#normal russet

[buysomecheese]

https://at.tumblr.com/buysomecheese/soldier-poet-king-quiz-but-dndads-kiddads-lark/pkaw84zyfm1u

Pt. 3 here!!

Pt. 2 https://at.tumblr.com/buysomecheese/httpsattumblrcombuysomecheesesoldier-poet-ki/31hsxzm6f3n9

Pt. 1 https://at.tumblr.com/buysomecheese/httpsattumblrcombuysomecheesesoldier-poet-ki/g8g61pubq4kw

Teens:

Link- expected king, got poet. Being the only one of the teens who’s experienced romantic love in a profound and personal way, and the only one who’s felt paternal love in that same degree, he didn’t like the quiz much at all. It made him sad, remembering his lost loves. He misses his Kris, he misses his kids. It’s not fair to him, to have to go through such loss and gain nothing from it. It’s not fair to them, either, to hold such life and beauty that can all be boiled down to a corrupted binary code. He has no home left to go to. Without any sort of closure, he’s left desperately trying to recreate the life he had made, while knowing how horribly impossible it will be.

Scary- soldier. Almost expected king; she teetered between the answers she *really* felt and the answers she thought were ‘coolest’ on more than one question; however, she ended up staying true to herself until the end of the quiz at least. Of course, she angled the phone to make sure none of the others could see her answers. She doesn’t usually like this type of introspection; thinking about herself truthfully for too long hurts too much. She’s created a version of herself made to fight, resist, create disorder. What happens when she knows she’s tired of this? What does she do when she needs to put down the sword, purge herself of the poison, but there’s no one left to catch her?

Normal- king. He wasn’t really sure what he’d expect; he’s too viscerally aware of every part of his being (disappointing, weird, sad, anxious, annoying) so he doesn’t like taking quizzes like this. Much preferring the anonymity and normalcy he can gain from pretending to be something else, he’ll try and try and try to fit himself into molds of what other people need, and he’ll fall short every time. He feels this failure so incredibly deeply in his bones; a pain he was only dully aware of until only a few months ago.

Taylor-soldier. It was a close tie though, almost a king. He keeps hearing the phrase ‘main character syndrome’ thrown around. He reads his result; they don’t sound correct. He reads Normal’s result, Link’s result; none of them fit him. He’s worried for his friends, his side kicks. He knows his place in this world, he knows what he wants to achieve and he knows he can get it- and not just because of his famous mom and Hell connections, but because he’s confident in his abilities. He knows what he’s capable of, and he knows how to bounce back from things he might not succeed at the first time. What he doesn’t know, however, is how to help his friends find the same duty and pace within themselves. How to help them come to terms with losses and wins and fears much greater than anything he’s ever had to know.

[autoraton]

as the tree, so the fruit

commissions are open!

[climbdraws]

yesterday also had 2 bucks decide to wander through the swat team standoff. they were going yard to yard looking for breakfast before realizing they were barricaded in

[nesperus]

part 3 of cast gifts!

matt beth freddie

[receding-tides]

Did You Know making grandfest outfits for your ocs is fun. and everyone should do it

[macksartblock]

what if instead of warlock,,, death cleric

[st4cy-f4kename]

will campos characters fucking SPEAK to me. neurotic, anxious as fuck, ill, the furthest thing from monosexual and straight a person can be, deeply traumatized

[abeinginsand]

Dndads Color Wheel Challenge (A summarized description is in alt and detailed one is below)

[id: A colored digital drawing of a completed color wheel art challenge using dungeons and daddies podcast characters. There are two to three characters assigned to each of the eight color zones and colored in the selected colors hues. Taylor and older demon Glenn are in the red zone on the the top left with their swords. Nicky is reaching out of the orange area on the top right of the circle to ruffle his child's hair and Taylor's tail is wrapped affectionately around his arm. Paeden is behind Nicky while jumping up in the air. Scary is sitting down with arms crossed in the pink zone with Erica twirls a horse shoe behind her. Hero is riding her pizza delivery scooter in the purple area while Terry Junior holds out a lunch bag off to the side. Scam is a dark silhouette on the other side of Hero. Two phones surround him with the curling phone cords bordering each side of the purple area. In the dark blue section is Stud Stampler with his back facing the viewer. A film reel is curled around him and Jodie the hell king. The flames around Jodie are burning the film. Normal is hanging off the intact middle of the film reel and grinning with the Teeny mascot head beside him in the light blue zone. Mae Hailes is sitting with her phone in the same area. Erin and Sparrow are in the green area with leaves, flowers, and grass surrounding them. Lincoln has one foot in the green area and the rest of him is running in yellow. He breaks the film reel that is partly curled around Hildy. She is looking back down the film reel trail over to her friend Stud and her descendent Normal. End id]

[risetherivermoon]

literally when is the oak family going to catch a fucking break- all of them are so fkin tragic and sad 😭

[rattoes420]

Giving my opinion on each ship in the teen marriage (sry for not like scary and hermie much, I wish it was different between us) feel free to use the blank chart for whatever reason lmao I put it below the thing, and like lemme know if you do I love having opinions, a bunch of other drawings too 😭

[voidduoandlark]

If you think about it the Doodler has just as long of a history with the Stamplers as with the Oaks. Hildy is the one that got banished with it and her bloodline was tied to it, but Stud banished them in the first place. It was Ron that the Doodler tried to save and Willy that she accidentally grabbed, all culminating in Scary being the one to commune with them in the end. What I’m saying is the Oaks and the Stamplers go hand in hand my faves stay winning the Normal Scary friendship reigns supreme

[foragergnome]

pain traverses through the family line until someone is ready to see it, and heal it in themselves.

gift for @unwantedcrow for the @dndads-winter-gift-exchange !! some oaks for you :))

alternate versions under the cut:

[yeahprobablyamimic]

the Hearts Greatest Desire script was the plot of s2

Hear me out

At The Mountains of Dadness spoilers to follow 

 "The ending of the movie was a big comedy."

Self explanatory! Dnd podcast! Comedy storyline! It all started out in detention with all of them teasing and joking with each other and fucking around. Sonic shenanigans for example.

"It was about the world maybe coming to an end,"

Lark releasing the doodler, ofc. The teens started out “doomed”-the world was literally on track to end

"but at the end there was just this dumb goofy little laugh of a joke"

The entire prophecy being a Scam Likely original. The prophecy was a goof- which then wasn’t good enough/didn't matter and (almost) lead to the destruction of all they’ve ever known and loved AND ALSO the dismissal of the doodler AKA Dood

"that sort of ended the whole story that was going to essentially be about the destruction of mankind by an elder God."

What dood was “destined to do” eventually…

"But who knows what it's gonna be now? Because they were talking about rewriting it…"

the teens showed Dood love and kindness and helped them learn and protected them against people that wanted to manipulate them for their own benefit. Against all odds, they were able to save the deity so many had feared for so long. 

"In the screenplay, it had mentioned ‘the star appears’, and star is underlined multiple times and you got the sense from reading it that it was not referring to an actor."

This part is a little trickier, but “the star” could be interpreted as all of the teens coming together at the end in the epilogue, or even if we wanna go complete opposite and have it be that the teens fought knowing they didn’t need the power of the doodler. They put “the star” first

We then go completely full circle.

At the end of ATMOD, The Doodler and Robert are reunited, and for a moment they show each other love and understanding. For a moment they hold on to the comfort of having known each other, even if they didn’t technically, for years. Stud whispers “Dismiss Deity”, and the doodler is forced to retreat. In antony's words, the doodler “reacts with this horrible high pitched squeal” leaving in pain and fear. 

This time, though, Dood leaves knowing they’re loved. Knowing they’re cared for and for perhaps the first time feeling wanted. Enough that they returned one last time to say goodbye to the first people who showed them true compassion and understanding. The first people who treated them like more than just a power to be controlled. when i asked him anthony said it wasn't on purpose, but its genuinely one of the coolest throughlines of the entire show to me. I love these silly little guys.

[blousemouse]

My Oak family (minus Barry) appearance headcanons :) might do the other families at some point idk

[nutria--oscura]

The Oak family make me so mentally ill actually

Like, for starters, the generational trauma that cannot and will not be shaken off:

The very obvious first point is The Doodler. 'The Curse of The Doodler' passed down from generation to generation. Even after Lark and Sparrow release it, the curse still haunts them as the apocalypse they have to bear the blame for. Now Dood is walking amongst them, as a teen protected by the teens, and all Lark and Sparrow can do is look him in the eye (not even really). Lark wants to end this generational trauma by killing Dood but Normal wants to do it but helping it (parallel to what we see happen in s2 ep23 when they sit on the Throne).

The next obvious ones are the veganism (has been an Oaks thing since Hildy's grandmother, if not great-grandmother).

and the 'shoes on' household. Something Henry started due to always being barefoot in Oakvale cause of Barry's Rules. Something that is still instilled with Normal and Hero.

All of the Oaks have a dislike towards their kids/parents. Hildy hated Barry cause he abused her for so long and in the final years of her life he abandoned her in Oakvale and left her to die. Barry and Henry fought constantly, Barry creating more Oakvalians cause Henry would never have been good enough for him. Henry and Lark straight up just do not get along, especially after Henry took the Gauntlets of Ogre Power (which in Lark's eyes caused Walter to get injured and almost caused Sparrow to die), ESPECIALLY after Henry pulled to rogue card. Henry and Sparrow don't talk anymore which is something I will get into later on. Lark and Sparrow weren't even Henry's favourite kids, it was his pet bird Beanie. Honestly, I'm kind of scared to see what Henry and Birdie's relationship is like. Then we have Sparrow and Normal. Sparrow is open about being not being proud of Normal and wishing he was more 'normal'. Finally we have Sparrow and Hero. Sparrow probably isn't that proud or happy with Hero either since she just noped out of being the chosen one. (check out this post)

Another kinda obvious one, the (very strong) family resemblance. They all look so alike, so similar, of course they're going to be the least likely to change and break tradition. (post)

SPARROW AND HENRY NO LONGER TALKING - so many implications. Like, is it because of the shit Lark and Sparrow pulled with Hero? Cause he married a centrist (/j)? Was it because Sparrow (potentially) used the memory syringes on Rebecca to keep their marriage in tact(more in a bit)? Some other reason which we will later find out? Is it why Sparrow can no longer turn into a Love Wolf? Or the final straw as to why he can't?

SPARROW, REBECCA AND THE SYRINGES - So. In s2 ep18 when Normal asks Sparrow if Rebecca knew about all the Doodler stuff, Sparrow says "Your mom doesn't know… about what's going on." ... "that's kind of how we… stayed married." Later, we get to know, from Hero, that Rebecca did in fact know what was happening - that she was involved in what happened to Hero when she was younger, "mom and dad, just sort of looked at me as like, the golden child. They weren't like with me, they were like demanding things of me." So potentially, Lark and/or Sparrow used the syringes on Rebecca cause she threatened their marriage over what happen with Hero. (POST)

Speaking of Hero's childhood - Other than what happened very obviously traumatising her, "they showed me a glimpse of the Doodler for a second and I cried for 3 weeks straight," it also very heavily strained her relationship with Normal: "I feel like things have been choppy between us for a while" ... "It felt like I shouldn't befriend you, cause I knew at some point I'd have to like, sacrifice myself heroically and I didn't want to make you lose me in that way, so I felt like 'I should just keep him at arms length.' " It is suck a stark contrast and parallel to the (toxically) codependent relationship Lark and Sparrow have

HENRY - The fact that Henry is the last of the dads that is alive is so depressing and so expected. He has elf blood and is a high level druid, of course he's still alive. He is (most probably - we don't know the situation with Mercedes and Birdie) alone, all of his closest friends are dead, his sons don't talk to him and because of that he probably hasn't seen his grandchildren in ages either. If something happened to Mercedes and Birdie and Henry is truly alone, there are parallels with Hildy's final years (this post and the tags)

[masterrainb0w]

Something about the Oaks and the Divine rights of Kings.