#dave the bug

[kipobipo]

I would like to take a moment to discuss Benson and his trauma for a moment

The first and most obvious is the fact that he lost his original family (wether that was bio parents, siblings, or just members of his group who were raising him is unclear) and was left to fend for himself on the surface as a young child. Now this is not a new situation for the characters in kataow. The whole show literally revolves around Kipo ending up along on their surface and separated from her family. Additionally Wolf and Hugo both also experience being separated from family and made to fend for themselves on the surface. However out of all these characters Benson seems to receive the least sympathy and concern from the rest of the team.

Of course one key difference in his backstory that separates him from characters like Wolf and Hugo is that unlike them he made an ally and friend pretty early into his time alone. He couldn’t have been more than 10 when he met dave which is pretty young to be in your own especially is you are (as I assume benson was) used to having an adult around to care for you. While dave was able to in some capacity take care of benson like a parental figure (as old dave, buff dave, and dave dave) he is also regularly not able to do that (as teen dave, toddler dave, and baby dave). This would have essentially made Benson, a very young child who until recent did have an adult to watch him, be forced into the role of a part time parent. I know dave isn’t exactly the same as a human baby but as we see in the show he would still have cried (potentially altering dangerous mutes to their location) needed to be fed, wandered off the way a toddler does and most importantly be rendered unable to protect or care for child Benson. Half of the time Benson would have been a child alone on the surface having to survive while also raising and taking care of the equivalent to a baby/small child. Even at age 16 we see him acting as the main caretaker of Dave in his younger forms.

I’m fact benson does a lot of being a caretaker throughout the show. He shows kipo ratland to cheer her up, he keeps her secret about being part mute, he runs after Wolf when she gets upset about kipo being part mute. When kipo transforms into the mega jaguar for the forest time and accidentally dislocates his shoulder he plays off his pain and injury as not a big deal so she won’t feel bad or guilty about it. When his backpack gets knocked into the gold along with kipo’s anchor he starts crying and later when kipo transformed and gets stuck he blames himself for the situation never once taking the time to mourn the loss of his personal items that were also lost.

So we have a young boy who has been placed in a caretaking role from a very young age in dangerous and hostile world. One where he has to avoid being eaten, starving to death, freezing to death, dehydration, and being kidnapped and sold to scarelemage all while being a part time parent from the ages of 10-16. AND THEN to top it all off Kipo (and the fandom) doesn’t ever seem to fully include him in the found family. Kipo calls wolf her sister within the first day of knowing her but never refers to benson as family I’m that way. When song gets transformed back kipo calls wolf to join in the family group hug but not benson. This kid takes care of everyone around him but is rarely shown that same care and it just makes me so sad. He may be the oldest in the group but he’s still just a teenager.

[romanticjunk]

On my way

[jurkin-off2ur-mom]

Benson, filling out legal paperwork: Were you guys born AMAB or AFAB?

Wolf: Bold of you to assume I was born at all.

Kipo: I personally was created in a lab.

Dave: I just straight up spawned lol.

[johnny-dynamo]





Cool Rides by Loopy Dave

[clowncarpal]

[eggwishing]

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[incorrect-hs-quotes]

GG: HORRIBLE awful wasp that wants to KILL ME that was in my bedroom.

TT: How did you do that.

GG: Very fearfully.

TT: What kind of god are you to capture a wasp in an orb.

GG: No clue.

GT: You look like a pokemon trainer with their mega beedrill.

TG: BORB (BEE ORB)

GT: Technically wasp orb (worb)!!

GG: I am terribly curious of the pasting strategy on this pic. The dedication of lasso-ing the orb out of the photo only to put it on top of the white square is admirable.

TG: i fuckig forgot 2 make it transparent SMARTASS!!!

[chthonicarcher]

𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓅𝓎 𝒷𝒾𝓇𝓉𝒽𝒹𝒶𝓎 @karkatbug!!! 💖💕

love youuuu hope u have a great day today!!

(we all know who his favorite parent would be ok)

[calware]

i love it when his sunglasses are drawn this way

[karkatbug]

WE. LIKE. TO PARTY.

i've never drawn something so dumb so fast in my entire life

[chessb0r3d]

i cracked the code.

[romanticjunk]

[jurkin-off2ur-mom]

Kipo: What are the hardest things to say?

Wolf: I was wrong.

Benson: I need help.

Dave: Worcestershire sauce.

[davestaresatthesun]

*turns your striders into roaches*

[odo-apologist]

Thinking about how between the first time we see Lister handle Rimmer's light bee (where he just immediately decides to put it in his mouth and later eat it. Average behavior.) and the part in Psirens when he catches it and treats it more gently, he was forced to crush the one belonging to High Rimmer with his bare hand, learning just how delicate it is

[the-gershomite]

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