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Angst

#hazbin hotel

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𝘖𝘩 𝘈𝘻𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘦…

#good omens

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Thinking about the Good Omens S1 body swap…

LATER

#good omens

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#hilarity

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Radioapple Human AU Masterpost

• First Concept/Meeting

• Vox Human Design

• Alastor bumps into an old friend at the grocery store

• Injured Alastor/Dinner Party series:

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

*this post is subject to change if/when I make more Human AU posts, so be sure to return to the original post if you are so inclined to delve into the AU ☺️🫶🏽

#hazbin hotel

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Someone on twitter suggested these fits for these two 😍

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#cats

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The beauty of all life? Sounds appropriately vague and impossible.

#the magicians

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"Just because you see I smile...

... don't think you know what's going on underneath."

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apocalypse time babey

#the magnus archives

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DID 👏 HE 👏 STUTTER 👏 CHARLIE 👏

#hazbin hotel

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Six reasons Young MacGuffin is an underrated sweet summer child (and why I ship MerGuffin)

I have a thing for minor background characters, that much is obvious by my fandom track record. Young MacGuffin is a prime example of my love for the characters nobody gives a toss aboot. So! Like I usually do, I’m gonnae explain why. Hold onto your arses.

1: Just look at that mug

Look at it! He’s shakin in his wee boots, bless. God I love the suitors. First we’re introduced to young Macintosh, who’s vain, arrogant and a right arsehole into the bargain (I love him, he’s such a prick). In direct contrast you have young MacGuffin, who’s all nerves and shyness, and waiting for his dad’s queues to act. MacIntosh is a leader, but MacGuffin is a follower. He tries to make himself as small as possible, but for all his bungling awkwardness, Merida actually takes notice of him (this is why I consider the Merida/MacGuffin epilogue in the artbook/deleted scene to be canon, it’s a conclusion to this particular scene).

Side note: I love this scene as a character moment for Merida. She’s not interested in getting married and plans on doing everything in her power to get out of it, but she’s still a teenage girl and she sees something in MacGuffin, despite his …MacGuffinness. Let’s face it, he’s not typical of your male Disney romantic interests (he ain’t no Flynn), which is a very welcome change. But more than anything, I love that it’s Merida who is the one to show interest first, it’s not from his perspective or a romance led by him trying to win her over. I need more female characters to lead/own their romance in fiction full stop. On top of that, this scene exists but it’s not important to the movie, which is why it didn’t make the cut. Even though we know what happens from the deleted scene/artbook epilogue, it didn’t make the film because it’s not important to her story right now. So yeah, thumbs up, I dig it. Go get yer lad, Merida.

Still peeking…

2. The Banter

Cannae beat the Scottish banter! The more indecipherable the better. Plus I’m a sucker for Doric (it’s both melodic and hilarious- Doric speakers can never pronounce my name at all, they always wind up calling me Helga. Fuck knows how they get there cos my name’s Halima.)

When MacGuffin was first introduced I had this horrible feeling they were going to give him a ridiculous, insulting voice, but thank god for Kevin McKidd! People tend to focus on young MacGuffin’s dialect rather than what he says. Can we just for a minute appreciate what a cheeky wee shit he is?

“If he wis a wee bit closer, ah could lob a caber at him, ye ken.”

(translation: If he was a little bit closer, I could throw a log at him, you know.”)

Teasing young MacIntosh and Dingwall about Mor'du.

“Since yer saying it and I wasn’t there to see it myself, I’ll go ahead and take yer word for it.” 

(translation: You bunch of lying bawbags, you can stay here and sit on your tod, nice and safe, while I go ahead and check it out for real)

Ha! Dick.

3. Such a dork

Young MacGuffin’s a massive nerd. Out of the three suitors and the lords, he’s the only one who’s ridiculously excited over joining the hunt for Mor'du. Hell he’s just ridiculously excited about everything. And it makes a hilarious contrast with Posh-tosh MacIntosh (who btw has the kind of wanky accent that would get him chibbed in Glasgow).

MacGuffin: It’s all goin’ tae be settled once we get doon t’ that field!

MacIntosh: What?!

4. His friendship with young MacIntosh

Why does no one talk about this? Hell, why isn’t fandom shipping them, cos goddamn they’re cute (and this is coming from a staunch MerGuffin fan). There’s a really nice progression to their friendship in the background throughout the film. You couldn’t get two more different characters. One’s painfully shy, innocent and eager to join in; the other’s full of his own shite and struts about like a peacock with a stick up its arse. To begin, MacIntosh isn’t much impressed with Young MacGuffin. He rolls his eyes, draws him mocking looks, and makes fun of his thick dialect. But MacGuffin isn’t naive, he knows MacIntosh has an ego the size of his gigantic beak, but he’s not so shy and awkward that he bows down to it - MacGuffin gives as good as he gets. By the end, they’re the perfect odd-couple besties. Bring in Dingwall, who’s cool as a cucumber and couldnae give a flying fuck about anything, and Merida, who is both part dork, part sarky asshole, part capable badass, and they’re the perfect comedy superteam. I just want a million adventures with Merida and the suitors, ok?

Get in the sea!

5. Introspective, observant and cute as a button

I love the kind of characters who are good at reading those around them. Young MacGuffin pegs MacIntosh early on, but more importantly knows how to handle him and deal with his ego (drench it in sea water). And the look he gives his dad when he’s all ‘Let these lads try win her heart before they win her hand, if they can!’ says so much about their relationship. He loves him, does everything he can out of admiration for Lord MacGuffin, but he’s not blind to his dad’s faults ('christ dad yer so embarrassing’ XD).

The changing expressions on young MacGuffin’ and MacIntosh’s faces are brilliant to watch during Merida’s speech to the Lords- the animation alone says so much- the way young MacIntosh’s face goes from 'What are these mental old men on about? are they high??’ to 'Hold on. Shit, this could really benefit me.’ “IT’S A GRAND IDEA!” Meanwhile, MacGuffin’s face goes from smiling softly at Merida to looking unbearably sad when it seems the Lords aren’t going to go alone with her proposal -ugh, my heart.

6. And finally, this line.

“It’s jist nae fair makin us ficht for the hand o the quine that disnae want any bit o it. Ken?”

Which translates to:

“It’s just not fair making us fight for the hand of a girl that doesn’t want any part of it, you know?”

Dingwall and MacIntosh, much as I love them to pieces, their comments are about themselves - which fair enough, they want their freedom the same as Merida wants her’s. But young MacGuffin’s the only one who points out it’s a shitty deal forcing them to marry a girl without her consent. (and then panics because he just spoke his mind and hates drawing attention to himself, dkjasdkjdh). Can we just please have more male characters like this full stop?? Also, Merida giggling at him.

Fuck these two, they’re perfect.

TL;DR, Young MacGuffin is an awkward, shy, story-loving, easily excited, kind-hearted, thoughtful, cheeky, teasing wee fanny, and I love him.

Some extras:

Kevin McKidd: (Young MacGuffin voice actor) “…even though he can’t be understood by anyone, his heart is in the right place. He’s very sincere. He’s kind of socially awkward and shy, but he would be the right pick for Merida. At one point in the second year it was on the cards that Merida was going to pick him and that she saw in him something that she really liked, and they were going to walk off into the sunset at the end of the movie, but then that all changed.”

Kevin McKidd said he wanted the follow-up to have a happy ending with a royal wedding. “I feel bad for young MacGuffin that he didn’t get the girl, but it may be in the sequel.”

Personally, I’m so glad they didn’t go with it in the final edit of the film, but I love that it’s still there in some small way, and that it exists in the artbook as ���The Epilogue”, which is how I consider it.

Jesus look at these two blushing cuties.

(lines from the deleted scene - I love the mirroring of MacGuffin and Fergus too)

Merida: For the life of me I can’t understand a word he says.

Elinor: Well dear, I didn’t understand a word your father said when I first met him, either.

150% done.

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gif credit @plixs1​

Artbook pics of the epilogue, yours truly.

#brave

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iron maiden you say? *twirling hair* is she single? *i am quickly whisked away to the execution room*

#stranger things

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I really like them a lot🔥💧

#elemental

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blackice posting..... god I love them

#rotg

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🐕

#good omens