#and mdd atreus was born in 2006 and sunshine came out in 2002 holy hell

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Fenrir makes his DBPG debut by fucking barreling into Atreus on the couch because Dog has not seen his Boy aLL DAY and then running circles around everyone because they're hERE TOO

Fenrir the not-wolf-german-shepherd puppy doing a flying jump onto Calliope who is torn between Atreus-said-this-is-live-online-and-my-god-claws-to-the-face and oh-my-god-i-love-dogs-come-here

Calliope making her DBPG debut by ducking behind Atreus as chaos befalls the living room and Aloy is breaking out her Goddamn Best Trelawney Impression Ever again

Not even Kratos can reign them in

"Yeah, new dog. This is Fenrir. And this is my sister. She's new here, too."

Instant Regret as Aloy can no longer control the chat because it's full of hyper teens and pre-teens now on a Harry Potter kick and dude-that's-your-sister-wtf-she's-hot

"Okay chat, need I remind everyone that Papa Kratos is just right there?"

"Why would you need to remind them??"

"Oh, you know, just saving some kids before they say something they'll entirely regret about lovely Bio Sis Calliope over there."

Cue two simultaneous and entirely similar Ew's from the Bio Sibs as three soul stares focus on the camera (Kratos because he has a Good Fucking Idea of what's being said. Fenrir and Jörmungandr because Aloy snapped and pointed at the thing with a blinking light on it.)

((Not even a second before Fenrir goes barreling into the stand to grab the camera))

((("Fenrir, no! Drop it!!)))

What game since Atreus isn't up to sitting through a horror game you ask??

Super Mario Sunshine

Because it came out around the time Calliope would have been interested in games and whatnot

((This game came out four years before Atreus was born here, holy shit, I'm having an existential crisis send help))

Calliope learning how to hold a GameCube controller and listening to Atreus and Kratos as they guide her through the game

"This gelatin creature is supposed to be a paint monster?"

"Yeah. Kinda looks like candy though."

"This one yes. The other one reminded me of pudding."

Somerandomkid: Calliope, your skin looks super clear. What's the secret?? Who did you sell your soul to???

"I sold my soul to Dracula. As for the secret: I have a dedicated skin care routine I found through trial and error. I drink the right amount of water and eat the correct foods for me. And that's all really."

Otherkid: Wait, Dracula??

Chat: *fuckin full of Dracula questions*

"To clarify, she's a professional dancer."

"In France. I am Mina in my company's rendition of Bram Stoker's Dracula."

Deimos popping in Hey-dinner-my-treat-whatcha-want??

Chat: There's two of them?!?!?!

AlsoChat: But he has hair???!?

"Oh, that's Uncle Deimos. He's from Greece. Well, obviously. But he lives in--where now?"

"Scotland. But seriously. Dinner."

Deimos fucking running before he has to buy dinner for all of chat as well

DBPG Now Streaming Super Mario Sunshine: Mukbang Edition

ChatThatHasACrush: Calliope, are you dating anyone? Prefrences?

"I'm dating no one because I am entirely devoted to myself."

"And Dracula, apparently."

"Yes."

"Besides, I know most of chat are still minors."

"I'm 24 with a career in France. Sorry, it would never work."

Calliope and Aloy finding solidarity in being ruthlessly teasing to the chat

Plans being made to introduce Calliope to Super Smash Bros. Brawl (An hour dedicated to Awkward Fam themselves before setting her loose online with their audience)

Just a publicly Good Ass Time for Awkward Fam

Dad and Boy Play Games Streams on Twitch, definitely.

It all began when Atreus, after getting suspended for the season in archery club for fighting (refer back), and he just sat down to play through his mom’s games that he hadn’t played before.

And then mentioning at school how he didn’t expect his dad to help him solve the puzzles because he’s never been interested in Nintendo games but he knows a whole heckin lot???

And his friends are basically, “You gotta be lying. No way your dad’s into Mario games.”

“I mean, have you seen your dad??”

“Uh, yeah? I mean I’ve had eleven years to get to know what he looks like.”

–then it descends into Prove It and a Gotta See It To Believe it kinda deal

Atreus borrows an extra capture card from his friend Efi and she texts him to walk him through setting everything up for the streams

–refer back to short about the start of DBPG–

As for how Atreus got his dad to play games with him

Atreus’ first go-to when he can’t sleep and can’t stay in bed is to sit in the living room in the dark and play video games

Stems from what his mom would do when she couldn’t sleep and she’d get up and make hot cocoa and get some snacks

They’d just play games until Atreus fell asleep

And Kratos would usually just sit in the background watching them play whenever they did while he cooked or they ate dinner or lazy days where they didn’t want to do anything

And it was a comfort when Atreus was in the hospital a lot, and then when his mom was in the hospital and hospice

After Faye died, there was no one to play games with Atreus, and Kratos just slowly became involved with them because Atreus would need help figuring out puzzles or pulling off certain tricks or moves in game

So it became a thing

As for streaming their gameplay, Kratos just fuckin ignored it. Ignored the chat.

Then Mimir stopped by and just didn’t help him by actually responding to chat about what he knew of the current game and then Real World Counterparts and Probable Cultural Influences of things

“But that’s just my guess now isn’t it?”

And then Aloy joined chat and kept at it until Kratos finally responded and he was doomed after that and Aloy cemented herself as Queen of the Chat and a member of DBPG from then on

For a while, they just kept it all to Twitch because they didn’t think there was a need to move their clips and full streams elsewhere since it was just Atreus’ friends

And then the school found out and watched

And then High School found out and watched

And Atreus is just confused when he’s told it’s just Too Good to not be in multiple places

“I don’t believe that, but okay.”

And he’s a simple kid. He just makes it Dad and Boy like on Twitch.

And Online Multiplayer is really when things blow up for them

And horror since Kratos enjoys horror games but also Mimir just no capacity for it so Of Course

Everyone losing their shit when Jörmungandr–where the hell did that come from?? asks the Chat–just wiggles his growing long body up to Atreus’ shoulder and just squishes himself between the boy’s head and the back of the couch

They’re all, “Yes, perfect, a mascot. Make it so.”

And it was made so

And it becomes an every other day staple of their lives that follows everything else they do in a day or even when they have dinner or just Snack Fests because they have an enormous game library that people want to see them play through for the sheer novelty of getting a peek into this kid’s life with Stoic Dad Who Has To Break His Composure At Some Point