#im also a charlie mac as siblings type of guy but also an unrequited macden guy which opens more doors

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okay its time for me to REALLY get into what is so special about charden to me….

we have seen in the show like numerous times that dennis has a very manipulative grasp on each member of the group EXCEPT for charlie… like in the gang makes paddys great again everyone is hearing insults and insecurities from the doll but charlie just hears him making funny jokes . sure he “sleeps” with the waitress but charlie doesnt even seem to Like being in a relationship with the waitress (which is a whole can of worms that i dont want to get into cuz it makes me mad). all the others in the gang are faced with dennis feeding (and sometimes creating) their insecurities, but for charlie he just has to face that he thinks dennis is hotter than him. i dont know if this is making much sense, its 3 am but this swishes around in my mind a lot. i really feel like charlie is just Too fucking Autistic for Dennis’ usual manipulation to work. on top of that, dennis doesnt really put on as much of a performance in front of charlie because he doesnt feel like he needs to impress him like he does with everyone else. charlie already thinks dennis is cool and he also thinks dennis is annoying and stupid, and having been friends since highschool dennis has learned theres just nothing he can use to try and change that. im sure there was a time where this idea really fucked with dennis and made him mad, but as we see it in the show i think a way that dennis tries to grasp on his need for “control” in his relationship with charlie is just trying to take care of him. obviously he would never call it that, hed never even think of it as that. but dennis has charlies back and understands him a lot more than other people do considering he spent so long analyzing him and building a profile on him to try and find his insecurities. i think dennis just pretends charlie is like a dog he has and thats why he finds himself being nice.

because of that dynamic between them it just makes the idea of a relationship really interesting. i also think it would lead to the most Hijinks which is incredibly important to factor in … imagine a sitcom love triangle where charlie loves the waitress, the waitress loves dennis, and dennis loves charlie. there are so many funny scenarios that could come from that just Open your Mind to Imagination and maybe fanfiction

does the charden nation understand what im trying to say

#im also a charlie mac as siblings type of guy but also an unrequited macden guy which opens more doors #i really believe that charden is the only ship i can get myself to engage with because its the only one that has dennis not being Completely #horrible… idk idk. idk #iasip #charlie kelly #dennis reynolds #charden #long post