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[fujobritta]

"why are there so many braddavid fans they dont even interact that much" because everyone wants to bang brad bakshi get with the program

[cavehags]

brad bakshi when asked to participate in a diversity committee chaired by david brittlesbee: *trolls openly for a solid six hours and forces david to say that being polish is "better" than being indian*

brad bakshi offering naomi ekperigin help with diversity & inclusion that she didn't ask for: *happily bops around the office in search of lootboxes to sell and NFTs to force down players' miserable throats to make carol some quick cash*

[queenhawke]

the more people keep saying iwtv is the greatest show on television rn the less i want to watch it. i think my brain is broken

[alexjcrowley]

Braddavid/Cookiecash headcanons (I did not invent cookiecash, I took it froma a Tumblr user who took it from a fic on ao3)

-Brad's love languages are acts of service, quality time and gift giving: any kind of gesture that he can later justify saying he did it for his own benefit or amusement. Acts of service? Oh, no, I manipulated you by doing a good thing for you and now you owe me (never going to ask that favour back). Quality time? I enjoy watching you being pathetic, it amuses me. Gift giving? A bit trickier, but "there was a discount at Starbucks if I ordered two drinks/I found this at the flea market/a book, so maybe you'll spend your time reading instead of annoying me/you cannot show up to a meeting with Montreal with that tie, consider this a necessary purchase for the company".

-David's love languages are all of them, but trying a bit too hard. The kind of things that would make anyone go "that's pathetic", except, if you loose the fake coolness for a moment, they're actually very sweet. Lots of compliments. Gifts with a 50/50 rate of success (the successful ones are usually Ducktales themed). Afternoon spent renting a small paddleboat in the park lake (David falls into the water). PDA but someone burst in the office and suddenly it's a very embarassing situation. Cooking dinner but he ends up burning it and they have to resort to take out. David's love language is trying and Brad should find this utterly pathetic and weak, and instead he finds the effort all the more endearing, especially because David never gives up. What has this man done to him.

-Basically every morning, before they start living together, David woke up early to get Brad a mochaccino. Every. Single. Day. Brad had to tell him to stop (because of his ED, he feared gaining weight). David still made a point of bringing Brad coffee every morning. Brad justified to himself accepting David's kindness as taking advantage of a fool. He had the upper hand because David was gifting him coffee, surely no ripercussions, especially emotional ones, would come out that situation. Brad was winning and he had everything under control.

-David is surprisingly self-reliant. Here went Brad thinking he'd have to beat his partner with a stick to let him have some alone time, but David is way less clingy than one could imagine. He has a lot of hobbies (many stereotypical suburban dad hobbies, but still): cycling, barbecue, music (he is still trying to learn to play the guitar), meditation ("It really helps, Brad, you should try it!"), cooking (with...various results), Turkish soap operas ("My wife" "Ex-wife" "used to watch them, so to bring a spark to the relationship I started watching them with her, you know, to spend more time together, and now we're divorced but I am still hooked") and more. If you leave him alone, David will find something to do. David says it has to do with his childhood, only child and all that, he's used to lonely afternoons, he learned how to fill them. The rapidity he takes up hobbies with is frankly impressive. Brad hates to admit it, but sometimes he finds himself to envy how many pasttimes David gets up to. It's incredible for such a lively person full of interests to pass so often as a boring one. Brad will (secretly gladly) hear about David talking about his million hobbies.

-David learns Brad's birthday and never forgets it. He makes a big deal out of it the forst time, organising a surprise birthday party, just like he did when Zack told him it was Brad's birthday. Brad is not at all pleased by the situation, until he remembers birthday parties mean gifts, to him. That's the only reason he's willing to forgive David for making all that fuss.

-It becomes second nature for Brad to buy David's favourite cookies everytime he sees them. At some point they have 5 unopened boxes in the kitchen. Brad is appalled by his own stupidity while David beams with love.

-David speaks a decent (canadian) french, Brad speak a France french and costantly makes fun of David's accent. But they use their knowledge of french to talk shit about people in MQ without them understanding, especially Poppy and Ian.

-They almost stop speaking to eachothers, even before they get together, due to Brad's ED, because it's not something Brad wants to confront, but David can't repress his worry. Brad starts making small steps and David makes sure to be a comforting presence along the way, without being a smothering one. He makes sure Brad eats something everyday, often by having lunch/dinner with him.

-David is a child when it comes to alchohol. Literal child. He pretends to enjoy whisky, because that's what men his age do, but he doesn't. He is a simple red wine/white wine/beer man (that's the only distinction he does, he wouldn't know a pinot grigio from a cabernet), and he doesn't even handle it that well. Brad is an absolute snob when it comes to liquors and his knowledge in alchohol ties directly with the social value it brings in a conversation with rich people. David is an affectionate drunk, which Brad hates in public because how is he supposed to keep his cool when David hugs him and declares his love for him in front of anybody who cares to listen?

-The day David started asking people's opinion on shaving his moustache was the day Brad had to reluctantly and embarrassingly admit he liked David's moustache too much to risk see it gone. David kept the moustache and never let Brad live that down. The endless teasing made Brad reconsider the tragedy of a clean-shaven David, but it was already too late.

-David's obnoxious with petnames, really, Brad can't understand the unironical appeal in being called "baby", "honey", "dear". Well, actually dear is not the worst. The worst was Brad-bear, and, as a matter of a fact, it had never been repeated after it fatally escaped David's mouth and Brad looked at him like he was trying to kill him with mind-powers. It really is a testament to how sloppy Brad has become since he's with David, because it takes him a while to understand that David is trying to be smart, to be subtle, and failing miserably. He is attempting some sort of influence. So one day, after taking the mochaccino David bought for him, Brad goes "Thank you, darling" and David can't help but smile, blabbering something like "I-It's nothing, really". It's the little things, Brad thinks drinking his mochaccino.

-Brad starts using polish petnames for David. Even when David has no idea what they mean, he is incredibly happy to hear them. Only half of them are sort of insults.

-David has secretly started to learn polish, even though it doesn't come so easy to him. He practices it in secret in Sue's office.

-Brad has gifted David a wolf plushie. David loves it.

-David has made Brad several Spotify playlist which Brad refuses to listen to (or so he told David).

-Despite great insistence, David did not manage to get Brad to do a couple costume with him on Halloween. David still showed up with half of the couple costume. Brad tried to convince other people he wasn't David's date, to spare himself the embarrassment. And it was also working with people who didn't know him and David directly if he didn't have a ring on his finger and the words "my husband, David" didn't roll on his tongue so naturally.

-David refuses to admit he found Brad very hot in Everlight when he was fighting with the sword because he is aware, the moment that slips out, Brad will find a way to use a sword again, possibly in public, explicitly to tease him. And David is a man who knows his limits, and knows he couldn't handle it.

-David is somewhat unaware of how much Brad has softened with him, because Brad is still very sharp and sarcastic around him. David doesn't think Brad is cold towards him, but still, he thinks, 80% of the time and always in public, Brad is still pretty much Brad, he just insults him a little less. From an external point of view, anyobody who has ever met Brad can tell he is another person when it comes to David, 200% kinder than usual. When Brad "insults" David is more of a playful jab about his fashion sense or being a pushover, when Brad insults anyone else is a call from Carol in HR for Brad and, for the unlucky soul, new material for the next 5 session with their therapist.

-Contrary to popular belief (at least about Brad), David and Brad are not a very "glamorous" couple. When they first got together, people at MQ thought that David was the boring one and Brad was going to bring excitement and dare into his life. There were a lot of jokes on David not being able to keep up with Brad's lifestyle. Truth is, apart from work related events, Brad doesn't like to go out and mingle too much, unless he has a specific purpose. Outside MQ, they are the most ordinary boring middle-aged queer couple you could ever meet. At least that's the image they project in David's neighbourhood (which is not a cool, fashion neighbourhood like the one in which Brad lives). The neighbours see them at the rare neighbourhood events they attend, and David is your classic "let me work the barbecue, I have expert knowledge in grilling" suburban-dad-looking guy, while Brad only speaks about stocks and cryptocurrency.

-Brad is master at chess (he used to play professionally when he was very young) and every game of cards (he counts them), David sucks at both. Brad refuses to teach him because he likes to win (and he doesn't want to lose charming points revealing his tricks).

-Brad doesn't see the similarities between he and Huey's voice actor in the new Ducktales. He is offended when David says even he could hardly tell them apart.

-Brad tried to imitate Scrooge McDuck's voice, but he sucked at the impression. He can do a generic Scottish accent, though.

-They tried to use David and Brad in a spot about MQ being an inclusive workplace and Brad threatened to make 0 the price for any weapons again.

-Brad doesn't believe in PDA but he does believe in being the last ones to leave the office after a bit of fun in their shared room.

-People costantly assume Brad is way younger than he actually is and sometimes they give David weird looks because of it or they make illed jokes about it. David is mortified, but Brad loves it, "It's not my fault I age better than you".

-One day David asked Brad to see his number one. "What do you mean?" "You know, like Scrooge McDuck? You're such a big fan, I thought you had a number one of your o-" "Don't be ridiculous, David, I am a forty-two-year old man, do you actually think I keep an old coin in a velvet box in the name of citationism?" He does. He does, but he doesn't show it to David until he proposes. Because he proposed with the coin. He slid the velvety box on a table saying that it was his most priced possession and the fact that he was showing David meant David was the person he trusted the most in the entire world. Then Brad proceded to tell him that for him that was the greatest love gesture he could think about (after all, everyone knows that stealing Scrooge McDuck's number one would have brought to his end, Brad is metaphorically trusting David with his life)."I think...I don't say this lightly, and I will say it only once, but I think...you are to me the only person as important as my number one. This is serious, very serious for me, you understand?" David did, and was speechless. He felt almost embarrassed about the ring he bought, but Brad loved it nonethless.

-One could say that the moment he started dating Brad, David stopped with the freudian slip of calling "his wife" his ex-wife, but the truth is, since he started dating Brad, he just stopped mentioning his ex-wife that much.

-David's ex wife and Brad met. Brad's takeaway from that encounter, after David asked him what he thought of it, was "Good. I am better than her, so I have nothing to worry about".

-For the longest time, they don't meet eachothers parents. They justify it saying they're not teenagers anymore, they don't need the family approval, but people at MQ start to point out it's weird they have been together for such a long time and they haven't met eachothers' family. The thing is both David and Brad have a terrible relationship with their families. David's parents wouldn't even care and Brad's parents would only be disappointed by his choice in a partner (whatever partner really: they would either be a looser or much better than Brad and that's why they will eventually leave him). They talk about it, way before they actually end up meeting eachothers' family (in both cases, unwillingly). "At least your brother likes me, I think. He seemed nice with me. Or because you don't like your brother it's actually a bad thi-" "My brother hates you, David. He thinks you're weak and pathetic." "...there goes my hope-" "It makes me like you more." "Oh. So, I guess, every thorn has its rose." "That's not a saying, David."

-The way they meet David's parents is objectively funny, if you aren't the people directly involved. David's parents are arguing again, something about a beach house his mother obtained with David rights on Christmas (yes, the agreement wasn't "I take the beach house, you can have Christmas with David" but "since I get Christmas with David, I am entitled to the beach house, as compensation". Carol reminded David one more time she wasn't his therapist, but even she admitted that was pretty shitty). Because David doesn't spend Christmas with his parents anymore, the beach house is open for dibs, again. Mr Brittlesbee and ex-Mrs. Brittlesbee rang David's door at 8 in the morning on Saturday, just to find a black haired guy in a Ducktale t-shirt opening the door. They apologised for coming to the wrong house (and bickered accusing one another not to know where their son lived).

"David" shouted Brad.

"Mhyeah?" answered David, still in bed.

"How do your parents look like?"

"Why- why are you asking me that?" replied David, suddenly way more awake.

"I think I just met them, but now they're ringing at every door in the neighbourhood."

It was a morning not easily forgettable. The Senior Brittlesbees took a while to grasp the concept of bisexuality, while Brad had understably given up making a good impression, but still managed not to escalate the situation by being silent and bringing the Brittlesbees cups of fresh-made coffee. He was called Ted several times, despite numerous corrections both on his and David's part. The ex-Mrs Brittlesbee made a point of saying (to David alone, at least) she preferred Lindsay.

"And I prefer Brad. And since it is my life-"

"I know what is going through a divorce, David, look, your father is still sucking the light out of me! I too tried something different to shake things up, I moved to Florida for a year and it was a disaster! Don't let divorce ruin the rest of your life, Ted seems like a decent man, so it'd be better to call it quit before you make another mistake-"

"Okay, goodbye, Mom."

-Metting with Brad's parents didn't really go any better. To be fair, the meeting was set as a surprise by Zack in order to humiliate Brad, just for the fun of it. He had already understood there was something going on between Brad and David, but when he heard they were officially a couple he didn't waste time to use the information to his advantage. It didn't go well, but at least Brad and David could officially say that was out of the way. Brad's parents lamented Brad choosing someone almost "softer" than he already was. Brad felt prouder than ever for his choice.

-Brad and David fought over Jo being the best woman at their wedding. And they didn't only fight between themselves, they tried to bring Jo on their respective side with any means. When it comes to persuasion though, it's Brad's favourite field and he ended up taking Jo. They were on the verge to call out wedding because David couldn't find a best man or woman (Ian tried to propose himself for the role, but David politely ignored him for 2 months making up excuses). In the end, Sue was David's best woman.

-David cried at their wedding. In several points of the wedding. Some people asked if he was being forced to marry. He was just very happy and emotional.

[ham0705]

Im so embarrassed to post this but I’ve been thinking about them and trent and brad are my favorite characters!!!! I just love them care about them okay?????

AND right next to them!!!! Here are these silly mustache men!!!!!!!!!!!! I can’t do this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don’t even ship braddavid that much but yknow…

seriously Apple what have you done to me

[mcdennis]

hopefully this isn't too invasive of a question but do you have any comforting brad/braddavid ed headcanons? you've said before that they mean a lot to you and i can 100% relate. and obviously by comforting i mean positive ones, but if you're fine with it (and have any) you can share angstier ones as well. ^_^

hiiii sorry this has been sitting in my inbox i completely forgot to finish answering this. i do have some comforting brad/braddavid ed headcanons! i'd love to share them <3

david always tries to get brad to eat lunch with him even if brad doesn't eat. david always offers to hang out with him during "meal time". sometimes he will offer to share food with him but he never pressures. they make light conversation to help pass the time and help brad get out of his head when he's surrounded by food.

when brad and david start dating (this is in my own lil hc world for them okay i know they're not "canon" or whatever) david keeps a running list of "safe foods" that brad has in his notes app on his phone. he keeps note of places brad likes to eat, foods he's okay with eating, ect.

when brad has to work later than david, david will have a simple dinner ready for the both of them when brad gets home. eating together is always easier for brad than eating alone or eating in front of someone else when they are not eating.

david is incredibly patient and never forces brad to eat. he's always calm and never scolds him. he expresses concern sometimes, sure, but he never sits brad down and tells him that he has to eat. going off of the first headcanon thingy he just tries to spend time with brad, make him comfortable.

sometimes david gets confused when brad doesn't want to eat, or when brad lashes out about food. david will get upset and even short with brad sometimes. but he just wants to understand. he's incredibly patient and just wants to make sure brad is comfortable opening up with him.

thank you so much for this question !!!! i really appreciate it <3

[motherfuckingbrad]

AHHAHSJSHSHSBSHHS

ok.

just watched episode one. here are my thoughts: (lots and lots of mythic quest season three spoilers ahead! don’t read if u haven’t watched)

1- so good to see dana again. missed her!

2- POPPY MY BELOVED. can already see the beginnings of like a whole self doubt imposter syndrome arc, super excited for what they do w that, especially as a fellow woman in like a stem field that sometimes feels like they don’t belong/don’t deserve what they’ve achieved!

3- brad. that’s it.

4- no jk. ok so the brad and david reunion had me reeling a little, not gonna lie. brad just looks so deeply sad, like the humble little nod he gives carol after she says he’s the new janitor…. ouch. i feel like after all the stressful shit that happened for him last season (and i’m choosing to believe there was an offscreen breakdown that happened that caused him to impulsively report himself to the police for something he DIDNT EVEN DO), prison finally gave him like. a break. and now he’s just trying to live normal again, trying to piece himself back together and restart his life and maybe learn a few things. and i just. it hurts so much. (i’m getting this all from like the three seconds he’s been on screen so far, so yes i’m insane). anyway very excited to see the rest of him in the episode

5- also david’s reaction was just so fucking funny. like the super villain way brad was already in his office and the way david turned and was like what the fuck.? LMAO. i love them so much. i’m also reading into this way more than i should. but happy their dynamic is back. and the way david is like looking for the worst scenario but it’s just brad being brad!

6- also the “what’s your angle? you have to have an angle. look at your body, it’s all angles!” ?????? like they are fucking with us. they addressed braddavid on questie besties and now they are fucking with us (and it’s working)

7- the brad jo tension makes me very sad. i hope they get to heal together.

8- also just occurred to me that david definitely does not know that jo is actually the one who did the insider trading. hope that maybe gets addressed and david can see brad in a new light kinda

9- i love you carol

10- “well your gut fucking sucks!” funniest line

11- “do not weep for me for i go to my rest as so few men do: content.” ouch.

12- the cw death hit me a little harder than i expected because he was never my favorite character but it’s still sad. i’ll be interested to see how it affects ian, as well as brad maybe since he’s trying to reform and i think for him that should mean getting closer to people, since he obviously never prioritized friendships before.

13- wish they had more of the like catch-up reunion scene. but apparently poppy and ian’s office is in the same building as mq lmaoo (if that’s what they were saying, i was a little confused but i’m also very tired) so i’m excited for antics!

overall good episode. i’m so fucking happy to see them again, i physically cannot wait until the rest comes out. andhjsbsbsb

[c4i-r0]

i am unfathomably obsessed with the dynamic at play between brad bakshi and david brittlesbee, and how i wish to see it to evolve

it’s about a man who has carefully built himself up as the cunning, ambitious lunatic of a moneymaker. a man who’s set up to belittle personal affairs and the emotionally vulnerable. a man who must have to deal with things when his hand is forced. he’s spent time and time again creating walls and barriers. he refuses to let them break as he would never let another get the best of him.

it’s about a man who no longer, or rather has never had walls or barriers, the lack of which has caused him to be dissatisfied with the control he has, despite being at the top of the corporate food chain. his title screams predator but he can only say it in hushed whispers, while someone else comes to fix up the issue for him. he’s someone who loves, loves so much, that it makes him bleed with it, with emotion, to the point of staining other’s clothes when he gets near.

it’s about THEM. about them finding a balance. about the slow, excruciating time it takes for the man with no heart to accept a piece from the man with too much to give. about the contrast of personalities and the similarities of their lives. lonely, even unforgiving at times. yet coming to terms with the unfamiliarity of having a genuine friend in so, so long.

it’s about the realization, that this feeling, this yearning is something more. it’s the panic that arises. it’s the stolen glances across an empty office space. just the two of them. alone. it’s the subtlety of the closer positions, the increasing frequency of touch, the reminders of the other seeping in through the mundane schedule they’ve fallen into.

it’s about them. it’s about they’re fear to ruin the progress they made. it’s about the rustling of bed sheets at night, stirring about with no idea of what either of them could do, or rather, what the person they cared so deeply about would do, if they found out how much they thought during these late hours, about the feeling of one’s hands on his skin, of one’s voice in his ears. it’s about the man with the patched-heart, fused with metal, repressing his feelings, until they burn out. A few words that slip out casually, but it’s enough to make one spiral in fear, because it burned, it burned through the steel grey exterior. it’s about the man with the wounds that unknowingly he himself carved out, realizing that the emotions he was worried would have popped out from the surface of him, were mutual, and that he was going to be okay. it’s about the reassurance that comes with and the new beginning.

the new beginning as them, as one, as “we” and “us”

[magnetic-rose]

i know you probably have but have you heard of the braddavid ship name cookiecash?? i love it so much just wanted to share it w you

omgggg i have not! thank you lol that’s adorable.

[anon-mythicquest-confessions]

Im currently hyperfixating on poppy and Ian but I can barely find any contentt. They don't even need to be together romantically or something I just love their dynamic but everyone is just obsessed with braddavid or just Brad in general (ik I love him too)

I read through all the poppy x Ian content in 3 hours and I've been walking around with a void in my hear for 3 days now help

ok wait wait im feeling angsty so here’s a little thing that might help :D

“What are you doing?” Poppy asked the vauge blob sitting alone in the darkness of Ian’s office. Lighting struck in the night sky, briefly illuminating the office and Ian’s form. All she wanted was to come back to the office and get her damn phone, but nooo, Ian had to make that all about himself like everything else in the fucking game.

“Nothing, Pop. Just leave me alone, your phone’s on the desk.”

“You know, this is dramatic. Even for you. Sitting here in the dark like some kind of muscular angsty bat.” She said, grabbing her phone, ready to leave. Poppy was done with all Ian’s bullshit. They had a fight today. It was over something stupid, she couldn’t even remember what.

“Glad you think I’m muscular.” Poppy scoffed as thunder rumbled a few miles away. She subconsciously counted the seconds like her dad always did when she was a kid and got scared during storms and hid under her sheets.

“You know, you shouldn’t be in the dark like this. It’s probably bad for your eyes,” she said from the doorway. She flicked on the lights. It flooded the room and her eyes landed on Ian. He was hunched over something, sitting in a spinny chair facing the back wall of the office. He looked tired. Old. Poppy sighed deeply.

“What are you looking at, attention whore?” He offered no reply. She stomped over to him.

“I don’t have fucking time for your games!” She yelled at his turned back.

“Then leave, Poppy. Just leave.” He murmured. It sounded like he wanted to add something to the end of his sentence. Just leave. Like everyone else does.

“I want to leave, but I’m afraid you’ll end up killing yourself or something.” She spun his chair around to face her. He had be crying. His cheeks were wet and tears dropped onto a worn out leather baseball glove, a child’s size. He didn’t look at her.

“Oh.” That was all she said. It wasn’t just a ploy for guilt and attention. And it wasn’t just a normal fight they had. Something had gotten to Ian. Poppy scanned her mind. What did she do?

“I didn’t know you played baseball.” It was stupid. A weak excuse to fill the silence with words instead of pounding rain.

“I don’t.”

“Then why do you have a glove?” Standing over him, Poppy felt like a parent, about to discipline her child.

“My dad gave it to me.” Ian’s voice broke a bit and Poppy saw him quickly blink away tears.

“I thought your dad was shit.”

“He was. But he always,” Ian took a deep breath. “He always went to my t-ball games. Every one of them.”

“Oh,” she said again. She still couldn’t remember what she said that would hurt Ian.

“Yeah. And he would always buy me an Airhead at the snack bar after games. It was the best. But I guess… I guess I just ruined it.”

Oh. That’s what it was.

You fucking ruin everything! The words echoed in her mind.

That’s what she had screamed in his face before storming out of the office earlier that day. That’s why she had left her phone on the desk. That’s why Ian was upset.

“I didn’t mean what I said.”

“Okay.” She sighed. Then she kneeled down to Ian’s eye level. He was still staring at the glove. She lightly gripped his chin, tipped his head up so he would look her in the eye.

“You… you don’t ruin everything.”

“Yeah, yeah I fucking do! My stupid fucking ego-“

“You made this! This game, this legacy. Everything I have, I owe to you, Ian. You gave me a chance. You don’t ruin shit, you build it, dumbass.” Ian smiled a bit and sniffed.

“You think?”

“Would I say it if I didn’t think it?”

“Thanks, Pop. You’re a good friend.” The storm seemed less scary now, for whatever reason.

“Yeah, no problem, dingbat. Now let’s get you home, you look like shit.”

- mod mack :)

[fujobritta]

for the sun loved the moon

[queenhawke]

sorry if this a weird ask but do you read mq fics or do you only write them? just curious because your fics are amazing and i wonder if you have any recs?

not a weird ask at all! i do read them, but i am pretty picky in what i like. here's some recs:

The Long Game by oh_simone (braddavid. very in character and very funny)

mine in crime by oh_simone (sequel to the above, also just hilarious. love their funky little dynamic)

repairing shores that storms have wrecked by chlodobird (magical realism AU! very good. has some good poppy/brad interactions)

tonight (i wish i was your boy) by grumpsy (braddavid. idk this one's just solid)

Himself, himself inform of immortality/ His strategy was physiognomy by note_page_scribbles (a history of brad and pets. heartwrenching in the best way)

uhhh that's all the ones i can think of right now. there might be more but i cba to go through the entire mq tag on ao3 lmao

[mcdennis]

what do u prefer: toxic or domestic braddavid?

ohhh buddy. is it cheating if i say i like both? hear me out okay just stick with me. i absolutely love soft moments between the two of them, sweet little domestic moments and soft touches ect. but i hate when people write domestic braddavid and completely erase brad's character. yes, brad can be a kind and decent person we have obviously seen that in canon but brad is rough around the edges! he's a little bit of an asshole and i think that's very important to his character. brad can be sweet and soft with david but he's still going to tease him a bit you know?

also, brad clearly struggles with being vulnerable and honest. if brad and david did get into some sort of romantic relationship it wouldn't be all sunshine and roses. it would be very difficult. they would argue, they would fight, brad would snap at david and shut down because he's so so used to pushing people away instead of letting them in. they'd have to work very hard on their communication skills in order for the relationship to work and for the relationship to be healthy. and that can be painful sometimes, not exactly toxic. but brad himself can be a toxic person because of his need to be self destructive and the desire to isolate himself.

so i guess my answer is i love domestic braddavid but i like when it's realistic.

[queenhawke]

Mythic Quest + text posts part 15

[queenhawke]

writing mq fic bc i don't know enough about Business to write succession fic but i do keep up with the gaming industry

[motherfuckingbrad]

ian’s biggest fear was poppy surpassing him and becoming a better video game creator, but he still promoted her to co creative director and let her control half of the new expansion.

poppy’s biggest fear is singing in front of people, but she still sits by ian’s bed and sings to him while he‘s crying.

they’re both so afraid of being vulnerable, being open with each other and trusting one another, but as soon as one of them needs help the other is there, putting aside any fear or needs of their own. They can fight and bicker and tear each other down all day long, but at the end of the day, they know each other better than they know themselves. they need each other.

that’s why they’re in love.

<3