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Scotty, what was your mum like?

-Squirt🫧

Hey Squirt! Wow um. Well. It’s really nice of you to ask. We… should talk about her more is just hard to bring her up sometimes. Thank you for giving me the excuse to do it.

How do you sum up a person? Impossible but I will try to say some things I think of when I think of her.

She was warm. I mean her hands were always freezing but her voice and her eyes and her BEING was warm, if that makes sense? Her eyes were a lot like Gordon and Virgil’s in that sense - not just the colour but the warm and the sparkle.

And yeah she really did kinda sparkle - looking back she had a super hard time of things with Dad away so much and WOW we were a handful (several handfuls… some of us more than others!) - but I remember her laughing way more than I ever remember her angry. Even when she was trying to be serious there was this little thing about her eyes… a little quirk just by her lip and yeah there was a lot of Joy in her.

She was so smart and I remember when I first realised she was smart-smart, like John-smart. It was when she got inviting to start guest-lecturing for the university. She was pretty good at hiding it but I realise now she got so nervous about it. She didn’t need to be. I used to overhear her practising some sections of one talk or another in front of Dad and she - wow I mean she used tell us a lot about the stars and all the amazing things going on out there in the universe but to hear her talking in academic language? I was like that’s my Mom sounding like a scientist off the tv!! I didn’t understand the half of it (I was kinda young, maybe just ten) but wow I coulda listened for hours… she could make radio analysis of the rotation of space dust clouds as enthralling as the adventure stories she used to read us at bedtime.

And she was so kind. And uh… Forgiving? I know I was a pain in the ass as a kid 🫣 always in some ridiculous situation or other because I was a li’l impulsive and couldn’t leave well enough alone and thought I was invincible. Dad yelled (justifiably) but she never did. She cried sometimes but the main thing was I always knew how grateful she was when I was ok. She’d say please be more careful and it made me really want to be, y’know?

I sometimes wonder how the bros would have been different if they’d had her as long as I had her. I mean, I wouldn’t change any of them. But I wonder. Maybe not much? They all carry so much of the good in her anyway. Perhaps they’d just have more happy memories to keep them going in the harder times.

But it’s never too late for those. I always think the longer you live the more chance you have to choose to make good memories to outweigh the bad ones. Not everyone has great birth parents, but a lot of those people still choose better - and manage to be the very best of people even still. And I live with one of those. You’re fab, li’l buddy.

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Ouch! Captain that sounds kinda unpleasant. Far be it from me to lecture anyone about being patient in a medical situation but I do recommend you let them get the shrapnel out - speaking from experience. I suspect even indestructible limbs get a bit cranky when they are full of foreign objects.

And we need you fit because the next flyboy playdate is mine to plan and I have a few ideas!

Who shot you?! Want me to set Kayo on them?

Not pictured: the morphine pump on my other arm. The nurses took away my target board and throwing knives. Apparently I've had enough of the good stuff they're not sure about my aim. My aim is just fine, thank you very much!

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BEHOLD, YE SCURVY LANDLUBBER!!

Y’know what, I think I can pull this off…

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You’re just jealous I’m more piratey than you.

Y’know what, I think I can pull this off…

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Y’know what, I think I can pull this off…

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Ooooh tell ‘em about Halocline - I like that one.

Can you please tell us another one of your Tracy Industry’s projects? It’s so interesting and it’s so cool to hear about good things that are helping the world!

Pick a prize, any prize 🙂‍↔️ can’t be sitting around on my nepobaby behind all day, can I?

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Maybe he should come wingsuit-base-jumping with @cpt-scarlet-spectrum and I next time?

A nice, quiet morning.

I really hope I didn't just jinx it.

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🥰🥹😍

I hope you can answer at least this one Bran . Between Gordon/Squirt/and Alan, who's taller?😬

You… you want me to die?? Yeah, that's what this is, huh?!

(눈_눈)

What kind of question even is that…

If I say Gordon's taller, Alan's totally launching me into space. And if I say Alan is, Squirt's 100% drowning me in a pit somewhere.

So yeah none of them are taller. I'm the tallest.

I think that's the only fair way to settle this...

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Hey! That’s my line!!

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I think for the sake of International Rescue having sufficient joint integrity to carry out rescues I’m going to have to take away that cane until Thunderdaddy is feeling less violent.

How about you take out that frustration on your daily physio, Dad? I don’t think I’ve seen you in the pool yet today?

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The little bros ARE teeny-tiny tho… barely grown since they were your age 🥹

So small 🥹

I hope you can answer at least this one Bran . Between Gordon/Squirt/and Alan, who's taller?😬

You… you want me to die?? Yeah, that's what this is, huh?!

(눈_눈)

What kind of question even is that…

If I say Gordon's taller, Alan's totally launching me into space. And if I say Alan is, Squirt's 100% drowning me in a pit somewhere.

So yeah none of them are taller. I'm the tallest.

I think that's the only fair way to settle this...

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MY KNEES ARE FINE!

Gordon’s being mean, Thunderdaddy! Make him stop!!

😈

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Yessir Thunderdaddy, Sir

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Ohhh I’m quite enjoying this ☺️

And frankly if it justifies me not shaving some days I could probably live with that… just some days y’know?

While they are focused on Dad they aren’t focussing on you guys and… well… As Thunderdaddy keeps insisting - he’s big enough to look after himself after all…

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Perfect example, yes. Net rather than claws though cos he’s a bit squishy and fragile 🥺

This strongly reminds me of all the times I’ve had to get a certain Fish out of Situations…

Never eaten him after tho. Tempted, occasionally, but not yet.

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Your past choices and things people did to you don’t have to determine your future kiddo. You’ve got skills and determination and a good sense of fun - I think you can be whatever you want to be.

The hard part is letting go of how you used to define yourself - I get there is a safety in that, because it’s predictable and you know what you’re doing when you do the same thing over and over. But if you want to… you can.

And if you need help doing it, or just someone to believe in you then we’re here rooting for you.

NOT a 'pity me' post

Once a villain ...always a villain

Yeah, I'm aware that I'm not well liked and that I'm totally untrustworthy, and I don't blame you

From the video footage, it makes me look bad and sadistic that I almost killed Gordon Tracy

And I'm so SO tired of trying to explain myself in asks galore

There ...that's my rant over.

Now ... let's start afresh, I am trying to turn over a new leaf, but it's a bit of a struggle when your past kinda slaps you in the face and I'm being constantly reminded of my 'bad deeds'

Oh sure, Fuse and I were in the employment of The Hood but once we were put inside, he scarpered and left us high and dry.

Yet he has the nerve of trying to win me back

Oh hell no ... but some people are trying to see the 'good' in me

Havoc

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THEN WHY DO MY BROTHERS DO IT TO ME, HUH?

(Stealing sweatshirts is a girl’s prerogative. They shouldn’t smell so nice if they don’t want them to be borrowed. See also: favourite t-shirts 😏)

^^^

Couldn't be more correct, Anon!