#iasip s15

[smilesbag]

there's just something about "the gang carries a corpse up a hill." something about frank saying that you never leave behind the people that you love and the gang all immediately thinking of charlie, alone and crying and carrying the father who never loved him up a hill. something about this group of people hating each other, vowing to never see each other again, and still meeting up for drinks the next day. there's something about the way that they have been friends for decades and they'll always have each others backs, and even though they find each other frustrating and annoying and cruel and ridiculous, they love each other. against their better judgment, they love each other, and that is so special to me.

#sunny is a love story #iasip #charlie kelly #mac mcdonald #dennis reynolds #dee reynolds #frank reynolds #iasip s15 #finished season 15 today just in time for season 16 tomorrow !!

[williambeckettfan36]

guys I love iasip but the last few seasons I have not been enjoying ESPECIALLY s15 (I’m only on that now). like I know that people became more normal and less offensive in 2020 but they kind of stripped the show from its main ideas (basically being horrible) and you can tell they’re trying to keep it up it’s just not really working, is this an unpopular opinion

#dennis reynolds #iasip #iasip dennis #it’s always sunny in philly #it’s always sunny #its always sunny in philadelphia #mac mcdonald #frank reynolds #dee reynolds #charlie kelly #2020 #iasip s15

[ricketycr1cks]

Reject modernity- Dee got mean after the roller skating incident

Embrace tradition- she was always mean and the nickname sweet Dee was supposed to be ironic

#or it was like a family nickname or something #I liked it being not explained #it made the dynamics seem more real yk #like they had so much history we would never get to see #I also simply don’t believe the group could have all been friends if they hadn’t have all been a little fucked up from the beginning #like no way this really nice girl was friends with Ronnie the rat drug dealer and Charlie Kelly certified freak #and was like that the whole time #everything after season 12 is rcg April fools day to me it simply doesn’t really exist #there are some great moments from 13 on but uh… #so much of it leaves more questions than answers #I could write paragraph analyses of this show dude #dee reynolds #dennis reynolds #mac mcdonald #Charlie Kelly #frank reynolds #its always sunny in philly #its always sunny in philadelphia #iasip #iasip s15 #iasip charlie #iasip dee #iasip mac #iasip dennis #iasip frank #source: iasip #also could write a dissertation on how the incident with frank catalyzed into Dennis’s relationship with women but #that’s for another day

[good-realtor-bad-realtor-dynamic]

Sunny season 16 premiere last night was so much more than I could have hoped for. I've had insanity buzzing through my veins for the last 18 hours straight.

Good bye attempts to perform Life.

#mac and dennis everything the dynamic is back baby we're fully in the best bfs era 2.0 as brought back by s15 #it's so s5 macden coded #and the gang are classic ganging again with how much they have the same single braincell and enjoy each others company #none of that constant screeching at each other #mac's characterization 10/10 #dennis and dee are also back in form with being toned down #and all the references and callbacks and little details that fans have been speculating over for ages oooooh they knew what they were doing #this was made specially for us <3 #how can i forget the family dynamic and trauma in ep 2 #trash twins and frank breaking my heart as usual even as i laugh at dog frank. mrs mac and mrs kelly. killers. comedy assassins. and lore! #so much to say but can't do it now #i'll be back #iasip s15 #the gang #macdennis #iasip #sur

[juniperhillpatient]

I didn’t want to share this with the link but my one & only criticism of that video I shared is super specific & it’s that the video essayist doesn’t like Dennis trying to kill Dee in the castle. In my opinion that was a beautifully hilarious scene / culmination of a hysterically entertaining subplot & I strongly disagree with her that it fell into the same category as other cases of the show becoming too mean spirited & neglecting to show that these characters care about each other in the latest seasons. I do agree that this is a huge issue & literally everything else in the almost 3 hour video I fully agreed with though so please still know I loved the critique. I just really liked the castle episodes & this is an excuse to talk about it lol -

I actually found the sibling dynamic weirdly sweet in the Covid episodes. The joke was funny because it wasn’t that Dennis literally wants to kill Dee, it was that he was delirious with Covid & thought he was communicating with a ghostly castle which is so funny cmon. And before that they were renting a castle together & she was teasing him while also taking care of him & in a giant castle they still chose to share a room like they’re so cute. It’s my favorite plot we’ve had in so many seasons & I must defend it with my life.

To me it was mean in classic sunny fashion which is VERY very notably different to the way new sunny is mean. It called back to such iconic scenes as “Dee? I swear you would be of more use to me if I skinned you and turned your skin into a lampshade. Or fashioned you into a piece of high-end luggage. I can even add you to my collection” followed by a hilariously horrified expression from Kaitlin Olson.

Dennis rushing at Dee in a deranged attempt to behead her only to pass out & she has to take him to the hospital is great. It’s the above mentioned scene with talk of skin luggage - or Dennis & Dee’s talk of murder & Dee’s confusion and about what the “actual plan” is in “Mac is a serial killer” amped up to 100 to me. It’s “Dennis is a serial killer” jokes done right much like “making Dennis Reynolds: a murderer” & NOT like “The Gang Gets Cursed.” That last one takes the joke way too far by leaving the implication that Dennis might actually be a killer which completely ruins the joke both by explaining it & botching the punchline which should always be that Dennis is a pathetic bitch who WISHES he was a serial killer (side note - other than that, I mostly enjoy “The Gang Gets Cursed” btw).

This became an essay but I wanted to share that extremely good & insightful video without my huge block of text commentary on something extremely specific. However I did want to rant about how much i LOVE the siblings in the castle episode imo that is pure classic sunny dynamics shining through the fog of late seasons overall crappiness lmao I’d actually categorize that specific sub plot as one of my favorites in the whole show which is insane given that it’s from season 15. I just really really love the Reynolds siblings being fucked up but in a funny way that has almost sweet aspects hehe

I also think this is an opportunity for me to discuss WHAT the notable difference is between the “mean” aspect of sunny here & why it works SO much better than the other mostly uncomfortable humor of later seasons. The joke’s punchline is on Dennis - something that’s desperately been needed in the sibling dynamic & the way it’s narratively framed for a LONG fucking time. As discussed in that amazing & super insightful video, new sunny punches down & it’s frankly cringe more often than not. Old Sunny knew who it’s jokes were on & it was always the person just asking for comeuppance by being awful. I’m not saying Dee isn’t awful because that would defeat the purpose of her character but she does suffer from what I call “the Meg Griffin effect.” It also hurts such characters as Britta Perry from Community, Jerry Gergich from Parks & Rec, & Toby Flenderson from The Office. It becomes more uncomfortable & off putting than funny as an audience member after a while to see everyone being consistently awful to one specific character who is not inherently worse than the others but is always the butt of the joke. It’s a trope I will simply never enjoy, personally.

But the castle plot works because it’s certainly deranged & mean (it’s literally not even always sunny if it’s not deranged & dark & mean you might as well give up & watch a different show if you don’t like your dynamics fucked up) but the joke is not -

A. Dennis is a serial killer ooooh edgy! - tired, contrived, Reddit core, unfunny, defeats the point of sunny which is that these guys are all incompetent losers

B. Haha dee is gonna die! She sucks lol! - that is one way to interpret the joke I guess but it’s so clearly actually that Dennis is in a fucking fever infused hallucination about ghosts & dee ultimately has to take his passed out ass the ER because this stupid bitch didn’t get vaccinated

Like it redeems so much or the awful dynamic they’ve built (which they unfortunately double down on anyway later. *cough* the gang goes bowling *cough*) where it’s like…. Isn’t it hilarious that Dennis constantly abuses his sister guys? Haha what if dee literally killed herself lol? Isn’t this so funny aren’t you having fun?

Classic sunny is mean. I’m not trying to say I dislike mean punchlines. But……. Dennis passing out & almost dying Covid IS mean? Dee having to deal with her brother almost beheading her & listening to his deranged conversations with “the castle” IS mean? It’s just that it’s mean in a FUNNY way. Like Charlie getting rejected by the waitress in the musical episode. Like Dee realizing how disgusting her schemes are in “PTSDee” & feeling sickened by herself. Like Frank getting told to fuck himself in his fat fucking ass in the Christmas episode. Or Mac shitting his pants in “Mac Day.” These are all examples of times I’ve found the meanness of sunny funny because it’s about showing what happens when you’re a horrible person who never learns.

Anyway in conclusion I love the Reynolds siblings & the castle plot is the only good part of new sunny goodbye

#Reynolds siblings #trash twins #golden geese #deedennis #Dennis & Dee #iasip s15 #the gang goes to Ireland #iasip season 15

[nikkipotnik]

Can we please talk about S15 finale of IASIP?

I am dying to talk about the S15 finale.

Because I sobbed my fucking eyes out. Charlie, the literal wretch, was lost. But he’s found a part of himself and that’s incredible.

Charlie spent his whole life being neglected; abandoned by his dad, sidelined by his mum, molested by Uncle Jack and generally kicked about as the dirt grub everyone sees him as including his best friends. But yet, he is the heart of the gang, and it would not work without him. We know he is the only one with sincere — if misguided — compassion. He’s the only one not always motivated by self interest. And when he is, he’s a fucking genius.

Charlie still dutifully watches for his mum, accepts his friends weird abuse with good humour (mostly) and patiently guides Frank through the squalor and chaos they have decided to nest in. There is a tragedy to Charlie and his ever loving attitude that means when we finally learn that he has a relatively normal relative in his Irish father Shelly Kelly, there’s a tiny kernel of hope that Charlie may achieve some sort of salvation and escape the hellpit of Paddy’s Pub and let his wounds heal.

But alas his father dies off screen, of course typically the gang deal with it as they deal with anything, in a fabulously callous and self interested way. Charlie on the other hand, bears a burden that has befallen him without any wrongdoing on his part. And as always, he patiently attempts to fulfil someone else’s wish — someone who Charlie should have said a big old fuck you to much sooner. He has no obligation to the burial wishes of his dead dad but still he tries.

And this is where I break down. Charlie, alone on a fucking mountain, Amazing Grace playing, and we feel everything he feels. All that neglect, misery, pain — it’s etched across his rain slicked, dirt covered face.

“I’m sorry dad. I can’t do it.” He apologises to the person who has arguably hurt Charlie the most by not being there to protect him from all the hurt. But then he realises something very important.

“You weren’t there! And I needed you there…”

“I’m glad your dead.”

“Now I don’t have to spend the rest of my life waiting for you to pick me up.”

Charlie has found part of himself, all on his own. He has saved himself, the wretch he is. His realisations in this moment set him free. They set him free of this horrible task of carrying the corpse but it also relieves him of the symbolic chains he’s been wrapped in. In this moment Charlie Kelly is the most real and grounded and human as any of us, and can maybe begin to heal some of the deep sadness within him.

And to top it off, to prove he’s the only one who can solicit these emotions, the gang come for him. Frank is his real father, the gang are his real family, and only for Charlie would they hold such love — the heart of the gang.

There is something so cathartic in this scene and I just fall apart every time I watch it.

Amazing grace

How sweet the sound

That saved a wretch like me

I once was lost, but now I'm found

Was blind, but now I see

#iasip #charlie kelly #iasip s15 #frank reynolds #dennis reynolds #mac macdonald #sweet dee #I love this fucking show #iasip charlie #the gang carries a corpse #paddyspub

[thenightman-cometh]

This morning I’ve been watching the Wrexham Documentary, and I nearly CRIED when they showed footage from sunny and it was THE MAC WIGGLE FROM THE FRANKS LITTLE BEAUTIES EPISODE, IM SCREAMING

#iasip #wrexham #its always sunny in philly #it’s always sunny in philadelphia #always sunny #iasip s15 #the always sunny podcast #rob mcelhenney #ryan reynolds #mac mcdonald #charlie kelly #dennis reynolds #dee reynolds #frank reynolds

[net-ant]

he’s so sweetie pie

#iasip dennis #iasip s15 #its always sunny in philadelphia #iasip fanfic #iasip headcanon #horselover #wild horses

[softmortis]

as we all know, The Gang Buys a Roller Rink was absolute bullshit soooo what’s y’all’s personal headcanon as to why the boys call Dee “sweet Dee”

#iasip #the gang buys a roller rink #iasip s15 #deandra reynolds #dee reynolds

[sweetdees-gf]

My instagram story after the Always Sunny S16 trailer came out….

#charlie kelly #frank reynolds #its always sunny #mac mcdonald #dee reynolds #always sunny #dennis reynolds #iasip shitpost #its always sunny in philadelphia #iasip #iasip s15

[macden]

this is not easy.

#mac’s reaction. glenn and rob I’m going to kill you both irl #this is in the s15 gifset i just made but i needed it full size because what the fuck #macdennis #iasip #iasipedit #mac mcdonald #dennis reynolds #the gang replaces dee with a monkey #s15 #* #my gifs

[chrliekclly]

i just remembered i had this post in my drafts for when the season ended! have some bts :)

#always sunny #iasip #sunny sweet 16 #sunny spoilers #bts #s16 #i have more but theyv got cast in them and idk if thats allowed #again. i am scared #every season im on i get slightly braver taking pictures lmfao #s15 i literally took NO PICTURES i was like 'if they see me taking pics of set they will detonate me on sight' #like i took a few of mySELF on the bar set cuz how could i not #but this time i took pics of cast and stuff and :) #yo also those fucking 'animatronics' scared the FUCK OUT OF ME when i first walked on stage #i would keep seeing them out of th corner of my eye while we were filming and like JUMP ajksdng #the gritty pic i love so much lol hes helping :) #that episode was really. bad. but it was more fun to film than the others #and still obsessd w macs fit

[prolibytherium]

The contents of this fridge haunt and enchant me

#iasip #Not just the 2000000 ZOAs but also the near-complete absence of any actual food. #Just energy drinks. sour cream. milk. jam (?). and minute maid [POTENTIAL KRATOM MIXER DETECTED] #I'm obsessed with this fridge. I'm lying awake just thinking about this fridge #Anyway I FINALLY gained the strength to get through s15 again and I'm so glad because I fucking love this episode #It's objectively kind of mid but there's so many little things about it that please me it might be close to a top 10 for me #I also really like Charlie's taped together laptop. There's a lot more fun little background details this season

[juniperhillpatient]

dennis & dee in the gang’s still in ireland are iconic for so many reasons like this is back to their horrible trash siblings roots

-dee gets to be a menace & take glee in doing all the talking when dennis is trying not to cough in front of the realtor which is such a refreshing delight when so much of the later seasons give her the Meg griffin treatment

-dennis loves the dilapidated castle & it’s dark history god he’s such a weird girl I love him he’s so me

-their bickering is actually funny & feels like real sibling banter again like the early seasons

-the shining references & dennis talking to the castle are genuinely hilarious

-it’s a small thing but I love that these bitches literally rent a whole ass castle & still opt to sleep in the same room & I love dee worrying about dennis & wanting to get him to a hospital even as she’s mean to him they’re such real siblings again here it’s like all the stupid parts of the later seasons didn’t happen <3

-I love everything about the Dennis has Covid arc. all of the 2020 jokes in season 15 are actually really surprisingly funny

in conclusion: I love the Ireland episodes I love season 15 it’s like the show did such s 180 & went from going downhill to uphill which is so unusual & I really hope the trend continues in season 16 especially with the trash twins & their dynamic since that’s obviously objectively the most important part of the show <3

#the gang’s still in Ireland #the gang goes to Ireland #iasip s15 #trash twins #I say I don’t like the later seasons but it’s really 13 & 14 I don’t like #& it’s not like those don’t have redeeming factors #I just strongly dislike the Meg griffin treatment for any character & I think dee is severely underutilized in later seasons #& I don’t at all enjoy what they do with making Dennis meaner & meaner especially to dee & mac #peak Dennis is pathetic dennis & that’s why the Covid arc is great

[brianlefevre]

#iasip #its always sunny in philadelphia #mac mcdonald #macdennis #los espookys #iasip s15 spoilers #sunny s15

[charmac]

The Sunny wall is expanding

#iasip #oc #it’s so hard to see the signatures on s10 #oh well #i need more… #i don’t have 11 or 13 on dvd so that’s why it goes 10 12 14 #more aesthetic than 9 10 12 to me #also i have more crap than this #but no room for it so it’s just elsewhere #like the shitty s15 towel #and some solo cups #anyway there’s room to expand #the superman comics are slowly being booted