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#every time i remember how cute they are when they dance i go into a mini spiral #we’ll probably never get to see them dance together again and that might be the thing i’m saddest about???

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#me except it’s getting dressed up to go to therapy and mislead my therapist about how bad i’m doing #but just getting cleaned up and dressed up nice and going out makes me feel a little better #even before i get there #the system WORKS y’all

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I keep using my girlfriend with unusual work hours to get out of coworker interactions and happy hours and hanging out.

But now the company holiday party is upon us.

And I’ve been lying about the girlfriend.

I suddenly really empathise with the characters in Hallmark Christmas movies.

#wow even without any dramatic storytelling flair it’s still deeply satisfying that this ended exactly the way we all wanted it to end #like more satisfying than the endings of 99% of the movies I’ve ever watched #wlw

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You fancy girls?

Well, that’s sort of an entry level requirement Erin.

#baby girl #an actual angel #derry girls #clare devlin

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#where the FUCK did the last six months of my life go? #happy half-year-iversary to this iconic scene but holy shit how has it been half a year BYE

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the irony of david and matteo

#i'm fucking choking they're so dumb #but their love is perfect #their dumb idiot love #god

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#giving me indescribable davonie feelings #the cuteness is a lot

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#remember in the first ep of s4 when he hugged her tight and played with her braids? #they're so cute they're so cute they're SO CUTE

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I realized a very important point needed to be made about Davenzi. Then I decided to make that point as dramatically as possible.

IGTV version

#druck #davenzi #matteo florenzi #david schreibner #lukas alexander #michelangelo fortuzzi #lukas von horbatschewsky #saving this as a vertical video was a nightmare but it needed to happen #full screen on your device the way the druck gods intended

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#making even trans and casting lukas in the role were the boldest choices with the biggest payoffs for druck #and the iconic improvisation is only part of that #david is such a gift #lukas's whole q&a was so interesting #also lol shoutout to florian for missing his cue because wow i’m very grateful that happened #david schreibner #lukas alexander #lukas von horbatschewsky #druck

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it’s not like i’m not regularly ugly crying over matteo’s and david’s first time clip even without lukas talking about it, but he really just reminded me how much i appreciate that scene. i genuinely think it’s one of the best and most sincere sex scenes i have ever seen and to have that between a trans boy and a cis gay boy is just extra special. teenagers are so often oversexualized when their sex life and first sexual experiences are depicted and if it’s not that, we often see them covering up their insecurities and awkwardness in an effort not to seem uncool or inexperienced. of course that’s an issue that’s worth addressing, but it was soo refreshing to see so much love and respect between david and matteo.

its such a rewarding conclusion to both of their character arcs, with david finally being able to trust matteo fully (which is also why this is the first time we see his room) and matteo coming to terms with his struggles about sexuality.

the whole season long he’s continuously pushed into a position where it is expected of him to be confident and enthusiastic about sex when he’s clearly not. obviously he doesn’t want to sleep with sara because he’s gay but it’s just particularly oppressive how he’s not at all allowed to express any sort of vulnerability or insecurity over his first sexual experiences.

so to see him freely admitting to being nervous/excited when he’s finally with someone who he’s actually attracted to is sooo important in my eyes. his anxiety doesn’t magically disappear just because he now has the chance to get intimate with another boy but he’s able to express his feelings without having to be worried about what david will make of it. the whole thing is so evident of their gained love and trust for each other, because they both allow the other to feel what they feel without any sort of judgement. most importantly, they both feel comfortable and secure enough to show and share everything they are because they know the other will accept and embrace all of  it.

all of those feelings are neatly tied up in those 3 minutes and 31 seconds and if i was part of that, i’d be damn proud of it too.

#mind if i clutch my chest and fight back tears a little bit? #the vulnerability the tenderness the lovely unselfconcious awkwardness the passion #one of the most gorgeous and impactful scenes portraying real intimacy that i've ever seen #and i'll NEVER FORGIVE YOUTUBE'S SHITTY DARK COMPRESSION ALGORITHM for pixelating the fuck out of it but that's a rant for another time #because the BEAUTY still shines and the meaning of it is so fucking big for me #i'm brimming with love #druck #davenzi

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thank you kebab.di for this vid.

#matteo’s shoulder shimmy is so fucking dorky and his smirk is so bratty fgakdfjs his BRAND #and david also very on brand here with his fuckboi collar pop and smoulder and possessive touching #and how amused he is by his bratty gremlin baby #their love was perfect and i should say it #davenzi #matteo x david #matteo florenzi #david schreibner #druck

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#yes thank you i’m WHEEZING #couldn’t get on tumblr for two days because of medical stuff and this is exactly the kind of content i needed to come back to #david schreibner #abdos #Druck

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#possibly the most endearing nervous tick i’ve ever seen #david schreibner #druck

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Sometimes David still gets overwhelmed with the urge to run away from things. The consequences of his actions. The pressure of his dreams. The uncertainty of his future. And when that anxiety wells up inside him, he knows the safest place to bury his head is Matteo’s chest. He can press his face into Matteo’s soft warmth, near his heart, and whine like a small child. Because of course Matteo will smile, and reach up to cup the back of David’s head, and then do something unbelievably annoying to break through all of his fear and doubt. And as silly as David knows it must look to other people, it makes him braver. Every time.

#druck #davenzi #matteo florenzi #david schreibner #happy druck #matteo x david #i realized this was a parallel and went into a feral spiral i'm sorry #shoutout to tirpse for helping me grab the footage

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welcome back! how are you feelin about druck giving hanna the plot you wanted all season for damira?

Ouch. Cutting right to it.

I’m feeling a lot of things about it. (And, obviously, it’s normal and totally okay to feel more than one thing at once about these Amiraless clips.)

One of the big feelings is... underwhelmed. My deep dive essay about Amira and her season already went into why I feel like the film storyline could’ve been a goldmine for richly layered character interaction throughout the season, seen through a lens of Amira’s alienation from society and her family’s expectations. That felt like a huge wasted opportunity -- and a quick, slipshod clip about the making of the film doesn’t change that conclusion for me. Even if we set aside how unbelievable it is that Amira wouldn’t be involved with the film in any capacity, at any point in the season, there are things within the clip itself that felt wrong. Like how David, with his meticulous attention to detail and aesthetic, apparently wouldn’t think to secure the sheet background properly so you can’t see the loose folds, and wouldn’t already know which mask he wanted to use in the scene. I guess it’s a sign of how unenthusiastic he’s become about the idea and the process, but really? He’s been working on it for weeks, and seemed really invested in it, and this is all he has? Weird. Not just low-budget weird, but confusingly thoughtless and low-effort weird.

And the clip, I think, is more evidence of how much this whole season was negatively impacted by poor scheduling. It’s off-putting when big group scenes are missing half the cast with no explanation. It’s equally off-putting when David’s film feels like a last-minute afterthought with hardly any other characters visibly involved and basically no narrative tie-ins to other plot threads, after early-season text messages implied the opposite. I can’t help but feel like the show’s production kinda fell apart on every level, not just the writing.

But, honestly? My biggest feeling about the clip was happiness. Because Matteo and David’s happiness means a lot to me. So it’s beautiful to get a whole minute of them being supportive and playful and dumb and in love. Especially since this is probably one of the last chances to see it. Their re-imagined love story was quietly revolutionary, and made a big difference in a lot of our lives, and they deserve a lovely sendoff. So do other characters.

Of course it’s a terrible shame that the writing in Amira’s plot wasn’t robust enough to fill ten whole episodes of her own before we started seeing other characters moving forward post-Abi. Of course I’m bummed out that David and Amira didn’t get to bond over their identities the way Lukas and Tua did off screen. But that’s how it is. I’m not going to let that completely poison my feelings about the things Druck did right. Because a lot of the things they did right were really, really important.

#anon #druck #amira thalia mahmood #david schreibner #damira #i'm full of love and salt and more love and more salt and i'm a tired mess #yikes

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#beanie boy the legend

#oh the memories #david schreibner #davenzi #matteo x david #lukas alexander #lukas von horbatschewsky