#Mac finds his pride

[makkapakka-212]

mac finds his pride*

#its always sunny in philadelphia #always sunny #mac mcdonald #frank reynolds #mac finds his pride #rob mcelhenney #danny devito #charlie kelly

[porrkksoda]

#its always sunny in philadelphia #iasip #mac mcdonald #mac finds his pride #fanart

[super-lupus]

“From birth I was cast upon you; from my mother's womb you have been my God.

Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.” - Psalm 22

1. Velázquez, Diego. Christ Crucified. 1632, Museo Del Prado, Madrid.

2. Barbieri, Giovanni Francesco. Apparition of Christ to the Virgin. 1628 - 1630, Civic Art Gallery, Cento.

3. Sassoferrato, Giovanni Battista Salvi. Madonna and Child. 1625 - 1700, Louvre Museum, Paris.

4. Story, William Wetmore. The Angel of Grief Weeping Over the Dismantled Altar of Life. 1894, Rome.

5. Bloch, Carl Heinrich. The Crucifixion. 1870, Museum of National History, Copenhagen.

6. “Mac Finds His Pride.” It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, season 13, episode 10, FX Network, 7 Nov. 2018. Writ. Rob McElhenney and Charlie Day. Dir. Todd Bierman.

#im sure someone else has already done this #but #here's more #it's always sunny in Philadelphia #always sunny #iasip #mac mcdonald #mac sunny #mac finds his pride #there is one common theme in all the images i chose #and that is #helplessness #rob mcelhenney #rcg

[mosaicbrokenhearts03]

#macdennis #macden #dennis reynolds #iasip #iasip dennis #mac iasip #it’s always sunny in philadelphia #its always sunny in philly #mac macdonald #its always sunny in philadelphia #mac finds his pride #gay dennis #gay mac #ethel cain #mac mcdonald

[hugh-lauries-bald-spot]

i can feel a thought forming around dennis not being able to drive the pride float and not being in mac finds his pride altogether. i like to picture him wallowing at home and getting anxiety rage about maybe maybe not being queer and for SURE never being able to be out about it. also jealousy rage about mac being able to figure it out.

#and just his general latent softcore homophobia #that very well could be internalized and probably is #macdennis #to me #mac mcdonald #dennis reynolds #mac finds his pride #iasip #its always sunny in philadelphia

[twunkmac]

just watched mac finds his pride for the first time and Um. shaking so hard. he truly did find his pride, on his own terms, for himself huh. it’s not about making anyone else understand but genuinely grasping himself that It’s Okay. even frank said fuck the hijinks for one episode because mac mcdonald deserves to be relieved of his shame for existing. the sin of being born is a heavy burden to carry and now frank gets it yknow?

#sorry for rambling but i could’ve said so much more #trying to keep the infodump to a minimum but alas… #iasip #mac mcdonald #mac finds his pride #s13

[flying-ham]

mac finds his pride (2018)

#im cracked on canva pro #mac mcdonald #frank reynolds #mac finds his pride #mfhp #iasip #its always sunny in philadelphia #it's always sunny in philadelphia #sorry im high

[williambeckettfan36]

mac finds his pride ruined my life btw

#iasip #it’s always sunny in philly #it’s always sunny #its always sunny in philadelphia #mac mcdonald #macden #gay #mac finds his pride #macdennis #mac iasip #deppressive

[1unpunishable1]

Mac finds his Pride

#iasip #mac macdonald #mac iasip #mac finds his pride #pride #gay pride #lgbt pride #queer #lgbtqia #lgbtq #queer pride #gay #gay men #its always sunny in philadelphia #art #artwork #coming out

[samusaran221]

Therapy is not enough, I need to kill Mac’s father.

#I’m sure this has been done before #but I am new around these parts #iasip #iasip mac #iasip frank #Danny Devito really got me at the end #RCG remembered he was an acclaimed dramatic actor I guess #its always sunny in philadelphia #danny devito #rob mcelhenney #iasip s13 #mac finds his pride

[waterimark]

obligatory Mac finds his pride screencap redraw because WTF MAN WHAT WAS THAT

#just #wow #like i was waiting to figure out what was going on with this episode and it far exceeded my expectations #absolutely breathtaking #anyways sorry I’m still stuck in this building I cannot leave #iasip fanart #it’s always sunny in philadelphia #mac mcdonald #mac finds his pride

[badnew2005]

to the “love”, i left my conscience pressed between the pages of the Bible in the drawer “what did it ever do for me?” i say

mac’s storm in ‘the gang goes to hell’ and ‘mac finds his pride’ x ‘xo’ by fall out boy

#u could do a thousand better xo mac edits but i am LAZY and still new to the format #last nights tourdust doing the TRIFECTA of MAC religion/sexuality fob songs . wams xo and ginasfs #i am . affected #sunnyfob #iasip x fob #the gang goes to hell #mac finds his pride #iasip #mac iasip #mac mcdonald

[cruiseshipmoment]

I also wonder if the dance played out exactly as intended. Did Mac always know, on some level, that his dad was going to walk out and he'd end up sobbing in his dance partner's lap? Was Mac supposed to end the dance crying out of relief and catharsis, in the version where his dad is not an awful, emotionally abusive, deeply homophobic man? Was there supposed to be different choreography altogether?

#mac mcdonald #mac finds his pride #its always sunny in philadelphia #iasip #it's always sunny in philadelphia

[charmac]

speaking of things that were brought up in the show once and then never spoken of again, im honestly astounded that the revelation that luther was sending letters to mac and dennis was destroying them has seemingly had no impact on the characters beyond tggth. ik the fans probably discussed it more when the episode came out (which i wasnt there for) but its such a huge reveal like…mac who is ignored by his father 99% of the time was actually receiving letters from him and both of his best friends knew and didnt say anything. id love to see that revisited.

Tbh I think that one’s definitely a dead and buried event as spoken between Mac and Dennis, but I definitely wouldn’t say it’s had no further impact on the characters.

Mac’s internal struggle with his dad loving him certainly continued, and from what I see, it was pretty heavily built off the basis of Dennis destroying the letters:

Mac’s ‘PTSD’ nightmares are between him killing his father, just as he hopes he’ll say he loves him, and Dennis making a move on him, finally returning physical affection. I’d say that’s a good idea of how Mac processed/was processing what Dennis did. Mac’s mind seemed to be rationalising that he would kill his father by his own hands if he had access to him. Dennis physically destroyed the possibility, ‘proving he loved Mac’ (and further in Mac’s mind, Luther would kill Mac, given the opportunity).

But then, Mac does ‘kill’ [his relationship with] his father by his own hands when he comes out to him. His father doesn’t want Mac’s true self, and won’t listen. So when Mac does have a way to express himself in return, it hurts him. (Again, further affirming himself that Dennis cut off a potential relationship to protect him).

Now what’s really interesting is that they chose to go with letters again, in connection with Mac’s father, they further cast GSC to play his Uncle, made him gay, and weaved the idea of Mac having kids into the play. Isn’t that just all, a lot to chew on…

Honestly it’s hard for me to properly space it out, so I hope the following makes sense (and I am responding to this while on NYC transit, but what better place to dump my brain out):

I think the letters from Luther to Mac being destroyed by Dennis was a solid base they continue to build around through now. I mean, it’s certainly no coincidence that they decided on letters to be his family legacy, letters his mother destroyed before Mac could read. And then it can’t be a coincidence that the last time Mac spoke to his father, the first time he spoke to him since he found out about his letters, he expressed he wanted Mac to have children, and now Mac is telling his Uncle who looks like his father that he wants these new (old) letters for his children (alongside the theme of ignoring a shared sexuality). That’s not a coincidence, I really hope it’s not.

So I think it remains unsaid between the characters for a few reasons. 1. The confessions from TGGTH went down with the ship for all of them (stuff it down with some brown, bury it under the booth, kick it under the kegs). 2. Mac sees it as a twisted act of love from Dennis, so why teeter with that? 3. It’s a base plot device they continue to build off of for now that, maybe, eventually they’ll address, if we ever work back around to another Mac finale (We can see a theme of things being unburied… Or they’ll just let the insane analysts like me draw dots and connect lines and spout my shit through the rest of time.)

Though those are just my thoughts, certainly RCG will have to talk about it when they get to Seasons 11-13 on the Podcast, so that’s something to look forward to in 2.5-3 years!

#iasip #mac mcdonald #mac meta #ask #frank shoots every member of the gang #the gang goes to hell #mac finds his pride

[causeiknowyouman]

why did i just realize that when luther leaves the prison in mfhp we hear thunder on the stage mac is on, which connects back to the gang goes to hell when mac was convinced god hated gay people because of the thunder and then in that same episode realized he was gay. but in mfhp both his sexuality and religion come to terms with each other, his storyline coming full circle. this is probably common knowledge but i think i might be going crazy

#average sunny fan grasping at straws #mac finds his pride #iasip #mac babygirl mcdonald #sunnyblr

[gooodtoast]

SOMEONE LISTEN TO ME! WHAT IF 'DENNIS TAKES A MENTAL HEALTH DAY' TAKES PLACE AS A FLASHBACK DURING 'MAC FINDS HIS PRIDE'!

#sorry to shout!! I just need someone to hear me! #cause they added mfhp to the list of eps to watch ahead of the new season #and we don't know where he was that epsiode!!! #AM I ON TO SOMETHING #iasip #its always sunny #s16 #mac finds his pride #macdennis #dennis takes a mental health day