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Love the idea of Putin thinking, “Shit, I gotta make small talk. What would the leader of China be into? Immortality, right? Are they still into immortality?”

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Not only is having intergenerational friendships literally not creepy, imho it's actually essential. You NEED friends who are older to do things like help you when there's a problem with your taxes, and give you job advice, and relationship advice, and especially if you are part of a marginalized group, and especially if you're part of a marginalized group and don't have contact with a ton of other members of it, you need older friends to show you that there IS a future for you, for people like you, and what it looks like, and the way it doesn't even have to involve turning into your parents

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No way

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Ive been bouncing around the concept of Feral Ford in my head for a while, even making the barest hints of appearances in some of my work, but the TYPE of feral Ford shenanigans I love are a little specific.

Specifically I love Dumb As A Rock Feral Ford.

Allow me to explain.

When Ford steps out of the portal and back into his home dimension, its abundantly clear, to him, that he's a little..different now.

Oh he's always been the six fingered freak, but NOW he's the six fingered freak who jumps at unexpected noises and has to swallow back growls whenever people raise their voice in the house.

Its embarrassing. Its shameful. Its weak. So Ford hides it.

He stands still, incredibly still, hes so good at being still, whenever people walk behind him, despite the fact that he wants to back himself into a corner and stay there. He eats meals at actual times now, not JUST the nutrition pills, and occasionally sleeps when the sun goes down instead of just whenever he couldn't keep moving anymore. He smiles, despite the fact that showing teeth at his niblings feels wrong, he makes eye contact, even when it makes tension build in his shoulders, and he stands upright with his chest puffed instead of hunkering down and keeping his head low, like he's learned.

All in all? Ford is doing an absolutely WONDERFUL job keeping it all under wraps. He's fine. He's totally, 100% fine. Excuse him, he has some things to do in the dark and quiet lab downstairs that has a locking door and plenty of places to hide.

And then. Weirdmageddon. Bill. The end of the world. The memory gun and what comes after.

It's excitement, and totally all encompassing relief that makes Ford maayyybe jump the gun and ask Stan to start a sailing expedition as soon as possible. Maybe, just maybe, Ford didn't think it through completely.

There aren't many places that are dark, quiet and completely isolated on a small boat in the middle of the ocean. There's no real place to retreat to, unless you count his bed, but Ford can't curl up and stay there everytime something startles him like he wants to.

This is their DREAM. This is. He's finally got his brother again, finally got safety, and freedom and his home dimension, everything is literally perfect.

So why can't Ford make himself normal?

Why can't he make himself sit still in a crowded café with his brother as people, loud tourists and locals and everyone talking and laughing and its in different languages the universal translator in his head glitches and hops from speaker to speaker and Ford can barely hear Stan over the sound of-

He's fine. Ford's fine and he's keeping it allll under wraps. He's totally and completely normal.

Why doesn't he talk to Stanley about it? Well. Stan already knows about Bill, the trauma there, the fear the paranoia. Ford can't hide that. But this? This...total change of who Ford is as a person now?

People don't notice that kind of thing in the multiverse. Most don't really know what regular humans act like, and those that do, Ford never hung around them long enough for them to really care.

But Stan? Stanley?? His twin brother?

His twin brother who worked for thirty years to bring back a man who might not exist anymore? His twin brother who suffered hardship his entire life, some of it even CAUSED by Ford?? His twin brother who had his mind ERASED, whose mind FORD ERASED to fix a demon problem that Ford created, all to save a family and save a man who might not even be the same person who was lost behind that swirling portal of light that fORD BUILT-

No. No, absolutely not. Ford is not telling Stanley about his little problems. About the jumpiness. About the noises Ford can barely stop in his throat or cover with a cough, good or bad. About the way Ford sometimes gets, where every word is a struggle, where his mind wants to burrow down and let his body be led by instinct, raw and animalistic. About how Ford isn't even sure if he counts, if he qualifies as Stanford Pines anymore.

No.

No, Ford wont tell him. And its fine. Stanley won't notice, he wont ever see, because Ford is doing a great job of hiding it. After all, its been six months, and Stan hasn't said anything! Clearly Ford is doing just fine.

Meanwhile Stan has noticed literally every detail and filed it under Things Ford Does That He Doesn't Want To Talk About, which is a list that started in actual childhood that began with "Ford picked his nose until second grade" and most recently has been added to "sometimes Ford looks like he wants to cram himself into the smallest available space whenever theres a loud noise"

Womp Womp, big deal. 'Ohh Ford acts weird' big whoop, neither of them are in any way normal. A combination of living it rough in the 70s and living in Gravity Falls for thirty years will do that to a guy. Ford could walk out on deck and declare that during his portal years he discovered his taste for eating people and Stan would just ask which politician he'd start with. Theres no level of judgment anymore a this point.

Apparently Ford thinks there is though, and Stan's past the point of feeling concerned or hurt that Ford doesn't trust him with this, and moved straight into Annoyed At His Brother. He's a twin brother, its reflex.

Oh, Ford seems to like the small, dark and quiet. Stan puts up blackout curtains in the bedroom portholes, collects the softest of blankets to stock the boat with, and makes sure theres insulation to keep out sound. Maybe if Ford SEES him doing these things, it'll spark The Conversation about Ford's whole..deal, and then Stan wont have to ask.

No? No, Ford just. Assumes all of it is for Stan's sake? Hmm. Alright.

Stan stocks the kitchen with all of the foods Ford seems most inclined towards. Mabel calls em "safe foods" but Stan just grumbles that anything on this side of "molded into the plastic wrap" is a safe food to eat. Whatever, he gets all the junk Ford likes to eat. No dice. Ford just goes "oh I like these too!" And doesn't get it.

No matter what Stan does, Ford just does not Get that Stan is totally cool with the whole..thing. nothing is getting through his twins (albeit metal reinforced) thick skull.

God. Stan's gonna have to COMMUNICATE about this huh. Like. Actually talk it out.

That sounds terrible he's not gonna do that.

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My friend just started playing BG3 and he made this character I'm-

And yes, he's a Bard.

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Or water fountains, public washrooms, outdoors tables, etc, etc

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DeepLeffen is a Twitter bot trained on r/smashbros and Tweets from professional Smash player Leffen. It randomly generates Tweets based on prompts it is fed.

It’s probably the best account on the site.

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Figures.

Now, do we have to hold everyone's hands and explain how this fits in with their interest in seeing us all dead? Or that they won't stop here?

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See what’s sad is that Celine could have been a mother. Maybe if she wasn’t the last Sunlight Sister, she could have put her weapons done, she could have simply watched as the next generation of Hunters took the burden and she wouldn’t have to build a company from the ground up just to make sure they weren’t taken advantage of.

But she was never going to let herself be Rumi’s mother.

Which is like. So fucked up to me. I’m a firm believer that Rumi is a little mini Celine which is just. Ugh. You raised a girl since she was a baby, ; she has the eyes of the woman you loved, the face and hair of a man you were trained to kill and she acts like a person you hate (yourself) but she isn’t your daughter because you can’t possibly be her mother.

I think that’s something that absolutely is part of the reason Rumi felt that she could go to Celine and ask her to kill her. I think Rumi’s childhood was actually pretty nice, compared to what the fandom imagines. I think Celine tried so SO hard to be for Rumi what she wished she had when she’d became an idol and Hunter. I think Rumi picked up more from Celine than Celine ever wanted. Tiny little comments that built and built and built without anywhere to go because Celine never taught Rumi how to open up to anyone (because she never learned how either)

Celine assumed that Rumi knew she loved her, that it didn’t need to be said while Rumi assumed that Celine saw her only as a Hunter— which is why she was so comfortable asking her that.

Ughhhhhh. I need more Celine. Give me her working so so hard to reconnect with Rumi, give me her having a deep conversation with Rumi about everything for the first time ever, give me her accepting that she was/is Rumi’s mother in everyway that counted and she needs to step up!!

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“An apology, long overdue” .

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I believe that having her (adopted) child ask her to take their life was a huge wake up call that Celine d e s p e r a t e l y needed. And I’d like to think that, given the time, they would reconcile. _

I probably redid the dialogue here 10+ times and I am still not happy with it, but honestly, I don’t think I’ll ever get it to a point where I am fully satisfied, so here you go. _

HC Notes: 

I believe Celine should have some scars, having been a hunter for many years

The pattern I do for Rumi is inspired by Kintsugi

I know in the concept art, Rumi’s dad was also depicted as a Jeoseung Saja. But I based her off a dragon here bc I think it’s more fun design wise (and how it might influence her behavior) 

EDIT: Minor text adjustments (was too sleepy when I posted this)

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the thing that bothers me with 7 deadly sin based characters is when they cant decide if they embody the sin by suffering from it or by drawing it out of others. ie. if your gluttony demon is a guy who loves eating then your lust demon should be a gooner sex pest. and if your lust demon is a seductive girlboss then your gluttony demon should be a 5 star chef. does this make sense.

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bring back bloodthirsty companions.

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My only piece of advice to girls and young women is that you have to become financially independent no matter what it takes. Do whatever you need to do to become financially independent in this world and don’t ever let it go for anybody.

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can you guys make my sisters rabbit famous. ok thank you

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Seeing people saying that Celine wouldn’t have cared if Rumi had died dealing the Honmoon like…did we WATCH the same film?

I get having a strong kneejerk reaction because of how her misguided advice impacted Rumi, but Celine??? Who couldn’t kill Rumi even when all signs pointed to her becoming a dangerous demon who was going to bring down the Honmoon??? That Celine???