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[realrocketboy]

Pizza for breakfast or cereal for dinner?

Trip over your own feet or get caught singing in a rescue video?

Rescue with Lemaire or babysit Alan for a week?

Only communicate with GIFs or sound effects for a whole mission?

Jump out of Thunderbird mid-air or fight The Hood with a spoon?

Be stuck in a room with Kayo and a truth serum or Fischler and no snacks?

Be stuck in space with Scott’s snoring or underwater with Gordon’s “sea shanty playlist”?

Wear Penelope’s pink for a week or Virgil’s flannel for a month?

Dance-off with Brains or karaoke night with John?

10. Never eat again unless it’s Grandma’s cooking or never eat her cooking again?

Accidentally say “I love you” over comms or fall asleep in the pilot’s chair?

Have Thunderbird 2 randomly moo like a cow or FAB 1 blast yodeling when you open the door?

Pizza for breakfast or cereal for dinner?

Okay so Cereal is like one of The safe foods on the island because there's like no way to get it wrong. If there's still pizza on the island in the morning I'm worried something's wrong with it :V

Pizza doesn't last. Especially past the early birds.

Trip over your own feet or get caught singing in a rescue video?

Get Caught Singing. Faaar less embarrassing. >.> don't ask.

Rescue with Lemaire or babysit Alan for a week?

I DO NOT NEED A BABYSITTER ANYMORE >:/

Only communicate with GIFs or sound effects for a whole mission?

I could do gifs if I was helping John.... But Sound Effects would work better. And if we stretch the definition of Sound Effects I'd have a lot of options-

Jump out of Thunderbird mid-air or fight The Hood with a spoon?

Ooooh I want an excuse to sky dive more :^) The Hood deserves being whacked with a spoon though. So.... I have to choose that actually.

... A really big spoon.

Be stuck in a room with Kayo and a truth serum or Fischler and no snacks?

I feel like there's an obvious choice? Being stuck with my sister for any reason vs someone who would see something really cool and reinvent it but WORSE.

Be stuck in space with Scott’s snoring or underwater with Gordon’s “sea shanty playlist”?

Sea shanties. (It's kind of comforting hearing Scott though.)

Wear Penelope’s pink for a week or Virgil’s flannel for a month?

Virgil's flannel feels like home <3 And almost as nice to steal as Scott's sweaters. I'd totally rock Lady P's pink though.

Dance-off with Brains or karaoke night with John?

Okay Brains is an alright dancer, but getting John down to sing? An experience. You should try it.

10. Never eat again unless it’s Grandma’s cooking or never eat her cooking again?

I like living. So I'm gonna... pretend I didn't see this.

Accidentally say “I love you” over comms or fall asleep in the pilot’s chair?

I've slept in Three's pilot chair more than a few times. But what's wrong with saying I love you over the comms? The beds in the medbay are way comfier than t he pilot's chair if I have a choice tho

Have Thunderbird 2 randomly moo like a cow or FAB 1 blast yodeling when you open the door?

FAB 1? Imagining Lady P and Parker dealing with that is- :> That'd be worth Money I think. Not that there's a bad option here

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Okay, yeah Getting slapped with a squid would just be @.@ it's like one of those really old comedy show things.

Now would a basically 100% Cavern Quest account be enough to pay a ransom because it should be In My Honest Opinion

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all alans are pretty awesome :> Don't know why you sound surprised

how much are you guys actually worth?

Anon, I’ll have you know I’m priceless 😏✨

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Heck yeah!!! Guess I better get to impressing Kayo on the sims, huh? Don't want to miss that trip because she doesn't want to let me fly her ship ^.^;;

TBS is cooler anyway

hey uh, Scotty? When you get home from New York, do you wanna maybe go do that flying lesson in Wales? You know. Sounds like fun. And it's a good excuse to hang out :>

Sure thing, Sprout. I’ve arranged with an old friend in the southwest of the UK to borrow one of their old F47s… they won’t let you fly that so I figured you could take TBS *charming smile at @thunderbird-shadow* and we could have a play over the base first then pop over to Wales and play chicken with some mountains?

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Yeah, but if you're free to hunt me down, then I succeeded in said bargaining. That'd be a successful negotiator you hit with the Magic Harpoon of Squids :( What does that do anyway? Turn me into a squid too?

Now would a basically 100% Cavern Quest account be enough to pay a ransom because it should be In My Honest Opinion

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Now would a basically 100% Cavern Quest account be enough to pay a ransom because it should be In My Honest Opinion

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Eat them somewhere they won't get all in my hair and my controls gross.

Don't make me regret being nice T>T Love you too Gordon! 💛❤️

1. Scott:

Do you ever feel like no matter how hard you try, Scott will never see you as his equal?

2. Virgil:

If you were really falling apart, would you tell Virgil — or would you let him believe you were fine just so he didn’t worry?

3. John:What’s the one thing you’re afraid John already knows about you — and why haven’t you asked him if he does?

4. Alan:

When Alan looks at you like you’re invincible, do you feel proud — or terrified he’ll realize you’re not?

… woooow. Anon, are you alright over there? Do you need a hug? 😬

Okay, this would end up ridiculously long so you’re getting one answer. Random number picker says it’s 4 so that’s what you’re getting.

No, it’s not a coincidence, shut up.

Although the quick, easy answers are “bold of you to assume I could lie to Virgil or that John doesn’t know everything already” so…

Although in fairness, I think 4 is pretty straightforward to answer too.

I’m fairly confident (fairly) that Alan knows I am the furthest thing from invincible in innumerous ways. Not least because he’s literally lifted a giant rock off my dumb blonde head so… y’know.

But if he didn’t know it from that, I’d hope he’d know it from the conversations we’ve had when it’s just the two of us. I’ve always been so thankful that we’ve been as close as we are, and that we’ve always had each other in amongst… everything. The last thing I’d ever want him to believe is that I’m invincible - the thought of that scares me way more.

I don’t have a huge amount of philosophies on ‘big brothering’, mainly because I reckon the youngest of five has enough of them that he doesn’t need me to try that (but, then again, who better to ponder it than someone with three already, who all so very different?)

Whatever my ‘big brothering goals’ are, they aren’t about ‘cracking the whip’ or coddling him (he’d riot if I tried), and they sure as hell aren’t about control. I’m sure that will come as an enormous surprise, given my personality 😏

I think being his big brother is about honesty, at the core of it. I’m a pretty open book about most things, but I think Allie’s the one that gets the most honest answer out of me for the questions he asks. Honesty about letting him see the scars, the failures, the difficult, ugly parts — not to scare him and not as some kind of warning, but so that he knows he’s not alone when his own time comes.

I just want him to know that when the world goes sideways - and it will - he’s got me. Always has, always will. Even when he’s wrong, even when he screws up, still in his corner. No judgement, no expectations, no punishment - just somewhere safe, with someone that is the furthest thing from invincible and who loves him endlessly. I don’t ever want him to think that being afraid to be honest about the messy stuff is somehow a weakness.

… y’know, Alan’s the best of us. Way cleverer than I am, ridiculously talented, brave as hell, kind and eager - but still just a kid trying to grow up in… well, uncharted waters really. If being honest with him, even when it’s difficult or uncomfortable, and offering him a safety net means he walks away from all of this a little less unscathed, then that’s a win in my eyes.

So there you are, Anon. Totally contradicted myself by rambling about big bothering philosophies after all.

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plus once squirt's fully trained, it means we have someone as skilled if gordon's not able to attend a rescue Like, me and john cover eachother for space stuff, why shouldn't squirt learn to do that for gordon too? plus they like it, and gordon likes teaching them

What exactly is your job. I get your a trainee aquanaut but the thunderbirds already have an aquanaut so what are you training for. To take over? Is Gordon retiring?

Nonono!!! Don't worry anon, Gordon is not retiring!! (;^^)

I'm just training to help out, I'm not taking over, I mean we have 3 pilots and 2 astronauts, why only 1 aquanaut? I'm an extra pair of hands, I'm the back up and even though Gordon can usually handle stuff on his own, I have been called to help a few times. It's also easier to sort stuff out when things go wrong, it costs valuable time to set up a pod or send FAB1 down to the sea floor, I'm already there, he's already there, we can help eachother ya know?

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your expectations for us are very low :V

Returning from my break, and I'll tell anyone who wants to listen about it later. Did a bunch, and it was rather fun.

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... We're not dead? nah but for real we're all alive. Nothing Virgil couldn't handle!

Returning from my break, and I'll tell anyone who wants to listen about it later. Did a bunch, and it was rather fun.

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hi dr. j We didn't blow up completely while you were gone! :>

Returning from my break, and I'll tell anyone who wants to listen about it later. Did a bunch, and it was rather fun.

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I know on a text book level that he's not invincible, y'know? Like. You guys are usually really happy to remind us of the time eh got squished - (and what's with that anyway, really.) And it's not like - it's not his first major accident. And like - just today, he posted himself that he got himself hurt on a rescue. So - Yeah. Not Invincible. Never seen anything defeat him completely either, though. So.... super resilient I guess? Definitely really awesome anyway.

Also, gotta say, when he's not making me want to throw him out the airlock (spray cheese, or spray foods of ANY KIND aren't allowed on my ship period ever again), the stories he's got of his time in school are both free What Not To Do Guides and free entertainment so- He's doing pretty good at the big brother thing anyway, even if he's not invincible :p

1. Scott:

Do you ever feel like no matter how hard you try, Scott will never see you as his equal?

2. Virgil:

If you were really falling apart, would you tell Virgil — or would you let him believe you were fine just so he didn’t worry?

3. John:What’s the one thing you’re afraid John already knows about you — and why haven’t you asked him if he does?

4. Alan:

When Alan looks at you like you’re invincible, do you feel proud — or terrified he’ll realize you’re not?

… woooow. Anon, are you alright over there? Do you need a hug? 😬

Okay, this would end up ridiculously long so you’re getting one answer. Random number picker says it’s 4 so that’s what you’re getting.

No, it’s not a coincidence, shut up.

Although the quick, easy answers are “bold of you to assume I could lie to Virgil or that John doesn’t know everything already” so…

Although in fairness, I think 4 is pretty straightforward to answer too.

I’m fairly confident (fairly) that Alan knows I am the furthest thing from invincible in innumerous ways. Not least because he’s literally lifted a giant rock off my dumb blonde head so… y’know.

But if he didn’t know it from that, I’d hope he’d know it from the conversations we’ve had when it’s just the two of us. I’ve always been so thankful that we’ve been as close as we are, and that we’ve always had each other in amongst… everything. The last thing I’d ever want him to believe is that I’m invincible - the thought of that scares me way more.

I don’t have a huge amount of philosophies on ‘big brothering’, mainly because I reckon the youngest of five has enough of them that he doesn’t need me to try that (but, then again, who better to ponder it than someone with three already, who all so very different?)

Whatever my ‘big brothering goals’ are, they aren’t about ‘cracking the whip’ or coddling him (he’d riot if I tried), and they sure as hell aren’t about control. I’m sure that will come as an enormous surprise, given my personality 😏

I think being his big brother is about honesty, at the core of it. I’m a pretty open book about most things, but I think Allie’s the one that gets the most honest answer out of me for the questions he asks. Honesty about letting him see the scars, the failures, the difficult, ugly parts — not to scare him and not as some kind of warning, but so that he knows he’s not alone when his own time comes.

I just want him to know that when the world goes sideways - and it will - he’s got me. Always has, always will. Even when he’s wrong, even when he screws up, still in his corner. No judgement, no expectations, no punishment - just somewhere safe, with someone that is the furthest thing from invincible and who loves him endlessly. I don’t ever want him to think that being afraid to be honest about the messy stuff is somehow a weakness.

… y’know, Alan’s the best of us. Way cleverer than I am, ridiculously talented, brave as hell, kind and eager - but still just a kid trying to grow up in… well, uncharted waters really. If being honest with him, even when it’s difficult or uncomfortable, and offering him a safety net means he walks away from all of this a little less unscathed, then that’s a win in my eyes.

So there you are, Anon. Totally contradicted myself by rambling about big bothering philosophies after all.

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Scent is supposed to be the strongest scent in one's memory, right? That has to be why he can smell his mom's scent and still remember it, after all these years. And a song, more a feeling than anything.... real.

It's different than leaning in and hearing a song from a brother. (And from them, he was too old to ask for lullabies anyway.)

"Their stories didn't really do it justice." He says, after she's done singing.

okay okay its who are you because pretending to be our mom is.... weird...

I'm not pretending, Allie. You know how you've got your other you? The alien? He's from another universe, and so am I. I'm from one where I didn't pass while giving birth, as I've been told by the other you, or during an avalanche.

It's truly me, my sweet little boy. I promise you it's me.

C'mere... Hugs used to soothe you back in my world, I'm sure they'll help calm you down too...

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lets save that one for a very last resort 🤔

imagine the clean up.....

hmmmm maybe I should start blocking tags :V

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Rocket Launchers!

hmmmm maybe I should start blocking tags :V

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Are pointy sticks enough? Because SOMETIMES I WONDER (We have a whole island of pointy sticks tho - a starts a start)

hmmmm maybe I should start blocking tags :V

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@thunderfledgeling yeah scott beat me to it TBF i don't wanna see it either :V You guys have weird fans.

hmmmm maybe I should start blocking tags :V