#Shameless season 4

[swiftfootedachilles]

But maybe I'm just too young to keep good love from going wrong

Lover, You Should've Come Over by Jeff Buckley

[gallavich1234]

SHAMELESS PROMO S4

[m4ndysk4nkovich]

why season 4 is actually one of debbie’s best seasons, not her worst.

i feel like when people talk about debbie gallagher, specifically when people who dislike debbie gallagher talk about her, they talk about the change from season 3 to season 4. how she changed from being a sweet innocent kid to a bratty obnoxious teenager. these comments are always so interesting to me because i feel like people’s weird perspectives kind of diminish the purpose of debbie in season 4 which is unfortunate because it really is such a good season for her.

“the change” in question wasn’t really a drastic change at all, her behavior has been basically the same for all eleven seasons. people say her personality changed when in reality, emma kenney changed. season 3 and 4 are supposed to happen very close together, which isn’t realistic considering when they started filming. by season 4, emma and ethan both look much older than they did in the previous season. for ethan, this doesn effect how people like his character because he is both a male and comedic relief, but for emma, this will effect her.

in season 2, debbie acts pretty similarly to how she does in season 4. in both seasons, debbie is obsessed with holly, making boys like her, and looking older than she is. but in season 2, emma kenney’s face is younger, her voice is higher, the clothes she wears don’t fit and the makeup she applies is applied sloppily because she’s so young; she acts cuter. people don’t take debbie trying to act promiscuous in this season seriously because of how little she looks, and two seasons later, the standards don’t seem to apply anymore even though emma kenney is still so young. even if she’s still young, her voice is less squeaky, her body is developing, the clothes fit better, and the makeup is still sloppy but for some reason, it doesn’t make her look as childish. anyone with half a mind can tell she’s a kid trying to look like an adult, yet for some reason, when she does it in this season as a thirteen year old, it’s completely different than when she did it as an eleven year old.

she stops being as cute, and so her personality doesn’t really work. debbie has always been intelligent, extra, sassy, loyal, and desperate for attention. she’s always had a debilitating fear of abandonment and issues with attachment. when you’re babyfaced and a kid, these traits are funny, then she starts to age and these traits aren’t cute, they’re annoying. when debbie kidnaps a baby in season 1 and fiona is asked why, she says, “it’s debbie”, and although debbie has just done something really bad, it being debbie is an explanation and somehow makes the situation better. later on, when she’s still a kid just a little older, if she does something like this, “it’s debbie” is a bad thing.

i think that if people want to go down the path of saying that she majorly changed or had a downfall, they should consider how her trauma actually did effect her around this time because yes, there were a few minor changes in her that are undeniable.

in season 3, she loses the trust of both of her parents. that’s something. she waits for a whole year for frank, setting up some sort of altar for him and praying. when he returns, she tries desperately to get his love and attention like she has been for the whole show, and it ends in him destroying her room and her school project, insulting her while she’s at it. and so, she goes batshit and starts hitting him as hard as she can. ever since season 1, debbie has been dependent on frank’s attention. she knows he’s bad and she knows what’s wrong with him but she doesn’t care as long as she can still find ways to squeeze a bit of love out of him. this is where that stops. this is where she changes some of her morals, because she realizes that her father won’t change and yeah, it does destroy her. then, he calls dcfs on the siblings and gets them separated, and debbie is put all alone in an abusive home. this is obviously going to destroy a girl with severe abandonment issues, not to mention a girl who has never been alone like this before. so when she gets out of that house, obviously she’s gonna be more traumatized. then, when they go to family court, she discovers that monica and fiona saw each other, and she doesn’t want to be their mother anymore. this breaks debbie even more, and she hears frank’s bullshit about how he loves his kids and even though she’s trying to make herself hate him, she still listens to it and testifies with carl. later on, when she’s talking to sheila and taking care of her, it’s revealed that debbie blames herself for monica leaving, and if monica were to return and stay she would forgive her and welcome her with open arms.

^ so with all of that considered, she’s gonna be fucked up. and that’s only part of the reason she acts the way she does. we have her parents absence, but also her older siblings. with her parents out of the way, she becomes more dependent on fiona, but fiona is now constantly at work, leaving them with sheila, and then… well, we all know what happens with fiona in season 4. as for lip, he’s off at college. that’s that. then, ian has run away and all they have is a couple of texts. she’s desperate to get him back but fiona assures her he’s fine, and she doesn’t believe it. so when she and lip go find ian, he’s different. he’s gone. frank and monica were the people she depended on, then they were gone, and now her older siblings, her three constants and role modes, seem to be gone, too.

debbie becomes colder because she is more alone. no parents, no parental figures, she becomes even more independent than she previously was. she decides she doesn’t need anyone. holly and ellie teach her about a new way to get attention, which is using her sexuality, something she never really tried to use for attention because she’s thirteen. she starts sexualizing herself, and holly tells her she likes matty, so she decides she does. and remember how debbie decided she didn’t need anyone to depend on? yeah, bullshit. matty is a new adult in her life and with frank dying, she needs someone for male validation. matty tells her she’s sexy and a great dancer, and he gives her food, lets her sleep in his bed, and gives her the attention she thinks that she needs. she doesn’t realize she’s being groomed, she thinks it’s love. he even promises to have sex with her when she’s 16 and he’s 23 because his main concern is if it’s illegal or not.

in season 4, debbie is left, used, bullied, humiliated, and ruined. she’s a thirteen year old girl, and being thirteen as a girl is rough. her mind is changing, along with her body, her family, her life, everything. debbie historically does horrible with change, it shouldn’t at all be surprising that she acts how she does. what people view as a bitch or a brat is so obviously a hurt, traumatized child and it’s almost disturbing that people don’t seem to see that. i’ve seen debbie mocked for matty, and while in season 5 the situation got worse, she didn’t do anything wrong in season 4. all that she did was have more attitude, but it was clearly a trauma response. debbie was ignored and hurt in season 4, she was a victim. and she was realistic. the change was expected and necessary for her character. case closed.

[mossy-fae]

4x10

[bitethehandthatneedsme]

2 EPISODES NO IAN

[blue-disco-lights]

Galladrabbles: Zipper (take 2)

Couldn't resist trying another one. This time, in my season 4 club feelings. Thank you @iansfreckles for this prompt! Appreciate you @galladrabbles 💜

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Devastated. Actually, that’s an understatement. Heart busted into a million pieces. Ian fucks off to the army, leaving him alone to deal with his dad, Svetlana, and everything else.

And now he thinks he can just steamroll back into his life. 

Well that’s not true, Mickey went searching for him, banging down doors, to find him here….

Dancing for these grabby old assholes, feeding him pills, leaving him in icy alleys? Not on his watch. 

Just like he’s done every night this week, he’s back at the club. 

He unzips his jacket, sits on the barstool, and orders a drink.

[staliamazing]

gallavich as quotes from kurt vonnegut's 'slaughterhouse-five'

inspired by @partyboyy69

(this last one is my FAVE - what a parallel!!)

i enjoyed making this thoroughly and i hope everyone enjoys reading it! my power is infinite when i can link my special interests together :))

[cc-tinslebee]

Ian’s first bipolar episode crash coinciding with Mickey starting to accept himself and their relationship hurts so bad

[bbabababba]

[ellanessa]

shameless season 4

i love fiona i really do, but she needs to accept that it was her fault that liam almost died

it was an accident, we know, but it was still YOUR choices that led to the outcome

[um-vvhat]

I am a Fiona defender till I die, however I must admit that Mike truly deserved better than her and the way she treated him.

That’s the only wrong she’s ever done in my eyes

[suchagallabitch]

Hi Elle!! Here's to your writing renaissance 🤗 how about #14?

HI CHERRY! here's to me writing again lmao 🫶

it's not unbroken anymore, how do i get it back the way it was before?

Mickey helps Carl pick up the mess he made. He didn't expect the question he was being asked. (Set in season 4).

“Fucking Frank man” Ian dramatically crashed into his bed, head a mere few centimetres away from hitting his head on the wall instead of his intended pillow.

Mickey just watched him from beside the bed a cocked eyebrow settled in amusement. They had just gotten back from the hospital where Frank’s ‘wedding’ miraculously became Frank’s second chance at life. None of the family, besides Sheila, Sammy and her weird-ass kid, stayed for more than an hour past him getting rushed into the surgery. Sheila had assured everyone she would text everyone when he was out. They all gave a half-hearted ‘sure’ before they went on their way. Fiona and Lip both said they would be back home when they could be which meant Ian and Mickey had the place to themselves, other than the little kids but they were self-efficient enough to not bother them for the rest of the night.  

Mickey pushed close the bedroom door as Ian just gave a sigh. “Fucker somehow managed to get a liver now? Swear that fucking guy is never gonna die, he’s like a cockroach. Could probably cut off his head and he’d still be begging us for money”

“Uh-huh,” Mickey mused, back pressed against the door as he watched Ian shift around enough to get comfortable. “He’s also still married to Monica by the way-” Ian finally stopped squirming, kicking off his shoes. Once he managed that he squeezed shut his eyes. “But hey if Sheila wants to take him off our hands, by all means, I support the unholy fucking matrimony”

Mickey just stayed quiet, partly because he was unsure about what to say about the whole situation, but mostly because he was more interested in the way Ian’s shirt had seemed to get riled up in his movement leaving his stomach in perfect view.

Ian’s eyes shot open once he realised he wasn’t getting a conversation out of the man. He smiled once he saw what seemed to be distracting Mickey. “C’mere” was all Ian managed, sitting up.

Mickey gave his own satisfied smile that his shameless staring seemed to be working out in his favour. He didn’t waste a second before crawling into the bed with him, appreciating Ian making the space for his body as Ian pulled his face into his embrace, a feverish kiss soon followed.

They had managed to pull off both of their shirts, discarding them somewhere off in the unmade bed. Ian was in the middle of wrangling his pants down his ankles, already dealt with Mickey’s, when a loud crash sounded from downstairs.

They both paused, Ian’s hand resting on Mickey’s shoulder to keep him balanced as he hovered over the edge of the bed. It was quiet for half a second before an even louder crash followed.

“I’m not dealing with it!” Debbie’s voice immediately called out, followed by the sound of her door slamming shut.

“Fucking Christ” Ian just sighed, aimlessly palming his sheets to find his shirt again. Mickey could tell Ian was at his wit's end, so he pushed Ian’s chest down, trying to keep him from getting back up. “I got it”

Mickey wasn't so sure why he just volunteered himself to go look. After the day he had the last thing he needed was to be dealing with more of the Gallagher's dumb shit. Still, he found himself doubling down on the offer, even dismissing Ian’s protests.

[READ THE REST ON AO3]

[m4ndysk4nkovich]

the dumbest fucking shit john wells tried to pull was season 3 and season 4 happening within a week of each other. svetlana couldn’t be that far in her pregnancy, ian couldn’t have done all of that in such little time, debbie couldn’t have found a whole (kinda) new close friend group, frank couldn’t have gotten that sick, carl and debbie’s faces and voices couldn’t have changed. it had to have been 1 month MINIMUM since 3x12.

[mossy-fae]

+ bonus :

[gallapiech]

Manic State of Mind

[deedala]

Colorwheel Timestamp Roulette ⇆ 04x07: A Jailbird, Invalid, Martyr, Cutter, R———, And Parasitic Twin ↳Turquoise + 7 for @mybrainismelted