#but ptsdee does what smut film did SO much fucking better in every possible way

[dennisboobs]

one day i will properly compare dee made a smut film and ptsdee and the differences in the way they handle their very similar subject material but i have shit to do early tomorrow morning so. for now.

do you ever think about how RCG-written episodes, no matter how bad (both character morality-wise and writing-wise) they get, will always have a degree of humanity to them. like. 11x04 has dee doing something that is So incredibly wrong and horrible to dennis. but the reactions to it don't match its intensity. 12x07 again has dee doing something absolutely fucking deranged, and the gang tells her how fucked up it was. there's actually an acknowledgement both from her and from the others that what she did was awful, but her motivation, charlie, dennis, frank and mac's motivations throughout the episode make sense. dee's insecurity is the root of it, she can't handle being someone's "rock bottom", and she needs to prove that it can get worse. 11x04 dee just decides she's going to be a bastard and tell everyone that dennis was raped at 14. we don't know why she does this, and she really has no reason to, other than to be an asshole.

#cw rape mention #cw csa mention #ada speaks #i was like. lowkey sick to my stomach after smut film bc like. jesus christ #i think glenn's acting carried and many scenes in that ep live in my brain rent free #but ptsdee does what smut film did SO much fucking better in every possible way #like yes it had to be established previously to work #but. as an episode i just think smut film is extremely weak on the dennis and dee half of it #iconic episode for frank but jesus christ the contrast between both halves makes me die #rcg has always had this. 'yes these are terrible people but they Are People' vibe #that i think a lot of guest writers misunderstand #its not just a show about horrible people doing horrible things #its about those horrible people being UNAWARE of how horrible they are #they still believe they're Good. they are just unbelievably bad at being good. #like when the guys argue over whether or not they can call the israeli businessman 'the j word' #its about. the arbitrary rules they put in place. oh you cant call him a 'jew' THAT way. that's anti semitic bro. #they are capable of recognizing when something is fucked up and occasionally engage in self reflection #the thing is. theyre selfish. and they do it anyway.