#dghda cross

[grandmoments]

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

[frenchfriedgiraffe]

thanks so much for everyone who voted on the poll!! i cant believe that the rowdies won over brotzly and farina… but i aint complaining.

so heres the winner! the rowdy 3 steal a shopping cart. (plus an extra bonus todd, dirk and farah, who could have really used that cart. oh well)

this was fun so i’ll probably do another one of these next week! if anyone has anythig theyd like to see featured on the poll (and potentially drawn!) feel free to leave a suggestion!

[had2bme]

[kittyspring-creates]

[banjo-bugs]

dghda episode where dirk is Clearly Not Okay and In Denial Of That and the case he and todd are working on keeps leading him back to different therapists offices

[generalized-incompetence]

Happy February everyone, Todd "Secret Romantic" Brotzman will go on for hours about how Valentine's Day is about capitalist corporate greed but he will also show up at 7pm with a dozen roses and reservations at a candlelit restaurant, and Dirk "Secret Not-So-Romantic" Gently will make eyes over every pink teddy bear in the store but then forget the date.

[clockworkcheetah]

gotta start my s2 rewatch

[charlieism]

Ive had an epiphany and it is an umbrella academy & dirk gentlys au

[hjbirthdaywishes]

January 3, 2024

Happy 43 Birthday to Zak Santiago.

[ramdotexe]

excuse me

[ID: DGHDA (TV 2016) fanart. The first image is a sketch of Dirk sitting in a chair with one leg crossed over the other, holding a mug. He's smirking and his yellow jacket is open to show the text on his t-shirt, which says: I (heart) men who whimper. The second image is a simple sketch of Todd gaping at Dirk. Dirk says, "What's the issue." /end ID]

[grandmoments]

My last brain cell at 3 am

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

[frenchfriedgiraffe]

ive got (yet another) dghda comic in the works but it is going to take a lot longer than i originally thought to get out. im planning on releasing it in three parts, and i will hopefully be able to get the first part out this week? (if not, then it may be a long long time, im going to be very busy soon😭)

there are so many (amazing!) casefics out there, and i just thought “man i wish someone could make a case comic of sorts”. and as usual when i want something done, i just kinda… do it myself.

anyways, heres a little draft/sketch from the first two panels. todd, dirk, and farah are going undercover to try and prevent a murder - with no idea who the murderer is, or who they plan on killing!

at one point this was going to be an interactive sort of thing… but i simply do not have the time to commit to something like that haha. maybe in a few months or so!

[had2bme]

❝ I'M ALL REVVED UP! ❞ / SEASON ONE CROSS.

[kittyspring-creates]

[runningfromevil-mp3]

On the matter of DGHDA season 2 and childhood as a theme, I think we should analyse the story of The Boy through the lense of Maladaptive Daydreaming more often. And I have thoughts about it. This is a long read, so bear with me.

Bias note: I'm an immersive daydreamer and the ending of Season 2 got to me in a way I couldn't describe. And this is a personal piece on the matter.

As the linked post mentioned, there's a lot of links between childhood and Wendimoor itself; from the fight between the families, to the train in the sky, to how they all fight with scissors. And while The Boy has godlike powers, I want to suggest that this comparison is fairly apt. For some people with this, it can feel like you're in control of everything -- it can also feel like you control nothing in your daydreams. And the show reflects both of these realities. When The Boy is away from the world he created, it starts to fall into chaos. While the script says that good will always win, I think the way they cross into our world holds two functions: firstly, it shows how this is something he can no longer control and, as I personally believe, it draws a comparison to when one is pulled out of a daydream. And the condition can act in an intrusive way. A song, a sound, an idea, anything can be a daydream trigger and pull you into hours of daydreams. And honestly? A traumatic event creating a whole universe feels very close to the experience.

Many people with MaDD will share stories on how it interferes with their daily life (and that is in fact part of the suggested diagnosis criteria), so the reversal of these two roles show the same function, that paracosms essentially always exist in some capacity and interfere with life. Each character has their own ways of dealing with denial, escapism and fantasy in the season. Even The Witch, despite being the antagonist, uses escapism to run away from her life. This shows how running away can have negative outcomes, sure, but I took it as a warning on letting your fantasies lead your life in a way that can be destructive. The type of survival is maladaptive, it causes some kind of harm in a way (socially, through work, whatever have you), which leads to another question.

Why is The Boy returning seen as a good thing if the whole ordeal is maladaptive? And I have a few answers to this. The obvious one is its bittersweet and must happen to return balance as the text demands us to believe. After all, this is all fantasy and he is a person with god-like powers that could cause more disturbances. But I offer a reading of hope too: the balance between what you imagine and real life is essential. Consider the fact that Wendimoor is a real place and there are generations of people who live there. Yes, the powers went unchecked and it was The Boy's goal to escape to a new reality, but even Dirk points out that these are real people now. Even if they were made from the mind of another being, they have their own autonomy... to a degree. He's still in charge at the end of the day, and must be to have peace last. But the fact they are real and this world is now real suggests that a balance has been found between reality and escapism. Another reading similar to this could be healing. Spending time there forces his traumas into a more metaphorical space and allows him to explore his feelings and unpack it. The families truce, the Witch is sent away, and he can start processing this. Because, at the end of the day, MaDD seems to be trauma formed, based on a lot of the community's own posts. My final answer is, it isn't a good ending. The Boy still has these powers he cannot control and yet it is treated as a positive. It shows a return to coping that is not healthy but it is the only way to keep these powers contained. I don't believe that is the intended reading, however, because The Witch being sent away needs to act as a foil to this plot point.

Aside from this, we should note that people with MaDD may have multiple paracosms (to simplify, a fancy way of saying a daydream world) but we only see one here. I fall into the group that only has one as well. But people with MaDD make references to their fictparas, primparas (meaning "belongs in a paracosm" and a prefix to show where they are sourced from, such as "OCs" or fictional characters) having their own lives. Sometimes, we just observe them. Sometimes we are active participants like we see here. There's even a term called veritbond which means either a character who is aware of their own selfhood, or is extremely important to the person daydreaming in some way. Individuals like Panto and The Mage strike me as this type of daydream character. And this makes sense! A lot of the characters we create (or steal from fiction) exist to explore difficult topics we may have faced ourselves. It gives us a wrap of fiction to understand what we experienced. These characters-made-real then deciding their own fate outside of the will of The Boy feels similar to how we develop. There is always the safety net that The Boy can undo all of of this, something that is not true for everyone with this, but they still have freedom of choice despite that fact.

At the end of the day, The Boy being returned, to me, seems like a hopeful end that aims towards healing as a conclusion to the plot. It's something he returns to but it's balanced with a new reality. The escapism ends because he has escaped from everything that harmed him. This is his new reality. It feels like he has come to terms with it but this is something that will always exist. It's the perfect balance of healing from trauma and using fantasy to understand it. And that's why the ending meant so much to me. For all the issues the season has with pacing, how connected everything actually feels, this ending feels optimistic. Things feel sporadic because we are dealing with the universe threading reality and fiction together. And that is... oddly relatable? Things are still happening in the background. They will continue to. If I had any notes, I think I would say we should read this as The Boy being more of an omniscient presence that knows more than anybody else does. When you're an immersive daydreamer or a person with MaDD, finding the balance between daydreams and reality is difficult. And that feels more real than anyone could know.

[bigfishthemusical]

tag 10 people you want to get to know better! i was tagged by @oakum.TY!! <3

relationship status: single

favourite colour: orange!! also green <3

favourite foods: that one is always changing but rn its pierogies

song stuck in my head: new york groove by ace frehley. its been stuck in my head since i was twelve <3 i enjoy though

last thing i googled: dghda episode list (i need to see a little description of the episodes before i watch them)

current time: 1:16 pm

dream trip: i wanna do a cross country road trip but i wanna take it slow leisurely and just hit whatever little tourist spots and cool things i feel like. it would be fun i think

something i want: in general: to be less tired. in this exact moment: i want to refill my water bottle it is empty

i’m tagging: umm well 10 is a lot but I tag @thefiveminutehallway @traitorslament @2940 @vote2 and @dandelionbi. No pressure to do it though <3