she/her, aro/ace , 41, cat lady, theatre actress

Bro, what? How the fuck is that fair? ‘You have to get yourself fired and possibly arrested in order to be with me.’ Uh, no, get over yourself. Are we as an audience actually supposed to believe he’s the one out of line here? Like, seriously, what the fuck? Jules is acting like an actual child. The consequences of him going to the chief are far bigger than I think she’s considered.

1. Every case Shawn has solved would be questioned, and all the people who were arrested could contest that and be let back out. Does she really want to deal with that? Is it really worth it?

2. Shawn gets fired and is not allowed to work on any cases ever again. You know the one and only job he has ever enjoyed enough to actually stick with. What’s he supposed to do from there? (If not arrested and thrown in jail.) Does she want to be the sole breadwinner? Is he supposed to be a stay at home partner? Does she want him to get a different job that will slowly kill him? Does she want to watch him suffer in the confines of a 9 to 5? Is that worth it?

3. Shawn goes to fucking prison! This is obstruction of Justice! He has been “lying” to the cops for seven years. He had been breaking and entering for seven years. He has been stealing evidence for seven years. The guy will be going to prison. Like, honestly, if she doubts that she’s fucking insane. Like, Jules, you are NOT this naive! Does she really want him behind bars? Is that really fucking worth it?

Like, okay, I get it, she values honesty or whatever, but also it’s not that much of a lie. Weather Shawn’s really observant or psychic does not actually matter that much in the grand scheme of things. Weather he sees something with his eye balls or he ‘sees’ something doesn’t actually matter. It’s not a big deal. They aren’t that far off and it’s such an incredible my stupid thing to get so caught up on.

(context: he made a post for Pride month like the true ally he is and responded to a few of the hate comments!)

Edit: I forgot my favourite one!

Back up but with some revisions.

from a doylist perspective, the writers were still working out the kinks and figuring out what kind of character they wanted. from a watsonian perspective? GODDDD. pre-canon shawn crafts a specific persona that is at odds with who he actually is. that gets more complex when he crafts the psychic persona, right? so you have REAL shawn bleeding through the cracks of both personas, before finally settling.

WHERE AM I GOING WITH THIS. okay so shawn and gus aren't quite sharing the same braincell for most of s1, and they haven't found their rhythm yet. we can chalk that up to shawn coming back with a persona in place that doesn't mesh well with gus (who doesn't put up facades the same way shawn does). as shawn loses some of his more toxic personality traits, he and gus grow closer.

'Psych' is one of my comfort shows. I absolutely adore it and it is one of the fews show I have seen that I consider to be PERFECT. That being said, I still wish I could see a cut of the show where Shassie were the endgame pairing. I know why it never happened, I do like Shules well enough, but Shassie just has so much comedic and compelling potential in this show. They're a fascinating AU and What If scenario that I do sometimes wish I could have seen play out.

There wouldn't have been so much drama about the 'reveal' that Shawn isn't psychic. Jules was the only character in the show who 100% believed that Shawn was psychic. Everyone else ranged from actively helping the lie (Gus & Henry), sceptical but accepting of Shawn's methods (Vick) to flat out refusal to believe (Lassiter). If Shassie had gotten together, then I think that it would have been a fun quirk of their relationship. They both KNOW that Shawn isn't psychic, but Shawn won't tell him the truth (because it's less fun) and Lassiter wants to work it out by himself anyway. So it could have just been a "I won't tell you the truth but if you ever figure it out, I'll tell you if you're right" through-line. Plus then we wouldn't have had the awkwardness of Shawn having to maintain such a big lie in his relationship with Jules (even Abigail - his other main love interest - didn't seem to buy that he was really psychic) and the drama after Jules worked it out. (That stretch of episodes after Jules found out were some of my least favorites due to this plot point hanging over everything.)

The "Oh God, no. Why him????" realisation comedy - especially from Lassiter - when they realise they like each other. Lassiter is canonically pansexual but he's definitely 100% Spencerphobic. Lassiter would have zero qualms about liking dudes but liking Shawn is probably where he draws the line. Shawn would also probably have a similar reaction and the comedy would be GOLD.

Gus' reaction. If Shassie's reaction to liking each other would have been comedy gold, Gus' reaction to if the two started dating would have been comedy platinum. Henry also would have probably had a really funny reaction as well. To be honest, everyone would have, but Gus' reaction would have been spectacular.

It wouldn't have even really changed their dynamic. I can 100% see Shawn and Lassiter being EXACTLY the same with each other while working - because they're both competitive about case solving and bickering is their form of flirting honestly - but burning off all that at work and having an actual functioning relationship when they aren't working. It would probably confuse the hell out of everyone else but it would be a hilarious contrast to their working/home life.

The episodes where Lassiter and Shawn work together are some of the best in the show anyway and would have been great stepping stones to a Frenemies to Lovers kind of story. Seasons 3 & 4 are peak Shassie with 'Lassie Did a Bad, Bad Thing', 'The Head, The Tail, and the Whole Damn Episode', 'Gus Walks into a Bank', 'Shawn Gets the Yips' and 'Shawn Takes a Shot in the Dark' being some of my favorites in the entire show. 'Last Night Gus' in S6 is also particularly standout for Shassie content.

Did I mention that the theme song 'I Know, You Know' is basically Shawn singing to Lassiter?

I know, you know, that I'm not telling the truth, I know, you know, they just don't have any proof, Embrace the deception, learn how to bend, Your worst inhibitions tend to psych you out in the end!

Lassiter is the one who learns how to bend and embrace the deception over the course of the show (he breaks that disk in the season finale because he's fully accepted it and doesn't need to know the answer.) And he is the only character NOT in on the lie who 100% doesn't believe Shawn and doesn't just embrace and accept what he's doing.