I saw in ur tags that you have a lot of thoughts about macs childhood. Care to elaborate???
- macâs dad was 59 in s10, which means he was 20 or 21 when mac was born (which was in 1977, according to the sunny wiki). mrs mac seems to be roughly the same age as him, so iâd guess she was anywhere between 19-22 when she had mac.
- they were rly young parents. thatâs not a bad thing in itself - plenty of ppl have kids young and raise them super well!! but judging from macâs attachment issues and emotional insecurities in adulthood, as well as how much theyâre shown to resent him, i donât think they were ready for a child or planning for one
- the fact that macâs catholicism is so strong when neither of his parents seem to be remotely religious makes me wonder if he grew up in church programs??
- according to google the catholic church has a relatively big presence in philly, so itâs entirely plausible that mac ended up getting most of his clothes from church charity drives, most of his meals from the church daycare, he learnt to read at sunday school
- it would explain why heâs so defensive re: catholicism even tho ultimately itâs done him so much harm. bc despite everything⌠this has been the one (1) stable thing in his life. this is what ended up filling the void his parents left.
- when ur a kid who gets at best ignored and at worst neglected at home, the idea of an all-knowing father looking down on u absolutely has the potential to become smth comforting that uâd cling to
- also idk if this makes sense but macâs idea of god?? someone distant and controlling and harsh who doesnât rly show affection at all?? that sounds a lot like luther
- god is a father figure but luther is the only father mac had experience with - so itâs no wonder that macâs interpretation of the bible is so violent and warped. luther was macâs frame of reference
- most of his childhood memories seem to take place outside, and most of them involve charlie. mac remembers the two of them throwing rocks at trains, riding their bikes around philly, hanging out at the community pool during the summer, but we never hear mac talk abt what it was like at home which implies that he either doesnât like remembering it, or heâs blocked the memories out entirely
- tbh i think it was the kind of situation that gradually got worse. his parents never gave much of a shit to begin with but as mac got older and more independent, they justâŚâŚ..let him go. and then luther went to prison and mrs mac shut down emotionally, and mac was left completely on his own
- so as an adult mac clings onto the vague memories he has of his early childhood, back when his parents didnât 100% resent him and his dad wasnât in jail, and idolises those memories and romanticises them, and insists that despite all the evidence to the contrary thereâs a chance those days could come back
- the strongest example of this i can think of rn is macâs rant at charlie in s3 - âthis is about people meeting back up after many years, and sparks flying, and families getting back together and raising little boys so they can be happy again! okay? happy boys! this is about happy boys!â
- and this is arguably macâs best quality and one of his worst flaws. he is so adamantly stubborn that none of the people he loves are lost causes and all of them have potential and all of them love him back - but at the same time he canât tell when he crosses the line from hopefulness into full-on delusion, and that ends up hurting him and hurting them
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