Everything Is Going To Be O-A-K

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And the orginal spider-man au from this post! By @hailed-marys

my main gripes being with current characterization of jacob and driver

driver keeps getting boiled down into an aggressor

yall are ignoring the fact that this man keeps to himself and is more on the introverted side. He is gentle and kind and soft spoken, often using his actions to show how much he cares abt someone (acts of service my beloved). He fixed irenes car, for next to nothing, he helped transport her and benicio, he made an attempt to help standard. Etc etc.

but just because he is introverted doesnt mean he is timid. Fuck no. He is not afraid to speak out or take action when shit hits the fan (ex. Getting pissed at shannon for letting them know about irene). He is also a getaway driver, which means he deals with other criminals and is not afraid to let them know to fuck off or to listen to him (ex. Telling the repeat customers to fuck off and making nino listen to him)

His demeanor can change based on the person, he doesnt react with violence unless he or someone that he cares about is threatened.

Another thing which is more of my personal opinion… read that. OPINION. im kinda sick of all the ‘stalker’ fics, dont get me wrong, its interesting to see how a character could react if they have this compulsion they feel the need to follow, but lets remember, that shit is mainly fictive/fiction and not how the character actually acts.

i also find it funny how he used a hammer once, and that became a staple instrument/symbolism for him.

To me the hammer represents his ability to be violent, he keeps it in his tool box, because he might have to use it to hammer some nails or dents, but he doesnt always use it, hell, he doesnt like to use it, he’s a mechanic, he is not going to hammer out a loose bolt, he’ll tighten it with his hands or a wrench.

now, his name, he singles himself down to one thing, driver, he is the driver, he drives the car, he works on the car, he is also a stunt driver. The car, is an extension of himself, something that he thinks gives him worth

…yknow this is making me realize he is more autistic coded then i thought…

ima prob yap more abt jacob… bc i recently watched crazy stupid love… so yea…

Now, onto jacob, he is more than a rich boy who is looking for a quick fuck.

jacob started his womanizing adventure because he was looking for a connection he lacked. Besides with all of his escapades, he keeps to a routine, he doesnt immediately go to the bedroom. He makes them a drink, does his fucking dirty dancing pick up move, and THEN does the deed. but he still remembers the persons name (just bc we only saw women in the movie doesnt mean this man is not a bit fruity…. Cuz i am betting he is)

which is why i love all his scenes with hannah, they dont fuck bc he unexpectedly finds the connection he was missing, and then swoons immediately

he also respects boundaries and is willing to wait, he doesnt force hannah to do anything, he is patient with her, he notices she is nervous and lets her go at her own pace. Not to mention they stop, the kissing to go try out the ‘shit’ massage chair.

not to mention he is a pretty damn good friend and is amazing with kids (him playing with the youngest sis at the end of the grad ceremony AND BEING THERE AT THE CERMONY). He notices this dude who keeps getting hammered and talking abt getting cheated on, and instead of telling him to fuck off, he makes an attempt to help him in the way he knows how (which honestly wasnt the best way but it worked out). They eventually become friends and call each other for advice and what not.

when cal found out he was dating hannah, he was pissed and upset, but when david linhagen came he was the first to throw a punch when he realized, and when cal tackled him, he didnt do shit, he just stood there in the middle. Plus him stopping at the bar where cal was at, telling him how he felt about hannah, and all that…

now mentioning the bar scene, the second reason he went there was so that he could convince cal to go to his sons 8th grade grad. And that wasnt his only attempt in helping his family, there was a scene where he handed hannah a phone telling her ‘call ur father’. He gives a shit, and is so fucking sweet….

Also, special mention to the scene where hannah just yap about the pg movies and how ‘the guy tucks the girl in when she falls asleep’ and jacob was the one to fall asleep…. God i love my malewife girlboss duos….

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Court, during a stake out mission, waiting for his target to come out, when all of a sudden a car pulls next to him. He glances in its direction, just to end up staring at a slightly different version of his own face.

Court: ...

Driver: ...

Court: Clone or family?

Driver: Are you important enough to be cloned?

Court: Good point. I hope you're open to the idea of quitting whatever you were going to do and leave, because I have a history of killing problematic family members. I would hate to shoot someone who looks uncannily like my younger siblings.

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Colt, staring at a dead body on the floor: How is it that this keeps happening to me?

Dan: Don't worry Colt, the police got it handled this time. They're gonna bring a dude here, a retired detective they said, but he may be of help.

Holland, showing up with greyish hair and a wrinkled but very, very, familiar face.

Colt: ...

Colt: Am I being framed again? Did they put my face on an old dude and said "ah it worked once, this will do"?

Holland: what the- excuse me?

Colt: Oh my God, he sound just like me if I smoked the equivalent of ten tobacco fields. JODY THEY ARE TRYING IT AGAIN.

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Ryland, months before being pulled in Project Hail Mary, at a restaurant with a friend.

Random Friend: Oh Ryland! That dude in the next table is the exact copy of you! Is he the twin you always talk about?

Ryland, knowing that Colt is in another country for a job so there is no way he could be here, turning around: You surely must be mistaken- Oh my God.

Jacob Palmer, having a romantic dinner with Hannah: ...Okay, so, this is surprising. Are we related somehow?

I crave that angst. The hurt/comfort of "I love you but sometimes I can't help but fear you're going to hurt me again for no reason" from March and the "I love you and I can't undo how I've hurt you and it's killing me" from Healy.

There HAS to be a fic like that, please, I'm STARVING

But, in The Nice Guys, March and Holly’s dynamic is reminiscent of every serious film prominently featuring a mother-daughter duo in the last fifteen years. Between all of the comedy is a story of a teen girl and her neglectful parent trying to understand each other in the wake of a tragedy. Holly vaguely threatens Healy about breaking her dad’s arm, and then says she hates him within a few days. Nobody else should hurt him, but he deserves for words to hurt. She loves him, but doesn’t believe he’s a good person. March is distant and incapable until Holly is in real danger. He doesn’t know where she is most of the time, and he’s usually drunk, but she feels safe with him. That’s his babygirl, and he’s often failing her. There’s so much love wrapped up in a relationship that is generally an unhealthy one between a parentified child and a wreck of an adult. And, I bet if you asked Holly, she would have a lot to say about her father being a “complicated figure in her life”, but she would avoid the word “bad”.