on any given day i am always fucking thinking of dennis awkwardly kissing frank on the top of the head and asking "was that okay to do?" in the softest and most hesitant voice, i am always thinking of him being told yeah, it was nice, and i am Always thinking about the fact that he recognized this was something they both seemingly wanted and deliberately telegraphed his movements and asked if that was okay to do. was that okay to do. was it okay, because i have no reference point for this kind of uncorrupted platonic, familial, purposeless affection. did you mind that. did i embarrass myself. did i cross a line. did i read the signs correctly. is this what it's like to have a father. have you ever had this before? is this what we're meant to do? was that okay to do?
i love this clip of them sm, macs smile LITERALLY KILLS ME🥲🥲
Glenn’s ADHD diagnosis helping him realise that labels can be liberating because they connect your personal experiences to a term that allows you to better explain and express yourself … is everyone walking with me here…
and if I said this was kind of hot.
me every night with my princess glennis ❤️🔥❤️🔥
so much to say about this scene but the thing that pushes me over the edge every time is the little looks they give each other..
Can we talk about the fact the fact that the "one thing [Dennis] wanted more than anything else in the entire world" was not, in fact, the RPG. He doesn't care that there's no ammunition for it, or that he can't actually use it as-is, because what he really wanted was for someone to think of him on Valentines day. That was why he put the anthrax in the box. to stop the others from excluding him. Because even if they were being horrible to each other, he still wanted in on it.
For Dennis, the fact that he wasn't given gifts by the rest of the gang indicated that they didn't love him, and Mac giving him that RPG proved him wrong. He of course would never say it out loud, and still clearly works to suppress the full extent of his emotions even when he's just had an emotional outburst and is on the verge of tears, but Dennis craves this symbolic reassurance. Even as he actively pushes people away, shuts them out, pretends he's emotionless. He's upset that the others actually believe this mask of his, take it at face value and can't see past his lies. He wants to be seen and understood and he wants to be loved by his friends.