Auntie Gwen's Municipal Court

Shoutout to my favorite genre of TOS episode:

Oh, fuck, oh, shit *trips and a collection of shirtless Micky Dolenz photos falls from my pocket*

Not to beat a dead horse or anything but you know when I see those pictures of them just wrapped up tightly in each other and smiling in candid moments that aren't meant to be press shots, just for each other, you can kinda just see in their body language how much they cling to each other and need each other, and that's when I absolutely believe that “he died of a broken heart because I told him that I love you more” are some of the truest lyrics Noel has ever allowed himself to write, and the pride when he praised Liam was also completely genuine. And it just makes me think of how much it must've hurt Liam to have to stay away, to break those old and easy habits of feeling like he could call Noel anytime, text him 100 times a day, just feel like he was with him or in his thoughts as Noel was in his. Like it reminds me of how people describe fucking phantom limb syndrome. It feels like it's there and it burns but there's nothing there and so you can't bloody scratch it. Just feel it in your nerves, forever. I think about how Liam was there for Noel's 40th (Oasis) but Noel wasn't there for Liam's, and neither was at each other's 50th. But Liam put out the smallest, tamest little tweet. Still waiting. You can bet he never found a replacement for Noel, and I don't think he even ever tried. Just built different relationships and all, but his circle was smaller than Noel's was anyway. He really must've felt that absence dearly.

UPDATE (July 6, 2026): I'm glad this post flopped because I totally flopped in my interpretation of this. "Cunt Balloon" was Noel's nickname for Clint Boon (fuck, now I hear it), not the other way around. Ugh, I'm annoyed with myself. Reading comprehension is one of the few skills I got going for me.