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THE PRAYER, and why I escaped and joined THE CIRCUS AGAIN.

My fellow Clowns Destiel shipers. Thanks to a very late second screening and the assistance of my trapeze colleague @zeeimpalaangel. We find this little detail in Dean’s “mumbling” while praying to Cas. Please watch this short clip in its complete length so you can give me your impressions (Aka.: Please tell me I’m not crazy)

I’m tagging all the Fellow shippers that may find this interesting, coincidental? I don’t know. But I want your opinions. Please and thank you.

Well. Before the episode aired I was drafting a post that was drastically different than what I ended up with here. It was a lot angrier and abused the word fuck. I’ve definitely cooled off after seeing the episode and being involved in discussions over the weekend, but I just want to start off by saying, I’m still mad about this storyline. It didn’t have to be like this. There are a ton of different ways to handle Gallavich’s issues that don’t rely on miscommunications and overdone dramatic tropes but here we are. Reluctantly, I see that creating this situation brings all their issues to the forefront in a highly-charged emotional moment that’s representative of incidents in their past. I get it. I hate that they made Ian fuck up again and that Mickey gets hurt again. I really fucking hate it, but it’s all about the pattern and this situation is going to force them to stop and think about their relationship in a way I think they both refused to before this happened. I still hate some of the writing decisions that were made. But, I kinda hate to admit that it seems like they’re actually doing a not entirely shitty job of it. But that’s only because Noel and Cam are killing it. So, I’m still mad but not super mad about it. Shameless still sucks tho.

I don’t think their screen time improved by much but I do think the pacing within the episode was better - it felt like we saw them more often and a lot happened. But this was the first week that I was too anxious about Ian and Mickey and decided to skip scenes that I wasn’t interested in so maybe that’s why it felt like it got back to their story quicker lol. It was a really great episode for them, in my opinion. For the first time in a while, I feel like there’s actually some pretty meaty stuff to dissect and discuss. So much so I was kinda paralyzed with how much I want to say which is why I wanted to take my time with this review. Plus life happened. I’ll probably think of more stuff to say after this even though this is super long. Per usual. And if you have anything specifically you wanna talk about, ask away!

All in all, I’m surprised, even though I shouldn’t be, that I’m not utterly devastated like I thought I’d be. Yes, they’re broken up again, yes it was a super shitty situation and I’m definitely emo about it, but even if I didn’t know how this ends, it still doesn’t feel like an irreparable situation. I seem to forget that this is a comedy now despite always reminding everyone else of that fact lol. Yes, the stakes were high for Ian and Mickey but this is a comedy with dramatic elements and not the other way around anymore. Ofc I wasn’t sobbing from the angst like I thought I’d be (this week anyway, next week looks like they’re upping the ante) because that’s not what this show is about anymore. They wouldn’t drag out the heavy stuff for more than an episode or two. But this is still Ian and Mickey and I care way too much about what happens to these two so here we are.

Jesus, this is a novel. You can skip to the end to get hit with some feels if you don’t feel like reliving the entire episode. So without further ado, here we go.

Republicans: lol yeah about that trial. It’s not gonna be fair or anything, we’ve already made up our minds and there’s gonna be like, 0 witnesses

Democrats: oh? Ok then. If that’s the case then I guess we’ll just hold on to these *pockets articles of impeachment*

Republicans:

FLIP

THE

FUCKING

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If you have time, register for an absentee ballot in your state. That way you don’t even have to go to a polling place, you just have to fill it out and mail it in on time. 

Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z outnumber Boomers. More of us are Liberals who care about each other and social safety nets. More of us give a fuck about the future because we have to live in it. 

Flip the Senate. Fucking Vote. It’s so goddamn important. 

I want someone to look at me like Mickey looks at Ian

—I’m a mad man for your touch,

I’ve lost control

I’m gonna make this last forever,

Don’t tell me it’s impossible

Cause you’re the reason I believe in fate

You’re my paradise

And I’ll do anything to be your love,

or be your sacrifice.