INFP | 5w4 | she/they/he/él/он/она | I reblog MacDennis and do shitty memes. I also do fancams and write sometimes: https://archiveofourown.org/users/dumpster_dory
This may come as a shock to you all, but I'm not into macdennis anymore. I am, however, very into Nathan Explosion from Metalocalypse cucking Mac by stealing his man. You might be asking yourself, "Why the hell do you even ship this, Nekomaidennis?" because these two are a match made in heaven. Dennis is like every girl Nathan has ever dated, except he's a boy. Is this the world's most ambitious crossover? Or am I simply correct?
The fact that The S.I.N.N.E.D. System is not only the reverse of The D.E.N.N.I.S. System by name, but in its actual goal:
The D.E.N.N.I.S. System ends with Separate Entirely and begins with the avoidance of going on a date. It’s purely about sex.
The S.I.N.N.E.D. System ends with Do You Want a Tissue? Dennis’ tried and true method to secure a second date, and:
it works for Dee but she sabotages herself—because she has no interest in pursuing a man romantically;
it works for Mac but he bows out—because he already has a man he’s pursuing romantically;
The S.I.N.N.E.D. System is about romance. Dating, consistently, something Dennis makes very clear he doesn't do...
you’ve got this thing inside you and you’ve been trying to plug it up - but you’ve gotta let that shit out! you’ve gotta let it flow! otherwise you’re gonna be in agony for the rest of your life
I've once watched a psychological video essay that was like about The Witcher games or something, and it was about the characters and their relationships in the context of attachment styles. The thing that I really remembered from that video was the guy quoting Kurt Lewin and saying:
"People with avoidant and anxious attachment styles often end up sticking together, because they are often the ones who are prone to experiencing loneliness. While people with secure attachment style have long and stable relationships and rarely break up, people with avoidant and anxious attachment styles are simply left with one another, having nowhere else to go".
I think it's especially evident in case of Mac and Dennis as not only do they have opposing attachment styles, they're also extremely unhealthy in general, and yet despite their codependency and toxicity only in this fucked up relationship they can experience something resembling love. A very disfigured, but still love. Because as tragic as it is, literally nobody else wants them.
i’ve totally posted this before but one of the most interesting facets of the macden dynamic is their warring attachment styles
cuz on one hand, yes, they’re essentially the only ones who can love the other in the (sick) way they need to be loved, but also the anxious vs avoidant feedback loop really wreaks havoc on their relationship
This has been something I've been working on for quite a while now, as some people who look at my insta story might know, but I'm finally done!! those text messages from s14ep5 are so unhinged, they haunt me every goddamn day. To drop "i love you so much" just to follow it with what essentially is a "no homo.. for u... even tho u r so hot and i like you so much!". exploading them with my mind into a million pieces, okay?