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The Jacket

another @galladrabbles for @wasmickeyadopted 's prompt

“Whatcha ya staring at bitch?” Mickey asks Mandy. 

Mandy blinks, she didn’t realize her gaze was noticeable. Mickey was wearing a tan hoodie, it was familiar to Mandy but something felt off about it. She couldn’t quite put her finger on it though.

“Nothing asshole,” Mandy tells her older brother.

A couple days later she’s with Ian at school and he’s wearing the tan hoodie.

“Is that your jacket?” Mandy asks her friend.

“Uh, yeah. You were with me when I bought it,” Ian reminds her.

“You know Mickey has the same jacket?”

“He does? That’s weird.” Ian answers, flustered.

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I just wish we had seen Ian be comforting to Mickey more. They had so much opportunity in later seasons, but they didn't take it and it really pissed me off. Posing Ian as more selfish in season 11 than we ever saw him in earlier seasons, with Mickey pointing a gun at Terry and saying he 'tortured him for years' and Ian shrugging it off with 'Frank broke my nose'. Like yes, yes, Ian should also talk about his own abuse. But overshadowing your partner's struggle with your own (when Ian saw first-hand what Terry was like) is just shit and felt OOC for Ian. Bear in mind, Ian also was BFFs with Mandy and knew all the horrors Terry did to her. It seems off for him to be sympathetic to her in season 2 (?) I think when trying to get her an abortion and season 6 (?) when she came back, but not to Mickey.

I'm not hating on Ian here, I love Ian. I'm saying the writers fucked him over, that Ian would have been sympathetic and kind if they hadn't been annoying. If anything, Ian bringing up Frank being abusive is not only out of character from a 'he would comfort Mickey point of veiw' but also from an 'Ian doesn't like to talk about the shit that happened to him' view.

We got the scene of Ian saying 'you are so much better than that', which is good. But it's the best we got. And considering the unbelievable amounts of abuse Mickey suffered, it doesn't feel like enough. Earlier in the show, they were amazing at going over dark themes. With Fiona struggling when she got out of prison and Lip's alcoholism and Ian's bipolar disorder and Debbie's huge mix of things and Carl's illegal proclivities. I do think this all stems from them trying to make it more comedic, but it just WASNT comedic. They tried to make Terry's death funny?? tried to have Mickey crying over it be funny?? It just felt tone-deaf, like the writers didn't watch their own show.

I heard something about the writers being changed in season 10, so maybe that's why.

But in a show that was very dark, for the last two seasons to get like three sad and meaningful scenes (Mickey's 'you don't love me enough now', Frank speaking to Lip about fatherhood and Ian's 'I miss mum') is ridiculous. It felt like they were trying to tie the show up in a neat bow, but they failed. Most of the character's storylines are open-ended and annoying. They also made them all act really middle-class (at least in my opinion) which is odd for people still struggling with poverty.

Everything felt very surface-level. In my mind, what could have been GREAT in season 10/11 would be this:

Mickey struggling with PTSD (idk insomnia, OCD, claustrophobia from prison could all play a part in this, there were so many opportunities they didn't take)

Ian struggling with getting his old job back, proving himself again and trying to find himself (they sort-of covered this, but barely)

I would keep the gallavich wedding, but I don't like Terry's involvement. honestly, it felt sort of weak coming from a bastard like Terry.

Lip and Tami I like together, but I would have liked to see their bond be deeper. It, again, felt very surface-level through the last seasons. Would be interesting to see Lip have the same intensity toward fatherhood as he did when he thought Karen was having his baby. it didn't feel the same

some of the gallavich engagement angst I like, but I think they could have done better than Mickey going off with Byron.

bring in more milkoviches. I mean, come on. where did they all go. Mandy, Iggy, Sandy, just bring them back.

Would have liked to see Ian and Mickey become like the new Kev and V (stable and loving but also crazy)

Kev and V's storyline was decent altho boring. Maybe it was good that it was boring, because it showed them become really stable in their roles as parents and partners and full-on adults (ik they were always adults, but yk what I mean)

Carl's relationship with the Mexican family I felt should have had a deeper impact on him. For someone with such emotional depth, it felt strange for him to just get over it so quickly. he really liked Anna. (plus I liked her so I want more of her)

Debbie could have had a redemption arc, she didn't.

Lip was argumentative and lost a lot of his ingenuity, it becoming sort of tragic that all his intelligence was used for was getting cheaper paint and helping out some arrogant rich guy get more rich. Idk, I would have liked to see him try and start up a business with a little crime on the side, making it really successful.

Liam's character was good. I thought it was cool to see him exploring his heritage and scamming people at school like his siblings used to. It didn't have the same rawness as the kids did in the early seasons, but it wasn't the worst storyline. I like seeing another smart gallagher with opportunities like Lip, but Liam seems less likely to lose the opportunities. He was a beacon of hope, I think. I think he should have had more friends though, because the Gallagher Family became pretty isolated from the rest of the neighbourhood. Where did the sense of community go?

I don't care what Frank does, he's always done his own thing. I like that he died at the end.

Terry should have suffered more. Although, his death being anticlimactic does show that sometimes villains in real life just die, and they don't get what's coming to them. It's unsatisfying.

Better exploration into Mickey's feelings of his death please.

Better exploration into Frank's dementia please. William h Macy did it well, but the other characters moved on from it so fast. I get it, he was a piece of shit, but it had potential as a storyline.

They should have missed Fiona more.

More actually passionate gallavich scenes like in season 4,5 even season 7. But no, we get an argument over 'who's the man in the relationship'. Sorry, straightest bullshit I ever did see.

I don't hate season 10/11. There are some good parts. But where's the fast-paced, comical, dark, chaotic, meaningful and intelligently satirical Shameless that I know?

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“...how many more days again?” And for once, that’s a really easy one. No need for brain cells here. “None.” Change of plans. “Comin’ home in the mornin’.” Mickey laughs, and it’s music to his ears.  “Yeah, you fuckin’ are…” inspired by kinktober 2022 by @whatthebodygraspsnot chapter 2

leave it to me to focus on the 'romantic' bit in a fic focused on sex. i've been reading and re-reading this one so much and kept thinking of their eventual dramatic reunion which led me to draw them hugging. the reference comes from the same paparazzi shot as this other drawingi made. thought it would be cool to mention

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They love each other very much 🤭❤️

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"Let's go to IKEA and act like a toxic married couple" but it's gallavich arguing like the chiavari chairs all over again

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Boooost again

Thought I'd post here too and pls if you can support on TikTok as well :3

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sketches!!

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animals in my artworks- just realised how little I draw people

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mine

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Ian + being as sweet, loving, family-oriented, and dorky as he’s always been while battling bipolar disorder

Don’t look for the “old” version of the person. There’s no “old person.” “This” person was there all along, just hiding. If it’s someone you love, keep loving them. If it’s someone you love, support them. If it’s someone you love, tell them they are not broken. Because we’re not. (x)

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the real otp commits to all four (insp)

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