#they're such besties

[folkloregirlfriend]

love how taylor and jack are trying not to laugh while singing getaway car it's giving two best friends trying to present something to a class but then they look at each other and burst out laughing and it just keeps getting funnier

#they're such besties

[the5n00k]

Character analysis essay: (kind of, it's mostly me just rambling)

The Ghost and Molly McGee and the concept of unconditional love and acceptance

‼️Spoilers ahead for both seasons 1 and 2!‼️

The Ghost and Molly McGee is one of the most special animated tv shows I've ever seen for several reasons but none quite as special to me as this. A ton of shows, especially on Disney channel, boast of their friendships between the main characters and their hijinks they get into but none have quite impacted me like the friendship between the two titular characters Molly and Scratch. I mean when I first watched this series in July after the season 1 finale, I expected to have a brief period of obsession, a few drawings, and then I'd move on. As you can tell by my blog, that did not happen. (For better and for worse)

People dismiss this show because of the more grounded slice of life episodic approach it takes but honestly I feel like that's it's strongest aspect. It allows the characters to have more moments where they can just slow down and connect. There's no urgent threat (save for a few episodes) that needs to be addressed or the world will end. The characters get to talk, react, and grow because of its slower pace. I say slower loosely because this show will also throw jokes at you harder and faster than an automatic tennis ball server but it knows when to take a moment seriously when it needs to. (This is also why season 1 Amphibia is my favorite and y'all can fight me for it.)

Now onto my main point; Molly and Scratch's relationship.

They start out rough. REALLY rough. They're not good for each other in the slightest. Scratch is mean and constantly trying to sabotage Molly and Molly is controlling, dragging Scratch along on her daily tasks even if he expresses how much he does not want to come along. But no matter how terrible they treat each other, there's still a level of care.

Take First Day Frights or The Unnatural for example. Scratch is more than willing to watch Molly fail until he sees her getting picked on, something he's experienced almost every day of his afterlife, possibly his living one too. He has this connection to her early on, he has this empathy. He'd never expressly admit it and he still tries his hardest to make her give up MANY times throughout season 1 either for his own amusement, thinking the effort isn't worth both of their time, or simply because he has to keep Brighton miserable. But seeing her upset always sets something off in him. And while he doesn't verbally admit he cares about her until the season finale, he does eventually acknowledge her as his best friend (although in that instance it was more to spite Libby) and acknowledge himself as part of her family. The most notable episodes that highlight their more stable relationship are season 1, 18-20 (for those unaware, that would be Out of House and Home/Home is Where the Haunt is, Scaring is Caring/All Night Plight, and The Jig is Up/Molly Vs the Ghost World)

Moving onto season 1 Molly now, she was controlling and seemed to enjoy annoying Scratch in almost a sibling-like behavior, poking him, teasing him, playing with his "hair" but the further you get into the series, the less annoying these feel and the more endearing they become. She also begins to respect his boundaries more, summoning him less and kind of letting him do his own thing in the general area while she has her own plot going on. (Goat Your Own Way and gags ... The Internship) And even after the curse is broken, she seems willing to let him move on away from her if that's what he really wants. She's more interested in his happiness now than her own. Letting go of that control is HUGE for her considering how much emphasis she put on him being her first forever friend. She didn't even expose him to Libby until she got his permission. I brought it up once and I'm bringing it up again dammit.

These two broken, mistreated, flawed people who found each other by complete coincidence would do anything and go to the ends of the earth for each other. And they did.

Moving onto season 2 I was terrified they would regress in some way from this. It was such a high note and a perfect end to their arc all throughout season 1, but now there was this new status quo. They were used to each other now. They could feel like completely different characters at this point. But they weren't, in fact they're even better.

They fight, they argue, they disagree on A LOT of things, but at the end of the day they're even more supportive and loving of each other than ever before.

They're not tearing each other down anymore, they're actively building each other up. Making the other a better person. Cheering them on. This even extends to the B characters like Libby and Darryl, they feel like a close-knit family. Even when they argue, the first thing they see when they say each other again is "I'm sorry" which is HUGE for Scratch, acknowledging fault was (and still is to some degree) really hard for him. They love each other no matter what. They've still got their issues, Molly still feels like she needs to burn herself out to make others happy and Scratch is still calloused and mean towards new additions to his social circle but that just makes them feel more authentic. I don't want them to be perfect. Watching them improve yet still struggle with the same issues they had at the start of the series makes them feel so real. For being a show that's mostly episodic with loose continuity, the development its characters go through is so slow burn sometimes you don't even notice it just binging the series. But if you jump back and forth between an early season 1 episode to a late/season 2 episode, it is STAGGERING.

Molly doesn't love Scratch because he stopped being mean. Scratch doesn't love Molly because she stopped being an overbearing ball of energy. They've loved each other in spite of that. They see past these flaws to their source and relate to the feelings they stem from. At their core, Molly and Scratch are exactly the same; social outcasts seemingly doomed to never having lasting connections. They just responded differently to what they had to go through, their two extremes are even similar in some ways with over possessiveness and insecurity. When Scratch was defending himself to Libby, he couldn't even name any of his redeeming qualities. And Molly still thought Scratch wanted to leave her in spite of everything. They're so torn from their experiences and that drives them closer together. I'm tearing up writing this.

They're broken but they're healing. They're best friends forever. One without the other would not be the same person. Although they aren't codependent, they've gotten along fine on solo adventures without the other needing to step in and solve their problem. They're healthy in their toxic behaviors because they call each other out. I don't consider a relationship toxic if there's noticeable improvement and growth. They're mature in their immaturity, their friendship is so simple and sincere. They enjoy each other's company and don't care who knows it. They're weirdos and so is everyone else they're friends with. Save for maybe Geoff. I don't think a single soul hates Geoff. I'm getting off topic but their friendship is something I always wanted.

They know they're broken, they know they're flawed and selfish at times. But they're trying. And that effort is sometimes all that one can ask for. The dream team for all eternity.

#the ghost and molly mcgee #tgamm #tgamm spoilers #character analysis #i cried writing this #legitimately i almost started violently sobbing over these cartoon characters #that's what thinking about their relationship does to me #they're such besties #i hope they never change but also change for the better #if that makes any sense #my poor broken meow meows #i want to hug them so hard all their trauma goes away

[llittletingoddess]

Me and who?

#metallica #james hetfield #72 seasons #cliff burton #they're such besties #like besties 💅🏻 #happy to have a friendship like this tbh

[songsintheattic]

"I was there when the Russians released her. She didn't know me, she'd lost her mind. And then I sent her to Kabul even. I knew she wasn't ready. But I needed her to do a job. Whatever shit she's in is because of me, I am not turning my back on her."

CRYING IN THE CLUB

#i love when saul and carrie trust each other #they're such besties #homelandposting #I'm glad we're ending on a good note too I'd be really sad if this series wrapped up with them not being friends

[liquidstar]

If my mom sees a significant amount of blood she gets lightheaded, and has fainted on some occasions. Once it happened when we were kids, I wasn't there to witness it but I heard the story from my dad. Basically my brothers, around 7 or 8 at the time, were playing outside while my mom was making their lunch, and she accidentally cut her finger. It wasn't anything serious, but it drew a fair bit of blood and she passed out. My dad saw this and rushed over, but he didn't really know what to do so he just sort of started slapping her to wake her up (not recommended, but he had no idea and panicked)

At that exact moment my brothers both came in from playing, and all they saw was our mom unconscious on the floor and our dad slapping her. So, like, without even saying a word to each other they both just INSTANTLY start whaling on him, like, full blown attack mode to defend our mom. Which obviously didn't help the situation, but she did wake up and everything was fine.

Now our dad says that he's actually really glad they attacked him over what they thought was going on, because it means he raised good boys. And I still think that's true, they're very good boys.

#i think about this story sometimes like yeah I'm proud of them for that too actually. good job baby brothers #they're not babies anymore of course they're turning 20 next year which is crazy #but they're still the type of people who'd do something if they saw something of this sort happen for sure #respectful of women and everyone else too. they're good guys #I'm glad I ended up with them living in my house against my will for like 14 years #anyway i have no idea where i was for all this but my best guess is probably a friends house given the time period #i was always at my besties house lol #i hope she's doing well too actually. haven't spoken in forever... #bestie from greek elementary school... if you're out there... let's get muffins and fanta at the bakery across the street again someday 💜☮️

[demaparbat-hp]

They would.

#atla #lok #legend of korra #korra #toph beifong #lok fanart #lok art #avatar korra #toph beifong art #toph beifong fanart #korra fanart #korra art #avatar the last airbender #atla fanart #atla art #they're besties your honor #I saw the ref pic and inmediatly thought of them #The sheer badassery #Also ✨abs✨

[wafflesex]

And just like that, Lilia treats Floyd's ADHD

#twisted wonderland #twst #lilia vanrouge #floyd leech #they're besties #as someone with adhd I attest to loud rambunctious tunes being like asmr to a loud bee brain #it's what floyd deserves some days #my art

[hattersarts]

isobel & aylin commissions for @mxjinn !

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #aylin x isobel #isobel thorm #dame aylin #if ur wondering why you havent seen me draw more of them under my own steam its bc they're happy and canon #and besties u know i v rarely draw fanart of that #i loooovveee consuming it but i have nothing to add #bg3 spoilers

[sadmages]

Amnesiac goth solidarity

#baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #shadowheart #bg3 tav #bg3 dark urge #my art #okay thats enough rogier posting sorry. He's in my brain. Im normal now #thinking about it i think they're besties which is fun because matt and shadowheart had a big rivalry going on #rogier-posting

[littlelightfish]

Let the girls be girls, Shuro

#dungeon meshi #shuro #toshiro nakamoto #shuro dungeon meshi #toshiro dungeon meshi #namari of kahka brud #namari #namari dungeon meshi #marcille #marcille donato #marcille dungeon meshi #OH TO BE MARCILLE #I want to be held by namari too #they're so best friends #i do this with my besties before anyone says that this isn't bestie behaviour (i'm usually the namari in this case) #namari my woman #<3 #dungeon meshi spoilers #dunmeshi #delicious in dungeon #my shit

[azucarera-art]

when u, a queen, come across another king, & u discuss how best to maximize ur joint slay 💅🏽✨

#farah & ghost bbfls #both buried alive at one point in their lives #both coming from nations w a lovely tea culture #both mourning a childhood they never had #they're besties your honor #cod #cod:mw #call of duty #call of duty modern warfare #call of duty modern warfare 2 #simon ghost riley #farah karim #azu art #for the glory of urzikstan

[nerdynuala]

Cozy domestic Radiorose because they make my heart beat fast

#my art stuff #radiorose #hazbin hotel #hazbin alastor #hazbin rosie #alastor and rosie #best besties #besties in a qpr #i love how the fandom decided they're married for tax benefits and now I can't unbelieve this

[xx-midnight-candy-goblin-xx]

Cool Aunt and Weird Uncle vibes

#hazbin hotel #alastor #rosie #rosie hazbin hotel #alastor hazbin hotel #alastor the radio demon #the radio demon #NOT A SHIP BTW #they're besties #friendship goals #1k #2k

[osteichthyens]

besties

#the vees #hazbin hotel #i love those bitches with my entire soul ok #three pretty besties #velvette #vox #valentino #voxval #staticmoth #they're not making out in the doodles but they're together ok

[kittanthalos]

#we're all seeing this, right?

+ bonus

#gen v #genvedit #the boys #theboysedit #marie moreau #jordan li #jordan x marie #userbbelcher #dailyflicks #tvedit #televisongifs #chewieblog #jaz sinclair #london thor #derek luh #jordan fighting one of their besties over a girl they met 5 minutes earlier #still crazy to me #they're gonna serve the enemies to lovers i'm so READY #!mine

[s-aint-elmo]

Falin has been nearsighted since she was little, and has a habit of squinting when she's looking at things. —Delicious in Dungeon World Guide: The Adventurer's Bible

she should have been at the optometrist's

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#dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #falin touden #marcille donato #laios touden #doodles #mine #falin's closed eyes canonically just being squinting is one of the funniest word of god additions to a story ever #noticing how she started keeping them open post-rez n being like ''wow that's such a cool way to introduce a disconnect between the falin w #heard of n the falin we're meeting now. i wonder how this plays into the dragon thing'' and it's just. it's just. She Can See Now #i do think if she ever did get glasses they'd be no use bc she doesn't like wearing them. marcille has to wrestle them onto her face #after wrestling them out of laios's hands #protip: they're in their flashback designs bc that chapter is burned into my brain permanently. laimar one-sided enemies to besties + #farcille cheek-pinching as a love language 5ever