What drives me even more insane about this scene is how you'd expect Gojo to imagine High school era! Geto in the crowd. Or at least not the cult leader, worst of all the curse users Geto Suguru. But no, it's the cult leader Geto. It's Geto as Gojo last remembered him. As Geto last was. Whatever choices Geto made, wherever his choices led him and them, however he was, whoever he was, traumas and messed up ideas and bad choices and ill reputations and scorns and all. Gojo wanted Geto Suguru there. Not any ideal version. Not any "what if" version. Not any "at some point in time before things went downhill" version. Not any "when your hands weren't stained with innocent blood" version. He knew very well what he wanted. And he wanted it all the same. He wanted Geto Suguru. However he was. He just wanted him to be there. He just wanted him to be.
And he didn't want him to help him, he didn't want him to fight with him even if they were strongest together and always fought together for a while. He just wanted him to be there in the crowd and cheer him on. He just wanted him to stand there and give him one of his sweet, heartwarming smiles that shaped his eyes into crescent moons. He just wanted him to be. Then even if Gojo had died in the end anyway, he would have been satisfied. It would have been worth it. Only if Geto was there.
i rewatched dennis gets divorced and sometimes i can't believe that episode is real. dennis getting married to maureen and being disappointed that she's not, well... mac. he wants to do with her the same shit he did with mac, calls her dude, wants to watch the same movies he watches with mac and slowly starts realizing he misses the structure that mac gives to him. when he goes to the strip club with the gang, it's not about getting laid with women. he doesn't give a shit about that at all, barely pays attention to the women, doesn't flirt with anyone. at the end of the night, who does he bring home with him? mac. and then maureen comes in. we know that everyone outside the gang is like an outsider but maureen is an outsider to whatever the fuck dennis and mac have going on, specifically. nobody could replace mac in dennis' life and the example they chose was a romantic partner. they go to the bar and share casual intimate moments, like mac brushing his teeth and them getting dressed together. it's not like they have many choices but it's interesting that they chose to show this. he can't stand having maureen living with him for a few days and yet can't bare the idea of not living with mac. the apartment is mostly his and mac doesn't contribute with rent. it'd be more beneficial to live alone and see mac like he sees the gang. but no, he wants mac with him. they're soulmates all the way.