I think it would really benefit people to internalize that mental illnesses are often chronic and not acute. Some of us will never be able to jump the hurdle of managing illness, much less sustaining a sense of normalcy. Many of us will never "recover," will never manage symptoms, will never even come close to appearing normal - and this is for any condition, even the ones labeled as "simple" disorders or "easy-to-manage" disorders.
It isn't a failure if you cannot manage your symptoms. It isn't a moral failure, and you aren't an awful person. You are human. There's only so much you can do before recognizing that you cannot lift the world. Give yourself the space to be ill because, functionally, you are.
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The way Rob wrote the Charlie plot in Dennis Looks Like a Registered Sex Offender revolves heavily around the angle that Charlie needs Frank in his life financially, and is fighting for him back so he pay rent/make ends meet. Interestingly, that motivation was very obviously pivoted away from in the actual episode:
The script says Charlie won't miss him, but he needs him.
In the Episode, Charlie tells Frank he doesn't need him, but he'll miss him.
The scene which explains how Mac and Charlie started scheming together was cut, and it starts with the idea that Charlie is already struggling financially without Frank:
And, once again when the script has Charlie mentioning rent,
it's dropped from the scene.
(bonus there's a little cut moment of Frank moving back in)
Charlie wants Frank back, but he's competing purely for Frank's affection, the financial angle dropped completely. There is literally no mention of a need for Frank's money/rent that is kept in the actual episode, while the script revolved around it.
Dennis and Dee only need Frank financially, it's their unfortunate bind to him, the literal, only reason they cannot escape him is their need for his money (and that continues to this day). Charlie was being written on that path, maybe doomed to be the third kid, but that wasn't actually executed, and in fact played to read the exact opposite of the twins' need for Frank.
Charlie is happy living in squalor, he'll find a way to survive off pennies, he had been his whole life, but a year in and he can't let Frank go. It could have been because of his money, if played as written/intended, but it very obviously wouldn't be, and isn't, about that for Charlie
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I have so many thoughts about all the one-on-one relationships in community,,, like I could write full, separate essays on trobed, jeffshirley, troyannie, jeffabed, troybritta, even goddamn jeffannie, etc etc etc,,, they all mean so much to me and I NEED to get these thoughts out into something tangible and organized or I might explode
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shout-out to anyone with a preventable disability. shout-out to the frustration and the pain and the grief and the rage. if your disability was caused by ignorance or negligence or malice or chance i see you. if someone else had made a difference choice or if you could have made different choices i see you. i see your pain. you are no less entitled to feel that grief even if you could have done something. you shouldn’t be in pain even if you caused it. i forgive you, i see you. if someone else caused your disability i see you. you’re entitled to rage and grief and confusion. to everyone who sees people ignoring the same advice that could have prevented your own suffering, i see you. i see your sorrow, your indignation, your desperation. It’s frustrating when people don’t take your advice because they can’t see the looming outcome. Even when you’re right there.
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What is something you think you only have and will indulge in for Maverick. A special thing that was just the two of you
We didn't have anything really weird that was just the two of us tbh, he was a simple dog who liked simple things.
One special toy I had just for Maverick was his training toy. He didn't really like tug as a reward and I didn't really care to train with tug as a reward. He liked retrieving and I liked watching him retrieve so I made him a rabbit fur ball (shoved a rabbit pelt into a small holee roller) that he could retrieve as a reward during agility and heeling. He loved it so much.
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