#anyway! wow. macdennis

[thordy]

#I'm having feelings again. like some kind of season twelver #so much to unpack #non macden thoughts: I am so glad they're using devito again.... he's literally an A-list actor yet for the last few seasons #frank has done nothing but a few one-liners... it's good to see peepaw shine again ❤️ #eating and spitting and swearing and beating birds to death.... et cetera #tbh everyone has kinda been out to pasture #I mean no of course standing in different locations and delivering washed up political opinions in your normal speaking voice is acting #go back to bed honey #anyway! wow. macdennis #feels like a good trade-off for the awful uncle jack content this season #I hope dennis explodes him for his mental health day #iasip

[denfucker]

mac and dennis drive me insane bc theres like so much to unpack? bc macs been in love w dennis since forever (s1-5), but his internalised homophobia gets in the way and thats why he gets even more homophobic until he comes out and goes back into the closet then comes out fr in hero or hate crime?

and then once he accepts it its like the fucking backlog of emotion and love mac had just came pouring out of him, but by then dennis was sick of waiting for him so he tried moving on. but then all of a sudden mac and dennis were back to normal in season 15? what was that!

and dennis thinks by then that mac is Over him, but we know from that One Touch and One Look (rob mcelhenney youre getting an emmy just for that) that mac is very much NOT over dennis and was just lying to himself up to that point, and finally finally mac makes the move and he thinks alright maybe maybe maybe its time to fucking move on, and he meets johnny and johnny communicates via anal beads and its batshit insane but its something and its someone real and its not dennis reynolds for once in his life.

but then it IS, its dennis and mac are stuck in the same cycle again and again, can he never be free from him? can dennis ever fucking accept that he has to say something or mac will really, truly, leave one day?

#erm anyway what was that!! #idk if anyone remembers me ive been dead for many months but #hiiii #i was possessed because i remembered iasip s16 and suddenly here i am #literally in public on a train at 7am writing abt toxic yaoi #wow!!! #anyway #macdennis #dennis reynolds #mac mcdonald #iasip #macden #insane ramblings

[gayasslovestory]

do you think dennis is looking at mac like this after they bang because he never realized it was supposed to feel this way bc for once he has an emotional connection to the person he’s fucking

#i just #wow #they’re disgusting im not fooling myself any differently #but what if they had #just one tender moment #I DONT LIKE IT!! #I DONT LIKE TO THINK ABOUT IT!!! #anyway #off my soap box i go #iasip #its always sunny #its always sunny in philadelphia #dennis reynolds #mac mcdonald #macdennis #macden #text post #mine

[ashwayssunny]

carry that weight.

hello! here’s a lil fic that nobody asked for. aka, dennis spends the night on the couch. set during “the gang gets romantic,” so it’s tagged for spoilers! warnings for brief mentions of v*miting, drug use, and dennis-typical creepiness.

Like most nights, he couldn’t sleep. He’d felt a headache building for hours, had known it would be a nasty one as soon as the woman Mac had unceremoniously decided to pair him with revealed she was no single woman after all. He wasn’t sure if he’d lost interest in the scheme then, or if he’d simply never had any to begin with. Either way, he’d had to swallow his complaints. It would’ve been so simple - should’ve been so simple - for him to crawl into Mac’s bed, drift away, and forget the scheme altogether, but the way his skin burned like he’d laid down on a bed of hot coals told him it simply would not be. 

The couch was not meant to host an overnight guest. It was uncomfortable on the best of days, and today was not one of its best days. It was cold, the leather warped and torn in odd places, and so lumpy, Dennis felt as if he were trying to get comfortable on the head of a giant mushroom. He was cold, too, as he always was, and the throw blanket he must’ve stolen from his sister no less than ten years ago offered him no support. He dreaded the way his back would ache in the morning, and the thought of it was almost enough to send him running back to Mac’s room with his tail between his legs. Almost. 

The woman - Lisa, he remembered vaguely, though he’d thought he’d made it a rule for himself that knowing their names cheapened the experience - was attractive enough. Slender figure, inauspicious features, a face he’d forget once it wriggled out from underneath him. He liked redheads. Mac knew that, of course. Mac seemed to know many things about him; Dennis didn’t know why that surprised him after nearly twenty-five years of cohabitation. I know you, man, Mac had said to him once in a way that sounded quite like he was saying something else. Dennis remembered fighting back tears for the first time since childhood. Mac was so close, he thought, just in the other room, nothing but paint and drywall between them. If Dennis concentrated hard enough, he could make out the sound of him snoring obscenely; he pictured Mac’s arms and legs tossed haphazardly over themselves, knew he was drooling into his one and only pillowcase-less pillow. He wondered, if he had stayed, if Mac would be drooling into his shoulder instead. 

Dennis rolled onto his side, pushing those thoughts away. The current occupants of his room seemed to still be awake; the walls in their apartment would certainly win no awards for protecting anyone’s privacy, and despite his best efforts to soundproof the room, sound escaped just as frequently and as forcefully as so many failed sexual escapades that passed through that very same door. Twenty-five years’ worth of sexual escapades. Dennis tried not to think too hard about how long twenty-five years truly was. Until recently, he’d been twenty-five in his head, willfully ignorant of the passage of time, but now as he stared down the reality of being nearly twice that age, the bliss that came with his willful ignorance had all but disappeared. At twenty-five, he could shoot tequila till the sun came up, sleep for a few hours, and go on about his day, rinsing and repeating each night in a pattern that became as comfortable and familiar to him as waking up and falling asleep. He would always vomit, of course, because a weak stomach and an easily triggered gag reflex was something, among other things he didn’t care to admit, he shared with his twin sister. Now he was lucky if vomiting was all that came of nights like that. After thirty-five, his hangovers seemed to evolve, lasting days and robbing him of usefulness for what seemed like weeks, like months, like years. Now, pushing forty-five, it was not so easy to rinse and repeat. 

A brief but unmistakable sob came from his room, and Dennis rolled his eyes but was secretly grateful for distraction. His thoughts returned to the woman, Lisa. He remembered trying to stare at her. It wasn’t unusual; he often studied his targets, drank them in like a smooth crème de menthe. He knew it made them uneasy, and he’d liked it that way. But his eyes kept drifting, and it was jarring to him in a way he could not pinpoint. He didn’t feel anything when he looked at her; then again, he didn’t feel anything when he looked at any of them, but a deep, burning lust that boiled in his brain and in his stomach and told him he would combust if he didn’t touch someone was ever-present. Or it had been. It wasn’t now, and that was most jarring of all. Lisa was attractive enough; sweet-faced, red-haired, curvy in the best places, and totally, completely uninteresting to him. He wondered if something in him was broken for good this time, if he could never get it back, if he even wanted to get it back. If he even wanted anything at all. 

Another sob choked its way through the silence of their apartment, grating on Dennis’s eardrums. He groaned aloud, hating Mac for putting him through this. He considered turning on the TV in the living room and popping in a Rambo DVD just to rattle him awake with the sound of gunfire. When more muffled whimpering made him clench his fists tightly to his body, he decided he needed some other noise, anything else, to drown it out. He reached for his phone across the coffee table, sliding past the home screen and opening his Spotify app. With shaky hands, he pressed the ‘shuffle’ button on a Rock Classics playlist, closing his eyes and placing his phone next to his ear. Soft, simple piano chords started to loosen the knot in his chest, and when Paul McCartney’s sweet voice began to dance against his eardrum, he smiled in spite of himself. His eyes drifted shut. “Once there was a way to get back homeward,” Paul sang, “once there was a way to get back home...”

He’d tried to look at her legs. He’d forced himself to stare. They were nice enough, as was the curve of her ass, but he felt no familiar twinge of desire. Why couldn’t he just look at her legs? Instead, he felt fear. Months could by at times without him feeling anything at all, and though that frightened him, he knew he could substitute physical arousal for emotion with a relatively high rate of success. It didn’t make him feel happy, but it made him feel something. And that counted. Every drop of water in the desert of his emotional terrain was appreciated, was needed. Like any desert, he could dry up for months, not a feeling in sight, but once the rainy season began, it ran its course with such forceful agony, he wondered if the therapist he’d seen with Dee so many years ago was on to something after all. 

“Sleep, pretty darling, do not cry...”

Why had he agreed to the scheme at all? As the verses repeated, he turned the question over and over in his mind, poking holes in his own arguments, tearing down his own defenses. Obviously he’d done the scheme to satisfy Mac, but... why? Dennis bristled at the thought of Mac having purposefully booked a married couple to force Dennis into his room, but his reaction to the unfortunate existence of Lisa’s husband seemed genuine. Dennis knew Mac well enough to know when he was lying. He paused, considering that thought. He’d seen Mac lie through his teeth a thousand times, and he was bad at it because Dennis knew that he wore his heart on his sleeve, but how many others knew that about him? How many others could sniff out Mac’s lies, pick his laugh out of a crowd of a thousand, recognize even the faintest hint of his scent when Mac’s clothes inevitably mixed with some of his own in the wash? I know you, man, Mac’s voice whispered in his head. 

Lisa, he said to himself. He needed to think about Lisa. Lisa, with her red hair and her red, snotty nose and her husband. Dennis nearly scoffed. What a ridiculous thing to want to have. Perhaps if he tried hard enough, conjured Lisa’s face above Jackie DeNardo’s chest, it would work. He could rub out a quick one and be asleep in twenty minutes. For whatever reason, however, his mind’s eye could not linger on her. Lisa’s face warped and changed shape, shifting into something so unrecognizable, he could not remember it at all. What was it he’d said to Mac earlier? That this whole thing felt desperate, felt unlike him? Odd, he conceded, for a man who once purchased a boat to help him attract women. But Dennis had run the same course, danced the same steps so many times between twenty-five and forty-five, he’d finally begun to dream about packing up his tap shoes and retiring the show for good. Performing, yes, it was all a performance - albeit an excellent one, he gave himself - but a performance nonetheless, and one he feared may finally be better left to a younger man. But perhaps he could do it. Dennis Reynolds had done everything in his life with grace, with poise and mystique. Why should aging be any different? He could retire the skin of his old self like a baseball jersey; some ill-fitting thing at which he could look back and smile but no longer had the power to squeeze him to fit its mold. Yes, that would be nice. 

The drums cascaded like a waterfall down the track and forced in a new tune. “Boy, you’re gonna carry that weight, carry that weight a long time...”

And what would be left there, in the empty space between the old Dennis and the new? Dennis swallowed hard without meaning to as another face took shape in his mind, a much more familiar face. Mac smiled at him so sweetly that morning, his giddiness about scheming together again palpable in the air. Mac smiled at him earlier, too, lying next to him silently, their arms brushing just enough to set that part of Dennis’s skin on fire. Mac had always looked at him that way. It made him seem younger. Dennis wondered if perhaps that was because it reminded him of high school, of smoking pot underneath the stadium bleachers, of Mac staying late at his house and beating him for fifteen rounds of Killer Instinct just so he wouldn’t have to go home. Mac still looked at him that way, even when that Dennis and the Dennis he was now seemed lifetimes apart. 

“Boy, you’re gonna carry that weight, carry that weight a long time...”

Feet moving before he even made the conscious decision, Dennis slinked off the couch, feeling his way through the darkness until his fingers curled around Mac’s doorknob. Yes, maybe he’d done the scheme to make Mac happy, to spend time with him, to make-believe their friendship hadn’t taken a turn for the worst in recent years. Dennis knew he had to shoulder most of the blame, but perhaps it didn’t have to be that way. He was so tired of performing, so tired of playing a character that nobody, especially Mac, believed in anymore. And if Mac already knew him, truly knew him in the way that he had so long feared being known, then why play the character at all? 

Dennis assuredly but slowly creaked open Mac’s door, shuffling forward until he nearly tripped over the bare mattress. Mac was snoring, but the sound was familiar, and Dennis was suddenly tired enough to deal with it. He laid down as quietly as possible, but Mac’s cheap old mattress practically screamed beneath him, and Mac rolled over, eyes wide and stark white in the darkness, searching until he found Dennis’s face. 

“Den?” he asked. “What are you doing?” 

“Shhhh, go to sleep,” Dennis said, slipping his legs underneath Mac’s blanket. He curled his arms inward on his chest, contouring his body to fit around Mac’s shape without actually touching him. Mac didn’t protest, only sighed softly and inched just a bit closer. “The couch was killing my back,” Dennis whispered, and Mac chuckled. 

“Figured,” he yawned, rolling back over. Dennis’s eyes popped open, and he stared at the back of Mac’s head for a long moment before swallowing and letting out a little yawn himself. He released the tension he’d been holding since that morning in his jaw, and with the familiar scent of Mac’s hair gel on their shared pillow consuming him, sleep finally came. 

#iasip s14 #s14 spoilers #the gang gets romantic #iasip #it's always sunny in philadelphia #mac mcdonald #dennis reynolds #macdennis #macdennis fanfic #fanfiction #WOW #i'm uhhhh #idk what to say about this one #i just wanted to write some macdennis shit for abbey road's 50th anniversary ig #anyways stan macdennis #and stream abbey road!!!! #personal #lonely girl queue are my world

[megz-and-peaches]

I don’t think MacDennis is ever gonna be canon (although like who knows as this point) but I really hope that they like... address the change in Mac and Dennis’ dynamic? Properly?

Personally what I’d like to see is an episode where Mac goes off on his own and tries to spend some time apart from the rest of the gang. Like, we know from previous episodes (Misses The Boat, Gets New Wheels, Break Up, Gets Divorced, Chokes, Makes Paddy’s Great Again) that the gang pretty much can’t function without each other, right? But I actually think Mac would be... fine? At least, for a day or two? Not long term obviously but for a little bit.

So, say Mac finally gets fed up with everyone calling him annoying all the time and decides to get some new friends. He starts talking to a guy at his gym, asks if he’s interested in getting a drink sometime, the guy says he’s going to go see a Phillies game with his friends and he has an extra ticket, Mac could come along, maybe?

And Mac says sure, they go, Mac talks about how he’s always had a crush on Chase Utley, the guy is like “wait... you’re gay?” and Mac is like “Yeah, is that a problem?” and the guy is like “No, uh... the opposite actually” and they end up hooking up.

Meanwhile, Dennis is losing his shit. He tries to dye his own hair and he does a terrible job. He asks Dee if he has any wrinkles and she tells him he looks awful and super old and he ends up putting on three times his normal makeup. He forgets to eat all day. Frank starts manipulating him into doing things. He and Charlie go to play some pickup basketball, and Dennis ends up twisting an ankle because Mac didn’t rub down his calves or tape his ankles or any of his usual bullshit. Charlie doesn’t know how to help, and Dennis ends up screaming at him and scratching him the way he would do with Mac. Charlie eventually just leaves and tells Dennis to call someone who can actually help.

Mac and the guy from the gym are hanging out in bed talking. Mac is like “How did you know you were gay?” and the guy is like “Oh, I fell in love with my best friend... oldest story in the book” and Mac’s like “Yeah, I might know something about that.” They talk for a bit, and then Mac gets a call from Charlie who tells him that Dennis hurt his ankle and Mac should go pick him up.

Mac’s like goddamnit, but he explains to the guy at the gym that it’s an emergency and says he’ll call him. And he goes and finds Dennis, who is moping and crying his makeup off.

Mac’s like “See, this is why you need me around to keep you safe.” He scoops Dennis up and carries him home.

Later, they’re sitting and having tea, Dennis’s ankle is wrapped in a tensor bandage (Mac learned first aid because “saving people is totally badass” and also because people kept dying in the bar and it was becoming a liability issue). Mac is telling Dennis about his day, and Dennis is like “wow I can’t believe while I was having the most terrible day in the world you were going to see the Phillies with some hot guy” and Mac is like “you’re the only hot guy I want to see the Phillies with” and Dennis is like “Mac we’ve talked about this” and Mac is like “We should talk about it more”

And then they like. Have a conversation. Where Mac is like “I like you but I know you don’t like me back, I’m gonna try and see this guy again, if you really want more space from me I can try and spend the night at his place sometimes” and Dennis is like “I don’t want more space from you... I just want things to be normal” and Mac’s like “Yeah, sure. I get it”

And they just... move on and Dennis acknowledges that he needs Mac and Mac acknowledges that he’s probably not going to end up with Dennis, but things are still gonna be fine between them? This turned into like a whole episode pitch and maybe a little ooc sorry I just have a lot of feelings

god i hate to say it but..... honestly? This seems like an organic ending to their relationship (in terms of pining idiot and repressed idiot).

I feel like since mac came out he’s allowed himself to have crushes. like before, at least in my headcanons, mac had a crush on dennis since they met but as with pretty much all queer kids, crushes get confused with just wanting to be their friend really badly.. and now that mac’s out he’s like a middle schooler or something, finally allowing himself to feel giddy and realise that he’s actually in love with dennis.

and for dennis, i think he sees that mac is crushing on him and he doesnt know what to do with himself. because ever since he was a kid, his understanding of love is warped as a result of all his issues surrounding sex. to him, love is sex, and sex is power and control and unloving. and the last thing he wants is mac to love him, because that means mac will control him and hurt him. so he doesnt want love from mac. he just wants to be mac’s friend and throw himself around mac with the understanding mac will never try anything,

So they’re kind of at a standstill with each other, not really sure how to move forward with their relationship. And the only way to resolve it is just as you said: mac moving on from dennis and dennis realizing that he can still have mac around without all the strings attatched.

Anyway wheres my fic about this

#ask #anonymous #iasip #macdennis #its always sunny in philadelphia

[hethey-charliekelly]

i’m home for thanksgiving and so i’ve been jumping around the old seasons of always sunny with my mom (as one does) and i wanted to watch chardee macdennis and i remembered that it’s season 7. this is how the conversation with my mom went

me: “oh yeah, this is season 7. mac is fat in this one.”

mom: “which one’s mac?”

me: “oh my god so it’s not ap bio guy”

mom: “okay”

me: “… not danny devito”

mom: “okay”

me: “and not the short guy. the other tall one.”

mom: “the one with black hair?”

me: “yes!”

mom: “and what about him?”

me: “he’s fat in this season.”

mom: “what does that mean?”

me: “the actor gained about 60 pounds in between seasons.”

mom: “oh my god why?”

me: “it’s a whole thing, you’re not gonna get it.”

mom: “… okay? so he’s fat?”

me: “yes. let’s watch.”

episode starts, they talk whatever, mac enters, visibly bigger than she’d seen before

mom: “wow! he’s so big!”

… yes, mom, that’s what i’ve been trying to tell you!

anyways this was probably funnier in the moment than it is now but imma post it anyways because what’s tumblr if not a place for irrelevant shitposting

#always sunny #mac #mac mcdonald #iasip #it’s always sunny in philadelphia

[emberphantom]

Concept for a MacDennis kiss scenario - it happens during a game of Chardee Macdennis and kissing another player for a set amount of time is the task Dennis gets, who reasons that Dee’s his sister, Frank raised him (and is gross anyway) and God knows what Charlie’s been eating. So a Macdennis kiss ensues. And involves everyone else exchanging glances when both of them get utterly lost in it and barely hear Dee like “Helloooo? Guys? Time’s up, let’s get on with the ga- CAN THEY HEAR ME?”

AKFDFKDLSG ANON. DUDE. GURL. BRO. MY GUY. BUDDY. YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND. THIS is one of my FAVORITE TROPES. Your Mind wow. TY for ur service. 

You know I had to do it [write a minific] to ‘em

Predictably, the Golden Geese are on Level 2: Body, ahead of Mac, Charlie and Frank, who’ve teamed up again because Frank hated playing by himself plus it helps them keep an eye on him after the last time they played and he basically tried to kill everyone... 

Anyway so it’s Dennis’s turn to draw a card. It’s a Physical Challenge. Psh...Easy. He reads it aloud: “Pick a player to kiss from any team. Other players will decide for how long--10 seconds minimum. MUST USE TONGUE.” 

Dee giggles next to him--they’re winning, but she’s pretty wine drunk regardless. 

“That’s ridiculous. I’m not doing that.” 

Oh but if he refuses, Mac, Charlie, and Frank get the card and automatically advance to the next round. So it’s not really an option, Dee reminds him. 

He has 30 seconds to make a choice. Who’s it going to be? 

Well, not Dee. Obviously. 

Frank’s also a big No. Even though they’re not technically related, Dennis spent half his life thinking they were. Also, Frank’s just...gross. 

So that leaves Charlie and Mac. 

He’s already kissed Charlie and if he’s being honest it’s not something he’s keen on doing again. It took Dennis hours to get the taste of cheese out of his mouth and who know’s what Charlie’s been eating today? (He thinks he saw an egg shell in the garbage before. It was not from a chicken’s egg...) 

So really, that just leaves Mac as the only viable, not gross option. 

Mac must realize it too. He hasn’t looked at Dennis since he read the card. 

“Ten seconds!” Dee squawks in his ear. “C’mon dum-dum--do you want to lose?!” 

And no, he doesn’t want to give up their 18+ game winning streak but...

“Five!” 

He doesn’t have a choice. Mac would probably do the same thing... 

“Three...two...” 

“Alright fine-Mac! I pick Mac.” 

A rare silence falls over Paddy’s as Dennis slides off his stool and walks to the neutral space between the two teams. He glares expectantly at Mac until he does the same. He still refuses to make eye contact. 

“’Kay bozos,” Dee swivels around to face them and checks her watch. “You have to kiss for 30 seconds starting--” 

“Too long,” Dennis cuts her off. 

“Okay twenty--” 

“Nope.”

“Jesus okay--FIFTEEN seconds.” She waits for Dennis to object but he finally concedes with a grumbly “Fine.” 

Frank and Charlie also agree to the terms. Mac finally nods too after Charlie swats him in the arm. 

Dee’s being way too smug. She’s not even trying to hide the fact that she’s enjoying this. “Alright on the count of three, you two ding-a-lings need to makeout for 15 seconds. And we’d better see some tongue action otherwise it doesn’t count.” 

If she wasn’t on his team, Dennis would murder her right then and there. He still might. 

“One...” 

Dennis takes a step forward into the remaining space between him and Mac. 

“Two...” 

He swallows the lump in his throat and Mac finally looks up at him. Dennis can see his ears turning red. 

“Three!” 

Dennis grabs Mac’s face and yanks him forward, smashing their mouths together. Mac nearly loses his balance, arms flailing out to the side before his hands come to rest on Dennis’s hips. 

Mac’s sharp intake of breath affords Dennis the opportunity to shove his tongue past Mac’s lips. It’s sloppy and kind of gross, not gentle or sexy by any means but Mac let’s him do it. In fact, it seems to spur him on, and he’s actually kissing him back. 

Mac tastes sweet and fruity, like the Riesling he’s been knocking back all of Level One. It’s...well it’s kind of super intoxicating and Dennis thinks he could get addicted to the way Mac’s scruff feels scraping against his skin. He moves a hand to grip the back of Mac’s neck and pulls him closer, needing to feel as much of him as he possibly can.

He’s not sure how much time has passed at this point. Dennis didn’t even hear Dee start counting. As soon has his lips touched Mac’s, it was like he ceased to exist within time and space as we know it.  

Suddenly something cold and wet sends him crashing back to reality. Dennis yelps and leaps away from Mac. And...great. He’s soaked and reeks of beer. Who the fuck-- 

“What the hell Deandra?!”

“Are you kidding me?” She shrieks back. “You guys were going at it for like, two full minutes.” 

“That’s cheating! Cheater!” Mac butts in. “You’re not allowed to interfere in another player’s Physical Challenge!” 

Dee looks between the two of them, absolutely dumbfounded. “You--are you--the challenge was over. You guys just kept going at it?!” 

Dennis is so completely over this. He doesn’t have to explain himself to these idiots. He grabs Mac’s wrist and starts stalking towards the door. 

“Wait--where are you going?” Charlie calls after them. “We need to finish the game!” 

“Game’s over, morons.” 

“Dennis--are you serious? Dennis get back here!” Dee continues to screech, even though they’re already gone. “You can’t just leave in the middle of--oh GOD. DAMMIT.” 

#sunny asks #macdennis #mini fic #this...literally took all day to write #i just...i needed to i love this concept so much #and i needed something to distract from all the fuckery going on today #i wanted to post this earlier but i kept having to stop working on it #anyway here it is #they're gonna go bang 👀

[globrights]

iasip s3 rated by macdennis content

The Gang Finds a Dumpster Baby: Dennis chides Mac for littering and not caring about the environment... Mac agrees to check out the global warming movie he watched bc Dennis kept talking about it even though everyone else was annoyed by it... they really are in love huh. 5.5/10

The Gang Gets Invincible: Mac and Dennis decide to try out for the Eagles because they want to figure out who’s the better football player. “Lincoln Field, baby!” This should be a generic ‘Two Bros Compete Over Sports Thing’ plot but Mac and Dennis are like... really gay about it. They mock Dee together for wanting to try out too and they’re being very misogynistic but the way they laugh at her is so cute. Mac leans in very closely to Dennis’ face when talking about how Dee could embarrass them in terms of running stamina. Mac and Dennis have a whole conversation with their dicks out as they stand over the Lincoln Field and Mac looks at... he looks at Dennis’ dick and asks him if he’s done peeing. And Dennis says no because Mac standing next to him and talking to him makes him nervous,,, okay,,, Mac and Dennis bicker over Mac’s makeup skills and Dennis’ cheekbones. Mac and Dennis sit together on the bus. They’re cutely excited about getting to see Donovan McNabb (even though they don’t) and they’re both... so bad at running. We stan unfit losers who cant even run for ten minutes!! “I liked your form on that, and I liked how you went before the whistle.” “Goddamn right!” “Nice!” Jesus Christ do these two even remember they’re supposed to be competing? Dennis essentially verbally sucked Mac’s dick for tackling his sister and told him he liked his FORM I know I quoted that but like... y’all seeing this... Also can we talk about how Dennis had this running monologue going on while he was running in the field to catch a football was this: “I’m going to make Mac look so bad. My form is perfect–“ like why is Mac always his first thought like it came before his narcissistic thoughts AND his throwaway comp het thought... sigh... 9/10

Dennis and Dee’s Mom is Dead: Mac and Dennis not realizing how gay they are is so fucking funny... Mac banging everyone’s sister but also calling them gross? Comp het rights! Dennis talking to men trying to invite them over to their party is literal actual flirting and he is so stupid for it. “Bro, aw, I just had the most perfect blonde guy slip right through my fingers. I mean, I had him in the palm of my hand and then... he was gone, you know what I mean? I mean, this guy would have been perfect for you. What’s up with this beefcake? Is he coming to the party, or what?” I can’t believe Dennis told Mac this. This sounds literally like they’re gays trying to find love in this world. Give me a break maybe!! Mac and Dennis having no idea that they were waving around a dick flyer that they literally cut themselves is peak metaphor for how in denial about their sexualities they were. Mac and Dennis get up to PEAK gay activity during their party because of how excessively Dennis touches Mac, he literally says “oh yeah, baby, nice one!” when Mac punches a glass frame, breaking it, and taking a random apple and biting into it. He’s so proud of Mac for the dumbest of shit. “You’re gonna tell everybody how we’re like those guys from Jackass, how we like to smash stuff and shove shit up our asses.” “That’s right! You’re gonna get so much shit shoved up your ass tonight!” Oh my god? Oh my god! Nothing says love like throwing knives at college students and basically putting them through emotional and physical torture! That’s just how it is! The symbolism and just everything in this episode pushes this up to a shocking 8.5/10

The Gang Gets Held Hostage: “Come here, come here, come here! I think I got a plan to get us out of this, but I need you to do the destroying thing. Can you?” “I’m a great destroyer.” “Are you kidding me, dude? You’re a born smasher.” “Yes! I’m a born smasher.” “I’m gonna work a different angle with the girl.” “Work those pecs.” “Yeah, exactly.” “Bump it.” “All right.” “Dennis.” “What?” “I love you.” 9/10

The Aluminum Monster Vs. Fatty McGoo: The whole “Dennis has an announcement!” scene is so cute and so funny. Other than that though, Mac and Dennis don’t get up to much, but Dennis does lie to him about dress orders which pushes Mac into Frank’s arms where he learns how to run a sweatshop. 4/10

The Gang Solves the North Korea Situation: Dennis wearing Mac’s duster with no shirt and the way Mac was staring at him? Good shit! 7/10

The Gang Sells Out: Mac and Dennis both somehow managed to get each half of Charlie’s shares in the bar. Charlie gets confused between ‘wood’ and ‘wooed’ and when Dennis tries to explain it to him Mac gives him a little “Dennis, just...” and Dennis goes “It’s a waste of time?” and like. That’s just really domestic of them actually. 6/10

Frank Sets Sweet Dee On Fire: Nothing v specific here but Mac calls Dennis a ‘club kid’ which is cute. 2/10

Sweet Dee’s Dating A Person: “You do have a great voice. You have, you know what man? You have an excellent voice.” The look of absolute BETRAYAL Dennis gives Mac when he doesn’t let him be in his band... wow. “We need a new front man.” “Right. You want someone with a good voice.” “Yes.” “Who’s attractive.” “Yes.” “Someone with charisma.” “Yes.” Somehow they both bottomed in this scene and Dennis wearing glasses is so fucking stupid. This episode would’ve gotten a perfect score if Mac didn’t kick Dennis out of the band for having slutty hips. Mac, those slutty hips are everything you’ve ever wanted in life. Wake up. 9.5/10

Mac is a Serial Killer: Dennis seems to REALLY take notice when it comes to Mac’s comings and goings from the apartment... His reactions to Mac getting laid seems like fake enthusiasm to me :/ 3/10

Dennis Looks Like a Registered Sex Offender: “Listen, I need your help, okay? You’re part owner of the bar, and you’re probably the only person that Mac listens to, and I need you to talk to him.” God Dee really out here knowing the truth huh. She really out here knowing everything, huh? 7/10

The Gang Gets Whacked Part 1: Mac and Dennis the cute little work couple who tries to fix the electricity and both having differing but wrong opinions about how to do it! Mac and Dennis the cute little work couple who ditch work to sit outside their bar in lawn chairs and drink beer together! Mac and Dennis the dumbass work couple who can’t understand the things people say to them because they drink a lot! 9/10

The Gang Gets Whacked Part 2: Mac slaps Dennis and rescues him from his life of prostitution. Wow that’s like a line straight from a very weird mafia AU. 7/10

Bums Making a Mess All Over the City: The way Dennis looks at Mac when he says “In fact, Special Agent Bauer and I plan to take care of a few things today...” Mm... Conspiring with your boyfriend and twin sister while holding your cat as you plan to take down your dad truly is the life huh. 5/10 because it was a great fucking look

The Gang Dances Their Asses Off: One of the most ridiculous things in this episode is the fact that Frank ranked Dennis and Mac second and third best after himself. Some other ridiculous things? Mac and Charlie’s talk about Mac’s... cream... which led to Mac saying this golden line “I’m always putting my cream all over his face.” Mac and Dennis have a dance off where Mac mimes himself sucking Dennis off. Repressed rights! It’s a crime that we didn’t get to see Mac and Dennis slow dance this episode, but still I’m gonna give it a 10/10, especially because Dennis and Mac had 25 pound kegs hanging off their chests and Dennis said “Come on, man! Give me some of that liquid hydraulic shit!” it sounds dirty somehow, anyway, Dennis wrapped his arms around Mac and they both fell to the ground. Very sexy.

#text #iasip #macdennis #its always sunny in philadelphia #rated

[youwillcallher]

@globrights: what are ur top 5 macdennis moments!! n top 5 macdennis episodes (overall)?? give reasons!! want this on my desk by Monday!!

ooooof this is a doozy i love them so much,, i can’t really RANK moments or eps so i’ll just do an unordered list of ones i luv

moments:

 – a severely underrated moment is when dennis and mac wake up while in the back of the trailer in the gang hits the road where dennis wakes up, looks over and sees mac next to him, reaches out to him, and touches his chest before he realizes what he’s done, makes a face, and pulls his hand back as quickly as possible while mac gives him a look and tries to ignore it. glenn howerton explain! your! acting! choices! plz!

– how could i not mention the gang tends bar one where dennis is just. fucking sobbing over mac’s present? yea see i can’t not do that. let the man have his big feelings and also let him cry over his boyfriend getting him the one thing he wanted more than anything else…..rcg and megan ganz i owe u my l i f e

– similarly the ‘do you ever knooooow that you’re my heeeerooo’ serenade and speech from the gang dines out is a classic and for good reason! if u can’t tell i love scenes where dennis explicitly shows romantic interest/dependence/neediness bc so much of it is mac and i love seeing evidence of the bastard man loving mac just as much as mac loves him

– do deleted scenes count? bc i’m counting em! yknow that one deleted scene from mac & dennis break up where it’s like “dynamic duo me right now bitch!” “nice bi’s!” “sweet pecs!” and then dennis says “beautiful lips!” and mac is like ????wha?t??? and dennis makes that Face? the ‘holy shit i’m gay and in love with my roommate what the fuck what the fuck’ face? yeah. that scene. it was a hate crime against me personally to take it out! 

– anytime mac and dennis argue about who’s the top and who’s the bottom in their relationship, which happens like way too many times for them to be straight, let me just say! there’s them arguing as hugh & vic (okay baby boy), in dennis’ double life, and also the “FINE! when you have gay sex you can be on the top!” in the gang goes to hell. just, wow

episodes:

– i can’t NOT say mac and dennis break up for obvious fucking reasons! we love codependent bastards! i love that one so much it’s one of my comfort eps for sure

– same with the gang dines out! bonus points for how they’re all genuinely nice to dee at the end like i lowkey live for that shit. and the entire ep is j peak macdennis

– and of course the gang tends bar which is another great ep all around but deserves its place on this list because of big feelings dennis and the rpg……literally megan ganz personally killed me in cold blood with that episode

– i gotta do mac and dennis move to the suburbs because like how iconic! every scene in there is just gold honestly and i love seeing in depth looks at how fucked up and dysfunctional their relationship is. also, the entire episode is based on the premise of mac and dennis being like a, well, old married couple, so there’s really no way not to include this one

– i just rewatched this one so it’s in my mind but mac’s banging the waitress is such a cute one for them honestly…the nose boop? the “blood brothers”? “i know you better than you know yourself, dude”? it goes on….i love these losers

michelle thank u for this ask i thought Too Much about it because we’re lucky enough to have wayyy too many moments and episodes to be able to easily narrow down to our favorite ones……anyways mac and dennis r gay n in love sue me!

#macdennis #mac mcdonald #mac #dennis reynolds #gay dennis #gay mac #dennis #globrights #asks #casey.txt

[macdentrash]

what do you think will happen with macdennis this season?👀

WARNING: I went off on this I’m sorry, I’m just a passionate macdennis stan trying to make a living in this cold cold world

I honestly don’t know and it’s got me all stressed lmao but I can give u my absolute best hot take👀*warning I’m about to go off* so let’s start at the beginning of s13 to look at the dynamic™… so we’ve obviously got Mac sad with Dennis gone, Dennis left a number for a mental health clinic and Mac’s gotten as he says “super ripped” which probably has something to do with his body issues (esp in relation to Dennis and his masculinity). Anyways we obviously have MAC getting a fucking sex doll of Dennis and when Dee asks him if it’s Dennis he’s just like “Yeah? Of course” like who else would it be? But even MORE interesting is the fact that Cindy tells Mac she wanted him to start dating to fill the void losing Dennis left in his life… like at this point it’s just obvious that Mac is DEEPLY in love with Dennis and that just keeps us wondering if Dennis reciprocates. In the strip club scene during ep 1, Mac just seems mad at Dennis (”Dennis is a bastard man!”) and encourages the gang to try to move on (this is important to my theory so hold onto that my dudes) which means that Mac has the potential to get over Dennis eventually if he gets to that point of frustration... but either way when Dennis comes back Mac is still all like :’) all smiley and happy, and Dennis is looking at Mac like That™ and immediately makes a comment on Mac’s appearance. So after the first episode it’s still like... what’s the fuckin VIBE RCG hmm? Because I didn’t know what was gonna happen after that first episode but hopeful because even those few seconds they were interacting were so...gay... like wtf and then they come for MY SCALP in MY HOUSE by BLASTING the BOYS ARE  BACK IN TOWN? 

Lmao...anyways after the fucking chaotic nut bust that was s13 ep1 I was really keeping an eye on episode 2 for the Macdennis vibe of the season because ya girl did NOT know what to expect. And what do they do? HMM? They let Megan Ganz clear my skin and feed my crops by giving us the fuckin Sherlock based Macdennis au we never really asked for but desperately needed (mostly because of the fuckin pipes they have later cuz that shit is so funny to me)... anyways episode two was gay, we know this. Like? They kept looking at each other like That, the fuckin HEART LOCK (there was absolutely no reason that it needed to be heart shaped, RCG explain), fuckin “let’s keep this between us”, “the game is afoot”. Woo hoo anyways, they were just acting like they used to and it was nice okay? Also the Denny’s t-shirt and Dennis looking at Mac all love sick at the end when they go see Dee... 

So after episode 2 I’m like okay GAY, it’s gay folks! That’s the vibe! And I was so ready for Time’s Up because at that point all we’d really seen was Dennis with the UGLY up on the projector and them sitting next to each other like That. So originally I thot that it was just gonna be like a low-key Macdennis ep and I so ready for that and just seeing the gang all together... and then Megan Ganz came for us all and TIMES UPPED the gang and we were all so shook. Megan Ganz giveth and Megan Ganz taketh away as they say. I know this episode is NOT about shipping but this post is and so I’m gonna analyze, don’t come for me. So Dennis obviously told Mac to “stop kissing him” (which is different from saying “stop TRYING to kiss me” but anyway) and that it “was never gonna happen”. Mac looked hurt but seemed to be ok, he still called Dennis out on that fucking picture (”what year was that taken?!”) and was still joking around at the end. So i was obviously fuckin SHOOK by this whole thing and was really excited to see what happened in New Wheels because I felt like their dynamic could go in any direction @ that point.

Wow this is long but I’m already this far so :) let’s keep it rollin (get it? like WHEELS? I’m here all week folks). So at the beginning of New Wheels Dennis is obviously trying to get the gang to talk to him about going to ND and nobody really seems interested. What I thought was interesting was the camera angle, for the majority of the time Dennis is talking the camera only shows Mac and Dennis in the frame, it almost looks like they could be alone? Which is not a mistake, there has to be some reason they edited it that way. But more importantly Dennis is saying like “I appreciate you respecting my privacy by dancing around the subject” etc and he keeps looking at Mac. Also when Dennis says “you guys want to ask about my family” Mac’s just like “I don’t” which is what Dennis deserves tbh. Anyways Mac kind of seems to be keeping his distance from Dennis in this episode which is interesting after the events of Times Up, maybe Mac’s just listening to what Dennis wants, he’s backing off maybe? I don’t know but when they’re in the car dealership Mac and Charlie leave in the middle of a conversation with Dennis to go look for bikes and Dennis looks a little confused (again it’s what he deserves). Later, when Charlie asks Mac why he doesn’t do better, as in find someone to date, Mac just says “it’s hard out there”. I want to focus on this because um? Mac’s fuckin built and looks like a fuckin walking ray of sunshine so I don’t think it’d be that difficult for him to find someone, just saying. Is it hard out there for him because he’s in love with Dennis? Yeah, probably. Mmmm moving on, Mac and Dennis aren’t together again until the end of the episode and Dennis is all happy and singing Rick Astley, he still gave make a Look through the mirror and all seemed to end well.

WOW so based on all this evidence I’ve brought to you in this Paddy’s Pub tonight, this folks is my theory:

Mac and Dennis will be ok and probably acting like good friends™ in The Gang solves the bathroom problem. Probably no major developments but most likely some pure macdennis content. I think things will get more intense in the Superbowl episode. And I know what you’re going to say: “But Kaitlin... it’s a flash back episode so Dennis probably won’t be in it” and to that I reply that with Charlie gone they will be down to 3 members of the gang so I feel like Dennis is going to pop up at some point. He probably won’t be there in the beginning but maybe half way through? Idk. I love the idea that Mac and Dennis get caught on the kiss cam and they just do it cuz fuck it but Dennis is way too into it for it to just be like a “haha i kissed my gay friend on tv lol” kind of moment so he freaks out (which could go back to Times up and Dennis saying “stop kissing me” etc). 

Now! For Mac Finds His Pride I have some BIG IDEAS folks. So Frank is going to try to get Mac a man and Mac might be hesitant at first but warm up to the idea. How I picture it going down in my mind’s eye (yes, my 3rd eye is open) is: Mac is at the bar flirting with a good looking guy and they’re talking/laughing, standing really close and leaning in to each other (sound familiar?). Dennis is having fun at the party they’re having in the bar for pride (boys are out tonight huh?) until he turns around and freezes when he sees Mac and this dude. His face just goes stone cold and he is the embodiment of a jealous gay (think of the gang misses the boat and all of his mascara Dennis glory). The guy leans closer in to Mac and looks like he might kiss him, now Dennis can’t let that happen can he? So he goes over to the bar and just goes “hey Mac!”, Mac spins around and Dennis does some gay shit right then and there either kissing him (I think I would have a heart attack if that actually happened though) or giving him some “I HAVE BIG FEELINGS” type speech. Either way BOOM Macdennis is canon. This is how they leave it for the season and we’re all forever shook to the core.

Now, I know that it becoming canon wouldn’t fix their toxicity and problems but that’s for season 14 me to analyze (we’ll hope anyways!).

*DISCLAIMER: if you got this far, I love you and we can all get through this trying time together*

#asks #this is so fukin long I'm SORRY #macdennis #iasip #this is over 1.5k words i need help

[bluebuckstallion]

kinda ramble-y fic below the cut, rougly 1.9k words, includes a metric fuck-ton of angst, macdennis, teen au, drinking, and a Lot of implied abuse/trauma

summary: mac’s a rebellious 14 year old tht hates the rich, dennis is a dick tht really just needs an outlet to share his feelings, they’re sad together

     Mac and Charlie were growing more reckless by the day. Nearly every night they'd sneak out of their houses together, fueled by the yearning for a better life. But their late night adventures quickly blossomed into a blur of adrenaline and laughter - as they'd show up at random parties someone down the street was throwing. They'd show up undetected at the peak of the utter chaos that is teen rebellion, take a shitload of booze, and then ditch just as fast. They'd go by the train tracks after and get wasted together, drowning out the deafening reality that is their parents don't care enough to notice they're not at home every night & that life isn’t going so well. And for once, they can be happy in each other's company and have a taste of a childhood they deserved, even if they can only find it at the bottom of a bottle.

     One night Mac goes off by himself, probably because Charlie just hasn't been as up to going out. Mac has no clue why, the only things Charlie’s been sputtering about between drinks every night is his ‘son of a bitch of an uncle’ who moved back in recently. Mac doesn't understand and Charlie won't give him what he needs to understand it. So Mac gives it no second thought. He spots an absolutely huge house in the suburbs and his breath is swept away in awe. He's never seen something with architecture like this and he'll sure as hell never understand how someone can afford so much room, or what it's even used for. The yard is donned with blacked out kids he knows from his classes, and the inside of the house is filled with the melody of drunk kids slurring and laughing to party songs.

     He decides this is it-this is the one place he'll allow himself to go without his best friend. And he'll definitely save booze for him. And he won't allow himself to feel guilty for it, he never does anything for himself anyways. He strides in with a nonchalant facade and his best ‘yes-I-definitely-belong-here’ smile from cheek to cheek, waving at classmates that never noticed him before and definitely won't now. Which is the only advantage that comes from being the rat, one of the sore losers in the bullshit hierarchy that is high school popularity. Nobody will notice when you're taking something right in front of them.

     He makes it to the kitchen and finally pieces together who lives here - it's the piece of shit he has half his classes with, the word snob as a person, someone he can't help but loathe for his gross elitism. It's Dennis Reynolds. Some kid that's really full of himself, someone who helped trademark ‘The Rat’ and laughs at Mac while he's down. He didn't really mind, it's not like he was bullying Charlie, and he was strong enough to take the half-assed insults this guy threw at him. It wasn’t a big deal.

     But here, now - he found Dennis in the midst of his own party, alone in the kitchen, half-empty bottle of tequila in tow, and what looked like mascara trailing from his eyes. 'What a pussy,' is what he was about to say, but something stopped him. Dennis looked at the other boy looming over him and flinched, covering his face instantly. Mac was confused, what the hell was he doing that for? When Dennis realized he was fine, he instantly tried to revert back to his Cool Guy defense mode. Something compelled Mac to crouch down next to him because, well geez, the poor kid was a mess.. and he felt like it humanized him. The urge to steal his things for a taste of a life he never had slowly died down as he said hello to the gracious party host himself. 'Why-are-you-here's  were spit out in half-spoken slurs instantly, because Dennis didn’t remember inviting some dirty street rat to his party. Mac gave a really half-assed excuse, which was all he needed to convince Dennis he was supposed to be here, considering all his thoughts were mush from how out of it he was - he never had the opportunity to drink this much on account of his sister beating him to it, or his mom emptying everything after heated arguments with his dad. And although it annoyed him when she was drunk, it was better than falling asleep to the melody of fighting and the threat of an impending divorce.

     But anyways, now Mac is lost in his eyes and they’re both half a bottle of tequila down, and he isn't sure if he's holding his hand or just dreaming it. And oh God, his eyes are so beautiful, and his lips are coated with strawberry chapstick and he wants to kiss them so bad. He wants to keep holding his hand for all of eternity, but at the same time he wants to cup his soft face in his hands and, wow, he wants to kiss his dimples so bad and to taste the strawberry chapstick and God, he's infatuated. He wants to wipe his tears away and to kiss his rosy cheeks and run his hands through his hair, so bad. And it hits him that he's too deep, what would Charlie think of this? Falling for the enemy? Fuck. But that doesn't matter because all that matters now is the fact he's really hand in hand with someone hes fallen in love with, and all it took was talk of trauma and a bottle of tequila.

     They're no longer on the kitchen floor as they're giggling hand in hand stumbling up the stairs, leaning on each other and shushing one another as they laugh too hard to smile right and their cheeks are flush and they aren't sure if it's the drinking or their company. They're trying to be quiet as they close the door to the twin's room and Dennis tries to lock it with a shaky hand. Mac watches him in utter jaw-dropping awe, feeling butterflies fill his stomach and suffocating any insecurity he'd ever felt before. This was new to him. But Dennis felt it even stronger. He'd spent so long building up a wall, he'd spent so long listening to his mother's vodka-fueled lectures about never letting yourself fall in love. Barbara made him promise he'd never do that to himself, 'It hurts too much,' she told him. But now he was sitting on the top bunk of his bed with what seemed to be the boy of his dreams, he didn't know he could ever feel this way or honestly feel anything at all, and he was too drunk to feel guilty for it.

     Hours pass and now Mac is laying on his bare chest. Dennis has his hands intertwined in his hair, and he's taken away by how soft it is when he strokes it. Mac's never felt a wave of clarity envelop him so softly before. He's at peace. The droning hum of party music is drowned out by the wave of happiness he's feeling. All he can hear is the soft rhythm of their hearts and their cautious breathing, both scared that this still might not be real. Mac's heart flutters when he realizes Dennis’ breathing gets faster as he moves his hand across his chest, and he looks up with half-slit puppy dog eyes that Dennis is absolutely in love with. Mac opens his mouth to speak, but changes his mind. He doesn't wanna jinx it, he's so scared he wont be able to impress Cool Kid Dennis Reynolds, and he doesn't wanna do anything to change this moment. He plays it safe. As he snuggles closer, Dennis holds him and Mac's face is the warmest it's ever been, and he buries it in the other boys chest. He doesn't know how to react to this, he's never known how to react to anything, but especially nothing like this. His face is even warmer than Mac's and he's trying so hard to not let him know that he likes him, because that’s something Barbara and Frank would be ashamed of. Mac falls asleep on his chest, and Dennis can't stop playing with his hair.

     It's only a couple of hours later when Dennis wakes him up, because he knows everything would be compromised if anyone found them together, especially his sister. God knows what she would do. And Dennis tries to tell him he should leave, but the words choke him too much to come out when he sees Mac's adorable face glance up at him. And he's just too shy to say a word.

     The next thing they know, Dennis pulls him closer and they're both kissing for the first time, and Mac feels wrong. He wants to push him away, and he knows he should feel absolutely horrible. He knows God would be disappointed in something like this, and he's terrified of the consequences. But he pushes the thoughts away and succumbs to the warmth that hugs his body. Dennis is holding him so gently and neither want to ever move again, and something compels them to stay together. The kiss is only broken by Dennis’ nervous laughter, and a smile that he can't hide. When the boys recollect themselves they start kissing again. They never went further than that, partially because they couldn't get it up this drunk and partially because they were too scared to ruin it, but it was still nice to fall asleep side by side, even if they didn't mean to.

     Mac wakes up to the soft golden smile of the sun's rays against the bed, and he vaguely remembers last night. Panic sets in and eats him alive like it never has before. He's never stayed somewhere else this late before. What if Charlie’s looking for him? What if whoever he's with didn't lock the door and someone saw him? And then he remembers who he's with, and he's terrified. What the hell did he do? He feels tears of shame well up because he knows hes a sinner in God's eyes, and he's made the biggest mistake of his life, and oh fuck when he tried to get out from under the covers he woke Dennis up. He isn't even half as shocked as Mac is, he's calm. He's happy. He's never woke up so peacefully before, and he's grinning. He tries to tell Mac good morning but he's rambling under his breath about how wrong this is and he's going to Hell, and Dennis takes that as a sign he should've taken his mother's advice. He's utterly crushed.

     Mac doesn't even apologize as he leaves, he slips on his boots and gets out as soon as he can, despite the wavering tone in Dennis’ protests and pleads to stay. He leaves Dennis confused and more scared of opening up than he's ever been, and he doesn't know how to deal with his feelings anymore. Mac tries to forget everything. He never tells Charlie. He doesn't ever want to look Dennis in the eyes again. He never wants to feel that way again, because he went from feeling on top of the world to being ashamed, and thinking he knows it's wrong. He doesn't tell anyone.

#macdennis #iasip #always sunny #fic #mac #dennis #charlie #ash.doc #also jus 2 preface this is loosely based on my own party experiences !! i needed 2 project #this is also ....revamped old writing so my bad it isnt rlly good lmao #dont go into this expectng a Lot

[denfucker]

dennis... he is so interesting... silly, even...

to be worshipped is one thing. to be worshipped is a given. who wouldn't worship him? he leaves and the gang changes because who are they without him? he comes back and the gang chooses him because why wouldn't they? and the d.e.n.n.i.s system and being a golden god and demonstrate value, so they only see what you present and not what you are. sex is what you are. you are a god. see past the golden god and there's nothing there. engage physically. that's it, that's you. engage physically and they won't ask too many questions. nurture dependence, they want you. they worship you. they need you. neglect emotionally, once they start to get too close and worship and obsession tips into what you think is love. inspire hope, so they'll leave and come back again, because you decide what goes and what doesn't. and nothing goes. you are golden and perfect. they will never leave.

then. separate entirely. you leave first. they will cling onto you and kneel at your altar and miss the perfect version of you, and you will only be known as the golden god and you will only be remembered for sex because that is what you are.

and that's all you need. you need worship, you need obsession. you don't need to be loved, or known, because what does that bring you? to be known is to see past the facade. to be known means presenting every bit of yourself, every flaw and imperfection that you try to scrub and dye and push away before it becomes too obvious. and what do you do, when someone knows you, and they don't like what they see?

what then?

#wow i was about to go to bed then i started thinking too hard about dennis now i am here #i should sleep i need sleep #instead i am here! #im sorry for this #i dont think it makes any sense bc its almost 2am im delirious and exhausted #anyway! goodnight! #dennis reynolds #iasip #iasip analysis #macdennis #dennis system #glenn howerton #its always sunny in philadelphia #insane ramblings

[butchannebonny]

I haven’t read most of the other posts about the time’s up episode because I didn’t want many spoilers and I just watched but... I want to write some of my thoughts about it! so here we go (I do talk about rape and csa here):

so... wow! that was such a great episode. I was a bit scared because of what I was reading here, but I feel like it was so good. and I don’t mean I saw people saying it was bad, but I didn’t get the context of the things that happened until now. first of all, I know some people have felt that this episode was a call-out to shippers, but I don’t see it that way at all. of course we are a community here, but we are not the only ones (and not the main audience, I’d say lol) who watch the show, so I don’t think that’s what happened here. I don’t doubt that it’s directed to people who woobify (or even admire) members of the gang, but anyone who looks at how people interact with the show’s social media or just how they talk in other fan communities will know that jokes about the implication are made ALL the time. (EDIT) ok now that I’m aware of megan ganz’s experience I understand that the episode was related to that, and I’m glad she felt writing this episode was helpful to her! 

now, about the chardee and macdennis situation. we had known beforehand that dee has raped men, but what she did to charlie we didn’t know until this episode. I’d say their situation here is very similar to dennis and mac’s... we know both of them have harassed and/or raped others/each other (dee raped charlie and mac harassed dennis, dennis rapes women and charlie harassed the waitress), and one thing doesn’t deny the other. dennis’s speech is disturbing to me because he reminds me of the kind of guy who knows ALL the theory about why rape is wrong, the laws against it etc but he uses the knowledge to avoid any retaliation from what he does and not to, you know, be a fucking decent person who doesn’t rape (and I’m sure this was intentional, as I got the same vibe from the gang escapes, which was also written by megan ganz). so, of course, he also points out what others have done, but he does it to prove how much he knows of the matter, how normal he thinks the behavior is, and how well he has his ass covered in comparison. also, since we know that dennis was raped as a minor it was very interesting to hear confirmation about what happened to charlie with his uncle too, since we have seen them talk about repressing their traumas in similar ways before (I’m thinking PTSDee). I don’t know if this is gonna be “the end” of chardee and/or macdennis... I mean, it’s not as if they were in a healthy or romantic relationship to begin with, and obviously they are gonna continue to be a part of the gang and interact with each other. to be honest now I’d like to see mac trying to find himself an actual boyfriend (rex!! maybe) for now. he’s obviously obsessed with dennis to the point of all the sex doll thing, and dennis is uncomfortable, so to get some distance now would be the healthiest thing for both (and I’m not saying I expect healthy dynamics from the gang, but in these last seasons we have at least seen some improvement in that aspect, so... who knows)

anyway I don’t think I have more thots on this episode guys... I really liked it

edit: I’m dumb and forgot to write about one thing so I’m editing this. yes, we have known the gang are all awful people from the very first season, but I’m glad the episode made it so clear in the context of the topic of sexual harassment because there are many people who truly think about the implication thing as something cool (which does not surprise me knowing stuff like men’s stupid reactions to fight club for example lol).  

#iasip #iasip s13 #iasip spoilers #s13 spoilers #times up for the gang

[emberphantom]

Cute MacDennis Halloween headcanons! 🎃🖤🥺

• Dennis likes to point at various depictions of ugly monsters on various Halloween posters/scary movies/decorations etc. and ask Mac “Is that your mom?”

• Mac points at the skeleton decorations and goes “No, but that’s yours.”

And many other Dennis’s Mommy’s A Skeleton™️ jokes! 💀🖤

Wow.... imagine being that in love?

Okay but what about the time when Mac misspoke and pointed to a skeleton and said "This you?" And Dennis didn't talk to him for like two full days after that. Even though Mac was apologizing profusely and absolutely did not mean it like that, Dennis is perfect the way he is. He's not a hideous skeleton monster like his mom. But even if he did mean it, Dennis should take being compared to his skeleton monster mom as a compliment bc Mac banged his mom and it was great (for not gay sex at least).

Anyway a few days later they're in the store and walk past a display of various skeleton creatures. Mac points to the bird one and goes "Oh shit Dee, I didn't know you were here." And Dennis tries to hide a smile and a laugh before he says "Ha. She is a stupid bird."

And then they lived happily ever after.

#sunny asks #MacDennis #sunny hcs #MORE HALLOWEEN STUFF MOOOOORE

[emberphantom]

thots on sunny s14

tbh i can’t wait to watch the last half of s14 with my friends this weekend. they haven’t seen from Mops Twice on so we have basically all the episodes in the back half of this season, which I haven’t watched more than once to go through. they’re the people that got me into Sunny in the first place this  past summer (I kinda ran away with the macden thing because i have no self control) and it’ll be good for me to get a second look with people who are watching it just for the show and without the macden goggles on, especially Big Mo because there were A LOT of metaphors there that I did not catch because I was like wHEN iS DEnNIS goINg To STop fuCKING ARounD and KiSS MAC ON the mOUTH?!?.  it just helps me personally take a step back and more-so watch stuff for what it is instead of just being feral for a single crumb of macdennis content. 

i still think, lack of macden or not, the last half of the season was objectively not as funny as the first half, with the exception of Jumper i really loved that ep, (even d** d** had better moments than some of the entire eps in the later half). I watch all the episodes with my boyfriend and Mops Twice was his favorite episode of the whole season. He hated Chops and didn’t really get Big Mo until the end but thought the entire episode was boring. And he’s indifferent to the others tbh (idk he was playing WoW and only half-watching most of them) 

anyway i guess my point is i really dove headfirst into this fandom once i boarded the macdennis ship for real and i have no ragrets at all but i think back to when i first started Sunny (in august of this year *cough*) and maybe wish I kept that mindset moving forward and kept fandom separate so it wouldn;t impact my overall enjoyment of the show. but then again i wasn’t so feral until TGGR hit and Sunny socials started Doing That so idk man, idk. 

I still love this show and it means something to me in a kind of way that a show about a bunch of problematic assholes who own a bar probably shouldn’t. but it does. and i’ll be here to the end because even if it’s not a great as it once was (like 5-11 and some of 12 are top tier seasons), it still makes me laugh and does put a smile on my face when it all comes down to it. 

#iasip #long post #i needed to get my thoughts out there #just processing and reflecting y'know #macdennis

[ashwayssunny]

Macdennis playing 7 minutes in heaven 👀

hi anon! thank you for a requesting a prompt!! here you go, i hope you like it!! :)

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Tim Murphy had explained the rules of the game as eloquently as he could, but no one yet had moved to make a first selection. Dennis estimated there were fifteen to twenty of them huddled around a hat which held each of their names  on a slip of paper. Tim Murphy hadn’t even technically invited them to this party, but an entire swath of classmates with whom he had no real relationship had descended upon the get-together like a school of fish, having heard about it in a hundred different games of telephone, finding safety in the anonymity of each other. Tim was too plastered by the time they all arrived to care that the party was far over capacity. 

Dennis had planned on going anyway, of course, but the cover of others made it much easier for him to sneak in Dee, Ronnie the Rat, and Dirtgrub, and he was pleased that neither of them had caused too much of a fuss thus far. Charlie hadn’t thrown his name in the ring, but Dennis watched as Ronnie snuck a piece of paper from the pile, scribbled his new nickname ‘Mac’ as quickly as he could, and tossed it in with such stealth it actually impressed him. 

The object of the game, Tim had explained, was to spend seven minutes alone in a closet with the person whose name was chosen alongside your own. There were few ground rules, except that the lights must be out, the door must be locked, and every non-chosen ear must be pressed against the door, listening. Dennis hoped to score with Nikki Potnick; out of the girls who’d submitted their names, she was by far the best looking, and Dennis hadn’t been involved with the incident which had led to the destruction of her car; in fact, he’d taken extra precautions to make sure Nikki never saw him with Ronnie – sorry, Mac – or Charlie the whole night. Now was his time. 

He wondered arbitrarily if Mac was after the same thing, wanting both to revel in the genius of Dennis’s plan while also preparing to steal his thunder. Dennis wouldn’t let that happen tonight. He’d make sure of it.

“Somebody’s gotta go first,” Tim slurred. “How ‘bout I just pick?”

Noises of agreement came from the group. Dennis made no reaction, betrayed no emotion. He caught Dee’s gaze as she sat across from him in the circle, and he wondered if the universe could possibly be cruel enough to pair them together. He didn’t want to think about what would happen if his sister was paired with someone else either, but to lose his chance with Nikki to such a disappointing partner… he scowled at the idea. 

Tim hiccuped, the beer in his palm sloshing in the bottle as he reached out and retrieved two strips of paper from the hat. The group collectively held back breath as he read the name on the slip once, twice, a third time before smirking a bit. “Dennis,” he blurted, and all eyes turned to him. 

The look of determination on Dennis’s face was set in stone. Some of the girls around the circle looked intrigued, some seemed a little more uneasy, but everyone was surely interested. Tim flipped the first paper behind the second, and at the sight of the second name, his face traveled through several different unidentifiable emotions before landing on a positively mischievous grin. 

“Damnnnnnn,” he said, elongating the word, “it’s Ronnie the Rat!”

Several members of the group burst into full-on laughter, but everyone snickered. “Wow, dream come true for you guys, huh?” Tim mocked. 

Dennis’s blood ran cold. He was sure the color had drained completely from his place, but he fought against every instinct in his body and kept his expression entirely neutral. “Pick someone else,” he said evenly. “Two dudes can’t do it.” 

“Yeah, you can’t do seven minutes in heaven with your bro!” Mac exclaimed from across the circle. He and Dennis avoided eye contact like it would kill them. It only elicited a fresh wave of laughter from the group, and Dennis felt his ears growing hot. 

“I don’t know, I mean…” Tim Murphy trailed off, taking a long swig of his beer and burping without losing an ounce of smugness from his face. Dennis wanted to bash his teeth in. “The rules say you can’t change the names that you pick, so…”

“You never said that in the rules!” Dennis’s voice hitched on the final syllable, but he fought desperately to keep calm, digging his nails into his pant leg. 

“I also didn’t invite you to my party.”

Another round of laughter. Dennis’s fists clenched so tightly he feared he would break his own fingers. 

“We should’ve made, like, a thing for dudes and a thing for chicks,” Mac pointed out, cognizant of how white Dennis’s knuckles had gone. “You know, so we could pick separately. Or do you just really wanna think about two dudes kissing?”

A few people chuckled, and for a moment, Dennis felt proud. It was short-lived, however, when Tim replied almost immediately, “Uhh, nobody said you had to kiss, bro. But it’s good to know that’s exactly what you were thinking about.”

Mac’s cheeks flushed, and he recoiled. Dennis heaved a great sigh, shifting the tension from his shaking fists to the space in his back between his shoulders. He replaced his grimace with an easy smile. “Fine, it’s whatever,” he said casually. “It’s totally a waste of a turn, though.” 

“We’ll see,” Tim responded, and Dennis nearly hurled his beanbag chair across the room.

Then they were being herded by the crowd like sheep to the bathroom they’d prepared for the occasion, complete with romantic fragrance and minimal lighting provided only by a lavender-scented candle belonging to Tim’s mom. People continued to snicker, and Mac and Dennis continued to refuse eye contact, until it was just the two of them side-by-side in the darkness, watching as Tim closed the door and snickered, “Have fun!” From the other side, they could hear the click of the alarm clock Tim set for exactly seven minutes begin. 

With the door shut, the candlelight reflected off both their faces as they slowly turned to each other and adopted positions at opposite ends of the room. Dennis’s stomach churned. 

“This is weird, bro,” Mac said, painfully honest when Dennis did not require his honesty; he forced himself to bite back a nasty retort. 

“Don’t fucking make it weird, then,” he snarled, “you’re the only one making it weird.”

“No, I’m pretty sure everyone is making it weird.” 

“Well, don’t encourage them!” he snapped, his voice rising above the whisper he’d been trying to use to keep the conversation only between them. Mac spoke normally, of course, and it only further irritated Dennis. 

Mac’s big dark eyes followed him, and Dennis could feel the intensity of his gaze even in the darkness. He slid down the length of the wall into a sitting position and stretched his fingers, forcing a deep breath down into his lungs. Mac followed suit. “Oh!” Mac suddenly exclaimed, reaching into his pocket and digging around while Dennis tried not to scream. “Hang on, I think I have something that’ll make this, like, ten times more better.”

The ticking noise began to grate on Dennis’s ears, and he balled his hands into fists yet again. Mac was grinning at him now, and the rush of blood through Dennis’s head forced him to look at the object his counterpart now held between them – a joint, thick, sleek, and nicely rolled the way Mac knew Dennis liked them to be. “Ehhh?” Mac smirked, wagging the joint between them. 

“Oh, fuck, give me that,” Dennis nearly growled, reaching for it ferally, as if he needed it like the cure for a venomous snake bite. Mac relinquished his grasp on it, and Dennis brought the butt to his lips in one swift movement. 

“Light?” he asked impatiently, and Mac returned to digging in his pockets until he produced a purple BIC lighter that had definitely seen better days. He leaned close to Dennis, flicking at the lighter until the flame ignited and cast a soft orange light across both of their faces. Mac cupped the flame with his palm, letting Dennis take a long, intimate drag while they stood practically nose to nose. Mac tried not to stare at the way Dennis’s lips curved around the end of the joint, elected instead to drink in the soft fluttering of his lashes against his bony cheeks. Abruptly, Dennis’s eyes snapped up as Mac leaned closer, and the shock of electricity that came with their eye contact caused Mac’s mouth to run dry. Dennis took the joint from his lips, erupting into a hearty coughing fit that stymied the previous moment of tension. “Fuck,” he choked out, “shit, dude, that was a big hit.” 

“Sorry,” Mac said half-heartedly, his eyes resting still on the redness of Dennis’s cheeks. “I mean, it wouldn’t be if you weren’t such a pussy…”

“Shut up!” Dennis passed the joint to Mac with ire in his voice, and Mac managed to take several drags in quick enough succession to elicit his own miniature coughing fit. Dennis smirked at him, and Mac’s face broke so easily into a compatible grin that he did it without even meaning to. 

“How many minutes do you think are left?” Mac asked.

Dennis grimaced as if, for a moment, he’d forgotten they weren’t alone. “Too many,” he sneered. “Give that back.”

They passed it back and forth in silence for what seemed like years. Dennis tried to ignore the fact that they were, despite their best protestations, sharing saliva. Mac looked to be deliberating something in his mind, and Dennis shuddered to think what it could be. After a moment lasting ten thousand years, Mac opened his mouth to speak. “Hey, Den, I wanted to talk to you about something –”

All at once, the alarm clock began to blare from outside, and Dennis’s hands jumped so violently from the noise that he lost his grip on the joint, letting it tumble down the front of his body until the lit end landed on the front of his pants, burning through the denim and causing Dennis to cry out.

“Oh, shit, dude –”

“Fuck!” Dennis shouted, jumping to his feet. “Oh my God, dude, I burned my dick –”

“You totally burned your dick,” Mac observed, dropping to his knees to root around on the ground for the missing joint. 

“Shit, fuck, goddamnit, get it off –” 

“Hang on, there’s burning ash still there, let me get it –”

Mac began frantically to brush the smoldering ash from Dennis’s crotch, but as his hands gripped the waistband of Dennis’s jeans to find footing in the dark, the bathroom door swung open and treated Tim Murphy and a gaggle of their other classmates to the sight of Mac knelt in front of Dennis, face inches from his crotch, with Mac latched onto his belt loops and brushing the front of his jeans in a decidedly unscrupulous way. Dennis and Mac froze in their respective positions, and Tim’s eyes grew wide as the moon.

“Oh my God, I fucking knew it!” came a voice, and Dennis’s eyes scanned the crowd immediately so he could put a face with the voice of the person he decided he was going to kill. The shrill voice was all too familiar as he connected the source of it to none other than Sweet Dee. “They’re gay, they’re totally gay!” She cackled, loud and obnoxious, as others joined. 

“NO!” Dennis cried. “No, no, no, this isn’t what it looks like –”

“Yeah, sure, Dennis!” Dee screeched back, as the cacophony of laughter and whispering grew behind her. “See, Tim, I totally told you they’d do some gay shit if you put them alone together –”

“I’m gonna kill you!” Dennis shouted, lurching forward and wrapping his hands around his sister’s throat. The laughter turned to screaming as their classmates scattered, and Dennis tackled Dee to the ground and planted himself firmly above her, squeezing. Mac attempted to pull him back, and Charlie appeared to aid in the fiasco, but the four of them soon became such a hectic tangle of limbs and shouting and curse words that the neighbors who called the police would later note in their statement they feared a murder was taking place. 

It was the first and last time any of them saw the inside of Tim Murphy’s house. 

#iasip #macdennis #writing prompts #fanfiction #macdennis fanfic #oof i don't know about this one #i did my best!!! #hopefully it's not too all over the place kjbgsukgbsif #i hope u like it #Anonymous