#larphee

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Anyhow, I’ve just been thinking about them and their dynamic. More so with headcanons than anything.

Larry and McPhee are much more similar than one might think. I believe they’ve both experienced the same type of loneliness and abandonment in their life. Larry more so than McPhee, but I think I could make an argument for him as well. (Bc it’s quite clear that hes affected from Larry leaving the museum in the second movie. He literally seems jealous of a monkey, which I find hilarious. That might not be the case, but it’s funnier to think about it that way. There’s also this deleted scene in the third film where Leslie quite literally hugs Larry.)

Though, I believe that they go around treating their abandonment issues in two different ways. Larry has the instilled belief that people are going to leave him sooner or later. I mean, why shouldn’t he? Not has he lost most of his love interests, but as well as his family at the end of the third film. There could be argument that’s why people are driven away from him (at least romantically) but I think this idea is more so taken into play by the end of the third film. So he just goes around and acts like they’re going to leave.

Meanwhile McPhee is a little different. He does have the same idea in mind, but he goes around it in a different way. Instead of accepting that people will leave him, he constantly pushes people away before they can do it themselves. Why else is he so harsh? Aside from the wellbeing of the museum, of course. He’s cold because the world has been cold to him. And if we go into my crack headcanon that Dominic Badguy is his brother, that does not help with the fact that he must feel like he’s in a state of danger.

But! But but but, this where I believe the two could help each other. It’s clear that the two of them have severe issues they need to work through, but why not together? The two of them could learn together that neither of them are the problem. That they do deserved to be loved! Whether it be by one another or the people around them.

Angst 💔

Both Larry and McPhee have a similar problem with affection. Larry wants to show affection, but since societal norms have pushed him into a more “masculine” and “serious” role, he pushes his urges aside. Meanwhile McPhee’s doesn’t know how to show affection because he really doesn’t receive much at all.

I think McPhee would feel really bad for how he’s treated Larry, now that he knows that museum comes to life. Sure, there’s a few things he might still be stubborn about, but deep down he wants to make it up to Larry. Especially since he can’t even see his friends anymore.

Larry genuinely thinks that McPhee is gonna leave him sooner or later. Even when they enter a friendship with one another, he just has this feeling that something will offset him. I mean, it has in the past. McPhee is a… touch guy to please. Very demanding. What if one mistake just ruins it all?

McPhee is not any better. Sometimes he thinks that Larry’s just going to get fed and leave.

Thankfully, like adults, they talk about it together. They realize these are things they need to unlearn or else it’ll destroy what good they have.

And I think them talking together just make them realize how much they really care for one another. Platonically or not.

Alright… that was— some heavy hitters

NOW ITS TIME FOOOOR

Fluff ❤️

Even though McPhee doesn’t like to admit it, he genuinely appreciates Larry’s affection. He secretly waits for the next time he can hold his hand or they can hug.

Larry had a tendency to be a cuddler in bed. If you’re in his grips, he is not letting you go. McPhee learned the hard way.

In private, McPhee has a hand full of pet names for Larry.

Larbear, obviously, but also Bunny. (Since yknow, Larry loves bunnies)

As a gift, Larry gave McPhee a stuffed bear. It was to match with Snuffles. Let’s just say that director appreciated it a lot.

Larry’s health is a lot better when he’s living with someone else. It reminds him that he isn’t alone :))

McPhee… is the jealous, let me tell you. Try and flirt with his man, you’ll get the glare of a thousand angry men.