#did he keep trying to build Romantic-Evening-Inators because he had latched onto inventions as the only thing he did well

[thedupshadove]

It was probably the better writing decision in terms of likability to not have Doofenshmirtz treat his failed marriage as another Backstory, but still...for somebody whose particular issues are so heavily defined by loneliness and rejection, to have actually managed to find someone willing to marry you, to be in something like a happy relationship for (?) years, only for it to ultimately fall apart...that can't have helped, can it?

That doesn't make it Charlene's fault, of course, I'm just...Thinking About It.

#phineas and ferb #heinz doofenshmirtz #the handful of times we see him pursue a romantic relationship he seems so scared and desperate and earnest #was that what killed it with Charlene? was he too needy? #did he keep trying to build Romantic-Evening-Inators because he had latched onto inventions as the only thing he did well? #and he was so desperate for this relationship to work and keep working? #thinking about the parallels between Doof and Phineas--remember Isabella's birthday and the haunted house and the rainbow-inator? #trying to impress/do right by a girl? Gotta Go Big