#esp s15 and the ireland stuff

[dennistakesamentalhealthday]

me when it's nearly 4am and i need to sleep but i'm thinking about the essay that lives in my head about how sunny shifted with the gang goes to hell

#and im sure this can be traced earlier but i havent gotten that far properly on my rewatch #esp the string of s11-15 season finales.... #usually give more space for criticism with the later seasons but i LOVE the blend between emotional development/depth and comedy #not that this wasn't present in earlier episodes and seasons #i just think the way its navigated and the way it builds to these moments is different now #but i cant elaborate on that yet til i finish my chronological rewatch hehe #its VERY interesting to me from a writers pov though #again i have my criticisms about quite a few of the later episodes but. i think overall the show is still well written #esp s15 and the ireland stuff

[cutemeat]

would u care to expand on the intersex dennis hc? never seen that before and it intrigues me. please!

ofc!

ok so it started off pretty silly n broad LOL like in s15 they talk abt the colors Yellow and Purple (colors of the intersex flag) and Dennis’ plaid shirt in Still in Ireland reminded me of a character who is trans (but lies and says he’s intersex) in Boys Don’t Cry and Dennis’ obsession with redheads reminded me of how a common statistic (and i’ve seen this claim be disputed but i’m not here to get into that lol) used for promoting intersex awareness/acceptance is that “it’s as common as people with red hair!” … so it stuck out to me that dennis was so interested in redheads as “a genetic mutation thing”…

it also just adds a sort of deeper layer to Dennis staying closeted/distance from Mac (esp since Dennis in an ep like Misses the Boat assumes Mac has a genital preference: “does she have a dick?” and Mac displays his “distaste” for vaginas in Bathroom Problem which Dennis says makes him uncomfortable) and also his own self-image issues and his fixation with masculinity. And also adds an extra layer to his arc in “Right to Chop”… and to his sensitivity to the “baby dick” comment or “dickless dennis” joke.

this HC also extends into an interpretation of Misses the Boat where the reason Mac talks about milking a girls adrenal gland is cuz Dennis tries to explain his condition to Mac (also a way to interpret Dennis getting frustrated/annoyed by one of the buyer’s line of questioning in the ep) but he gets annoyed by Mac’s lack of grasp so he gives up and Mac is just more confused and his takeaway is just the adrenal gland stuff (cuz the more specific intersex condition I hc dennis as having is congenital adrenal hyperplasia)..

idk, the whole thing started as a batshit theory when i was like. really manic LOL but now it’s just a hc that I still hold onto cuz like. yeah thats my dennis thats how i see him lol

#there was a time where i probs wouldve gone into this deeper n included screenshots n shit to illustrate my points #but im lazy 2day and also i really just dont want to overstep or be weird and creepy about this yknow? LOL