#not a rick and morty post surprisingly

[rez-urrection]

dude tbh as an aroace person, aroace/aroallo/aceallo people who are insulting people who celebrate valentines day, or saying its a stupid holiday or otherwise bashing the expression of love are fucking lame

like. dude. you can be miserable and full of hate if you want i guess but other people being alloallo literally doesn't hurt you and its SOOO fucking cringe to be so up peoples assess about being happy theyre in love. especially because celebrating valentines day literally doesn't mean people hate aro/ace people ???

"everyday of the year celebrates alloallo people!!" okay ?? who gives a shit !!! yall are acting like valentines day has no cultural or historical significance. im not an expert in history or religion but a holiday in my PERSONAL religion (Luciferianism), is Lupercalia, the day after valentines day. its the celebration of love and sexuality. im sure there's other holidays exactly like valentines day because while valentines day is currently a "corporate holiday" as people like to say (literally all mainstream holidays are this ??) its still a legitimate holiday.

grow up, stop bashing people for being happy and in love.

[rez-urrection]

adding onto this, people assume that only trans people want sex changes and HRT. like.

some trans men would rather stay female and never take hormones, and some trans women would rather stay male and never take hormones.

why did it never occur to you that some cis women may be like "hey, being male or medically masculinized would be dope" and some cis men may be like "hey, being female or medically feminized would be dope."

gender is a social construct, and it does not connect to your sex. you can be a man with a pussy, cis or not, and its kinda super fucking weird for people to speculate on other people's gender and shit without permission

If your goal is to normalize gender-nonconformity you’re gonna have to accept that some people will fuck with gender as hard as they can while still being unequivocally, 100% cis and that is okay. There’s no egg to crack or callout to write. This is a good thing actually.

[soldateins]

Down with the Alien Sickness

Rick Sanchez x Female Reader Hurt/Comfort Oneshot

I deleted my account last year and I remember how much people loved this fanfic so, I'm posting it again <3

Summary:

Basically, I'm really sick. I can't talk or anything. So, I decided I'd write my first ever R&M fanfic! Where OC is sick but it gets worse in a way that you'd not expect (hopefully!) I hope I write Rick well. He can be slightly out of character but... He's nice sometimes in it which is MEGA OOC for Rick. I also hope it's pretty good anyway, I haven't written in about a year so, holy shit. Hope you enjoy!

Warnings: Sickness, hacking up goo, OC gets ill with something, panicking, Rick being Rick, it's also fluffy and cute at the end - Word count: 2,957

It had been a few days since I'd come home from college sick. Rick forced me to have the past 4 days off and despite my protest, the true look of concern on his face made me follow his advice. He even 'advised' (forced) me to stay at the Smith household, sharing his surprisingly comfortable but small camper-bed with him. Luckily, Beth and Jerry didn't seem to mind, due to Rick doing a 'good deed' in Beth's eyes. In my eyes, it was Rick finding any excuse to have me near him and by the looks Summer gives Rick, the smirk and raising of an eyebrow, she knew it too. I'll admit it, we have a.. 'thing', we just don't really talk about what the 'thing' is - And I find him more than good looking, but I just don't want Beth to find out, y'know, age gaps and all.

Anyway, I'd been sick for a few days, and it was only getting worse. Rick told me it was the common flu, but he had no idea how my stomach had felt, and today was the worst day, by far. I'd spent most of the day lying in his bed, groaning. Quickly, I rose from Rick's camper-bed, suddenly needing to cough something up. Wrapping the thin green duvet around my shoulders, I barged through the door with my shoulder and bolted it to the bathroom.

I slammed the door, threw the duvet to the floor and knelt over the toilet. Shuddering and retching, I heard a gentle knock on the wood of the door, "Uh, Y/N? You- You okay? You don't sound uhhh- okay." Morty's voice whined it's way through the wood. I gagged, and my eyes widened as I brought up the weirdest looking neon green goop that I'd ever seen. I immediately felt relief, gasping for breath, "Yeah.. Uh.. I'm okay now. I think. You can come in, Morty." I shivered as Morty slowly opened the door.

He emitted a slightly unsettled whine as we locked eyes, "I- Ho- Holy shit, Y/N. What the fuck ha- What happened to you? Did- Did Rick do something? Ar-Are you pregnant or?" Morty quickly grabbed the soft duvet and wrapped it around my shoulders tightly, helping me up to sit on the side of the bath. I pulled a disgusted face and scoffed, "I'm sick. I'm not pregnant, and no, Rick had nothing to do with this. Or at least, to me, it happened out of nowhere." Raising my hand with a pointing, shaky finger, I took a breath in, "Can- can you look at whatever the fuck I just hacked up into the toilet? It didn't look real."

Morty cautiously took a step toward the toilet bowl and leaned over a little to look, then immediately recoiled, eyes wide and hand over mouth, "OH! What the FUCK?! Oh, oh! What is- what is that- that green stuff?!" He leaned forward again for another look but looked away just as quickly. I began to panic, shifting as I shouted, "What?! You- What do you mean?! You should know! You sho- Should know, right?" Morty reluctantly took a photo, the first time was with flash, he cursed himself, then took another, flushed the toilet, and came back to me, a firm hand cupping my shoulder, "C'mon, Y/N, let me take you down to Rick."

We got to the garage door and that's when Morty patted my back and gave me his phone, "Here, don't let Rick look through my shit, okay? I've got homework to do." He waltzed his way back into the lounge. I sheepishly knocked on the door, hearing an annoyed grunt in response, "What now, Jerry? There's no serum that'll give you a *burp* a job." I smiled, shook my head, and took that as my cue to open the door, "It's actually me." I croaked, entering the cool garage, wrapping myself tighter in the duvet. Rick took a quick glance at me, "What's up, sweetie? You want some mo-eurgh cough sy- syrup?" His voice had immediately changed, he actually sounded nice, "I um.. Actually.. Morty said.." I trailed off, trying to keep my balance as a shocking pain wreaked havoc in my stomach, "Oh fuck, oh shit!" I pressed my hands into my stomach, falling to my knees with a painful thud, "Morty said you've gotta- gotta help me. He said- He said something's really wrong!" I strained as Rick turned so fast that he was right next to me as I hit the floor.

My breathing turned heavy as my eyesight went slightly fuzzy and green. Rick grabbed my waist, lifted me up like a baby, and held my face up to give it a good look, "Jesus Christ, what the fuck have you been doing, Y/N?! It was just a cold!" He dragged my almost completely limp body to his desk, pushed all of the stuff to the side and sat me on it, leaning me against the cold wall to which I jolted up and let out a horrific screech, "I don't like that! Too co- cold!" I fell forward, my head landing on his right shoulder, "OKAY! Okay, we won't uh- *burp* Won't do that then!" He lay me down on my side as he ran to get the duvet off of the floor and shut the door to the garage. I cried out in pain, "Rick! What's going on? I can't see! It- It- It's so painful!" I writhed on the desk, kicking my feet out violently.

"You can't see?! Oh my G-*burp*-od!" His voice was choked and high. I could hear Rick's shoes clicking around quickly as he came over, covered me in the blanket, and began searching for things around the garage. I rocked myself side to side, trying to settle myself until I felt Rick's arms wrap around my body, sitting me up and slipping me down onto his work stool. I felt the excruciating pain in my stomach as he set me down and emitted a loud scream, "Oh Jesus! Okay, Y/N! I'm gonna have to examine you, okay? You're gonna have to put up with this for a little longer!" Rick shouted over my raw yelling. I gritted my teeth as hard as I could, "Okay." I growled.

The garage door opened quickly, slamming against the wall, "What is going on in here?!" Beth shrieked. Rick didn't even turn around, "Beth. Honey. Not a good time." He spoke through a clamped jaw, I assume Beth looked at me because I heard her gasp "Oooookay.. Uh... Dinner will be on the table very uh.. Very soon." She left as quickly as she came. I began to lean into Rick's chest, losing consciousness, "No. Y/N. Stay with me. C'mon, sweetheart!" He slapped my face a few times and I felt him turn rigid as a deep aggressive growl erupted from my stomach and I began coughing that same sticky substance up onto his shirt, "Ohh shit." He shined a white light into each of my eyes, causing me to raspily howl, "Okay. Your eyes are all glazed over, red and bloodshot." I felt his fingers on my lips and he pried my mouth open, shining the light inside, "Eugh. Glowing sticky green mucus in the mouth. Mouth is also deep red in colour."

Suddenly a cold glass tube was scooped into my mouth and out again. I gave a guttural groan, "COLD!" Without thinking, my hand grabbed Rick's, tightly, he shouted out in pain, "Y/N. Let go.". I felt an inhumane scream ripple through my body as Rick grabbed me by the throat, "Let me go or I'll kill you." His breath was puffing against my face as he spoke and I felt my hand weaken, despite me not telling it to, "Thank you." He spat. His hands then returned to me, shining his light everywhere, "Your skin is grey. Each orifice is very dark and wet." His voice was calm as he poked and prodded, I, however, was becoming more frustrated, "Rick! I don't wan- wanna put up- up with this any- more!!" I sobbed, trying to tear myself away from him, unsuccessfully, "C'mon, shut up. Almost done."

I heard a lot of beeping and switches being flicked and buttons being pressed for a few minutes as Rick held one hand gently against my neck, just in case I tried to hurt him again. A few seconds later, Rick gave a quiet gasp, and made an almost guilty sounding 'damn it'. I then suddenly felt a very painful intrusion in my left thigh, "RICK!" I screamed, "It's for your own good, Y/N." He stated as I felt a thick string of aches flow through me.

Instantaneously, I started coughing and shaking, "Please let this work." I heard Rick mutter, as his arms wrapped around my body in a warm, tight embrace. My eyes moistened up and my sight slowly came back as I cried loudly, "Shh, c'mon now, it's okay, you're okay.." Rick whispered into my ear continuously until the shaking and coughing stopped and I was reduced to a heavy breathing, weak mess. Everything felt better. Well, my throat still killed and my nose was runny, but, everything else was completely gone.

I swallowed deeply, "Wh- What just happened?" I whispered. Rick didn't let go of me for a few minutes, "Rick?" I croaked, "I injected you with a serum that reduces what I think you had back down into the common cold. Luckily, it worked and I was right." His breathing was slow and heavy. With a sigh of relief and without a word, Rick took my right hand and hooked his arm around my waist. He helped me up and we left the garage.

"Hey Rick, Y/N! Wanna come an- an- an- and eat?" Morty called out from the dinner table that he and his family were sat at, "Uhh, we're good right now, Morty. Y/N needs time to recover from her si*burp*ckness." We continued walking to Rick's room. He carefully set me down on the bed, wrapping me in his duvet, "Wait here." He brought out his portal gun and left for another dimension, "Hmph. Okay then." I clicked my tongue against the roof of my mouth impatiently as I waited for him. After a few minutes, my phone dinged. It was a text from Rick: 'Hope ur OK, sweetie. Won't be long. R.'

I was leaned against the wall, peering around the most interesting room I would ever be in. After about 10 minutes, a portal opened up and Rick stepped out, with a small little blue person in a sort of delivery uniform, "This the place, Sir?" The person squeaked, "Uhp, Yeah. Ri*burp*ght over there." Rick pointed to the end of the camper-bed and a slightly odd, fleshy looking flat screen TV materialised in front of my eyes, "What the- the fuck? Rick?" I sat up, looking him right in the face, "Hey. Hey. Don't, don't say that around a Reeptipian, Y/N. They're one of the few alien races that actually understand those words." His voice was monotonous as he lifted his portal gun and it beeped twice, "Thank you, Sir." The little blue person hopped back on through the portal, but not before two giant boxes materialised on the floor, full of colourful packets of things that looked edible.

"I'm gonna say it again, what the fuck, Rick?" I tilted my head with raised brows, "Well excuuuuuse me for tryna surprise you and make you feel better!" He put his arms in the air, "What do you mean?" I asked, "Reeptipians have a thing for cinema and TV. They create the best TVs I've ever used, with interdimensional cable, and the best snack fooooods!" Rick opened the boxes and threw a load of stuff onto the bed before bouncing himself down onto it with me. I laughed at his enthusiasm and leaned my head against his chest as he pulled me close and turned on the TV.

"Oh, before I forget." Rick sat up, pulling a decently sized needle out of his coat, before taking off his mucus covered shirt and lab coat, "I- I- Please don't tell me that's for me!" I scrambled back against the wall at the top of the bed, "Nope. For me." Rick jabbed himself in the gut with it, letting out a rumbling growl, his legs kicking out slightly, "I seriously need to figure out how to vaccinate without injections." He pulled it out and threw it to the floor with a sigh. I watched him sit back, unsure of what happened, "Um, what was that?" I relaxed against the wall once again, "Didn't you hear me? It was a vaccination. Against that nasty shit that was all up in your system, sweetheart. Oh uh.. abo*burp*ut that." Rick's eyes were shifting from side to side.

My eyes narrowed, "What. What about it? That was the worst pain I've experienced so far." My voice was highly suspicious sounding as I stared at Rick, "Y'know that healthy alien cereal you had a few days back that uh.. You really liked and then had more of?" His lips pressed into a thin line and his demeanor was nervous, which is rare, "Yes. I do know it. The one you got me that tastes like strawberry. What about it? Spit it out." Rick scratched his head, "Funny thing. It's filled with alien bacteria that are beneficial for the aliens on the planet that I got it from. But.. It uh.. If a human ingests it.. It.. uh.. Tries to use your body as a host and kills and consumes you before moving on." He braced himself for me to kick off but, nothing came, and he opened his eyes, looking at me with trepidation. I blew a gust of air from my mouth that I was holding in, "Smartest man in the universe, huh? You get your girlfriend infected with some weird fucking alien bacteria?" I crossed my arms and then froze. Rick's eyes widened, "My what?" I began stuttering, "You're uh.. You- You're.." As I tried to search for a different word Rick interrupted me, "My girlfriend!" He laughed deeply, grabbing me by the waist and pulling me onto him, pressing his lips to mine.

I pulled away with a cough and Rick held my face in his big hands, tickling my jaw and making me giggle, "I'm sorry for not checking that cereal. It almost killed you." His eyebrows furrowed. I closed my eyes and inhaled his smell, I loved the muskiness mixed with a faint whiskey scent. I leaned into him, kissing his bare chest, "But it didn't. It fucking hurt, but it didn't kill me. Plus, aren't there other versions of me around? Do- do you know any?" Rick stiffened under me, "Well, yeah but.. They- they're not you. They're.. Different. In a bad way. I'd rather you not die no ma*burp*tter what, sweetie." He flipped through some crazy looking channels on the giant TV and settled on one, "I've checked over all of these candies by the way. They're safe. They won't try and eat you after you eat them." Rick gave a hoarse chuckle and wrapped his arms around my waist, his nails gently scratching the skin of my back under my shirt.

"Uh, Rick?" My voice came out very weak, "Hm?" He looked down at me, then back up to the TV, stuffing a few pink pieces of candy into his mouth. I hummed, "You uh- you wanna try some?" Rick lifted some of the candy up to my mouth, "Yeah, uh, sure." I smiled, letting him feed me some, "But uh, I have a question." I spoke with my mouth full, "Shoot." Rick shoveled more candy into his mouth, seemingly loving it, "Is this.. Is this thing we have.. More than a.. thing?" I looked toward the TV, not wanting to meet his intelligent eyes. He took a deep breath and I felt myself lift atop his chest.

Rick cleared his throat, "Uhm." I felt his fingertips tap against my skin whilst I began to internally panic, "Never mind. Shouldn't have asked." I quickly spoke but Rick shook his head, "Nononono! I- I- I didn't mean-! Fuck. I just.. You really- you really want that?" His voice wavered as he searched my face. I looked Rick straight in the eye and bit my lip, "Yes. I.. I want that. Do uhm.. Do you?" I lay my right leg over his thighs. Rick blinked a few times before answering, "I- Yeah. I want it too." I grinned, "Then I guess.. We're dating now?" Rick nodded with a smirk and gave my ass a squeeze, "I guess we are."

Rick filled his mouth with a different type of candy, it looked like glowing red rocks. I grabbed a handful and popped some into my mouth, they tasted very sweet, until they grated their way down my sore throat, I winced as the second piece of candy made my throat hot. I looked at the packet and there were flames all over it, "Ah! They're so hot!" I blew quick puffs of air out of my mouth, "It's okay, it only lasts until they're in your stomach." Rick patted my stomach with a smile. Rick's eyes shot toward the screen and he all of a sudden jolted, raising an arm, "Yes! Ball Fondlers, baby! This is the best TV show eveeer! Trust me, Y/N, you'll love this!"

And indeed I did love it. Well, until I fell into a deep sleep.

[hazelnut-u-out]

Initially, my opinion on ‘Rick: A Mort Well Lived’ was… not a positive one. 

I felt like having the ‘I love you’ conversation between Rick and Morty without actually having our Rick and Morty on screen was a weak choice. Especially with it being so early in the season, I assumed it was a way of subverting the backlash of having Rick be ‘softer’ on screen by making both his and Morty’s progression more palatable to a wider audience. 

I recently got to this episode on my rewatch, and almost considered skipping it. After a bit of internal debate, I didn’t. 

The episode was never one of my favorites, since it embedded a deep anxiety within me about the state of Morty’s character. I know it sounds silly, but the concept of splitting Marta from Morty entirely (and maybe even permanently) triggered a thought loop about his character that I couldn’t shake for weeks. It even makes me nervous to think about it now! 

That being said, I was surprisingly glad that I made the decision I did, because my opinion on the episode as a whole has definitely shifted upon my most recent rewatch.

I see, now, what they were attempting to do. I think that the episode was meant to be an acknowledgement of Rick’s love and appreciation for Morty, but done in a way that doesn’t desaturate the emotional intensity of later conversations between the two in a ‘real’ setting. When Rick says that he loves Morty and values him as a grandson to Marta, the audience gets concrete confirmation that those feelings exist in canon. By removing Marta from Morty, Morty has no idea that Rick ever said those things. Narratively speaking, this staves off the satisfaction of having Morty both know and believe this, leaving room for more fulfilling and impactful admissions in the future (or highlighting a lack thereof). 

Do I think they did this well? …Somewhat. 

I think that there should have been more of a focus on exploring Morty’s feelings outside of Rick, and how those play into his predisposition to being a victim. At the same time, enough is there to get the point across. In my opinion, though, it still somehow leaves Morty as a whole feeling a bit neglected. 

That being said, I noticed some interesting (and arguably brilliant) details/foreshadowing that definitely shine through only on rewatch. 

The first of these details is the language hinting at the nature of the relationship between Rick and Marta, and how that compares to his relationship with Morty. 

Near the beginning, Marta refers to Rick explicitly and directly as ‘Grandpa.’ This is something that Morty isn’t shown to do after season one, opting to call him by his name instead. He only ever refers to Rick as ‘my grandpa’, and never the title directly. The closest instance to Morty using this title post season one (aside from ‘Solaricks’) that I can think of is when he and Summer use the term ‘Papa’ as a title for Rick in ‘Childrick of Mort.’ 

Later in the episode, as tension builds between Rick and Marta, she changes the way she refers to him, calling him ‘Rick’ rather than the title ‘Grandpa.’ This is a direct parallel to the evolution of the way Morty speaks to/about Rick himself. 

Marta seems to be a part of Morty that is very confident in her identity, intelligence, and capability. She’s so talented at converting other bits of Morty to their cause that Rick seems to rely nearly fully on her efforts while he focuses on building the ships. Most of the other pieces of Morty seem to trust Marta more than they trust Rick, as she can appeal to their identity. She can make them proud to be Morty in a way that Rick cannot. 

I don’t necessarily think that Marta and Morty abandoning the term ‘Grandpa’ means that they lose respect for Rick. In fact, I think that a huge part of Morty still respects Rick in a plethora of ways. Instead, I think this is a hint at a perceived loss of familial intimacy/connection on their behalf. 

Even though the two are very physically close and exist within a shared space a lot of the time, Morty doesn’t identify with familial titles or terms of endearment when it comes to Rick. He doesn’t feel safe or valued with Rick, so he doesn’t feel like Rick is his grandpa a lot of the time. 

It’s interesting to me that the piece of Morty Rick calls his ‘right hand Morty’ seems to be the piece of Morty that is also the most willing to rebel just to hear Rick’s love for him voiced. 

You could even view the ‘Holy Wars’ as the majority of Morty being willing to die just to know that Rick cares. 

Just to be valued. 

Secondly, there’s most definitely some MAJOR foreshadowing when it comes to the existence of Rickbot and the events of the last two episodes of the season infused into ‘Rick: A Mort Well Lived.’ 

The most obvious, to me, was the scene where the robot Rick made tells Marta that he ‘loves and respects’ her. When he malfunctions, Marta exclaims, ‘A robot! Of course!’ 

It really made me wonder if creating a robot that could make Morty feel like he was loved and respected in their dynamic when Rick himself was incapable was an idea Rick initially conceived while the two were in Roy, and later drew upon in ‘A Rick in King Mortur’s Mort.’ 

Another thing I found thought-provoking was Marta’s awareness that replacing himself with a robot is something that Rick was likely to do. After the airing of the next couple episodes, I chalked the line ‘I trust you implicitly.’ up to being a throw-away line that didn’t mean much, especially after the events of ‘Analyze Piss.’ I realized, though, that I was probably misinterpreting non-compliance as mistrust, which are not the same thing. When it came down to Morty actually suspecting Rick might be a robot, he trusted Rickbot’s coded answer (‘There are enough clones and robots in this family.’), in his own words, implicitly. 

There is more I could probably say about this episode, but this post is already a novel, so I’ll leave those for their own posts. I just thought sharing why my overall opinion about the writing of this episode has changed for the better would be interesting!

[fandomwe1rd0]

You may think I'm unhinged for making yet another overanalysis of the abusive dynamic between an old man and his grandson, but frankly my dear, I don't give a damn.

Rick is the perfect example of what I mean when I say that I do believe that abusers can love their victims, but not enough or in the right way.

Rick is an abuser, I mean he constantly emotionally abuses Morty, and has completely ruined the poor boy's self-esteem (As we see in Rest and Ricklaxation) There has also been a handful of times where he physically abused Morty. The most famous (Or ig infamous) one is when he straight up PUNCHED the poor boy in Rattlesnake Ricklatica, giving the poor baby boy a black eye, and as we can assume by the other Morty clutching his head, a LOT of head pain. But this isn't the only time, he slapped Morty…twice. Once in Lawnmower Dog and once in Rick Potion #9 when Morty was having a panic attack so uh that's not exactly big fun. And he also medically abuses Morty by putting chips in Morty without Morty even knowing about it, which the poor boy surprisingly wasn't even slightly pissed off about, he just seemed surprised. My poor boy is so codependent it is literally crazy. He also manipulates Morty various times, such as the heist episode, and the Vat of Acid episode, both of these are pretty infamous and are widely known as Rick's worst acts, or at the very least the worst thing he did to Morty, and for good reason. Both of these intensely impact Morty, but we never get to see it because the writers see Rick's trauma as more valid ig. Even though all traumas have the same amount of validity, anyway, I can rant about that in another post, that is a topic for another post. Rick also isolates Morty from literally everyone else due to their adventures taking up an insane amount of Morty's time, Rick traumatizing Morty with their adventures on the regular, Rick being codependent on Morty, etc., etc., you get it.

But, I mean we all know that Rick is an abuser…or at least I hope you would (Y-you do know that…right?) Now let's talk about what I mean by abusers being able to love their victims, but not enough, or in the right way.

Now let's start by how I, personally, would define love. Love is a bond between 2 people, that can be either platonic, romantic, or familial (If you thought there was any chance I'm talking about Rick loving Morty in a romantic sense, kindly get tf off of my blog, please and thank you) that is built on mutual trust, respect, and care. The 2 people push each other out of their comfort zone, but also in a kind and gentle way, with good intentions behind it, and encourage each other to do what's best for them, and become the best version of themselves, never wanting that person to compromise themself for them. A pretty good example is Halery Quinn and Poison Ivy in Halery Quinn's adult animated show of the same name. Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy don't get together romantically till the end of season 2 (Spoilers ig, but you probably already know, I mean they were EVERYWHERE, and for a good reason, good queer rep is always great). However, even before then, they still had a very healthy friendship. They were always very sweet and supportive towards each other, and always wanted the other one to be healthy, happy, and themselves, not wanting the other to change who they are for them.

But! There are 2 versions of love, the one I just described was the healthy version, but there is an unhealthy version. This one is more difficult for me to describe, but what I would consider the toxic version of love, or simply just not the right version, is the type of love where the person does genuinely care about the other person, hell they may even have a mutual bond of trust and respect, there may even be moments where their relationship seems healthy. But there is a very important difference between the toxic and the healthy kind of love. The healthy kind of love is when you truly want the best for the other person, and this love tends to be beneficial to both people involved, but the toxic kind of love instead of wanting the best for the other person, they want to stay with the person forever, and just want to do whatever will make the person stay with them. They are not above manipulating, abusing, or gaslighting the person they "love" in an attempt to get them to stay with them, and this is harmful to both people in the relationship. This type of love can fit any kind of relationship, platonic, romantic, familial, again you get it. This version of love is not healthy for either of the people involved, and stunts at least the victim's, abuser's, or both's ability to grow and change into a healthier and happier version of themselves, it is selfish and not at all healthy. Even if this version of love doesn't turn into abuse, it is unhealthy and harmful to both people at best, and incredibly codependent, toxic, abusive, and unhealthy at its worst. Leaving the abuser to be the only presence in the victim's life. It sounds a LOT like codependency and can form into it, but I believe this version can fit any kind of abusive relationship. The abuser could also trick themselves, and their victim into believing they are doing what's best for them by keeping them close, but in the end, it always does more harm than good.

And what do I mean by not enough? Now, the abuser can care about the victim more than anything, but they still do not love the person enough to be selfless and want what is best for their victim. There is always an undercurrent of selfishness in the toxic kind of love I've noticed, and that is what stops them from loving their victims enough to want their victims to become happier, healthier versions of themselves.

Now, you may have noticed that Rick and Morty's dynamic is a LOT more like the 2nd version of love, an unhealthy, toxic, mess. While some relationships can be mutually toxic, Rick and Morty's relationship definitely isn't. Rick is clearly the abuser, and the way he treats Morty varies from actually decent (like in season 7) to damn near unforgivable and irredeemable (Haha, season 4 Rick go burrrrr) But Rick has a lot of moments where he does genuinely care for Morty. Hell, he sacrifices himself for Morty in A Rickle In Time. And I could list the moments, but I mean, if you're reading this, there is a high probability you either follow my blog, where I make posts about this pretty often, or you watch Rick and Morty, which if that is the case, I do not need to explain the moments where this is clear. Or are most likely both. If you are neither of these…that's weird, it's even weirder that you read this long, and you should feel shame for it. But I will list some of these moments for you weirdos anyway (affectionate), Rick making a robot specifically built and programmed to make Morty happy in the season 6 finale, Rick crying and getting drunk every day when he couldn't find Morty in Rest and Ricklaxation (If I had a nickel for every time I mentioned Rest and Ricklaxation in this post for individual points, I would have 2 nickels, which isn't a lot, but, weirdly, it happened twice, right?), Rick spoiling Morty in Rickfending your Mort, Rick having a picture of Morty in Fear No Mort, and Rick shielding Morty from bullets in the season 4 premiere.

But yeah, anyone with basic media literacy and 2 eyeballs that they use to watch this show with, can see that Rick cares for Morty, this much is very VERY obvious. But he clearly doesn't want Morty to be the best version of himself. I mean the way he consistently treats Morty is just so, SO bad. He insults him on a damn near daily basis, isolates him from any friends, deprived the poor boy of any chance to maintain his innocence or any hope for a normal life, and overall pretends like he doesn't care about him a lot. We can see the effects of this in a few episodes when the writers suddenly decide that maybe they should care about Morty. My personal favorite is Fear No Mort, where we see that Morty's greatest fear, that's right, his GREATEST FUCKING FEAR is that Rick doesn't care about him at all. We also see Morty's desensitization to violence in practically every episode with violence, which, uh, is damn near if not every episode.

Morty also has a whole lotta repressed rage. We see this in 2 episodes, my personal favorite from this category is Look Who's Purging Now, where Morty's repressed rage and desensitization to violence comes out in full force and the boy goes on a killing spree, taking his baggage out on unrelated people (Something he and his grandpa have in common)

Now this is definitely because of Rick and the way Rick treats him, Morty tends to just bottle up all of his rage with Rick, and it comes out in the worst ways, and ends up affecting unrelated, oftentimes completely innocent people.

Rick is selfish, he definitely is codependent on Morty. My favorite example of this is Rickfending Your Mort, where Rick relies on Morty to keep him emotionally stable, feed him, etc., etc. Morty tends to just accept this, it's sad that this 14-year-old boy has accepted his assigned role as Rick's caretaker, and nobody notices this or calls this out. I believe Rick does know, either consciously or subconsciously that he is codependent on Morty. I already made a post about this, but this stems from where Heathy Rick refers to his attachment to Morty as an "irrational attachment" and I personally believe that this is because of the codependency. And while Rick has definitely improved with the way he treats Morty, he still is very much codependent on him. I would argue even more so than he was in say, season 1 or even season 4. I mean he manipulated Morty so Morty would stay codependent on him and go on adventures with him forever. That is some next-level codependency and a pretty good example of the toxic kind of love I described. When Rick manipulates Morty, in his own messed-up, toxic, extremely unhealthy way, it's his own way of showing love, and while he cares about Morty more than anything, he still not enough to try to right the wrongs he committed with Morty in the past, and attempt to stop keeping the boy codependent on him.

Forcing the boy into his own personal hell.

Just like his grandpa.

[jrazz]

Inktober day 19

Pomni (The Amazing Digital Circus) X Medic (Team Fortress 2)

Ok sooo, hear me out.

Yesterday, I came across an nsfw medic x reader fanfic. Although I didn't like it in the way the author intended, I still enjoyed reading it because it was interesting, and the reader reminded me so much of Pomni!

Throughout the oneshot, the reader is portrayed as an ainxous individual, absolutely bewildered by the looks, domain, mannerisms, and actions of the medic.

In the amazing digital circus pilot, Pomni is an ainxous individual, absolutely bewildered by the looks, domain, mannerisms, and actions of the Ringleader.

Ya, pickin' up what I'm putin down?

I tried my best when it came to drawing the two. Surprisingly, it turns out I'm actually somewhat good at drawing pomni, which I'm happy about.

Unfortunately, I can't say the same for medic. I especially don't like his face in the pic above. It reminds me of that jelly bean guy from rick and morty and my cringy 2018 baldi headcannon.🤮 very unsettling

Luckily, I'll be able to do digital art again soon, so maybe that will help some? Regardless, I am sick and tired of having to post these grungy ass sketchbook pics.

I know I'll get better at drawing eventually, though. I just gotta keep practicing and studying references.

I'm also gonna try to teach myself how to draw pomni in a style that fits the team fortress 2 style better because litteral noodle limbs don't mix well with tf2 merc muscles in my opinion.

As for the name and author of the fanfic, I dont want to disclose any of that on this post right now because the last thing I want is for the work to get hate.

Anywaaayyy, I really like the idea of pomni x medic. It's cute and silly ship. And I hope this post implants the ship into other people's brains like a parasite!

[sculptural-renaissance]

SGU Week Day 2 (still????): Favorite Character (another one????)

I already stayed up all night writing a damn novel about why I'm obsessed with a character that only showed up in 4 episodes, but while Amanda is definitely Best Girl, I'd be remiss in leaving out Best Boy.

Master Sergeant Ronald Greer~

I really wasn't sure what to think of Greer at first. He seemed like kind of a wild card, eager to shoot first and ask questions later, but also super wholesome and selfless, always putting others first. Towards the end of the series, he had secured his place in my heart as Best Boy (sorry Eli).

Here are some of my favorite memes I've made starring Greer.

This is the second SGU meme I ever made, a Rick and Morty mashup. I thought Greer and Krombopulos Michael were similar, in that they're both surprisingly wholesome despite their chosen professions.

Given Greer's expert marksmanship and his eagerness to show it off, I was reminded of this scene from My Cousin Vinny, featuring Vanessa delivering the deer monologue.

I was 100% on board with Dale x Lisa until Ronald Greer entered the chat. They are so precious together. It's so rare that I like canon ships because they always feel so forced, but SGU is so good that I can't think of a canon ship I actually dislike. The characters are so fleshed out, even the obvious "designated love interests," that they feel like people who came together naturally instead of being forced together by writers who want pretty people to suck face for ratings.

Anyway!!! Apparently Lisa said her favorite food was chicken parmesan, but in The Hunt, she declares herself a vegetarian. She's not a biologist, so I guess we can give her a pass.

Speaking of meat... Anyway, I'd love to know how the conversation that led Rush to assert that there's no beef jerky in space started.

This is an excerpt from a longer comic, but I think it can stand alone. Most of my content takes place after the show's end, but this one takes place between Hope and Seizure (or idk, maybe post-stasis after Waifu_01.exe and Waifu_02.exe are jailbroken [jailbreaked???], and Greer somehow missed all of that drama before because he had actual work to do), as himbo Greer grapples with the logistics of how one might date a ghost.

Speaking of ghosts, I loved how Greer was Eli's wingman. It was so sweet, and I loved seeing their friendship.

Also my thought is that, due to its numerous cutaways, Eli shows Ginn Family Guy to teach her about earth culture. It's actually not a terrible idea, except that it's definitely a terrible idea.

I'm gonna post the context for this on my Day 3 post. For now, POV you are Lisa Park and your himbo boyfriend is really excited about nonsense 💖💚

[thekraziesreside]

I want to drop some Hyde lore since I haven't gotten any asks that let me talk about her.

This song is perfect for an idea I had for Hyde and Rick meeting- which I'll get to later on the post. (I have too many thoughts and even if I must scream into the void I will scream)

Hyde despises Em(s) and is the main reason only a handful of them exist in the multiverse of Rick and Morty. She's spent most her life destroying their dimensions and killing them off. A limited group of Em's found a way to cut their worlds off from her so she wouldn't be able to locate them (like how Prime Rick made it nearly impossible for Rick to find him.) Hyde has a rational reason for hating Em's but despite her deep seeded hatred she's calm and calculating, and very seldom gets angry. (And yes in the animatic she's very enthusiastic but she typically doesn't show much emotion.) Hyde enjoys her solitude and not being bothered after she's nearly wiped the other Em's out of existence, and yes she's aware there are still a few stragglers but their drive to survive amuses her because it ties back to why she hates Em's.

So why does Hyde hate Em's? I guess you're going to have to ask to find out- (no no I can't wait any longer even if it's not clever) How can a creature be so afraid of death, crave it so desperately- create a device and mount it into her back so she can't die- yet try anything to experience the sweet relief of death? It's pathetic, they don't even know what they want- they crave the love of people who will never know her because she won't let them in. In a way she's their god- a merciful being who will work to put them out of the misery they subject themselves to.

Also fun fact: Hyde doesn't have the same physical augmentations the other Em's have, I haven't yet decided if she has a way to not be killed or if she's just "better" than her counterparts. But she's one of the few Em's who keeps her long hair cut she had as a kid because she never got away, and got the bad EMd (end) Another fun fact: Bill hates her because she's no fun at all.

On to the song! I doodled this shit so quick because I'm worried I'll forget my little silly animatics that replay in my head because I jump fandom to fandom in my own day dreams. And as added insurance I decided to roughly outline it, too.

The premise is that Rick is still stupidly chasing down ghosts trying to find Rick Prime, but Em knows how dangerous that parallel is. Rick's and Em's are surprisingly similar (the whole Hyde killing Em's was something I did way before Rick Prime so why not lean into the similarities instead of scrapping the idea?) Em does end up following Rick, Summer, and Morty to this pocket dimension, because she's too afraid to let them get hurt and not do anything about it. Though Hyde really doesn't give a damn about a lot of things- so Em knows she's probably the only one at major risk.

An eerie silence fills the ship, it doesn't look like Rick technology, it's too... basic. For ambiance the lyrics play quietly in the background. The lyrics hinting at the parallels between Hyde and Rick- and even Rick Prime. Humans are such simple creatures and Hyde doesn't deny this fact.

Leaving them feeling betrayed Breaking the bonds that you've made Deep down, we're lonely demons from hell Hello A voice quietly echoes on the seemingly abandoned screens, a visage of Hyde appears for a moment before the screens and lights begin to shut off in time with the rhythm

Drown in your sorrow and fears Technological apparatus sprout up from the walls of the ship, quickly targeting Rick and Em, and as Em dashes to save Morty and Summer a metal container emerges and encapsulates them (Hyde doesn't care about hurting them shhh) Choke on your blood and your tears Bleed 'til you've run out of years And here's where I think it would be so fun to have all the past visions of how Hyde has torn apart and killed various Em's as our Em struggles against the ship trying to help the kids and Rick. Plus for the animatic it's fun to draw Hyde going wild, slamming her hands onto her control panel with her weight as she watches on as she tortures Em.

We are the same, you and I, I End scene with Rick and Hyde being left in the ruins of her ship, Hyde untouched, Rick alone not knowing what's happened to his grand kids- Em possibly dead. Em did warn him, she taunts, it's a shame really.

[c-420-rickandmorty]

Experiment Log TR-67: Subject: Interdimensional Information Spread

Rick C-420: Today I discovered that our family's interdimensional blog has been accessed by some Gromflomite. I personally saw this guy, but I don't know his name - typical bureaucrat of their species. Initial analysis shows they've been reading our posts and potentially interacting with them. Hypothesis: unintended breach in our quantum firewall or possible bureaucratic snooping.

Experiment: Initiated direct observation of the subject during their online interaction with our blog.

Results: - Subject showed typical Gromflomite curiosity but maintained composure. Surprisingly not as uptight as most of their species. - No immediate negative effects on our dimension's stability. Yet. Family reactions: - Morty: Intrigued. Suggested we invite the Gromflomite for an adventure. Kid's got guts, but needs a lesson in intergalactic politics. - Summer: Immediately checked if her ABCD app was mentioned. It was. Now she'll be talking about it for a few more days, and she's also considering creating a Gromflomite language pack. - Beth: Concerned about patient confidentiality at her interstellar vet clinic. Especially regarding any Gromflomite patients. - Jerry: Excited about potential alien readers. We must make sure that this does not result in an intergalactic incident.

Conclusion: While this interdimensional blog access seems harmless for now, further monitoring is required. Need to strengthen our quantum encryption protocols. Also, maybe it's time to monetize this interdimensional fame? Jerry's already talking about merchandise for multiple species.

Side note: Missed the grand opening of Beth's interstellar vet clinic. She's pissed. Note to self: invent time machine to attend. Oh wait, already did that last week.

P.S. To our Gromflomite lurker: Enjoy the show, but remember - we're badass, not typical Earth specimens. There's a difference. And no, we're not taking blog requests from bureaucrats. Unless they're really good. Or involve lots of explosions. Or both.

P.P.S. From Summer: Grandpa, seriously? You forgot to use your own account for the post again? Now I'll have to spend time moving this to your section. And yes, I noticed you "accidentally" forgot to mention my new multiversal encryption algorithm. No worries, I'm updating it tonight anyway. By the way, Gromflomite reader: if you're really reading this, send a message on ABCD Chat. I need beta testers from other species. And no, grandpa, this doesn't violate the security protocol. Unlike some people, I know how to create reliable interdimensional firewalls that even Gromflomites can't crack. 😎🌌P.S. Mom, don't worry, I've already edited all of Dad's posts, removing mentions of confidential patient information. Again.

[grimsneverendingfuneral]

Aw, Grim, you’re so sweet! But you don’t needa worry about me, I promise! I’m trying to stay positive, catching up on books or shows I can’t get to because I’m usually very busy. It’s silly, I know, but at least it’s better than bein all depressed. I play football and my coach told me I can’t play until it’s healed which really bummed me, especially since we have a game on Thursday. But I’m looking at the positives! So if you have any shows you recommend… 🤲

Okay the how is kind of stupid, but I’ll tell you anyway. I broke my arm playing football, fell right on the goal post and put my arm out to break the fall… yeah. And my wrist, well. I’m very short, like 150cm short, and I weigh nothing, so I climb. Not rock climbing, I mean climbing up my furniture; in this case, the huge bookcase I have, so I can reach the top books. I feel like you can kind of see where this is going. So I climbed it as usual, to get to the book I need, since I stupidly keep all my important books and school stuff at the tippy top. And I tried grabbing the book I needed with my now good arm, the one that I’d just gotten the cast off of, but it fell. It’s a heavy book so I didn’t want it to make a noise and disturb my neighbours so I kind of tried chasing it down with my arm?

It didn’t work and I ended up falling haha. I tried stopping it by landing with my hands out to break the fall but I didn’t want to risk my arm to breaking after it just healed, so I only used one hand. I don’t know how to explain it well, but my hand sort of landed between the floor and the book that fell. Surprisingly, it doesn’t even end there! I also slammed the big ass metal front door of my flat on my hand. Broke my wrist in four places lol.

I haven’t had a chance to listen to your song yet, but I will today! Pinky promise :)

Anyways! Question time, Grim… What’s a hobby you had as a kid? Do you like painting your nails? What’s your preferred method of transportation (e.g.: bus, train, car)? What’s something that made your week/day better? 🎤

ooohhhh you play football??? oh fuck yeah. youre so cool for that. but one thing though...... is it football like british football aka soccer or american football lmfao

i cant believe this story though wowwwwwoooww..... i truly understand your thought process. we do weird stuff like that when we're alone, us humans. you try to save your ass by making a move that ultimately has another part of your body suffering. i get it. i do it all the time. as someone who lives alone, i always have to be extra careful as to how i do things cause if i fuck up, no ones gonna save me lol. glad youre taking this time to just consume sick ass media. nothing better

OK SHOWS I RECOMMEND FUCK there are a lot. take your pick: Shameless (US version fo sho), My Mad Fat Diary, Friday Night Lights (football show that changed my brain chemistry), The Sopranos, Fellow Travelers (gay), It's A Sin (gay), Pose (one of the best shows ive ever watched), Freaks And Geeks (1 season only show), It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia (if you just wanna shut your brain off) and uuhhh any cartoon like Bojack Horseman, Simpsons, Rick And Morty is also sick (to me) you can just shut your brain off while watching it. all these shows are mad entertaining

A hobby i had as a kid......damn i had a lot. I would draw compulsively honestly, like anywhere i could. Any piece of paper. I would also play imaginary games with complex scenarios all the time and act out the entire Peter Pan live action movie from 2003 with my friend. i would collect keychains and had this bouncy ball i was obsessed with that i would just bounce off the walls. i went to circus school too so i did a lot of shit on the jungle gym at the park like every day. always tryna impress the other kids lol. nothings changed

i also do paint my nails! always with some sparkly polish though. i dont like to wear dark color polish or anything too matte so its always a combo of different glittersss

my preferred method of transportation is my bike!! but its winter 6 months outta the year here so when i cant take it i like walking the most or the bus. the subway here makes me feel claustrophobic fr. my parents are giving me their car though in the summer so im about to be a gay man that drives aaayyyyyyy

something that made my week better........hm probably dancing with my friends. it was disco night and i had my flask in my pocket so i got to drink for freeeeee. also writing the first two chapters of my rosekiller fic AAANNND getting an ask from you!!!!

okok i feel like i KNOW the game is YOU ask ME questions, but here lemme return the sentiment: what is a dream youve had that you'll always remember?

[rez-urrection]

do any other autistic people get like. physically pained by small talk ? like. small talk hurts me the way eye contact does. it makes me so upset and overstimulated. I fucking hate meaningless conversations they piss me off so bad. idk. I wanna know if this is a normal autistic thing or if im just fucked up somehow

[katy-133]

1. Who is your favourite Rick and Morty Character?

Rick? Morty? Rick Prime? Jerry? Note sure, combination of the four.

2. Which Beth is the clone: Domestic Beth or Space Beth?

It's unknowable because if I tried to answer it, it would negate why I like it being left ambiguous (it doesn't matter because it's about found family and Domestic Beth chose her family over space).

3. Do you think that Rick-C137 and Rick Prime were previously romantically involved?

Maybe. I think there is a surprisingly large amount of evidence to support that the writers intended to foreshadow or infer that for the audience to pick up on. Whether season 7 (or any season) will confirm this, I'm not sure.

4. What do you think would be a good name for Birdperson and Tammy's daughter?

Mavis. A type of small brown-feathered bird and also a common girl's name. So it fits with Birdperson's literal naming conventions and Tammy's at the same time.

5. How many seasons do you think Rick and Morty will eventually have?

Ten seasons. I'm hoping that recent interview was hyperbole and 101 episodes total is still the plan for story arcs.

6. Rick C-137: smash or pass?

Pass.

7. Who is your favourite Rick and Morty villain?

Rick Prime has potential but his characterisation in my head is mainly fan interpretations. I also like Evil Jerry from the comics and hope he appears in the series. And Evil Morty for all the theorising his character invoked among fans.

8. Your favourite Rick and Morty episode?

Solaricks (S6E1).

9. Your least favourite Rick and Morty episode?

Pilot (S1E1).

10. Who is your least favourite Rick and Morty character?

Mr. Poopybutthole. Never understood his appeal.

11. What is, in your opinion, the worst thing that Rick C-137 has ever done?

The Vat of Acid episode (re: the reset button reveal), not just for the existential horror of it, but that it affected Morty so much afterwards that he referenced it two seasons later as a measurement of cruelty ("What is this? Vat of Acid again?"). So its knock-on effects made it the worst.

12. Do you think that Rick and Morty will be affected substantially by having to change the voice actor for Rick and Morty and a bunch of other characters?

Yes, in a positive way. I also think it will positively affect the in-house animators and artists, as they won't have to worry so much about things happening unexpectedly in the studio.

13. What's a good Rick and Morty blog?

Too many to count. Lots of great theory posts and posts discussing storytelling details. And fanart. @thesoftboiledegg has insightful posts imho. And @invisiblegarabgetruck has an amazing art style and makes creative animations. Also, Tumblr has a few blogs by literal Rick and Morty production artists.

14. Who is the Rick and Morty character that you relate to the most?

Morty, for his anxiety. Also Rick, in terms of feeling "the shadow of the character's emotions." Like, maybe I haven't committed literal space crimes, but I think people can relate to the feeling of having messed up and trying to be better and do better for the future despite hardship.

15. The funniest Rick and Morty bit/scene, in your opinion?

The "Why are you with Taddy Mason?" bit. I love the juxtaposition of Jerry misunderstanding while Rick is fighting for his life while on the phone. And then Morty's reaction is the little explosion at the end.

16. Best Rick and Morty season?

Season 6. The animation quality alone is markedly better. You can tell the animators are more comfortable with the style and have more control over Harmony Pro.

17. Worst Rick and Morty season?

Season 1. Looking back, if it wasn't for my revelation in S1 episode 6, I think I would have stopped watching it.

18. Would you stop watching the show if Justin Roiland returned?

He will not.

19. Your favourite Rick and Morty quote?

Rick: "Your boos mean nothing, I've seen what makes you cheer."

20. If you had to be one member of the smith family in the next season, who would you want to be?

That sounds too stressful. XD

20 SHORT-ANSWER* RICK AND MORTY QUESTIONS FOR YOU:

*You can write long answers, if you'd like! Feel free to skip questions, too!

Who is your favourite Rick and Morty Character?

Which Beth is the clone: Domestic Beth or Space Beth?

Do you think that Rick-C137 and Rick Prime were previously romantically involved?

What do you think would be a good name for Birdperson and Tammy's daughter?

How many seasons do you think Rick and Morty will eventually have?

Rick C-137: smash or pass?

Who is your favourite Rick and Morty villain?

Your favourite Rick and Morty episode?

Your least favourite Rick and Morty episode?

Who is your least favourite Rick and Morty character?

What is, in your opinion, the worst thing that Rick C-137 has ever done?

Do you think that Rick and Morty will be affected substantially by having to change the voice actor for Rick and Morty and a bunch of other characters?

What's a good Rick and Morty blog?

Who is the Rick and Morty character that you relate to the most?

The funniest Rick and Morty bit/scene, in your opinion?

Best Rick and Morty season?

Worst Rick and Morty season?

Would you stop watching the show if Justin Roiland returned?

Your favourite Rick and Morty quote?

If you had to be one member of the smith family in the next season, who would you want to be?

[frankhightower]

Frank and Morty

This was a birthday gift for a very close friend. He is a big fan of Rick and Morty, but I understand he hasn't been watching the new drama revolving around the show. He considers himself a Morty, which meant I would have to be the Rick. A good thing too, because the look of a Rick is kind of unflattering. It proved surprisingly difficult to find a reference picture with the entirety of "the car", which meant I ended up having to use pictures of a plastic toy (not an affiliate link). Two things were hard here, firstly the car seats, since they were hard to see in the reference, and secondly, the accordion hoses that go to the "trash boosters". Again, I had no point of reference on what they should look like! Everything else that seemed hard, was indeed perfectly serviceable (such as the headlights, I actually had fun doing the headlights Time Lapse for this drawing

Posted using PostyBirb

[a-bunch-of-small-aliens]

Theory: Jimmy Neutron is young Rick

Think about it.

[robboybot]

[Image ID: a screen shot of a tweet being quote retweeted, where the original is posted by Jim Bourg that reads "House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) reacts as a 7th round of voting for a new Speaker starts not to go his way on the third day of the 118th Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Reuters Photo by Evelyn Hockstein." the text is followed by an image of McCarthy, who is an older white man in a suit making a puckered face with his lips that hang surprisingly low on his face as if they're drooping.

the quote tweet by ettingermentum reads "he's making the rick face from rick and morty. I've never seen this in a human before." End ID.]