#him and donna are sibs

[nb-n0v4]

posting these wips for my dr who x supernatural thing bc I'm having so much fun drawing these unironically and I'm gnawing the bars of my enclosure

[opaleyedprince]

So, I was sitting here in the bar, and this guy comes up to me, and he said, "My life stinks." and I saw his gold credit card, and I saw the way that he was looking at people across the room, and I looked at his face, and you know, quite a good-looking face- And I just said, "Dude, your perspective on life sucks!"

name: donatello "donna" drakos

species: werewolf (born)

connection to the cherry pit: performer (drag queen), patron

character connections: margaret baudelaire (@jendoe; looks up to her as a fellow werewolf, asks her for advice regarding his performances)

open to connections: any

random note about donna: the youngest (and shortest) of five siblings, all of them some flavor of the supernatural; donna was adopted into his family at a young age and still struggles to reconcile his inhuman and human sides.

[eroticwound]

The Parentification of the Berzatto Siblings: Mikey’s Mental State

Let’s take a look at Donna’s mental state, as a way of understanding Mikey’s. Donna is dealing with mental illness. She most likely has a personality disorder (Borderline would be my guess) that might be comorbid with a mood disorder (Bipolar or Intermittent Explosive Disorder), and is using alcohol to self-medicate.

Donna’s alcoholism doesn’t exist in a vacuum. Because of her mental illness and the stressors of being a single mom, she is self-medicating with alcohol, meaning she is using it to numb herself out. Between 50 and 70% of people with BPD have substance abuse issues, and 41% of those with Bipolar disorder self-medicate.

This is the state of the Barzatto Family Home: the unstable woman at the center, who can be fun and funny, but is incredibly volatile. She is influencing and modeling behavior for all of the Bear Sibs. So looking back at Michael, as the oldest son, the burden of Donna’s moods and the state of his siblings (and any guests that happen to be around) is firmly on him. And he is empathetic enough to get others out of their funk and charming enough to keep things positive and running (relatively) smoothly. But all the anxiety of this situation—the parentification, which forces a child to disregard their own emotions and well-being in favor of their parent—gets severely internalized, and then masked by his ability to be loud and funny.

Mikey is avoidant above all else. In that first interaction in Fishes, between him and Nat, he literally says, “with [Mom], not handling it is the best way to handle it.” And this approach of his pops up again and again, whether he’s avoiding Carmy (by not picking up the phone or engaging in difficult conversations, or literally, when he leaves the pantry after Carm gives him the present), avoiding handling Donna, or avoiding dealing with his own mental health. This is in no way helped by the fact Mikey is most likely dealing with some form of chemical imbalance, whether it’s depression or bipolar disorder like Donna.

Add to all this the self-medicating behavior Donna models for him, and it’s a fairly clear line from internalizing and masking his pain, to substance abuse; alcohol and pain medication and whatever else he was using are just more intense ways of avoiding his pain. They are quite literally the only ways he’s managing his distress.

In fact, so much of Mikey’s behavior is modeled off of Donna:

The first person to throw a utensil in Fishes is not Michael, it’s actually Donna. She throws one at Steve while Mikey and Richie are giving Carm a tough time about Claire.

Mikey hits himself after Carm gives him the gift, and Donna hits herself at the dinner table.

If Donna hadn’t driven her car through the wall, the scene Mikey makes at the dinner table might’ve been the big story from that Christmas.

And then of course there’s the traumatic tirade Donna goes on about killing herself. That seems like a fairly common threat in the Berzatto household. And it makes me wonder if the gun Michael used to kill himself was his father’s, the one that Donna threatened to use.

And this is a real issue with Parentification: it becomes normalized and perpetuated. These roles and behaviors become integrated into a child’s personality, and alters ideas of what normal and healthy relationships look like. You can see this in how Michael treats Carmen. It was normalized for Mikey to handle Donna in the kitchen. It never occurs to him that baby Carm shouldn’t be around that. But it is normalized *and* unavoidable, so Michael let’s him take on that responsibility. Even the way he talks to Carm, calling him moody, a saltine—these are intended to get Carmen out of his head, but they are also cruel and tell Carm that his emotions are too much, that his emotions can’t compete with Donna’s. After all, Donna and Mikey work together as a parental unit.

You see it especially in the first Mikey-Carmy-Donna Kitchen scene in Fishes, where Donna and Mikey gang up on Carmy together, getting Carm to say he’s happy to be home and loves them. This is a lie to smooth things over on Carmen’s end, but if being around Donna is bad for Carm, it’s bad for all of them. Living at home has got to be triggering, and you can tell throughout Fishes just how done Michael is with it.

Michael’s adulthood is so sad. We know that he had a trail of failed business ventures, money problems, and even had to move back in with Donna. He doesn’t seem to have a girlfriend, and is stuck telling the same old stories from his youth, because the best he can do is mask his dysfunction and entertain everyone. All of this is a self-perpetuating cycle, his avoidance making sure he cannot ask for the help he needs, and his relative functionality ensuring no one pushes the issue.

My next post will breakdown some of the key Mikey scenes in Fishes.

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he/him Il 22 || regressor + cg

requests open!!! (list below!)

just a corpse paint wearing little guy that finds way too much comfort in animatronics, arcades, and pizza places.

please keep in mind this is a sfw coping blog for childhood trauma. however if it still bothers you that i reblogged something please just message and ill remove it.

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fictional cgs/sibs/little guys

peppino spaghetti (dad), fake peppino (cg) || glamrock freddy (dad), freddy fazbear (baby sitter/sib), mike schmidt (dad), the daycare attendants (baby sitter), all bonnies (baby sitter/sib), and my springtrap/william afton hcoc (dad) || jason voorhees (little guy), tommy (little guy), brahms heelshire (little guy) || two-bit matthews (little guy)

comfort media

five nights at freddy’s, pizza tower, tmnt, sonic, tf2, spongebob, animal crossing, teen titans, wolverine, deadpool, spiderman, superman, minecraft, edward sissorhands, corpse bride, alice in wonderland, the rock-afire explosion, chuck e cheese, the simpsons, blues clues, bluey, dr. seuss, rainbow brite, classic horror (20’s-60s), horror movies in general, betty boop

interests

comics, coloring, horror movies, videogames, cartoons, plushies/build-a-bear, animatronics/robotics

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- fake peppino from pizza tower outfit ✔️

- flip! donna from res evil 8 stimboard ✔️

- care bears outfit board ✔️

- fake peppino is a eldritch caregiver ✔️

- fake peppino dni banner ✔️

- the wrath from dbd agere flags X . X . X ✔️

- fake peppino from pizza tower flip headcanons ✔️

- bandit from bluey is an age regressor/playmate ✔️

- nightmare bonnie (fnaf4) cg icon ✔️

- bucky and steve (marvel) cg headcanons • • • LOADING

- nightmare bonnie (fnaf world) agere outfit

- green goblin from spiderman/marvel agere outfit

not requests:

- cg! peppino spaghetti from pizza tower mood board

- mario and luigi from the mario bros movie mood board

- mario bros outfit board

- peppino spaghetti from pizza tower outfit board

- bingo from bluey outfit board

- socks from bluey outfit board

- pizza tower fun farm level outfit board

- amanda young from saw is a caregiver

- peppino from pizza tower is a caregiver

- beef tobin from the great north is a caregiver

- bowser from mario bros is an age regressor/caregiver

- mario from the mario bros is a older sibling cg

- luigi from the mario bros is a age regressor

- pavel borsch from vodka! tower is a caregiver

- springtrap from fnaf is a caregiver

- the conductor from the polar express is a caregiver

- jason voorhees is an age regressor

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[moonxsuncelestials]

Twisted Wonderland AU Questions

How do the Mesbah Sibs feel about MC and their Housewardens?

"Leona ain't bad, he's a lot smarter than most think. Plus he doesn't seem to mind me breaking curfew. Not sure if he senses it that I come more alive at night, or if he just doesn't give a shit. I'm leaning towards the latter and he's learned quick that I ain't an herbivore. I'm not afraid to go head to toe with him in a fight." He paused and took a drag of his cigarette before continuing. "I feel honestly for MC/Yuu. It's tough being away from home, worse when you're in a whole other element. If Crowley ain't gonna help them get home, I'll talk to Ma and Pa."

"I don't mind Azul, he's pretty cute. Eh? Well as a housewarden, I bet it's tough trying to keep all of us students in Octanville in line. So I'm not surprised that he asked his friends to help him with-say what you want, but I can tell there is a strong bond between them. Mutual respect is one thing, but would you really want to hang around someone who doesn't treat you the way you want to be treated? And as for MC/Yuu...I don't know. I stay in my room or hang around with my siblings, whilst teasing Ivory on his crush for Malleus."

Ivory blushed at being called out like that. Thus it takes them a moment to compose themselves, before they sign with Eclipse being their translator. 'Vil...okay. Like Rook more, he sees potential and understands that we all different. Different beauties...' They admit that they had a crush on Vil once but that vanished and now views their dorm leader as their rival. If they cannot become the next Fairest of Them All, they then will become The Deadliest of them all. At the question of MC/Yuu, they shrug. 'Like Eclipse said. I admire their strength. They push ahead...I hope we can help them go home. Or stay if that is better?'

"Donna care fer Kalim too much. He grades me nerves to where I'm debatin' if I should just transfer to Ramshackle to get away from 'em. Kalim is nice an' all but he's far too much of an airhead and doesn't seem to realize how much work he puts on Jamil. I donna make things any easier since I often pop off and donna return til dawn some nights or he catches me in the gardens talkin' to the earth. I feel fer Jamil, the lad has it rough and I wish he'd have the same privileges I do with me family." He takes a sip of his water and gives some to Ivory who thanked him. "As fer MC/Yuu, same as Ives and Eclipse. Maybe though we can help 'em find a way home, if not at least figure a way to make The Isles their home."

~~Bonus Round for Ivory~~

Ivory, do you have a crush on Malleus? What of Idia and Vil? Is it true that you're a princess of the Mafia?

Sometimes Li's purity and honesty are a pain! With a bright red blush dusting their cheeks for being called out on their crush for the Prince of Thorn Valley, they sigh and admit to it. 'Yes...I have feelings for Prince Malleus. He seems...so sad. I want to make him smile.' It was the other questions that had Ivory cutting the interview short and running off.

"Interview over! Ives come back!"

"Master Ivory wait up!!"

"Ivory!"

"Me brothers can take care of Ives, but what station did ye say ye were from again?"

And the interviewer is never seen or heard from again.

[liarsweapon]

also called:

what if auntie janie met auntie donna the hallucination master that made her gardener see his dead family before murdering him to show her devotion to miranda and is maybe 20 at most, aka met angie the doll made from the bones of donnas dead sister by their deceased nutty dad, try and change my mind capcom u cant

uncle fishy moreau, poor dude that just likes rom coms and cheese and none of his family likes him apparently even tho heis even flat out says its his job to keep fishy entertained

werewolf magneto nic cage unkie heisenberg, hes an engineer, i dont need to say anything else

@folkesange

[fightwing]

You can come live with me. Bruce can get over it. My apartment is cool and I talk about my feelings.

[posledniyshans]

Oh yeah I see that with Kendall, it's like, Logan didn't let anyone else do anything to him but because Kendall knew what their father was that also extended to him knowing what his father's friends were. He didn't have the ability to innocently rationalize or give benefit of doubt like his siblings did because he was right at the center of it all. And some part of him wants to believe it was only him getting hurt, because the thought of his silence and cowardice endangering someone else would just break him irreparably.

Fully endorsed! I actually believe a big part of him wanted him to be the only sacrificial lamb in this, because he is Special in the evil Logan csa sense so he has to cleanse that by being Special in the good ‘suffering so others dont’ sense but the realisation that there’s a whole golf club of demons like his dad kinda kicks that to the curb. And I mean, seeing what Logan is, with how monstrously he fills up any space, I doubt there was a soul scarier than him for Kendall, compounded with the CSA thing, your parent betraying you in the most evil way, maybe Ken couldn’t imagine worse suffering and yet knew he was the Number One Boy (NOB) which = siblings safe. And like you said, you can’t see the entirety of your experience when you’re living it and because Ken never really stopped living it, it becomes this huge psychological event horizon; a thought slipping there and it’s a valley of shadow and death for him. But if the wolf pack is some scary alien extension of his father and if his father protects him he wouldn’t do any less for Shiv and Rome, right? Personally I see Kendall as a martyr or thinking of himself as one and: if he lives with the thought that his silent suffering prevent his sibs’s, well that’s great, isn’t that what he’s for? Like Laura and Donna: I suffer because ‘the angels wouldn’t help [me]’ in any case: i’m all apart. But my suffering is meaningless if it doesn’t prevent yours. Which is why I think Cruises will return in a cathartic light (fingers crossed)

[alovesongshewrote]

Can you do a headcannon where the reader is one of the lords and is friends with Donna and Alcina and they’re both protective of her and Karl is just sooo in love with her lol

Oop- | Karl Heisenberg HCs

this got very out of control, i'm so sorry, holy shit

warning, this reads like a kid explaining their game of barbies to you.  

taglist: @mxcheese @blixeon @valentimmy @prismarts @chrysanthykios

Headcanons 

SO

YOU’RE A LORD (technically)

YOU’RE HOT AS HELL

AND YOU’RE BROS WITH ALCINA AND DONNA

and you can have whatever mold powers you want, it doesn’t matter, you never use them

You’re the chillest of the lords, and you were the last one to be mutated 

therefore 

Most people also assume that you’re the weakest 

Even though you aren’t, really

You’re actually full of sarcasm, wit, and self-defense skills

But it doesn’t really matter, it just means alcina and donna specifically are very protective of you

Which is actually kind of interesting considering you hate, and often butt heads with, Mother Miranda, who they both have at least some respect for

So

Every now and then, they kind of have to hold you back from attacking the woman who at first, referred to herself as your mom

She is not your mom, she experimented on you when you were like, 25

You were late to the lord party

And you already had parents

You didn’t want or need anymore

You genuinely just

Hated miranda

So much

To the point where you bit her, once

And it’s because of shit like that, that she doesn’t see you as one of her children

You’re kind of like the chaotic neighbor kid, who’s in her house all of the time and eats her food

The lords don’t really see you as a sibling either

And you don’t see them as sibs 

They’re just bros

Friends

You’re all having soft tacos for dinner

But yeah, you hate miranda 

You hate everyone else’s mom

Donna and Alcina don’t really love this trait of yours

But you know who thinks it’s hot?

Heisenberg.

Also, Angie, Angie loves it when you go feral on Miranda’s ass

But yeah, anyway, heisenberg 

Fucking adores that fact that you’ve more or less disowned miranda 

One time, you were at a meeting, and Miranda pulled the fuckin

“Remember from whence you came,”  bullshit

And you went

“Not from your witch-y plague rat ass, that’s for damn sure,” under your breath

And heisenberg fucking lost it

He had to cough for like

A minute to cover it up

You were mildly concerned that he was going to choke to death on cigar smoke, but Heisenberg

He had never been more attracted to anyone in his life

And like

That’s what it was at first

Attraction 

He just really liked your general spite for miranda that no one else seemed to have

And he liked your sass and sense of humor 

After miranda abducted you, heisenberg spent most of miranda’s meetings trying not to laugh at your various comments 

And once you notice that, you start trying to make him laugh

Much to Alcina’s dismay

Donna and Angie aren’t as upset over it, they kind of wanted to see where things would go

And like

Yeah

That was a good idea on their part

Because it grows from simple attraction 

Since you

Develop an appreciation for Heisenberg’s sense of humor 

And so

Naturally 

The two of you start to just

Hang out

Y’all vibe on the same level

It’s nice

To have someone who makes you laugh

And more than that, to have someone who gets you

Like

You adore Alcina and Donna, you’d die and kill for them

But they don’t always understand you

Heisenberg 

he might be a discount magneto/frankenstein who lives more or less alone in a factory on the edge of the village, but he fucking gets it, god damn it

And you

You really appreciate that

So the two of you form an attachment 

You see each other during the day, under the guise of him helping you with lord shit 

But you also rendezvous in the dark just to enjoy each other’s presence 

And build an army

And kiss or whatever

And you

You really enjoy it

You like being around him

And he likes being around you

ALCINA HATES IT THO

She does not approve of you hanging out with her “idiot brother”

She thinks he’s a bad influence both in the “he swears a lot” way and the “he hates mother miranda” way

She doesn’t want that rubbing off on you

Donna isn’t really jazzed about this whole Heisenberg thing either 

She doesn’t hate him, but like

She doesn’t think he’s good enough for you

See, where Alcina kind of wants you to join the family, become her sister, and take your rightful place as a true lord and child of mother miranda

Donna kind of wants you to escape

She can tell that you aren’t happy in the village

You aren’t happy being an experiment

And she knows that you would be better off somewhere else

She also assumes that if you get attached to Heisenberg, you’ll stay in the village whether or not miranda frees you

And while she’d love for you to stay, she knows that you’d do better elsewhere

She doesn’t want you to leave.  She doesn’t want to let you, but she knows it’s for the best.

but oh well, it’s not like she can actually do anything about it herself

If alcina asks, she might try to help, but really

She isn’t about to test the strongest lord on this one

ALCINA IS THO

SHE IS NOT ABOVE CORNERING HEISE AND FUCKIN

THREATENING HIM

It does not work very well

He refuses to stop seeing you unless you ask him to

So

Alcina tries to convince you that heisenberg suxs and you shouldn’t see him anymore

And that doesn’t work

So she

Is 

Grumpy 

Especially since you and Heisenberg are slowly getting more physically affectionate 

One time, out of the corner of her eye, she saw him kiss your hand

She was mad about it for like, a week

Yep.  she didn’t see ethan’s head, but she saw that.

Unfortunately 

She was not the only one to see the romantic shit

Angie also saw it, and she made fun of you relentlessly 

BUT ALSO 

MIRANDA NOTICED

AND SHE DID NOT LIKE THAT THE NEIGHBOR KID WHO LIVED IN HER HOUSE AND HER MOST POWERFUL SON WERE GETTING ALONG SO WELL

See, she’s not stupid

She knows that you and heisenberg are not her biggest fans

So

She needs to weaken you

And your alliance 

SO

SHE STARTS TALKING TO DONNA AND ALCINA 

BECAUSE SHE KNOWS THEY LOVE YOU

AND SHE’S LIKE

“Man, I sure do wish (Y/N) and Heisenberg would stop interacting, lol”

Im paraphrasing, but anyway

Donna and Alcina are on it

They’re ready to separate you by any means necessary 

Even if it means killing their brother

NOW

YOU MAY BE WONDERING 

AS I AM

WHERE THE FUCK HAS MOREAU BEEN THIS ENTIRE TIME

Well

He’s been on the sidelines 

Watching

Observing

And here’s the thing about moreau

You already know it

But he watches a lot of romance movies

So he was actually the first one to realize that you and Heisenbeg were into each other

See, he knows what love looks like on the screen 

And when it comes to you and Heise

Well, he could see it

He saw the longing glances, the gentle touches in passing

He knew

He didn’t tell miranda about it, tho

He didn’t tell anyone

He just kinda

Let you guys do your thing

Or he does until he notices that Miranda is displeased with it

At that point?

His loyalty to mother miranda trumps everything

He’ll get rid of the problem for her

Even if he has to kill you both to do it

NOW, MEANWHILE

YOU AND HEISENBERG ARE NOTICING THAT SOMETHING’S UP

SO ONE DAY, YOU TURN TO HEISENBERG, AND YOU’RE LIKE

“Hey, I know you’ve been planning your revenge for years at this point, but maybe we should just leave?  Because I think Miranda and her girl gang + moreau are planning something?  And I don’t want to be here when it happens?”

And his initial reaction is to yell at you, but you shut that down fast

“Look, I know what she’s taken from you, she took the same things from me, but honestly?  I think it would be safer if we left.  I mean, that’s revenge in itself, isn’t it?  Her strongest child leaving her?”

And he’s like

“Fuck, I guess?  But it doesn’t matter, she’ll be able to find us wherever we go.”

And i mean

Fair

But also

“Maybe.  But I think it would be worth it.  I want to get out of here, but I don’t want to do it without you.”

And he’s like

“:(”

Because of his metal army

So you’re like

“Y’know what, fine, you stay with the metal army, I’m taking a gap year.  See you around, man.”

So

You’re planning to fucking

Backpack around Europe 

Heisenberg is moping in his factory

And everyone else is planning to kill either you or Heisenberg 

So that’s fun

Like

Man, this is one hell of a fucking perdicament 

All out of one ask, huh?

Don’t worry

I know i’ve gone overboard, it’s almost over

Literally and fictionally 

Because heisenberg’s siblings all managed to fucking coordinate their goddamned attacks 

Fucking

Fantastic

And, even better

On the day they decide to attack, you decide that you might have been a bit harsh and you go off to apologize 

In short

FUCK

So, uh

By the time you get there

Alcina and Donna have already arrived

They’re out for blood

Heisenberg is confused

And you have no fucking clue what’s going on

So

You

Being the smart cookie you are

Walk right in like

“Ok, Heise, I know I was a little harsh earlier, and I wanted to say I’m-”

You get cut off by a super-sized claw impaling you through the side

You suddenly aren’t apologizing anymore

Suddenly you’re yelling

“aLCINA WHAT THE FUCK”

And she is

Mildly horrified 

Because oh, fuck, she wasn’t supposed to hit you

But she did

Oops

Thank god you’re a mold bitch, otherwise that might’ve killed you

Heisenberg acts like it did

Mf sees red and he fucking lunges at lady D

Donna would’ve stopped him, but she was too busy being concerned for you

So

Alcina and Heise start fighting again

Donna is concerned, you’re trying to recover

AND MOREAU IS ON HIS WAY

IN FISH FORM

I guess there was a pond nearby or smthn

Anyway

Moreau breaks through a fucking wall and starts spraying acid everywhere

And despite your recent impalement 

You manage to tackle everyone to the floor to avoid the spray 

No one is pleased with any of these developments

Alcina and donna do not like that you’ve been put in danger

Heisenberg is also very upset that you’ve been put danger

He’s also upset about his wall :(

And moreau

His head is empty, there are only fish thoughts inside 

So

Naturally 

An argument breaks out

Alcina and Heisenberg start yelling at each other

Angie is encouraging it while Donna grows more and more distressed 

And moreau is coming out of his fish form so he can yell, too

Everyone is yelling

Until you cut in

“EVERYONE SHUT THE FUCK UP RIGHT NOW.”

They all shut the fuck up 

Which is good

It means you can get to the bottom of this fucking mess

“WHY THE FUCK DID YOU ALL ATTACK HEISENBERG???”

“Well, Mother Miranda-” (Alcina)

“It was allllll Mother Miranda’s idea hehehehehehhehheehhe” (Angie)

“mOooo0ther” (Moreau)

And like

Yeah, that checks

So you turn to Heisenberg and you’re like

“See?  I fucking told you your mom was planing something.  She’s a bitch and we should leave.”

“You do not need to tell me she’s a bitch, I already know-”

“Still, we’re leaving.”

And then you look out at the lords and you’re like

“Hey, you know one way we could strip Miranda of her power while also being smart as hell?”

“?”

And then you pick up donna

Like

Full on 

Just fucking

Lift her

And angie

And you’re like

“We’re taking your siblings.”

Now

This plan is a little unorthodox 

And it earns a “WHAT???”

From both Lady D and Heisenberg

But then you fucking 

Manage to lift Moreau

And you walk out the door while yelling

“WE’RE TAKING YOUR SIBLINGS IN THE EMANCIPATION!”

Alcina and Heise have no choice but to follow you 

They have to know where the hell your head’s at

So they leave the factory to see you fucking

Piling donna, angie, and moreau into a car that you found at some point

And you’re like

“Ok, I know you have questions, but think of it this way.  How does Miranda control the village?  Through you guys.  And yeah, she could probably do it herself, but if she could, don’t you think she would?  And yes, she usually murders whoever tries to leave or… well, sends them to one of you, but that’s only because they ask her permission to leave.  We could always just… go.”

And alcina’s like

“But why would we want to?”

And moreau seconds that sentiment from inside the car

And you’re like, “Because she manipulated you into hurting me, lol.  Imagine if she got you to hurt the girls.  I mean… imagine what she could do to your girls in general...”

Alcina is immediately on board with your plan

Moreau isn’t, but you promise him there’s more cheese and romance content on the outside, so he agrees to go

Donna was always for you leaving.  She didn’t want you to leave, but she knew it was for the best.  If she can go with you, though, she’s down for it, especially since you have her siblings on your side, and a plan that’s just crazy enough to work

So

All that’s left is Heisenberg

And he’s like

Very torn up about this

Because on one hand, he knows he can’t stop you, and he knows he needs to go with you to keep you safe because otherwise Miranda will probably kill you, and even if she doesn’t she will kill him when she realizes everyone is missing

But also

Revenge?

Years spent on a metal army?

Murder?

You know he’s thinking of all of those things, so you fuckin

Cup his face in your hands and you’re like

“Hey, I know you wanted to get revenge on your bitch mom, but we have the rest of our lives to do that, and it’s safer to plot from the outside.  And besides, there are a fuck ton of people who deserve your wrath out there.  So… come with me?”

And he sighs

And he makes a big deal out of it

But he agrees

You kiss him quickly, and then you both grab your shit

You take everyone else to get their shit

(which includes the girls, lmao)

And then you fuckin

Leave

Miranda is left behind 

And yeah, she throws a bitch fit

She still kidnaps rose, but ethan gets her back easily without any lords standing in his way

And he lives

The duke laughs at miranda’s misery and takes control of the village

He also directs ethan to the “fuck mother miranda support group” 

Which is you, heisenberg, and sometimes donna

A year later, you grab the support group and go on a field trip to murder miranda 

Badda bing, badda boom, happy ending

SPEAKING OF

YOU AND HEISENBERG CAN FINALLY ACT LIKE A SEMI-NORMAL COUPLE

Y’all love it

Moreau kind of loves it (it’s like a very odd, very niche romance movie)

Donna loves it now that you’re free from the village, but she will not hesitate to murder heisenberg if he ever hurts you

THE DIMITRESCU GIRLS LOVE IT, YOU AND HEISENBERG ARE AWFUL INFLUENCES ON THEM AND THEY LOVE YOU

Alcina doesn’t really love it, but she can’t do anything

If heisenberg hurts you, though

She will kill him

AND THAT’S THAT ON A HAPPY ENDING 

[batfoonery]

Crafty Batkids

Literally. Just batkids doin' crafts. As someone who does..... way too many crafts to list here (I'll send a list if asked but just trust me) I feel like I've gotten a good feel for this.

Dick

My man grew up in a circus, regularly checking ropes and tensions....

Macrame. He's a pro at macrame. Maybe he doesn't do it often, but like. For his friends, he'll sometimes surprise them with lil gifts.

When any of his Titans buds move he makes them those fancy hanging macrame plant holders. Donna and Kori both love them, and have been known to fight over them during white elephant/dirty Santa type gift games.

Probably doesn't have the ability to sit still for long periods of time, so can't do anything that'll unravel if he puts it down. It takes him a long time to finish a project, so he really only buys materials as he starts a new one, and doesn't have any excess stuff lying around his apartment.

Jason

You cannot tell me he doesn't crochet to unwind. Like. Idk if he's any good at it, but he def angry crochets.

Probably has been working on one scarf for like five years

Never has consistent stitches

Likes touching all the yarns at the store

Probably just enjoys squishing the yarn in general tbh. It's slightly more satisfying than ever actually doing anything with the yarn.

Cass

One time Bruce took her to like. Silver Dollar City or somewhere else that had someone with a loom, and she was fascinated. She made him buy her a shawl and then made Tim put together a power point about why she should have a loom.

Bruce ended up caving and buying her one that's skinnier, for like table runners. It's great, because she's mostly fascinated with making gradients in her weaves.

She learned Swedish Weaving (it's a like an embroidery/weaving hybrid) so she could embellish her works.

Mostly gives them out as gifts. She gave one to Selina, who guards it possessively. Harley tried to borrow it once and about lost her fingers.

Probably also learned to make little tassles for the ends

Tim

Attention to detail? Obsession over the minutia? Oh. You know my boy is an epoxy resin artist.

Has a crafting station in his room that's meticulously organized. There's cubbies for pigments, flowers, glitters, bits of ribbons and strings, etc etc

Probably makes all kinds of thing tbh. Phone cases, trinkets, you name it. But pens are his favorites, because they're both simple and practical. There's like a whole army of pens that just... keeps growing in Titans Tower because he always forgets where he's put his.

None of his teammates realize he is the source of the pens. They (Kon, Cassie, Bart) just think the pens are an infestations and/or are pairing up and making baby pens. But Cassie and Bart love them bc ✨aesthetics✨

Probably has a tik tok or an insta where he posts videos of himself de-molding things to soothing lofi tracks. Literally just. All the vibes. It's gorgeous.

Steph

Also all the vibes. She is a bujo/stationary queen.

Her collection is much messier than Tim's, but has a surprising amount of overlap. Sometimes they borrow things from each other, and have collabed on their social accounts (he makes journal covers, she makes them into notebooks, he supplies her with pens, she uses them when making a weekly/monthly set up, etc)

Stickers and glitter everywhere

Probably sponsored.

Canonically draws cute little cartoons in the comics, they absolutely are a regular on her socials and in her bujos.

Duke

For some reason I don't peg him as being as craft-oriented as his closest-in-age sibs? He probably has less expensive coping mechanisms tbh

That being said I can see he would enjoy those stores where you go in and paint pottery and they kiln/glaze it for you? Like he isn't into sculpting it himself, but painting the little kitchenware pieces or statuettes is relaxing.

He paints mugs for all his sibs on their birthdays, and for Alfred.

Alfred probably has a whole army of custom mugs made for him by the kids, now that I'm thinking about it. Like half of them are from Duke, because he doesn't know what else to do with them. There are just so many because it's so simple.....

Kate Kane, Tatsu Yamashiro, and Jeff Pierce also all have mugs. Actually... Lowkey highkey I can see that Tatsu might have introduced Duke to this kind of stuff in the first place? I can see that she would enjoy something simple that you can do while trying to clear out your mind.

Damian

Well. Damian is a gifted artist, but this translates differently into actual crafts. It just does.

He's probably a good printmaker. Not only does this take advantage of his art skills and keen attention to details, but it's one of the oldest artforms still in practice today. Most printmakers develop their techniques by perfecting one of several forms of the art, which have been passed through generations, and have a really firm grip on art history. Those stories would appeal to Damian, in addition to the craft itself.

Damian is the most likely of his siblings to be able to sit still for prolonged periods of time and do a repetitive motion. In fact, it may actually be something he can enjoy if it means he can just zone out for a bit. So, he's probably actually decent at spinning yarn. If the sky is grey and rainy, he drags out a wheel and some pre-sorted rolags and spins yarn, exclusively for Cass, who then weaves it. He enjoys the progression of colors in the fibers as much as she does, and they bond over it.

The feeling of different fibers slipping through his fingers is also really soothing. Bad day? Time to spin some merino, because it slips like water through his touch. Need to feel grounded? Time to spin a cotton blend, because you have to be present enough not to chafe your hands on the rough fibers...

Probably also really good at embroidery, for the same reasons. Plus, it's really satisfying to feel and hear the pbt-psht, pbt-psht of the needle and thread pulling through the taut fabric.

Bruce

Obviously knows how to forge/metalwork. I like to imagine he's also dabbled in lost wax casting.

Probably has little trinkets he made when he was younger scattered around the house. Maybe he donated a few to charity auctions.

Has made rings/jewelry pieces. But doesn't talk about them. (One ring went to Selina, and a pair of earrings went to Talia)

Alfred

The all-talented, all-knowing. There's probably nothing he can't do. He already sews all their outfits. So I mean.

Sometimes it feels really good to have something to stab. I'm not saying he does needle felting, but I'm not saying he wouldn't.

Probably was the one who taught Bruce about lost wax, and the one who helps Damian research about printmakers.

Silently supplies all the kids with all the art things.

Has a chest in his room filled with all the things that he's been gifted with over the years. There's little uneven macrame hanging from when Dick was just getting the hang of it, lumpy scarves that are too short for anyone to realistically wear from Jason, linen sets made by Cass, various trinkets from Tim, handmade cards and notebooks from Steph, mugs from Duke, and old embroidery pieces from Damian in unevenly stained hoops.

[slashy-ashy]

I think I like Dick so much because I just like vibe with him because I vibe a lot with my older sis, so it’s like she’ll be unapologetically her and I’ll be like “wow thats my oldest sib 🤩” and then I’ll relay what she did and like imagine what if Dick did this or said that🧐 so this is all to say that Dick has picked up roller skating and you can’t tell me that back in the day Dick wouldn’t be hitting the rinks up and it helps that now there’s this resurgence of people going roller skating or blading so this is what has been in my head for a literal year now, Dick Grayson with his own personalized roller skates, but like at first he has some regular ole skates that he just takes to the rink with him but on his birthday Tim’s like “I noticed you’ve been skating a lot so I thought that you’ll love these” and just hands Dick these absolutely beautiful red,green, and gold or some blue,black and gold skates I don’t know I’m leaning towards the blue, but Tim made sure to wrap them up in like this wrapping paper covered in chirping cartoon robins which gets a laugh out of Dick, so after Dick tears off the paper he sees this unassuming box and he starts thinking “oh no, please don’t let this be a prank” and so he flips the lid but the object is covered in some thin paper so he just bites the bullet and rips the paper off. He looks down at the skates and up at Tim, before again looking down at the skates again. Now the rest of the family don’t know what he has right now because Tim made sure to be secretive about his gift, so they’re all thinking some variation of “oh, is this a prank? Is it a good one or a bad one?” But Tim already had his phone out recording so he can see how Dick is unconsciously widening his eyes and how his hands are shaking a bit, so this goes on for three seconds before Tim asks him with a smile in his voice “so...you like them?”

And Dick SHRIEKS and he covers his face with his hands while squirming in his seat, because the minute he got to his apartment he was ‘kidnapped’ by Robin and Black Bat and was taken back to the manor where they forced a birthday hat onto him and sat him at the head of the table and they hadn’t let him get up before singing happy birthday and handing him his gifts, so Dicks like in almost hysterics and screams “I LOVE them!!” Before pulling out the skates and so everybody follows suit and starts feeding off the positive vibes and giving them out, and Dukes like “ aye, I bet you can’t wait to take’em out for a spin” and Dick, still grinning from ear to ear is like “yes I want to go to the rink right NOW” but Tim is like “you still have to open all these other gifts!” And Dick is like yeah your right so he puts the skates right beside him and he’s so happy that when the doorbell rings that surprises them because it was supposed to be only them so who could that be? But Alfred already knows who it is, so he opens the door and in comes Jason looking all cool in his leather jacket and what not so he goes into the dining room along with his family and gives Dick a hug, and Dick’s confused but he welcomes the hug anyway, so when this hug goes on for a while Dick’s confused and asks if Jason’s okay but he just pulls away and says surprise and moves out the way, and Dick’s scream was so LOUD but short too, because in comes Donna, Wally, Roy, Garth, Gar, Vic, Kori, Rachel, even Joey and is that...? Clark, Lois, and Diana!? Oh! And they brought Jon and Konner. And Dick justs sits dumb founded for a minute before covering his mouth, “you said you weren’t be able to make it!” He says shrilly, Roy shrugs a shoulder “ I said that MAYBE I won’t make it, and besides like I need an excuse to come see you” and goes up to hug him and Dick most noticeably has tears in his eyes when he looks at the others, and Roy looks at him with both his eyebrows raises “are you crying right now!?” He asks incredulously, “well what do you expect he OBVIOUSLY wanted me to hug him, now move you didn’t do it right” Roy was then hip checked by Wally and Dick couldn’t help but not laugh at how offended Roy looked, “but seriously dry those tears the fun has barely begun!”

He said before drying Dick’s face, “did you really push me out the way West?” “I told you before and I’ll say it again Harper, he wanted me to hug him, seeing that ugly mug of yours frightened him” he said condescendingly before he went to hug Dick and putting a big show of patting his back and rubbing his hair, even had the gall to add in a couple “there there’s” while he was at it. Dick smiled and pushed Wally off of him “ but really what are you doing here? I thought you guys had plans for tonight” Donna came and pushed Wally out of the way and got an offended “hey” from her actions and a couple chuckles out of Roy “we do” she said pressing a kiss to the crown of Dicks head “ and those plans include taking you out to the rink” and Dick gasped “really?!” “Yeah dude, we called around and did you know that apparently out there is a skating dimension? I mean really, entities love creating dimensions for fun” Wally said, a slice of cake in hand “ so whenever you’re ready you can come take those new wheels out for a spin” and he gasped before diving for the skates beside him “did you guys see them yet! Look at the colors and Tim even got more wheels! Thank you so much Timmy!” Tim laughed “ no problem I’m happy you like them!” He grinned “like them I love them, once I get through all these gifts we’re all going to the skating dimension no if’s ands or buts, I can’t wait to test these puppies out!” Dick said.

And so he open ups the rest of his gifts and they go to the skating dimension and he tears that place up, I mean the place defies the laws of gravity so like imagine that one ride at the fair/carnival that has you lean on the wall and the ride spins so fast that you can stand up perpendicular to the wall, I think it was called the tilt a whirl, or something like that? It looked like an space ship. So anyways Dick skating forwards, backwards, even takes one skate off to do a trick before putting his skate back on and is just living his best life with his friends and family, and it’s even better if he puts on a outfit that closely or is radiating the disco aesthetic, and one thing I love about Dick is out of the many hairstyles and lengths of hair that he rocked you could just pick and chose a style and length so I imagine him with his longer hairstyle and say what you want but I have seen mullets make a comeback so he can either have a mullet or he’s rocking his natural hair which I imagine to either be 2/3 a type of curl pattern. Haaa it feels good to finally get this all down 😌

[eroticwound]

The Parentification of the Berzatto Siblings: Mikey

(If you want a primer on Parentification, please see this post)

This series will be based off of seasons 1 and 2, but will be leaning heavy on my extensive Fishes notes. I wanna discuss Mikey first since he was the one haunting the narrative all season 1, and Fishes is the most screentime we’ve had with him.

The episode starts with Mikey coming out of the house to check on Natalie. This is Mikey’s big role in the family: to check on, to comfort, to amuse. This has been his role his whole life. He does it for his siblings, and he does it for Donna.

That first scene in Fishes has the Berzatto siblings game-planning how they’re going to deal with Donna and the stressful Seven Fishes dinner. It’s almost a negotiation, but that’s only because Carmen’s been away. There are clear and established roles that they all fall into: Natalie mediates among the siblings, Carmy handles Donna in the kitchen, and then there’s Mikey.

One of Carmy’s first lines in this episode is: “Hey Mikey can you come inside and be you for a little bit, I don’t know how to deal with these people.” Mikey’s duty is to field the guests, to distract them from Donna’s emotional state, and make things copacetic. According to Carm, and family lore, it’s who Michael is.

We know that Michael is very empathetic, he can “dial a room.” He’s loud, he’s funny, and he’s been made this way to survive. But by Fishes, he’s not emotionally sound enough to uphold this role.

I’ve always assumed Mikey is Donna’s favorite, which might be supported by the fact there are more photos of Mikey in the opening montage than the other two siblings (something @bartonbones pointed out. However, a lot of those are of adult Mikey, and it could be a reflection of Mikey having a tougher time in adulthood and so having to stay closer to Donna: taking over The Beef, moving back home with her, etc).

If he’s not the favorite per se, I will say Mikey must have been Donna’s original kitchen attendant, as evidenced by him being the only other person besides Carmen allowed in her kitchen. Throughout the episode, Donna compulsively kicks everyone else out. In fact these are the only two she actually calls for. She even calls Carmy “Michael” when he’s trying to coax her to the dinner table, making it clear that both Carm and Michael talk to her in this way.

And the way is important. Donna says Carm is talking to her like she’s a child, because in this moment, she is demanding the care and attention a child would. And Carm does responds to her patiently and empathetically, as I’m sure he’s been doing his whole life. This is extremely emotionally draining for a young adult, let alone a child. But the Bear Sibs have been talking this talk and walking this walk their entire lives. It’s second nature.

As the oldest, Mikey’s been blasted most with Donna’s neediness and instability. Especially once their dad leaves (whether he dies or walks out on them is unclear). Donna as the only parent leans on him as she would a spouse. So Mikey is getting a lot of the Instrumental Parentification, which involves helping handle the logistics of running a home, and the most severe Emotional Parentification. This means he would help raise his siblings, would help out at The Beef, and support Donna in her moods. We know this is true because Sugar, or Natalie, as I will be referring to her throughout this series, does not get the same access to Donna’s emotional state.

Don’t get me wrong, Nat is shouldering her share of the burden (I’m assuming for a lot of the Instrumental Parentification), but because she can’t quite gel with Donna’s emotions, she gets neglected. Instead, Natalie gets the severe emotional contagion and neglect (and Donna’s ire), but is shut out of the sickly closeness of emotional parentification. This might almost be a good thing comparatively, and I’ll discuss it more in Nat’s Parentification rundown.

But looking back to Mikey, once it was clear Carmy could handle Donna in the kitchen, it meant he could unshoulder some of his own emotional burden. This must have been a huge relief to him. Despite their age gap, Mikey could relegate most of Donna duty to Carm, and instead play Host, an important role meant to field guests from Donna and distract them from her. If we want to play within restaurant terminology, Mikey is front-of-house.

Except by Fishes, his coping mechanisms and dysfunction have severely impacted his ability to fulfill this role.

[ladykailolu]

There wasn’t a name for that hospital patient Gyro fucked, so I decided to name her Donna Greco. And her husband is Luca Greco. Anyway, Donna gets pregnant from that little encounter with Gyro and gives birth to Maggie Nichole Joestar-Zeppeli sometime during the events of SBR, although that wasn’t the kid’s name when she was born. Donna named her something else, but it was clear that she did not want to keep this baby, especially since it became increasingly hard to hide her tryst from her husband. Likewise, Luca bemoaned Donna getting pregnant (he thought that she had gotten pregnant from *him* and not some hot young doctor lol) and argued with her to give the child away. Luca didn’t have an interest in raising a child at that point in time (though he would want children with Donna a little later on), so Donna frantically conversed with Gyro via letter for months leading up to and after Maggie’s birth. She threatened to give the child away to an orphanage or church since it was ruining her marriage, and she kept insisting that Gyro take the child in so it would be as far away from her as possible.

So right now in the Sims 4, Maggie is still a baby and lives with Luca and Donna, but Donna keeps sleeping around with men when Luca is away. And now she’s pregnant with Luca’s real baby after he came home from a stressful day at work lol. I thought it would be interesting if Maggie has another half-sibling that she will never, ever meet. I’m gonna age her up to a toddler right after her little sib is born, and soon after, she’ll be shooed off to live with Johnny and Gyro in their little rancher. She’s the first of Gyro’s bastard daughters that the cowboys take in.

[pmiller1]

*Doorbell*

Both Frisk and Chara are by the door, as the two see a old teenager by the doorway.

????: Can I help you?

Chara: Em... is there by any changed that Lewis Miller live by here?

????: You mean my grandmother? Sorry but she pass away for a year now.

Chara: Oh...

Frisk: *Giving them comforted, turn to young person.* Well, are your parents home by any changed?

????: I live alone.

Chara: What? You live alone?! Where are your parents?

????: I donna. They left after monster move into town.

Frisk: They abandoned you?

????: No. I stay.

Chara: Why?

????: Why not? Monster are more friendly. For whatever reason.

Frisk: Well may we come in.

????: Sure.

The two perteen walk into the home.

Chara: Ah. Smell like home.

????: Don't sniff my home.

Chara: Eh... Sorry. Em... we didn't get your name.

????: It Kris.

Frisk: Kris eh, that a nice name.

Kris: It not.

Frisk: Well em... I'm Frisk and this is Chara.

Chara: Hey.

Kris: .....

Kris: Did your parents name you after the angel from the pack?

Chara: Em... well... em...

Kris: And aren't you the kid that move the monster into this town?

Frisk: Yes what was me.

Kris: .....

Kris: Alright. Whatever.

Chara: You are really layback Kris.

Kris: You two want something to drink. I got coke, vimto and coffee.

Frisk: I'll have a vimto.

Chara: Coke please.

The three move to kitchen, wild Kris make drink.

Kris: So why do you want to know my grandmother live here?

Frisk: Well how do we put this, Chara here knew your grandmother Lewis and just wanna to check up on her.

Kris: She never mention a kid name Chara before. Well side her little half-brother.

Chara: Did she say anything about... him?

Kris: Other then there build a angel after they find him dead, by a wild goth I think.

Kris: Her parents miss him everyday, they regret not taken care of him really well. Her step-mom the most.

Chara: I see...

Kris put down the drinks on the table.

Kris: Grandmother miss her brother really well. It why I wear this green and yellow sweater, said that it remind her of him. She even said that I look almost like him.

Frisk: They you sure have that look. If I can see you eyes over those bang.

Kris: I don't want to be him.

Frisk: Pardon?

Chara: What?

Kris: I do now want to remind of someone dead kid, I want to be my own person! I am not Chara! I don't want to be him!

Kris: Do you have any idea how hard to stand out as your own person. They see me as the angel, they think they know me! They preseed me as him. When I am not him!

Chara: Woah, Kris calm down.

Suddenly Kris wiped out a pocket knife and point it toward Chara.

Frisk: Kris, put down the knife.

Kris: That name, the way you dress yourself with green and yellow, even that red cheeks. You just like him.

Chara: I-I-I sorry. I didn't mean for them to progeted me onto you Kris!

Kris: Hah...?

Pull down the pocket knife.

Kris: Didn't your parents mole you like that Chara?

Chara: No. I am him! I'm the angel from the pack. I'm Chara Miller or was a Miller. I am your granduncle, No your grandpiblings!

Kris: What.

Frisk: Yeah, Chara was taken in by the monster, they dead, become a ghost, give half of my soul and made a clone body of them.

Kris: Okay...

Chara: Look I know it alot to take in Kris, but I am them. And I'm sorry that they try to make them become me.

Chara: And really, who would want to make someone be a mess up kid like me.

Kris: ......

Frisk: I think they wanna you to be the ideal form of them.

Kris: But they didn't ask if I want to be like them.

Kris: I want to be my own person, not a copy of them.

Chara: And I don't expect you be me, heck I starting to think that I don't want to be you Kris.

Kris: ..........

Chara: It your choice after all. It your choice that matter. Do whatever you want to be.

Kris: If I can be...

Frisk: You can be you. Like never of us, never think of your as them.

Chara: Yeah, you kinda a big sibling of mine.

Frisk: And I would want a big sibling like you Kris.

Kris: Well... *Rub is neck* If it mean to be different from you Chara. I guess I can be a big sib. Maybe babysit you guy if I could.

Chara: Hey now, we aren't baby to sit on.

Kris: Yeah. I know, sure learn that babysitting do not mean sitting on baby the hard way.

........

Chara: Yeah... that one step of not being me.

[renaroo]

um.....Dick Grayson?

do I like them: One of my all time favorite comic characters!

5 good qualities: Very responsible and diligent, Loving and loyal to a fault, Is incredibly clever both in crimefighting and in genuinely funny quips, Saved Bruce’s soul even Bruce says so, is a truly kind and thoughtful brother to the others in the family

3 bad qualities: Has a horrendous temper (I mean like o you kno flying into a blind rage over Tim’s supposed death and killing the Joker with his barehands kinda deal), His self-loathing can at times be encompassing and crippling to his relationships, and he has such a bad inability to do self-care that he runs himself until he hits a wall and gets sick/messes up/spirals down, then has to recover and start it all over again.

favourite episode/etc: Probably, overall, the entirety of Dark Vengeance and Robin: Year One, I just feel like they’re such good takes on the early days of Dick’s relationship with Bruce

otp: Barbara Gordon, Roy Harper, David Zavimbe

brotp: Wally West, Donna Troy

ot3: DickKoryRoy

notp: My no Bruce/Wayne Sibs policy applies here

best quote: “You’ll never know if you can fly unless you take the risk of falling.”

head canon: Dick has a fondness for soup that isn’t shared by most of his siblings, but it’s tasty, gets better the more it’s warmed up as leftovers, and is something Alfred can send home with him that he can eat on for weeks (though Alfred says it shouldn’t last that long). It’s something so known in the Wayne home that if Alfred spontaneously begins making soup, everyone gets excited at the knowledge that Dick must be coming home for dinner. 

[fluttervee]

okay but like.... who decides on the teams for the DCAMU because like.... what the hell