everyone talks about charlie being autistic but when the hell are you people gonna talk about dennis being autistic? he masks in every episode and fell to the ground covering his ears over a loud buzzer and repeated failure. he has zero concept of how he comes off and repeatedly misreads people. he has 30 of the same shirt in 30 different shades of blue. he’s so rigid and gets so pissed when no one follows the plan. he needs dee to peel the apple god dammit!

i rewatched dennis gets divorced and sometimes i can't believe that episode is real. dennis getting married to maureen and being disappointed that she's not, well... mac. he wants to do with her the same shit he did with mac, calls her dude, wants to watch the same movies he watches with mac and slowly starts realizing he misses the structure that mac gives to him. when he goes to the strip club with the gang, it's not about getting laid with women. he doesn't give a shit about that at all, barely pays attention to the women, doesn't flirt with anyone. at the end of the night, who does he bring home with him? mac. and then maureen comes in. we know that everyone outside the gang is like an outsider but maureen is an outsider to whatever the fuck dennis and mac have going on, specifically. nobody could replace mac in dennis' life and the example they chose was a romantic partner. they go to the bar and share casual intimate moments, like mac brushing his teeth and them getting dressed together. it's not like they have many choices but it's interesting that they chose to show this. he can't stand having maureen living with him for a few days and yet can't bare the idea of not living with mac. the apartment is mostly his and mac doesn't contribute with rent. it'd be more beneficial to live alone and see mac like he sees the gang. but no, he wants mac with him. they're soulmates all the way.

Canon macdennis but when Charlie finds out they’re dating he automatically assumes he’s also dating them and gets so stressed because he can’t afford 2 boyfriends

i keep thinking about the idea of dennis only now kind of doing weird advances towards mac without realizing he might possibly want him back. i think he liked having influence over mac. With johnny he could be in charge of mac's desire for love, hope, and pleasure while as dennis he got to enjoy the soft-shell crabs mac got for 'johnny', this time with a sad mac that relied on dennis' presence to feel better after being disappointed and hurt by another guy. dennis likes the illusion of control and power, but he's also deeply scared of not being needed, that people he actually loves will move on and realize they don't need dennis' input in their decisions. mac trying to move on from his crush on dennis should be a good thing, so why interfere with that unless dennis does care more than he allows to show?