hello, gay relatives

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (2005) dir. Joe Wright

SHAMELESS | 5.06

FIONA GALLAGHER 2.09 ― “Hurricane Monica”

RIPLEY (2024)

Episode 1 "A Hard Man to Find"

Andrew Scott reads thirst tweets April 4, 2024 (x)

when i'm in a loving andrew scott competition and my opponent is paul mescal [pt. ii]

BAFTA 2024

IAN GALLAGHER + his journey with bipolar disorder

╰┈➤ “At times, being bipolar can be an all-consuming challenge, requiring a lot of stamina and even more courage, so if you’re living with this illness and functioning at all, it’s something to be proud of, not ashamed of." - Carrie Fisher

Extraordinary 2.04— Ready to Rumble

EXTRAORDINARY (2023)

#boyfriends

"I hate Debbie" okay and? Me and my tumblr followers disagree

This is related mostly to what I see happen in fanfic.

People are entitled to their opinions, but I honestly don't get the hate for any of the kid-Gallaghers. Sometimes I get into a fic and suddenly Fiona is some evil bitch out of another fucking dimension trying to break Ian and Mickey up. I mean...if you're doing some AU fic or something and it's a plot point, okay, I'm fine with that. But Fiona literally raised them from the time she was 9, always had a job or 4, derailed her own life for a long time. She deserved the right to be a little selfish toward the end.

Debbie was a child who yearned for her father's love so much and was so destroyed by that rejection that she has serious neglect issues and, yeah, maybe that means you aren't going to like every move she makes. She could be a bit selfish and neglectful/has attachment issues with Franny at times. But she also would kill anyone who messed with her family. She was always ready to help. I hate the -I hate to say sexism but it's kind of right there- when comparing her extreme behavior to, say, Carl's. Whereas Carl is looked at as 'he's just a boy', funny and cute- torturing animals, starting a gang, being generally crazy for a good chunk of the show while even the theme music for some of those scenes were upbeat and fun- and Debbie is reviled for similar extremes just trying to figure stuff out without any real help.

Lip was Ian's best friend and was always accepting of him being gay. Was always ready to rally for him. Yeah, he didn't treat a lot of his girlfriends very well but he was a generally good guy who tried really hard to do right by all of his siblings and sometimes got little to no help.

But I especially hate it when this is done to further some idea that Ian and Mickey were angels who could do no wrong. I have things about them I don't like, too. Mickey was a pimp. A thief. He hurt Ian on more than one occasion. He had Nazi regalia on his walls that Svet made him take down. And yes, it wasn't really his thing as he was regularly living a huge lie just to fit in so this was no exception. He was both scared of Terry and yearned for his approval to the point he didn't try to improve his circumstances at all by leaving. And we can talk about the psychology of why he didn't- of course there are traumatic reasons- but it doesn't change it. He was a decent guy underneath and a wonderful, loving person in the end. But as much as we soften him for ourselves, he was not always a good guy.

Ian was ungrateful sometimes. Could be sanctimonious. He was a little self-absorbed. He sometimes seemed like moving on from Mickey was easy or that he wasn't as dedicated, although toward the end I think he got a lot better. There was no character on the show who wanted to do the right thing and be a good man more than Ian.

In the end all of these characters became exactly what they were scared to death of becoming. Fiona left her family. Lip wasted his opportunities. Ian didn't get to fulfill any of his original goals. Debbie became a little neglectful of Franny in a way she hated coming from her own parents. Carl became a semi-responsible cop. Mickey became a married gay guy living on the West Side with a guy who wants to plant tomatoes. And yet they were still better off, happier and made their lives exponentially better than where they started.

I mean do what you want. It's fandom so it's not like you can't hate a character if you want to. But why hate on Debbie-or any of the kids- when characters like Terry, Frank and Monica existed? They were just trying to make the best out of the rubble they were born into.

Sorry for this Tolkien-length post.

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