#say that hes a bad dad/husband!

[idiotsonlyevent]

i wonder where the idea of chilchuck being a deadbeat came from when theres like. no textual evidence for it ?

he knows what all of them are up to; he still writes to flertom and she sent him his neckwarmer, so that to me implies that they at least have a somewhat positive relationship?

its more ambiguous with meijack and puckpatti, but since meijack is also a picklock, i wouldn't be surprised if he taught her himself, considering how trades are often passed down through families, and because he talks about sending people to her if he dies.

also the way he talks about puckpatti is very like... it's obvious he wants her to take things more seriously, but he's accepting, and his tone here reads more fond to me than anything else.

like, he keeps his daughters' old toys under his desk? that doesn't scream 'deadbeat' at all, it screams 'empty nester' who doesn't know how to reach out or is scared to do so

EDIT: i know a lot of the 'deadbeat dad' stuff is jokes, but some people are Not joking and genuinely think chilchuck is a bad dad. this post is not saying that you cant joke about it; it is just outlining what canon shows regarding his (clearly positive) relationship with his kids.

[dhmis-autism]

see i think im the ultimate duck understander bc i believe:

• the other two of the trio mean the world to him, he loves them

• he WOULD actively and maliciously sabotage any way for them to permanently get out of the house

• he does not care about the other twos mental health whatsoever, not near as much as he cares about their physical health & direct proximity to him

ALL AT ONCE!!

[deservedgrace]

i didn't realize how much like... "the thing that is obviously happening isn't happening" is almost just as exhausting and demoralizing and frustrating and scary as the thing itself for me. i didn't realize that aspect of things was weighing on me almost as much as the thing itself until now

[lupins-hehim-pussy]

I think of so many stupid shenanigans between Wriothesley and his daughters in the Addison Lee verse. They tell Wriothesley crazy shit all the time, their daddy-daughter secrets, and it drives Neuvillette nuts that Wriothesley won't snitch.

Sigewinne, whispering into his ear: Today at school I punched a boy because he was being mean. I waited until it was recess, and made sure that no one was watching, and I punched him. Everyone knows he is a liar, so noooo one believed him when he cried about it. And Sigewinne is aaaalways a superstar so Mr Vautrin didn't suspect a thing !

Wriothesley, mildly concerned: Uh huh.

Sigewinne: Papa would say Sigewinne has to be nice to everyone, but, Sigewinne thinks bullies need to get punched sometimes, b'cos, b'cos otherwise, they think everyone is just gonna let them be mean

Wriothesley: Y'know what. That's fair

[milfbrainrot]

"claire's a bad mom" claire chose to have her kids claire tells her kids bedtime stories and claire pretends not to be in life threatening danger when she's terrified for her own and her kids' safety to help them stay calm and literally only wants to know if they're okay before prioritizing herself and keeping them far away from danger by rescuing herself i think ur just racist

[yuripira4e]

Before otasune week ends I just want to take a moment to plug my playlist

[yoonstudios]

oh my fucking godddddd i wish i could come out to my parents

[archersgoon]

actually when i was checking that novices scene for abian commentary. did you guys know celie has a cousin. august's niece she's in one scene thee end

[selfinflictedgunshotwound]

i'm kind of amazed how most of the stardew marriage candidates just want you to be their manic pixie dream whatever by agreeing with everything they like and plying them with compliments or praise or whatever (which is fine but a bit. Much) but for shane his romance is just you being there for him while he figures his own shit out... dunno why i never wanted to romance him before he's so good

[sieglinde-freud]

asugis honestly such a cool character locked behind 1) the most horrible plot device in any game ive ever seen in my life and 2) looking too much like a guy from the last game and it SUCKS because he was basically already given a great character concept with all the saizo stuff but then intsys was like “wait but what if was also gaius?!” which killed the appeal for most people. which i get, but hes also just… like he has some similar speech patterns but they were both brought up so differently and in wildly different contexts its like… hes really… not gaius… the most hes got is like the sweets thing but even then they both go about the candy thing pretty differently so? its just the fucking hair. which, by the way, asugi doesn’t even look good with gaius orange. like omg… idk man i think asugis a really fun guy with good supports all around and it just sucks hes brought down by the worst gimmicks of all time

[opens-up-4-nobody]

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[immortalsins]

everything is falling apart but i'm kept alive rn by the thought of getting to organise jewellery tonight

[deva-arts]

No better way to end your day than to have your eye shanked by your boss' son! without any safe way of receiving medical attention! Then smiling about it to your last remaining family!

...Being a variant in this world is hard.

[floralovebot]

Would you rather retcon that the titans would be better friends to him or that arthur and mera would be better parents to him?

OUGH that's hard,,,

my gut reaction was arthur and mera, obviously. mera honestly wasn't that bad of a mom but she did definitely consider garth more of a,, pseudo son/stepson and that becomes really apparent when arthur jr is born. garth was more arthur's son than hers, yknow? she doesn't treat him badly, but garth is very keenly aware of her not considering him Her son. arthur is,,,,, an awful dad, especially after the silver age era.

overall, i think garth cares a lot more about arthur treating him badly. it hurts more. and the feeling of betrayal never really goes away. arthur genuinely ruined their relationship and it never recovered, even when arthur started being nicer and called garth his son that One time. garth may have forgiven, but he was never able to forget.

on the other hand, garth is kind of able to not care as much when the titans hurt him. i mean,, he's Very sensitive and they Do hurt him, but he learns to brush it off and just deal with it. once they become adults, most of it doesn't even phase him. you can see this best in his interactions with roy where he mostly acts sarcastic and occasionally passive-aggressive. what roy says and does still hurts, but garth has gotten used to it and he doesn't explode anymore. and yknow, there's definitely a discussion to be had about a person as sensitive as garth being so used to his friends treating him badly that he just,, barely cares anymore, but compare that to how he feels when arthur does it,, and you can see there's a hefty difference.

i mean,, personally part of what is appealing about their relationship is the fact that it's Bad, but if i had to pick, i would definitely choose arthur (and mera) being a better parent. i love the titans, and i would love to see them being Good friends to og garth, but garth himself is more hurt by arthur's actions than he is by the titan's.

[blujayonthewing]

the problem is my mom would probably be WAY more fun to play dnd with than my dad, actually, but the reason the fam campaign fell apart was that we could never get ahold of or schedule with my youngest brother, which would continue to be a problem if we tried starting a new one with my mom instead oTL

[makkie-is-screaming]

Had 2 slices of pie bc I deserve that for listening to the shit my family said