not only the sluttiest but also the horniest (even more so than kev&vee or fiona) like damn this man was willing to bottom in prison with nothing but mayo as lube
all because of ian <3
like this man, even while just existing, looks so good and so hot that we all need a minute to calm down
I love the idea of Lip being the long suffering older bro hearing Ian talk constantly about Mickey, and being told TMI about what they do. After one time, Lip just says, “You know what Debbie is right, you do need friends who aren’t me. I know far too much about Mickey’s thighs and butt cheeks, man. I need to bleach my ears.” But Lip also lowkey likes to use what he’s told as a way to tease Mickey.
100%. And sometimes he has to listen to Ian ramble about his sex life because Lip has to decide if Ian is normal horny or is this an early sign of an episode. Then he’ll have to have a very awkward talk with Mickey. Then Mickey will have to suppress the desire to murder Lip because he knows about the new sex thing they tried.
also the part in 3x03 when ned is on the floor and mickey is kicking him, ian doesn’t really say stop to mickey it’s more “mickey they are going to call the cops.” and then he ditches ned’s ass to go frolick with his boyfie.
and it makes me think of ian saying “well with your dad dead then you can be with terry.” he’s absolutely feral
i just ADORE hood rat ian (like when he tells his baby sister where to get knives as long as she remembers to clean off the blood). he’s perfect for mickey and because he is less feral than mickey, he can still convince himself he’s the sensible one 😭
i have literally used that scene to explain gallavich to my poor, non-shameless-watching friends (poor because i am torturing them with my nonstop blorbo-talking about a thing they don’t care about fjsdklfsjd).
i just think it’s ESSENTIAL to the flavor of gallavich to understand that there is something very wrong with ian (lol). aside from showing how his objections to crime center around getting caught, that scene also makes it clear he’s a “looks like a cinnamon roll, could actually kill you” type. when mickey won’t stop beating the shit out of ned, ian’s intervention disables mickey in a single move. it’s so alarming.
underrated hood rat soulmatism is how ian steals a credit card from tami’s racist aunt to buy those promise/engagement rings from a guy who clearly stole the rings + and then mickey gets their wedding rings from sandy, who stole (i’m sorry “borrowed”) them from zales. 😂
literally so important to have friends where you can be like “can i be insane for a second” and then you get to be insane. and they still like you afterwards
