#thoughts about dd

[stoopid-turtle]

made-up thoughts about dd's thoughts

Hi there! I warned y'all that I might post more and I've been watching SDC so I wanted to compile my massive load of DD thoughts. Apparently, I think about dd a lot.

I've struggle with how to organize these thoughts because they're so scattered and there are just a whole bunch of them. So I decided to center them around moments I think about a lot. Not necessarily fun dd moments, though some of them are fun. But just...moments that I feel tell me a lot about dd.

As a disclaimer, I'm making up a bunch of nonsense about dd as a person, but I don't actually know him and you shouldn't take anything I say seriously. I'm very likely to be wrong about most of it. In fact, if dd somehow managed to read this humble post, he would probably roll his eyes. And you know what? It would be an honor for him to have done so.

There'll be a few posts. There are three others in drafts right now, though I may combine two of them. We'll see. But I'm starting out with this one just because it was done first.

I'm at around ep 8 of SDC4, and I think the only way to watch subtitled versions of SDC5 are by downloading an app that Google won't let me download because of region restrictions (and then paying a subscription fee). Needless to say, I probably won't be able to watch SDC5 anytime soon. :(

(those episodes are sooooo looonnngggg)

There's an episode in SDC4 when the captains have picked 4 leaders to start off their teams. They put together a rehearsal battle to show the other contestants the captain's style and help make decisions during the next recruitment segment.

DD picks 4 top dancers as his leaders. These are fantastic dancers, specifically battle dancers. And they do horribly in the rehearsal battle because they're not used to dancing routine, there are no choreographers so while their performance was highly technical, it wasn't really entertaining or meaningful, and the team itself just didn't cohere because these are all people who specialize in battling alone.

DD has a little meltdown while his team loses, and it's kinda uncomfortable to watch. He says in a debrief with his team afterward that he's one of those people that likes winning (which, yeah, duh, DD).

I think a lot about DD's initial strategy. It seems straightforward. Get the best dancers. Have the best team. Work hard. Win.

DD's not a deep thinker. I don't mean he's stupid, because he's actually pretty smart and quick to pick up on things. But he just doesn't see the need to introspect or dwell on things. He strikes me as the type of person who might go through some difficult event and come out the other side wanting to just move on because, "It's in the past. Why bother thinking about it?"

(I think he is getting more introspective as he gets older, as evidenced with his performance of Like the Sunshine. I think that's typical as one ages though)

I'm also struck by the feedback he gives as a captain. He usually makes pretty detailed comments about the technical aspects of the dance, and sometimes, with the more thematic pieces, he'll just outline the story of it. He's pretty literal and straightforward in his thinking.

In any case, dd stands out among the captains for his emphasis on winning. The captains of the other teams cultivate a family atmosphere and often make an effort to emphasize having fun over winning (dd emphasizes fun...as long as his team is winning). The other captains will break down in tears when they have to eliminate dancers, and they'll give nothing but praise to the dancers.

DD is the prototypical "not here to make friends" competitor (though he does actually make friends). One of the most common comments dd gets from dancers or judges is that he works really hard and is a perfectionist with his technical performance. (As a fangirl, I love hearing other people remark on how impressive dd is. I'm all like, "Damn right, that's my bb!"). Dd has high expectations of himself and of the dancers in his team, and he'll criticize the dancers if he feels they fell short.

It's not mean-spirited but it is blunt and is something that the other captains don't do. DD will point out mistakes and be outspoken when he's disappointed with a performance. He also doesn't cry when he has to eliminate someone. He obviously doesn't like doing it, and I do think his style of doing it quickly without the anxiety of drawing it out is kinder. But it also fits in with his decisive, direct way of doing things.

I think about this all in connection with the bts of gg saying he prefers men without makeup. DD gets incredibly defensive, misconstruing what gg's saying as a slight against idols. It's a funny bts, because gg's clearly trying to pay dd a compliment, but dd doesn't even realize this because he's so caught up in defensiveness.

But the defensiveness tells us that dd's felt belittled and looked down on for his idol background, I think especially in some of his hobbies and other activities. Professional dancing, motorcycling racing, skateboarding. His being an idol has made people not take him seriously (I think that's what happened at the beginning of SDC3 when dd got the fewest towels of all the captains from the start).

I think that can be frustrating because dd's initial interest as a teen boy was dancing. I don't know all the decision-making that went into him going off to get trained by Yuehua as an idol, but doing so ironically made it harder for him to get respect from the professional dancers that he admires.

That's why dd works so damn hard, often to the point of overwork. He's demanding of his team just as he's demanding of himself. This is a guy who puts himself into the hospital with how much he works (and then forgets about it afterward). He's wearing himself out in trying to prove himself, and I'm glad that he recently actually took a day off when he was sick. GG's a good influence.

This all takes us to another DD moment, one that is more fun to watch, and that is dd's whole thing with the waacker, Xiao Bao. During a battle, Xiao Bao touches the back of dd's head, and dd immediately stands up and grabs Xiao Bao, keeping a hold of him even as he tries to dance away. Then there's some minor waacking and, um, lip-licking from dd.

When asked at hotpot, dd explains that he was trying to get Xiao Bao to run out his time by keeping a hold of him so he couldn't dance. By touching him, Xiao Bao had challenged dd and dd responded according to street dance rules. DD seems confused by others' confusion because it's self-explanatory to him.

It is just...so very dd to be so single-minded about a thing that he doesn't even realize how incredibly gay it looked. Just, immensely fantastically gay. (I'll get back to this in another post, but I'm focusing elsewhere here)

Honestly, he's sometimes come across as being on the spectrum, though that may well be me overidentifying with some traits. But he has his special interests and while he may be generally quiet, he will start happily rambling if asked about motorbikes or legos or skateboarding (or if plopped down next to gg). He's incredibly fidgety and has a weird thing with stroking tassels.

I know people on the spectrum are more often associated with sensitivity to lights and noise, but there is variation in that. Some folks tend towards the opposite and end up being thrill-seekers.

Some of his mannerisms and social interactions ping me as spectrum-y. During the "JC's fake butt" bts conversation with the rest of the cast, gg characterizes dd as the type to bluntly go up to JC and ask him about the fake butt. He's probably not wrong.

In the bts, dd also has several moments of not being properly romantic by gg's standards or of being a little mean to gg and then apologizing later. This may be more of a young man thing than a spectrum thing, though. IME, guys that age are more prone to that sort of thoughtless behavior than guys who are older.

In any case, dd's reputation as aloof is surface-deep, as seen when he's comfortable with people. He's able to joke and play around with others once he warms up to them. I know gg is often seen as uniquely able to soften dd up, and I do think dd is distinctly more affectionate/playful with gg. But it's a difference in degrees. DD also seems comfortable with the other DDU hosts, with his UNIQ brothers, sometimes with the other SDC captains (though not as often), with certain dancers (like Bouboo and Yang Kai).

Heck, Yang Kai even lampshades this in SDC S4. The captains are recruiting their team members and they send gifts to the dancers to woo them. Even though Yang Kai is a definite joiner on dd's team, dd sends him a framed photo of the two of them from Yang Kai's win the previous season. He also gifts Yang Kai a charm for his newborn son. Yang Kai is touched and he comments that he wouldn't expect these gifts from dd because dd just doesn't express his emotions like this usually. (I wonder if dd had some help in choosing the gifts, because all his gifts are incredibly thoughtful in a very uncharacteristic way (sorry, dd))

So, yeah, I have so many thoughts about how dd shows him feelings. I'm not super-attached to the autism spectrum thing, so don't take it too seriously. Hell, don't take any of this seriously. I've never met the guy. I'm just wildly extrapolating from translated glimpses of him.

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apollo.

[iluminated-goat]

Enough 2fords fluff for now, time to return to my degeneracy. I talk a lot of preg!Stan but I can't believe you guys stood here watching me make a fool out of myself by completely forgetting about their firstborn son/j

Also biggest shout out to my amazing friend @mirrorworldangel who reminded me of this AU and got me inspired enough to finish these doodles I started a MONTH ago. Also why is the shapeshifter so hard to draw I'm not even kidding i was physically fighting the screen at times holy shit

This started more of a silly idea of wanting to see these two interact, especially in the context where Ford and Stan are... getting there in terms of fixing their relationship. And yeah the shapeshifter is an "animal"/anomaly, but it's still a baby y'know?? And considering the most prominent figures of his life were Ford and Fiddleford at the moment, I'd feel like he confuse Stan for Ford because of their similar appearance (and also cause newborns visions are SHIT I'm not even exaggerating). So Stan, who looks likes their main caretaker and whose smell is around the shack, is immediately considered family by him.

In summary it's just me throwing motherhood at Stan with the speed of a missile. Needless to say my guy is not on board with the idea for the first hours. But listen, when the only thing you've been practically doing is preparing to care for a baby, you kinda start recognising some things – willingly or unwillingly. So yeah, Stan might as well adopt the entire forest at this point.

So he takes care of Shapey with the excuse that "he's preparing for the real deal", that he's just going to take him to Ford and never see him again. But the kid grows on him like a fungus, especially when he takes Ford's young appearance – that he later changes to look a bit like Stan too (that's their mama wether Stan wants it or not). And yeah, Stan doesn't really call Ford his "Pa" cause that's kind of tied to their father, doesn't really feel like it belongs to his brother.

And no hate to Ford, he genuinely liked Shapey too. But my guy canonically treated him like a pet and Fiddleford was too terrified to get near him, so Stan's the one teaching him how to actually behave/adapt as a human (which just hardens his resolve that Stan IS his mom/caretaker).

And considering Shapey is still learning how to shift and how to be a human, he's in the middle line of the uncanny valley. He looks like a mix of both Ford and Stan (like a fusion), the way he moved (a bit stiff and uncoordinated), his eyes flashes like a nocturnal animal and his teeth (i know he leans more towards a bug, but I gave him the teeth of a giant isopod (top teeth) and an African Bullfrog (lower teeth) – fun fact, you can hold them like a baby in the crook of your arm/elbow from how big they are!)

While Stan's on his single-mother-era, Ford and Fiddleford are almost turning the forest upside down trying to find Shapey bc what if he gets hurt or hurts someone??? They're worried the kid is on the brink of death while he's out there living his best life playing with Stan, learning how to walk and write, eating more things than canned food and having bedtime stories. So yeah when Stan finally goes to them saying "look what I found in my bed lmao" the two are almost having a stroke.

Ford just doesn't start yelling/accusing Stan of tempering with the research (we stan a king who is not accustomed to change) because 1. Shapey has a fully human appearance 2. They don't want to startle the kid and accidentally hurt Stan (even more with his current situation - the pregnancy).

Stan with messy mullet hair, that's it. Shapey kind of starts losing the shape of what he shifted after long period of hours because he's not really used to it and he's still learning about his powers (and also cause putting a kid to sleep is hard). In case you want to know Ford's internal monologue, it's just him going: "he named him after me, he still want us to be family" kind of thing.

Also sorry if this is confusing to read, I'm almost falling asleep (which is becoming a pattern whenever I post lmao) so I'm gonna dip, good night or morning whenever you are guys.

Nothing much to add, but I really want to thank you guys for all the support you've given me. It genuinely makes me happy that you guys like my silly drawings and ideas. I know that I'm not very active on the tag or on other blogs (lack of motivation and I'm shy :(( ), but I want you guys to know that I appreciate every single one of my followers, lurkers, mutuals and my amazing friends. You guys are so cool and I'm grateful for every single one of you :D 🩵

[jarinnards]

Emmrich nation hear me out:

Phantom Thread/Daniel Day-Lewis as inspo for Emmrich and/or the romance. I mean. Really. Let's be so honest.

I'm losing my mind. They look perfect. I don't imagine Emmrich would be even remotely like Woodcock as a character mind you, but... Please picture:

"Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick."

From this.

Thank you for coming to my tedtalk.

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Happy birthday Rensuke!! 🎉

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Happy Lunar New year!!

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THE X FILES | Darkness Falls (1.20)

[thatfriendlyanon]

the mourner's almanac: a poetry collection || releasing april 25th, 2025

No one teaches you how to grieve a living thing. The Mourner's Almanac is my attempt to make sense of the losses I have walked through, grappling with intangible deaths and the absences they leave behind. Through these poems, I explore mentors leaving, families breaking, friendships decaying, and the weight of mental illness. But no matter how many graves I dig, I keep finding flowers breaking through the earth. For every lament I sing, there is also the echo of birdsong. So while this collection is an elegy of sorts, it is also just as full of the beautiful things that persist despite life's losses: companionship, healing, creation, hope. May this collection be a quiet companion through grief and a gentle reminder of the life that still grows beneath the soil. I am no expert of mourning, but I know this much: spring is on its way.

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[justdrawlynn11]

Man-

Eclipse is practically going to have to go through about 3 different custody battles for his kids now/jk

Trying to get Jake and Andy back from William (Mirroring trying to get custody of the kids)

Likely something involving Henry wanting Charlie back(Ending in hopefully a good custody/visitation schedule)

Possibly trying to get Andrew back from wherever Foxy and FC went(I’m pretty sure he’s still tied to FC so Eclipse needs to make arrangements-)

[ddagent]

Well, maybe I'm willing to take that chance. I will not be blackmailed. That's very commendable. I respect this. You know, the Russians have a long history of acting out of principle as well. The man who won the moon for us, the father of the Soviet space program himself, Sergei Korolev, was sent to a gulag in Siberia for two years because of his principle. But he was strong. He would not break. The tragedy, of course, is the price others pay for such principle. Those we love.

[jesterspestiilence]

bro why was my nun taught that her value is based off of her purity and that intimacy of any nature exists solely to corrupt that purity.

[baronessblixen]

Gillian Anderson joins WIRED to answer her most searched questions from Google.

[brodorokihousuke]

don't give me cursed AU ideas like that 💀