#Stampler family

[voidduoandlark]

If you think about it the Doodler has just as long of a history with the Stamplers as with the Oaks. Hildy is the one that got banished with it and her bloodline was tied to it, but Stud banished them in the first place. It was Ron that the Doodler tried to save and Willy that she accidentally grabbed, all culminating in Scary being the one to commune with them in the end. What I’m saying is the Oaks and the Stamplers go hand in hand my faves stay winning the Normal Scary friendship reigns supreme

[thedndgoblinwholivesinyourwalls]

Oh no the sapphics are taking over!!/j

Some autumn and linda art for @lex-the-lesbiann! Rhajfhka these guys have been living in my mind hehehe

(Autumn is talking about barry and how she killed his homonculi for the 10th time)

[confusedfoam]

ive had a vision that i am unable to execute but also am unable to shake from my brain. dndads generations doing the yotsubato pose and how fucked up they would all be

- the stamplers fucked up height scale with tiny Ron at the back, average man height terry, and then scary who as a 15 year old girl is like the same height as ron

-the oaks, who might have a more reasonable but please picture the middle just being lark and sparrow facing each other looking confused because they don't know who actually belongs there

- the wilson's also with the fucked up height scale, darryl and grant are way too close in height and then links in front and noticablely taller than both of them but also a total bean pole

- the close-foster one is just a totally blank image. or maybe Jodie checking his watch wondering if he got the meeting time right

these are all very dumb but I am dying thinking about each one of them

[sam-neather]

FUCKING WILLY STAMPlER REDEMPTION ARK??

Oh my fucking god

[heuheu-art]

I've really loved doing these character designs and would love to do more! Perhaps I'll draw the earlier generations or the spouses in the future.

[germultiple]

my take on the wifeys (and the malewife)

[wettestwraith]

Relistening to Dungeons and Daddies is such a treat bc Terry tells Ron to die in the first episode and he is going to have the best relationship with his dad out of all of the kiddads by the end of the season

[npcproject]

NPC 004-1 Terry Junior

[ithinkdogshouldvote]

Sleepover

[kineticallyanywhere]

just

the way Normal sees a chance for kindness and someone to find solidarity with in the same creature that caused Hero's childhood to be irreparably marred by trauma and blood, but she doesn't even suggest Normal turn away from it and even offers to help if he really needs it lIKE

[secondstar-acorn]

can I have a hug?

from who?

[s-38-n]

Okay, I’m actually doing this. This is an analysis of dndads and the theme of becoming your parents (cause definitely this is one of the most important topics of the show).  So I’m doing this family by family. (btw I’m choosing the colors for each family based on the vibes they have ig :]) Just to make sure

SPOILERS FOR SEASON 1 AND 2 OF DUNGEONS AND DADDIES

So we’re starting with the Wilsons. In season 1 it's really easy to pinpoint this theme, mostly because Darryl says it directly! When Scam likely asks Darryl why he is not a good dad, Darryl answers “because I try to be my dad. After I lost my dad, I tried to be just like him rather than the dad that Grant needs”. So directly as he says, Darryl tries his best to be like Frank even though yeah, that’s not at all what Grant needs. Darryl arc after all is a lot about learning to be what Grant needs as a parent and not what a perfect parent for Darryl is (aka Frank)

So we move to season 2. We can see that Grant didn’t become similar to Darryl and at least in Grant's words, Darryl was a great dad. The important part of this for this topic is the chat Grant and Link had when Grant was in real Earth at the start of the show. Grant is worried that Link is too much like him (probably with Link being a bit of an anxious kid at the start at least). He doesn’t want his son to become like him, not make all the mistakes he did, to become a killer. He tells his son to not become like him and love him less. The thing is, Link isn’t like Grant! Link hates the idea of killing and ends up resenting his father for the things he does, in some way, ironically, following what Grant told him to do at the start

We’re gonna move from your faults being trying to be too much like your dad to your faults being trying not to be like your dad in the slightest. Beary as a father is a controlling person, putting Hen in a high standard and trying to make him what Beary considers a perfect person. Henry hates it, moving to Earth lets him be his own person, not what Beary wanted. And Henry as a dad is the contrary to Beary, he is too leaning, not wanting to limit or not let his sons be free, just like Beary did with him when he was a child. Trying to be a soft dad instead of a strict dad. This kind of backfired; yeah, you could argue that Sparrow more or less became a loving kid that even though he is kind of violent he does it for the people that he loves. But Lark didn’t, mostly because of chance, the kid ended up hating his father and making his own way, a much more violent way

In season 2 we can see the effects of this separation in the kids. Sparrow is a lot like Henry, trying to be soft spoken (in a mean way), worrying about the rest and trying to have their feelings in consideration (for example when TJ died and Sparrow was trying to make sure the kid was okay), being a druid and a vegan (this is more of a joke, but I mean it’s a really good example of the teachings of Henry of loving the world and not hurting nature as much as possible…). And then we have Lark, him being direct, more violent, having collections of arms in the Oak-Swallows-Garcia house, eating meat… Both kids took completely different routes in adulthood though they stick together

Then we have Normal and Hero. Whose names show the role that they were given since birth. Hero being trained to be the chosen one (which kinda reminds me of Beary trying to shape Henry to be what he deems a perfect kid) and trying as much as possible that Normal grows up to just be a regular teen. This ended up meaning that the kids of the two inseparable twins almost don’t talk to each other for five years. But the funny part here is that the kids subvert the roles they have, Hero wanting to just have a regular life and Normal becoming one of the teens that are saving the world from the Doodler!

But what about just being the opposite of your parents without even trying? I would argue that Ron represents the opposite of Willy. Ron being a good hearted man that even being a little dumb and weird just tries to be the best person and step-dad he can be (and he improves a lot at it during the story). While Willy is well, Willy, the opposite, evil and self centered and intelligent and basically the villain of the story. He tries to kill his own son, the person who represents the opposite of him. But we know that in this case, Willy's opposite is who ended up causing Willy's death, in part

For Terry Jr we’re moving to season 2. We can clearly see that Terry Jr ended up in Ron's position (a step-dad of a step-child who hates him) and kinda ironically Scary takes Terry Jr’s place for similar reasons (resenting her step-dad in part because it represents that her real dad won’t come back. Same as Terry Jr in season 1, or at least I think so). We can even see Scary seeing Terry Jr's diary and mentioning how it's funny that Terry Jr had a step dad that he hated (I dont remember the exact words) Sadly, we don’t get to see how their relationship could slowly become better like in season 1 with Ron and TJ

And last but not least, the family that is quite literally the reason this analysis exists. Let’s talk about just becoming like your dad. For what we can see, Glenn is literally like Bill, more a friend than a dad, not worried about the safety of his kid and putting him in dangerous schemes. And Nick seemed like he was going to become part of the pattern too. The kid literally tries to be like his dad as much as he can, he literally joins a UFC fight so his dad thinks he is cool, like Glenn is! But then the trial happens and Glenn is no longer Nick’s dad, instead, Jodie is. And then we have Nicholas, a little Narc that tries to be responsible and a goodie two shoes in general, just like Jodie. Nick/Nicholas is just someone who tries as much as he can to be just like the figure he admires the most, his dad. 

And we can see the same with Nicky in season 2! Anthony describes him like half rockstar half cop (I have being searching for the quote and I can’t find it but I’m pretty sure Anthony said it, so maybe I’ll find it in the future and put it in a reblog), that means half Nick, half Nicholas, or in a way that is thematically appropriate, half Glenn, half Jodie

And then we have Taylor, who is a bit different from all the comparisons I’ve been doing. Mostly cause he doesn’t want to be/is like his dad! Instead he wants to be like his mom! He is a momma’s boy after all. For what we know at least he is trying to be a voice actor, just like his mom (you could argue is to get closer to the anime world or nepotism, but I’m pretty sure is just to be like his mom)

But yeah, just to finish, obiously this is a theme of the show, after all is all about parents and their kids. But I just wanted to mention each example (even tho the teens ones are a bit of a reach. The dads and kiddads are more obvious at least to me)

[macksartblock]

Projecting my own teen experiences onto the kiddads bc I’m out of the house rn and I think it’s funny

Terry: took a parenting class in 12th grade and on the first night of his culminative assignment he ended up crying, naked wrapped in a towel, on the bathroom floor after the robot baby interrupted him pre-shower.

Lark: left for school in the morning then walked around for two blocks before heading back home, after his parents went to work. Snuck in through his bedroom window on more than one occasion, when either parent stayed home. Did this for a week straight.

Sparrow: got clocked as aspec before he even realized while out at a cafe during lunch with Rebecca, but she told him she didn’t mind because she’s good with her hands and can just think about him??

Grant: while on a date w/ his high school boyfriend at the fair, his boyfriend’s mother tracked him down just to argue with him. Grant attempted to slip away to offer some privacy but his boyfriend kept an iron grip on his hand, so he spent the next several minutes awkwardly turned away from the argument.

Nick: during an orthodontist appointment, was recommended to install metal springs because he kept forgetting to wear his elastics. Without even discussing it, Jodie gave the okay for the springs but the smallest size available were too big - therefore not installed - and Nick refused to speak to Jodie for the rest of the day.

[duckindndads]

This is as good as it’s going to get.

Ep 45 spoilers

God the Close family breaks my heart yall.

This family is the most like relatable to me honestly like Glenn didn’t have a good example and tried his best which passed to Nick and all the close boys are so poor at being there for people. The insecurity of not being perfect people and just stepping away in hope you don’t taint what they have going on. God it’s so freakn sad, and common and hidden ahhhhh

*rattles my cage* The authenticity of this episode makes me crazy let’s ramble about it

“There is no fixing this. That this is as good as it is going to get. That you are stuck with eachother in the forms you are now.”

There’s no fixing not being there. Whether it’s just not being there emotionally for your kid or not being there at all. The tragedy of the lack of something is so powerful in this episode.

I really appreciate that we got to see the Stampler/Marlowe family first. The ones in healing and becoming emotionally available. The imperfect three who stuck around anyways and try their best. It’s not perfect it’s messy and complicated but at least it’s there it’s not missing. It can grow so easily and we see that with how Scary makes another memory with Terry Jr and Ron right there and adds to the pot. Ron started the breaking of the cycle and the other generations continue to stumble into healing and it’s great!

In contrast, we have the Close’s stuck in the cycle. Glenn didn’t have a good dad and as far as we know his mom wasn’t the greatest either. In s1 Bill seems to be in the same boat Glenn finds himself in this episode. In his mind he was a great dad. Seeing it through rose colored glasses. But then looking back without the nostalgia or the romanticism or just a plain ol “this is how it is” lense?? Seeing how the lack of being there the lack of vulnerability makes the whole relationship feel so empty???

Nicky gets to see this too even tho he hasn’t had as long to hold himself up he sees he’s making the same mistakes. He had Glenn around to continue to perpetuate the ideas.

Taylor is the first to point out the pattern. In some ways it’s good that he didn’t have Nicky growing up to reinforce the cycle. The way the ideas of how a father and son should be best friends and “just be cool guys” isn’t ingrained in Taylor like it was in Glenn or Nicky. Still we mourn the emptiness but Taylor can see the holes in the bucket and he speaks on it too. He opens up emotionally in a way Nicky and Glenn never have. Speaking the quiet part out loud.

All the close boys are so lonely. They’re isolated and insecure. The relationship is so empty.

And then to top it off with such a small, in my head only a few drops, of the daddy magic to add into the jar?

It’s beautiful. It’s tragic. It’s heartbreaking.

There just isn’t anything to add. What happened did. There is no time travel magic to make up for lost time. We aren’t going to get that back.

There’s a beautiful hopeful tragedy to find here. They can’t go back, there is no starting over. You can’t start over from so little.

They’re just starting from square one.

[justablah56]

tee hee I have had terrick brainrot since that last episode graced my ears , so have some sillies <3

they're literally everything to me you guys I don't think you understand . I simply think that Nicky (mostly) forgiving Terry for shooting off his arm is very important and I will never shut up about it . just imagine if they weren't npcs ......