I've got new McDanno headcanon so let me do my babbling 😉
What I learnt about children in my ex work or just by observing my familiar kiddos (and by being a child years ago ^^) is that they (many of them) perfectly know adults. They may not know everything but they have great eyes, great ears and great understanding of emotions. And many of them are like little Sherlocks. Also, they can be painfully honest but... Sometimes they don't talk about everything. Sometimes they're too insecure to talk, they don't wanna disturb anything or have many other reasons to hide their "I'm not as unaware as you adults think I am". And... Sometimes instead of talking they express their emotions in other way. And sometimes they hope that their adults will see their sign. What I mean by "in other way"? F.e. drawing. And what I'm talking about? Well...
Let's look at Gracie in the Sarin episode (1x23):
Steve took her from school, told her about Danny and Sarin and now they're in the hospital together. Gracie is drawing. Then doctor comes and Steve says to her "let's go to Danno".
She gives him this look. Can I name it? Okay: cat's look. She's totally focused on Steve. She is looking at him and it looks like she's also deeply thinking about something. Something very Steve-related. Then she:
smiles to him. Cat's smile. She looks like "Yeah". She knows, she's got things to do, she doesn't say anything but in her head thoughts are very loud. Steve has no idea. Danny has no idea.
She sees what Steve always does for Danny. For her. And now, when Danny's life is in danger, when Steve came for her, when Steve is so close, when Steve is there (and Rachel is not), when Steve holds her hand and when Danny is so happy to see them both... She understands even more. How much Danny needs them - them, just them. How much Steve needs Danny (and her). How much she loves Steve for everything. How much she loves Danno. She almost lost him and... She needs to take care of him.
Danno can't take care of himself, Gracie thinks. He's strong, he's her hero. He's a fighter at work and in life. But she has eyes. And ears. And she feels. Yeah, physically he will be fine soon. But Danno's head won't.
Grace knows that Danno always cares more about her and others. That he wants her to be happy but he... He isn't happy. He's rarely happy. She understands. She feels his anxiety, she feels that something is often wrong. It's not that he loves ranting, that he is "just annoying gremlin" like some people joke. She knows her dad, she knows that when he's really happy then he's very different. She doesn't know all his problems, she just feels that he is angry at Rachel (but never at her, she knows well). And that... he is in love with uncle Steve.
Oh, he is very in love. Grace has never seen Danno being in love before. And really, it's so obvious that he's in love with uncle Steve (how can they be so blind, she wonders):
She's okay with that. She loves them deeply. She... needs to help them. They're so blind and unhappy that she needs to show them, needs to do something. They deserve to be happy. Her daddy deserves it. Danno... He almost died. He is alive and Grace... Grace is grateful. Grace now needs to do something for him. To finally do something for him. She owes him. She wants to protect him. Now it's her time to be a Care Bear.
So she gives Danno her drawing:
And she hopes that he will understand.
But Danno says that the pic is lovely and she's his Artist.
She still hopes that he will notice...
Come on, Danno. You're the greatest detective ever!
But naaah. He's as blind as he was before. She really tried...
Okay, let's look at her drawing.
There is her and Danny. And Hawaii.
Hawaii. No Jersey, no England, no "somewhere else". Just Hawaii. Ocean, beach, sun, palms... Their home. It's their home. It's Danno's real home. She knows. She wants the same. She is happy there and Danno is happy too. Hawaii can make Danno happy, she sees it. He wasn't happy in Jersey, he talks about Jersey but... he's different when he's in Hawaii.
Hawaii means home. It means Ohana. Means Danno and Grace being happy like never before. It means Steve.
There is no Rachel. Cause Grace knows. Rachel is her mother - but she isn't Danno's Ohana. Grace knows that Danny doesn't want Rachel in his life. He tries to talk to Rachel, he tries to be calm only for Grace. And Grace understands.
Grace only wants Danno to be happy. So she doesn't want Danny to be with her mother - cause when Danny is with Rachel he is (very) UNhappy. Yeah, it's great when parents are together and very in love - but Gracie knows that it's not her case. Her parents can't love each other. It's okay for her. And she is not going to change Danny's mind, she's not like "please, daddy, come back to mummy! pleeease" - she is not selfish. She is focused on what her daddy needs, what he wants. He can't sacrifice himself for her. Unhappy Danno = unhappy Grace.
So there's no Rachel in the picture. No people and no things that make Danno sad/anxious/mad. Grace needs to make him smile, she wants to help him, help to show him what he deserves. Hawaii. Grace. Ohana (team and other Ohana members aren't there but Hawaii may symbolize them too).
There's also no Steve. BUT. It's a different case than Rachel. Rachel isn't there cause she's not a part of Danny's life. She's not a wanted part. Steve isn't there BUT he can be there. There's a place for Steve. Gracie imagines him there in her head. She didn't draw him cause, I don't know... She didn't want to disturb Danny's (boys') feelings? She is gentle. She can't tell them what should they do. She doesn't know what to say, how to say? She wants to show them, give them a hint. Instead of saying "you dorks love each other" she shows the picture and hopes that at least one of them will notice the sign. Will realize.
"You can draw there uncle Steve", her eyes seem to say.
She is looking at Steve. "Yes, Danno. Uncle is your everything! Hey, uncle, did you hear that?".
Boys of her life can't see and can't hear. She tries to do something else but then uncle Steve says his bye bye.
She stays with Danny, soon Kame comes. Grace is playing mobile game (Angry Birds? oh yeah, she's very sad and angry that boys couldn't see her sign, that she failed...).
And then, suddenly, Danny asks:
Isn't it her way of telling "You, Danno, have no wings"?
Yes, Danno. You know well. You're like an angel, a bird without wings. You can fly - with Steve. You and Grace can fly - with Steve. And you're angry. You're sad. You're anxious. You suffer cause once you were hurt and now when you finally have the real pure love, when you and Grace have someone who loves you more than themselves... You don't see it. You are too afraid to see. To believe in Gracie's picture. In her happy end for you.
Poor Danno. Poor Grace. She's so sad. Her plan failed (maybe it would be better if she drew uncle Steve? maybe these boys need such a BOOM?!). Danno lost his detective skills and now... Oh, someone is calling.
It's Rachel. GOSH. Gracie's face when she sees the name on phone's screen! She's like "Not good". She's like "Nice that you're calling, mum but it's not a good moment".
Oh, Gracie is looking at Danny like a worried guardian angel. She doesn't want to tell him who is calling (he needs to feel good and safe, especially NOW) but he will be curious and she can't lie to him.
She only hopes that Rachel is just calling, not coming there. And speaking about Danno... And Steve. And McDanno. Yeah, she will try again one day. She's Williams, she can't give up.
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