#I researched couches for this

[cosmic-pindrops]

MB: 'Hmm I wonder if ART could stab someone with those'

ARTdrone: 😈

(Close up under the cut)

[existingingrey]

Nothing much just wanted to drop these here

[lokh]

HA I WAS RIGHT!!! apparently kui said in a modern au laios would be a minimum wage retail worker

[why-the-heck-not]

29.06.23, thursday

I had a presentation today, and there's nothing (and I mean nothing) I hate more than those, so as a treat I made the rest of the day real cozy. Baked bread & listened to podcast while cleaning my apartment; good chill times

[sunnykeysmash]

the structure in mac and dennis break up

this is gonna be a short post tbh, I just rewatched the episode and I have a couple of thoughts.

if you need a refresher on what I think the structure is in general, I talk about it here.

I think Mac and Dennis Break Up shows us an example of Mac and Dennis (and Charlie and Frank) working properly in regards to the structure, let me explain why:

First... I don't think there's a need for me to describe the plot of the episode, we all know.

What I want to focus on, is that at one point Mac moves in with Frank and Charlie, and starts bringing his way of life to them.

At first, Frank is thrilled.

"I could use a little structure in my life here." he says.

This reminds me of dialogue from Carries a Corpse.

"Nobody admit this to Mac, but... I feel like he was carrying a ton of weight."

"That would be another one of his annoying identities... the man who could carry stuff."

He's been shown carrying Dennis, on top of generally being inclined to micromanage, take care of others so they're safe, and make decisions or at least demand to be consulted in them (like which movie to watch on movie night).

That's when Mac works best, so I assume that Mac generally brings structure (or is a man of action, as he describes it).

Later on, we see Mac take this too far, and Frank doesn't like it anymore. To me, this is because what this episode tells us is that Charlie and Frank don't work well with a set structure, the way that Mac provides. They're more free.

I think this reading is important because it shows me why The Gang Gets Romantic fundamentally fails in its objective (not as an episode god forbid, I mean in the narrative, especially for Mac and Dennis).

It applies the romcom structure to Charlie and Frank, while it doesn't to Mac and Dennis, when it should be the opposite. Throughout the episode we see that Mac and Dennis keep fitting the tropes to the romcom structure, but they refuse to follow it, and thus it crumbles. It can't work.

Here's another thing.

Dennis' back broke in the S15 finale.

That is funny, yes, but what does this mean when I say that Mac is the (his) structure, then?

Well... Carries a Corpse implies that Mac was carrying most of the weight of the corpse, and the corpse is meant to be the show... and most show meta is basically the same as Dennis meta (most meta lines seem to relate to him, whether the fact he left for north dakota and came back, or the fact he's a dad, being between life and death, breaking his back aka the structure, and so on), as I have discussed better in my other post.

Point being, Mac carries Dennis. That's what he's meant to do, and what he does best in their relationship.

This makes me think of another recent scene that I think is emblematic of their dynamic... but in an interesting way.

So, in 2020: a Year in Review, Mac and Dennis work together on a song.

They seem to be in harmony, but eventually start disagreeing and stop altogether to focus on something else. Why?

Because Dennis is working on the backup vocals, and Mac is working on the words. Which means their roles are reversed. Mac is supposed to be carrying the song, like the wind beneath his wings that he is, and Dennis, like the man of words that he is, should be responsible for the lyrics. They're doing each other's job, which means any harmony they reach is still bound to crack a bit the moment the song doesn't work for them.

Their seating position on their sofa reflects this.

Compare it to Mac and Dennis Break Up, which is supposed to be our ideal.

They're in each other's places, in 2020.

This isn't new, they've been sitting in each other's places ever since Break Up. Mac was sitting in Dennis' place in MFHP, Dennis was sitting in Mac's place in Gets Romantic.

So tl;dr... Mac and Dennis work well under structure, when Mac is the one to bring it and carry Dennis. They fit a proper couple structure after all. Charlie and Frank don't work as well under structure, since their relationship is more unique and doesn't quite abide by normal rules because of that.

This does bring me to one last consideration though...

They're back in their right spots, in season 16! Only problem is... couch is different. I would argue an inflatable couch doesn't offer the same amount of support (structure) that a normal one would...

Now that Dennis' structural essence broke, is he gonna feel what it's like when Mac is absent?

Perhaps this is why in Cursed we get Mac as the lucky one while the others as so unlucky they start to believe they're cursed (according to the synopsis...).

So the whole gang needs Mac?

Well...

In Goes To Hell pt2, when they build the human pyramid, it's both Mac and Dennis that end up at the bottom, as its structure.

So maybe... Dennis needs Mac as his structure, and the gang needs them to be in sync so they can both, together, support them (or shut the hell up about it, as both madbu and s15 would argue). Maybe this realization could be what brings the gang to work together in order to get them together. But that's getting into just speculation so imma end it here.

I like these thoughts though... Mac and Dennis being the foundation, the structure of the whole thing :)

[rosyredlipstick]

my mom and I keep texting each other about how excited we are to sit in silence with each other on vacation lmao

[boxwinebaddie]

hi nina!! can we plz see some of the char sheet youre doing?

AWWWW!!!! this is so sweet, omg. ;-; <3

i fucking LOVE character sheets sm; it is a relic from when i first broke into writing online and used to tumblr rpg ( cringe ). i just feel like they really help you see and understand your characters and figure out what they look like, how they act, what their motivations are, etc.

but yes!!!! i spend a lot of time on them and i haven't had a lot of time...recently, so i haven't been able to work on the ones i have for The Nasty Nina Boys From ( Fine As ) Hell, but you can have this little section i started on appearance in the ravenstan one ( he has been on my mind a lot lately, i srsly love him so much, he's my baby )

i'll drop it under the cut for you <3

-uncle nina, tumblr rpg survivor, char sheet queena

[girl-drink-drunk]

finally finished eureka, now watching the librarians. and you're telling me i get john larroquette AND matt frewer?!

[dishyphus]

So I've got this like target brand hydroflask situation, stainless steel, and I've been using it to try to stay hydrated more since maybe these headaches are dehydration over the summer y'know?

I was washing it every day but it rolled super far under the couch for two days and I didn't feel like moving the couch until this morning bc my roomie was being a huge PITA so asking her to move was just... 🙄🫠 anyyyways I got it, dumped it out to wash it and there was this like.... Disk of mold like when you leave a cup of juice out for weeks and it makes a mother, having passed wine and behind vinegar... So important question bc I don't this this is normal

[coolspacequips]

Have been reading this sci-fi romance and like UGH u ever really wish a book was just at least a little better??? There's stuff in this that's interesting but also a lot about it that's so... Juvenile and kinda undercooked lol...... But it's so hard finding good romance bc for a lot of romance readers this is enough, except even then not really since they prolly didn't fuck nasty enough in this book for the ppl that just need the merest pretense to read smut (which is fine if that's what u like there's just an oversaturation of this, esp when you can have a light plot/heavy smut story with slightly better writing and internal world building without having to explain and describe the 'boring' parts 😅)

[blood-injections]

Being a writer really does get you having a worrying search history. Todays is: med kit, trauma kit, suede couch, butterfly bandages, sutures, do concussions cause memory loss, glaucoma, ocular trauma, what kinds of eye injuries can lead to permanent blindness, blunt force eye trauma blindness, wound stitching kit, how long does a stab wound take to heal.

[call-me-pup2]

Does someone need to kidnap you and lock you in their basement and make sure you take your vitamins?

That sounds like a fantastic idea! Shall I pack a bag ready or maybe it'll be more of a surprise thing 🤔

[massiveladycat]

Here's why declawing, debarking, and wing clipping is wrong. Declawing is the amputation of the last knuckle of each toe for a cat. It's very painful for them. Declawing causes paw pain, back pain, infection, tissue death, and lameness. Removing claws changes a cat's feet and causes pain. Improperly removed claws can regrow, causing nerve damage and bone spurs. It is an unnecessary mutilation. You are removing what are basically the tips of your cat's fingers for your convenience. Debarking is a surgical procedure performed to remove portions of a dog's vocal folds or cords. The goal of the surgery is to lower the volume of a dark's bark. It makes them unable to produce normal sounds when barking. It reduces the noise, but it doesn't address what is causing the barking and the dog's stress. They will continue to suffer mentally and will have to find other ways to communicate their needs. It's proven to have detrimental after-effects on the dog. I, personally, see debarking as cruel. Wing clipping is the process of trimming a bird's primary wing feathers so that it isn't capable of flying until it grows new ones. Flying is the quickest way of transportation to birds. They get away from predators by flying. Birds with clipped wings exposes them and makes them vulnerable. It disrupts the flight of a bird and landing behavior, leading to crashes at higher and more dangerous speeds than an unclipped bird. Wing clipping can injure your bird after and during procedure. It could also be bad for the trust between the owner and the bird. It causes them a lot of stress. Birds rely heavily on their ability to fly, and taking away this ability can and will be traumatic for them, being a major blow to their psychological health.  If you don't want a pet that barks, don't get a dog. If you don't want a pet that has claws, don't get a cat. If you don't want a pet that flies, don't get a bird. If you don't appreciate how animals are, maybe you shouldn't have one as a pet. Us as humans don't have the right to surgically mutilate animals just to make them how we want them for us to own them. We should all band together to try and stop debarking, declawing and wing clipping.

[matrixrry]

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[blujayonthewing]

I really should not try to add 'create video content, a thing I have never done before' to my cicada plans when I've already got a lot of other stuff to keep track of but I do kinda want to on account of I do wanna try eating some and I'm really annoyed that almost everything I could find about doing that is framed as 'WOOOAAHH EEEUUUGH you can EAT?? these HUGE DISGUSTING BUGS???? watch me EAT some BUGS OOOAAHHHH' like okay I get it we live in the culture we live in but there's really not even one video on this from the perspective of approaching entomophagy in the spirit of sincere openness and curiosity??

[lunasilvis]

Me, myself and a 8% beer for Valentine's 💘