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instead of killing myself i will watch documentary about the ocean

#save

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instead of killing myself i will watch documentary about the ocean

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instead of killing myself i will watch documentary about the ocean

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instead of killing myself i will watch documentary about the ocean

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instead of killing myself i will watch documentary about the ocean

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what was with that new game changers episode

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they should invent joints that don’t hurt

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NAMI

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Like a burn? Like he would get burned?

That's not what happens in hell.

Hell is a dark forest

where your dad opens his ribcage

and invites you to dance.

-Evan Kelmp, destroying me irreparably

(Here's a short of the scene btw! You've gotta watch Brennan Lee Mulligan's facial expressions, esp his jaw movements, because they capture Evan's raw emotions much. This poor kid holy fuck)

#this is brennan lee mulligan's character he plays in #misfits and magic #a dimension 20 (dropout) ttrpg show btw watch it #evan is such a fucking excellent character #and he feels real and brennan excellently challenges the chosen one trope #augj #evan kelmp #poetry #yep u def belong in this tag #also watch the m&m evan duel scene jesus christ

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I have three best friends

still can't get over misfits and magic, aabria always killing it at what she does 🙏🏼

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Day 3: Crossover

Evan and Baron

Evan kelmp seeing another ungodly thing in the mirror: I DON'T KNOW YOU

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I have never enjoyed a D&D series more than Misfits & Magic and it's entirely because of Brennan Lee Mulligan. I am fully aware that most viewers thought Evan Kelmp was ridiculously over the top and played up for laughs. I'm sure so many people thought it was for comedy.

I have never seen a poverty-stricken and violence-afflicted character portrayed so well.

People who have not experienced that level of desperation rarely ever comprehend the constant level of fear, but Brennan was locked in on it wonderfully.

Every moment is fixated on food, safety, and shelter. It takes so much effort and emotional vulnerability to shift attention from it. Free food? Gotta gently press to get more and more and more and more, but you can't ask too quick or people might kick you out. Someone's a threat? Gotta make it 100% clear that you will not be fucked with, and it does not matter what it costs you socially. Need to do something long term? Gotta figure out where and how you're going to sleep without anyone to watch your back; can you lock yourself in somewhere? Can it be somewhere alone? Where can you hide?

What will this cost?

The strained politeness and immediate switch to a fight response was excellent. People who want to help you do not trigger violent responses. People that do not want to help you and are in your business need to be dealt with. Brennan knew exactly how to demonstrate the tension of usually being treated as a dangerous animal rather than a person. It instills a script to be as perfect a person as possible, and as soon as anyone veers off the social script, be exactly what they're afraid of: a monster. Better to be a monster than a victim.

The one mistake was during the holiday special that he said credit cards instead of (stolen) gift cards for making a shank with razor blades. You'd get a secured one at 18, but not before then. Otherwise would have been perfect. (Duct tape's expensive, but not too hard to steal. I carried a bag with my laundry coins as an impromptu weapon. As soon as he ordered any drink with a glass bottle, I yelled, "Make a shank!" AND HE FUCKING DELIVERED.)

I often get so annoyed at terrible portrayals of children that grew up in impoverished, violent circumstances, but this is the first time I legitimately enjoyed myself.

Well done.

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An Evan

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"I've been afraid all of my life. And you guys are really, really kind. There's no part of you that'll feel like you're just dragging me around?" "[We're] all going to do stuff the others don't like from time to time... But that's what best friends are for. We'll work through whatever we have to."