. A touch-averse, routine adhering, socially awkward, sensory issue having character as a SMART AND COURAGEOUS PROTAGONIST!

Hell, it was pretty amazing (for me at least) to see a character use those disinfectant handwipes every episode! I have severe food allergies and I have to carry a pack or canister with me for when I need to eat in town or when I've had to go into a grocery store and now that there's a pandemic and food allergies are rather more of an understood issue it's not all that weird a thing to have, but at the time it was definitely yet another step apart from peers and by god was it awesome to see a (again, smart and awesome) character use them too, even if it wasn't for quite the same reasons.

There's things that took longer to germinate too (and tbh still are).

That you don't owe people being "normal and easy". Yes, you have to be cognizant of their needs, boundaries, and how your behavior affects them, but it's still okay to need help and to do things in odd ways and have unusual needs.

That sometimes you're going to fail, do things badly, not be able to be as reasonable as you logically know you should. That logic can't always beat fear even when it should, and that it doesn't make YOU a failure, it means you have to try again another time or try differently.

And that sometimes people aren't as good for you as they seem, no matter how much history you have, and it hurts, it truly does, but sometimes it leads you to connect, by pure chance, with a compassionate stranger, and time will make the disparities between them clearer to the point that when you look back you don't know how you ever thought they were your ally just because they put up with your problems

[abbycadoodle]

🎶it's a jungle out there (ft. snoop dogg)🎶

[looking-for-wisdom]

the “putting that man in situations” crowd on this website would love Adrian Monk.

Incomplete list of situations™️ he’s been in:

Got amnesia and had a random woman lie to him that they’re married

A method actor got so into imitating him that he convinced himself he actually was Monk, making Monk have to talk him down from killing a man to avenge Monk’s dead wife

Was buried alive

Thought his dead wife was alive when some woman decided to steal her identity/pretend to be her

Got jury duty and had to solve a murder from the deliberation room (it was not the case he was on the jury for)

Temporarily blinded

Got gaslit by an entire hotel of people to think he was insane

Tortured by a dentist

Tried to collect the entire city of San Francisco’s garbage while the sanitation workers were on strike (planned to drive the entire truck into the bay)

Trapped in a cave

[dibbs-n-scribbs]

I think I’ve genuinely gone insane

[mr-stottlemonk]

[x]

[meridibu]

Adrian making sure Leland doesn't miss any spot ☝️

[inadequate-nefelibata]

#literally babygirl

Tony Shalhoub as Adrian Monk in MONK (2002) | S5E11: Mr. Monk Makes a Friend

[mushroomwriter]

You know, when Karen and I were having trouble last year, we went to a marriage conselour, a guy named Mosely. Decent guy. He didn't help us much, but I'm sure Karen has the number.

MONK 2x04 Mr. Monk Goes to the Circus

[overlordneptune]

Ughhhh that awkward moment when the Captain of the San Francisco Police Department's Homicide Division kisses your cheek and you’re a germaphobe so ew gross but also it’s kinda okay??? And you have a dead wife you’re not ready to part with but like it’s low-key kinda nice??? Sharona wipe please.

…STOTTLEMONK TRUTHERS COME GET Y’ALL FOOD!!!!!1!1!!1!1

I thought I’d share this doodle I made instead of studying for my test in light of Monk being taken off Netflix tomorrow. To lighten the mood. I’m really sad about that btw.

[mismess]

Quack

[wokemindvirusmd]

I ❤️ Monk

Old man yaoi 4EVER

[abbycadoodle]

goofy ah detective