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the vic allen dinner (s2e4) is an episode i obsess over for many reasons but mainly dan mentioning powerboating on lake erie. we never see dan just Having Fun. he's always doing something for work or for sex he is never just Having Fun and the image of dan dressed casually with wind in his hair and sunglasses and a genuine gleeful grin on his face from just sheer happiness at how nice the weather is and the cool mist the boat kicks up and-
what r ur hcs for Dan im curious
at one point i actually had a list somewhere of all my veep headcanons but i made it in my notes app for some reason and its buried under notes about my real life but heres what i got off the top of my head
he was a lifeguard as a teenager (he has lifeguard energy idfk)
he was a competitive swimmer as a teenager (again just vibes, he was a god at 400IM)
bpd (purely projection, i feel it's based in canon but i don't think someone without bpd would see it)
substance abuse (so many people in this show are canon irresponsible w prescription meds i mean dc is a stressful place)
he and selina fucked like years ago but she doesn't remember (based on when they almost fuck like idk why i get the vibe that it wasnt the first time)
he had a shit childhood this is basically canon
he has depression+anxiety+bpd (purely based on vibes)
i think he is a lot goofier than he lets on like i think when he is very comfortable w someone he is v silly but he isnt v comfortable w anyone, i just think no one who isnt a goofy lil goober would be able to write an extended parody of 50 ways to leave your lover hes a goofy lil guy okay, he is also rly quick witted and funny like in an alternate universe he is a writer on snl, he's just chandler bing if chandler had rizz
post-canon he retires early after making a shit-ton of money and just kinda travels about w hot women (i have not seen s7 maybe this is canon i know they have a peek at every character's future in the last ep but whatever)
i think he does have like literally a dozen illegitimate children and the doctor at the fertility clinic with marjorie and catherine was just incorrect and the test was a fluke bc didnt he get amy pregnant ?? idk i haven't seen s7
he has some kind of weird daddy issues thing with kent, in the early seasons he rly wants to be friends w kent (i read some fic abt this idfk) and he just wants to go on a little boat trip (fishing trip...? idk i just know hes good at fishing so he mustve done it as a kid right?) w his father figure (the seasickness thing contraindicates this but whatevs)
his brother has kids and dan is surprisingly good w his nieces and nephews like once they get older and theyre like young adults he is the cool uncle who will let them throw parties in his beach house and if his niece has like a shitty bf dan will punch him
idk i have so many headcanons these are just what i could come up with rn
two takeaways from data:
dan calls his penis "king danny" (????)
kent calls dan handsome :3
torn between the urge to hate s6 for reducing dan's screentime to him occasionally talking about fucking his coworkers and the urge to love s6 because dan is living his best slutty life and congressman!jonah has better hair/lack of hair than his weird bangs
i love debate so fucking much dan with a beard is so pretty and men who are slightly unhinged always get me,, manic poorly rehabilitated dan has my entire heart and it will forever make me so upset that there is absolutely no indication of what occurred between special relationship and debate with dan. it seems like he went to some kind of therapy and jonah's comments about s/h makes me think dan s/hd or attempted something which lines up with him seeming very poorly medicated and generally off, basically how everyone is when they get out of a psych hospital? i humbly request to hear the rest of veepblr's headcanons for between special relationship and debate
rubbing my hands maniacally because dan eagan x reader oneshot out 2nite
i think a lot about if dan would be a good dad, i haven't even watched the amy pregnancy plotline but i really do wonder
he clearly doesn't really have an example to go off of for good parenting but he at least knows what not to do? but he also probably also is one of those people who thinks he turned out fine despite his trauma so he can do whatever with his kid
i don't think he'd handle it well if his kid didn't turn out how he expected, i think he could be a good dad if he had a neurotypical able bodied cishet boy who liked sports and got good grades and was moderately self sufficient and had no emotional issues, but idk otherwise
at the very least he has no disdain for children, i suppose. he enjoys touching children's faces (?) as of debate so i guess thats something.
i don't really have fleshed out headcanons for anyone else's parenting abilities, i guess we already know selina's are Bad and we know mike's are Okay? i think jonah could be a good father if he had a lot of support from his partner, i think amy would be okay but would create a very perpetually anxious child, i think gary would be a really good dad but would also be like. watching his baby sleep to make sure it doesnt suddenly stop breathing or something.
hes so upset that selina is mad at him
my selina x dan machinations continue
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alrighty aphrodite by peach pit is danamy coded. specifically how amy feels about dan coded
well into season 6 and im enjoying it but my theatre kid ASS is like "holy shit why is no one talking about the fact that jonah is a theatre kid and dan may have outed himself as one"
jonah referenced a musical two episodes in a row (hamilton then turn off the dark), in the latter DAN KNEW EXACTLY WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT AND KNEW THE SHOW HAD BEEN CLOSED FOR YEARS THESE ARE JUST UR TOXIC THEATRE KID BOYFRIENDS ISTG
we already knew jonah was a tumblrer and we've al seen the way he dresses in early seasons with his sweater vests that is only one step away hehe
i have complicated thoughts about theatre fan!dan that im too tired to write out but maybe later 💀
out of curiousity what are the references/episodes?
