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[kricnea]

I keep thinking about a world in which bad and Wilbur actually did end up as co-parents of dapper. In this reality, qW finds still tallulah and, by some stroke of luck, he stays around to parent both eggs. I think it’d be beautiful.

Dapper would have a parent who would be so impressed by his efforts, can freely, honestly, and frequently admit that he is so cool. He’d join in his passion of seemingly odd things and they would easily bond if trivia, facts (uber autism things), and I think dapper would have a parent who would be deeply interested in the cultural knowledge he possesses and do his best to speak Spanish often. He’d also probably quickly learn how much he likes teaching people since Wilbur probably wouldn’t fear his incompetence and be interested in furthering his curiosity and knowing his child’s interests. Dapper wouldn’t have these extreme moments of confinement due to parental paranoia since, by Wilbur’s ideals and best efforts, he’d protect him and allow him to be a child fully.

Tallulah, with bad as a parent, would continue to develop her compassion but be taught technical skills, bravery, and knowledge in a way that she couldn’t learn from Wilbur alone. With the tendency’s of dapper and bad (go big or go home), she’d never find herself confined to tiny spaces and everywhere she’d step, it’d be filled with love. She’d likely be much more able to realize how close she is to achieving her dream do love, caring, and helping the people around her. She’d probably be far less likely to fear death (even after her run-ins with it) given bad’s perspective of death and living the explorer’s life, chalk full of instances of natural world’s cyclical ways.

As close siblings, tallulah would be quick to share the beauty of song and dance, and the joys of building and color. Dapper would bring to tallulah’s table the functional grime, dirt, and thrill of dungeons, farms, and automation. Together, they’d have the most vast, most beautiful, most wonderful garden/nature reserve glowing in the sunlight and swaying in the wind. They’d sit in their treehouse, showing off their new turtles with wide eyes.

Wilbur would teach dapper compassion, patience, and love in a way that bad’s paranoia and teasing tend to shelter. His obvious care and tender diplomacy would mean dapper would probably be less prone to violence to grab attention and more likely to communicate freely.

Tallulah, influenced by bad, would be taught to protect herself and others better; the best armor, the best weapons, tricks of the trade by the grim reaper. He’d remind her always to let him know when she needs something, and inspire her embrace a rogue lifestyle and to grab what she wants.

Their collective mischievous teasing, drama, singing, sarcasm and sassiness would rise, but it would be so full of love.

On a platonic parental-partners note, Wilbur would quickly teach bad to enjoy life. Life need not be rush-rush, and that sometimes it really is just about sitting around, fishing, watching kids waste time meticulously pluck flowers, throwing off their shoes to shove their feet in creeks and look at the clouds (tallulah’s asthma, etc. would certainly help him with learning this quickly). He’d say that, though trust is selective, there is no trial or tribulation done alone. Loneliness is a killer, he’d reinforce, and that, as a family, they would never be alone.

Bad, contrastingly, would do the classic things of gearing him up, teaching him offense and defense, bringing him fancy blocks to play with, and wonderful things to see. More than that, I think bad would show him a world he’d been convinced never existed. One where love and care exists free from trade, from demand, from wealth. That, rich or poor, he’ll be able to achieve great heights. That, there is no such thing as inadequacy when you love so strongly and care so deeply.

They’d both have partners of relentless teasing and profound mutual respect. They’d always have someone they can confide in and rely on in their most torrential moments, which contrasts sharply with their current circumstances.

This family unit would be absolutely filled with raw empathy and compassion, so much knowledge and talent, care, wonder, and joy. Though, separately as family units, they’ve functioned perfectly well (preceding Wilbur’s hiatus), I can’t help but think just how well this family of head (bad and dapper) vs family of heart (Wilbur and tallulah) would work together as one family. Anyway, that’s the tip of the iceberg for me in terms of that I think about their dynamics