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I've probably posted about this before, but it fascinates me how other shows with dudebro followings make the protagonist increasingly worse until he's a sociopathic monster. The message is "This is who you think you are! This is who you're worshipping! You are literally the person that the writers are criticizing!"

Rick and Morty is still ongoing, but as of right now, it's gone in the opposite direction by increasingly making Rick everything that the bros hate. The message is more of "He's nothing like you! None of you are 'the real life Rick!' You missed the entire point of the show! We're going to make him nicer, and what are you going to do about it?"

Drawing all DSMP Members, one each day!

Day 1: Dream

It's the first pride Steve ever goes to. It's 1986, he's in San Francisco, far away from Hawkins and its horrors, walking along the street with Robin.

She grins and Steve can see it in her eyes, a new sense of belonging, a relief, a we're not alone, shining brighter than the sun. Behind them someone yells the theme: "Forward Together, No Turning Back".

He feels like there is a wound in his soul and now it's like the words pull the splinter out. He never wants to go back to Indiana again.

He turns around the corner, following the masses and he gets so distracted by all the shirtless guys, he nearly bumps into the one in front of him.

"Sorry," Steve says, his mouth hanging open when he comes face to face with Billy Hargrove. Who died at Starcourt a year ago.

Billy who blinks at him, blue eyes full of life and now- confusion. He's still rocks his mullet, only now he's wearing a pink scrunchie. He isn't wearing a shirt. There is a big scar just below his sternum, thin lines stretching from it towards his shoulders and abs like an exploding star. There is glitter on them, sparkling in colors of the rainbow.

Robin's elbow hits his side. Steve is staring, but he can't look away.

"Eyes up here, Harrington." Billy snaps his fingers in front of Steve's face. "What are you doing here?" he says accusatory like he isn't the one thought dead.

"Because I belong here," Steve snaps. It has taken so much time and nearly dying at the claws of Demodogs and the teeth of bats to break down the barriers of what he thought he had to do and what he wanted to. No fucking way he's going to let Billy say anything against that.

Billy stares at him, scars glittering in the sun.

"Same," he mumbles. Steve's pulse stutters for a few seconds.

Billy then grins boyishly at Steve, reminding him of the Billy who rubbed against him at practice and always stole his soap in the showers, the one he rarely got to see and never did against after the sad excuse for a fight at the Byers' house.

"Steve Harrington! As I live and breathe." Billy laughs and slings his arm around Steve's shoulder. "A fucking queer like me."

"Yeah," Robin interrupts. "How are you still breathing, Hargrove?"

Billy rubs his chest, one arm still around Steve. A bit of glitter stays on his fingers.

"No fucking idea," he says. "I just know I wanna get wasted tonight."

Robin opens her mouth to possibly ask a million questions, but Steve's mouth is faster. Even though he didn't plan on saying anything.

"Can I buy you a drink then?" he blurts out.

Billy nearly trips. Steve laughs into his ear. He made Billy Hargrove stumble. By asking him out. This is the best day of his life.

"Fucking unbelievable." Robin rolls her eyes.

There is a shade of pink on Billy's nose and it's not from the sun. "I promised Heather I'd at least make it to-"

"Heather?" Robin's face lightens. "Holloway? Is she alive, too?"

"You bet your ass, Buckley," a voice behind them says. "Let's ditch these idiots after the parade."

Heather winks at Billy, a similar pink scrunchie in her hair and popping a bubble gum with the same color.

"Bitch," Billy says without malice.

"But your best one." Heather blows him a kiss and grabs Robin's arm.

Billy grins at Steve. Steve grins back. He wants to kiss him on his thin blond mustache. Maybe he will, tonight.

Forward together, no turning back.

Bernadette hero costume

rewatching “the wedding squanchers” and i have a mini-theory that morty’s pep-talk actually did impact rick because he decided to finally try to move on

when morty first shames him for not being supportive of BP’s wedding and refers to it as his “big day,” rick references blood ridge as his actual “big day.” knowing what we know now, i fully believe that the reason he was so upset about BP’s wedding is not only because he loves him but because he’s been told that the “relationship” he and BP have is “not worth (his) integrity,” and then watched him give his life (and, arguably, his integrity) away to this seventeen year old girl who he would probably do anything for. that’s why it makes sense that he wouldn’t refute the fact that BP can be a dick in s5 ep8 (“why are you risking your life for that asshole?” “because you love him”) and why he refers resentfully to blood ridge as BP’s big day—he once chose fighting over rick, and now has done the opposite for tammy regardless of his remaining passion for the war. it wouldn’t track for rick to be saying this because he actually values the memory of blood ridge, considering how adamant he is about repressing it. i mean, he doesn’t even seem to enjoy the actual battle if you look at his facial expressions in s5 ep8:

morty’s speech is what actually lowers rick’s guard in the first place, no matter how much he would deny it; when morty says “this is your family and friends all around you, you know? take the day off. there’s nothing to run from—nothing to fight.” he’s unintentionally giving rick a distraction from the pain he’s dealing with watching this wedding happen. the “camera” pans to beth, jerry, and summer with the focus on them more than anyone else. it’s clear that rick is prioritizing the “family” part more than anything else, even though birdperson and squanchy are in the short clips we see.

even so, rick insults morty, claiming his pep-talk is just “lame advice (he) knows nothing about.” makes a lot of sense coming from a man who’s hopelessly in love with the groom and has never told any of his family members nor even said it out loud. since morty really is giving advice on an issue he doesn’t even know exists, you’d expect rick to keep being a dick until the end of the episode.

but rick DOES stop his grumbling. at the actual wedding ceremony, he doesn’t say a word but instead just groans sadly as birdperson says his vows. and, of course, his toast:

“i haven't been exactly subtle about how little i trust marriage. i couldn't make it work, and i could turn a black hole into a sun, so at a certain point, you’ve got to ask yourself: ‘what are the odds this is legit and not just some big lie we're all telling ourselves because we're afraid to die alone?’ because—you know—that's exactly how we all die: alone.”

strange coming from someone who (from the short clip we saw) did, in fact, manage to make marriage work with diane. rick’s skin is significantly lighter in the memory before diane’s death which (weirdly enough) symbolizes happiness/completion in this show (considering that was how the distinction was made between normal rick and healthy rick in rest and ricklaxation)

so why is rick talking about how horrible marriage is? the same reason for his actions after diane’s death: he didn’t go looking for a universe where she was alive but instead looked for vengeance and temporary distractions (this is exactly how his and BP’s friendship started, i’d like to point out), and the same reason he didn’t just go find a new BP after he was reassembled by the federation: even rick has moments where he values his relationships with people so much that he doesn’t want them to change, especially as a middle-aged adult who isn’t quite desensitized yet. in season five he tries to bring back that part of him, especially because of how much he loves birdperson. so the same way he knew going to find another BP was out of the question because he would have a different personality and perception of rick, going to find another diane was out of the question because she wouldn’t be the same one he loved.

rick believes that marriage is a trap because fate already has your future with the person laid out for you; getting attached ensures that you’ll be destroyed by this fate because there’s no way to escape when someone you love is involved.

but rick knows that he and BP are not the same. BP has not seen the horror of the multiverse, nor has he pushed everyone away to protect himself from being hurt.

understanding rick’s heavy contrast from BP in terms of their values, the last few lines of his speech make a lot more sense.

“birdperson is my best friend, and if he loves tammy, well, then I love tammy, too. to friendship, to love, and to my greatest adventure yet... opening myself up to others.”

so, basically: “as much as i hate watching you give your life to this girl, the main reason i love you in the first place is because of your strong sense of self-respect and commitment to the things you care about. so fine, i’ll let you go and hope she’s good to you.”

I got put on antidepressants recently and my god I’m so tired holy shit

I can barely function, I sure hope this side effect eventually wears off once my body gets used to it o-o

Shigaraki, ‘cause why not

What’s he angy about? Probably something petty tbh

✨ Dressing up for the occasion ✨ (he's the occasion)

i keep getting erectile dysfunction ads and listen, I appreciate it but considering the fact that the type of erectile dysfunction I have is that I don’t have a penis, I don’t think a little blue pill will magically cure me of that.