#sibling solidarity

[daydreamerwonderkid]

Jason, climbing out through the kitchen window at 2am: 😐😐

Tim, back from patrol and looking through the fridge for a snack: 😐😐

Jason: I will buy you a week's worth of espresso if you promise not to tell Bruce I was here.

Tim: Make it a month and you've got a deal.

[i-used-to-wear-the-fedora]

Luz is a trans girl and and hunter is a trans dude and no I won’t be explaining anything

[hopepaigeturner]

in the umbrella academy au, has it ever happened that some of the members had to face their relatives or someone from their past, who was maybe tormenting them?

like i imagine, Lucy’s uncle, maybe wanting her back to sell her to some scientific company that wants to do experiments on them (this could sound totally stupid, but i haven’t see the show, im just very curious in regards of the bridgerton universe)

This isn't a stupid question nonny!!!! It's not in the UA show, but that's mainly because the real 'tormentor' of the Umbrellas is their 'father' Hargreeves. As this is a different AU we can have a bit of a play around 😉.

To answer your question I think in different ways...

Phillip and Sophie faced their demons when she helped Philip escape from his father's laboratory, after finding Simon, Kate and Lady Danbury who were investigating Crane Cosmetics due to its suspect testing policies. All that was left was a burning building and they've never heard of Araminta or Sir Crane since...

And yes, Lucy's uncle did try and get Lucy back, turning up day after day, banging on the windows, trying to blackmail Lady Danbury. And Lady Danbury brushed it off and instructed that the other children did not need to worry.

But then one day someone breaks into the Umbrella Academy and tries to steal Lucy. They are onlyThwarted by Lucy screaming and obliterating the man with her powers.

Two nights later and Abernathy is swaying down an alley after a late night whiskey. Suddenly there is a whistle, a little clunk, and the alley light goes out.

"What the?" He spins around, at a rush of wind.

"Who goes there?" he cries as he hears a patter, like feet, on the rooves above him.

His skin prickles, his breath becomes laboured.

"If you want my money come out stop being cowards!"

The softest of winds, a caress--but one that makes his blood run cold.

"We're not the cowards," is whispered in his ear, petrifying him. The cold bite of steel making him tremble "We're retribution."

He doesn't have time to scream.

Two days later, the newspaper reports that a half crazed Mr Abernathy is signed into a mental health ward after raving about flying metal, shapeshifting people, a gorilla who spoke and rats that swarmed in military formations.

Lady Danbury throws the newspaper on the table in front of Simon, Kate, Sophie and Phillip.

"We don't need to worry about Abernathy anymore."

"It seems not." Simon says sipping his second cup of coffee that morning. Sophie continues to munch on her toast.

"Indeed..." Lady Danbury's eye rake over them all. Kate smiles as does the monkey on her shoulder. Lady Danbury sighs "Well, I seem awfully tired so I think we will take a break from training today. It seems you all need a little more rest." With one final pointed look she walks away.

"She's so pissed," Phillip muttered.

"I'm not so sure," Simon says, catching the little smirk on Danbury;s face as she leaves. "And anyway," he looks over his shoulder to where John is sat crossed legged with five year old Lucy, patiently helping her learn how to control her powers. "no one messes with this family. Right?"

The others nod, a solemn vow that has never been broken.

[jessecantread]

kinda late for both valentine’s day AND aromantic spectrum awareness week BUT my brother and i had a lovely conversation on feb 14 about how neither of us have romantic attraction nor do we want to date anyone. so RIP my parents’ dreams of having grandkids!

[mintmc]

Just Skybling things...

[d0not-disturb]

If you don’t like these mfs we got problems

[localplaguenurse]

My fam is bowling and DJ got us falling in love came on and the speed of which my brother and I made Direct Eye Contact was unparalleled

[daftaiyo]

THE GIRL BROTHERS

[iamchaos1234]

The sillies >v<

[otselotus]

[randomness-is-my-order]

something about wei wuxian and wen qing’s relationship is so profoundly heartening and i think it’s because, in that first life, they were each other’s confidants in the sense that they voluntarily allowed the other person to see them at their most vulnerable and trust the other to take care of them. wei wuxian trusted wen qing to carry out the golden core transfer and trusted her when he was helpless on that bed, his core cut out from him. and wen qing could think of no one else but wei wuxian to help her when she was in her most dire circumstances, trusting him to help her and her family out when no one else would.

“all that pride–all gone.”

at her lowest, wen qing went to wei wuxian and allowed him to see her that way. partly because her family was so much more important than a game of saving face and partly because if there was someone who would see her in such a state and not think ill of her and continue to respect her, it was wei wuxian. because he’s also been at his worst, circumstantially, and it was exactly in those days that their initial bond/friendship was forged.

there is alot of talk about debts when wwx and the wens are concerned but i think the way they helped each other transcends the obligation of debts. of course, you simply cannot overlook who was owed what, given the setting but it’s interesting that we have this passage to make us reflect on the true nature of wei wuxian and wen qing helping each other:

when wei wuxian had bid her farewell, carrying jiang cheng on his back, wen qing had told him this: “no matter how this war ends, we do not owe each other anything from now on. our debts are cleared.” her haughtiness was clear as day in his memory. but last night, she had clutched his hand in a death grip and almost dropped to her knees as she pleaded.

“wei wuxian…wei wuxian…wei-gongzi. please help me. i have no one else to turn to. you have to help me save a-ning! i really have no one else, i can only come to you!”

it’s the way that following wen qing’s refuge of wei wuxian and jiang cheng, there was a sentiment of: oh the wens did this to you and now we, also wens, have helped you just to compensate a little. let’s settle these debts and leave them behind. and this is despite wen qing clearly stating that the wen clan’s actions do NOT reflect her own and that she’s only ever saved lives, not taken any. and yet she declares “our” debts as cleared as if she had taken some accountability anyway. it’s part that and part her attempt to obscure what her actions towards wwx and jc truly were: an unconditional show of support and help. and wei wuxian knows this and it is only reasonable and honorable to still see the help as a debt owed later down the line.

and the same thing repeats itself when wen qing comes to wei wuxian and explicitly asks for help. there is a sense that this isn’t about some give-and-take or reciprocation of prior debts. it is simply a person reaching out to someone in their most desparate times, hoping their hand will be held. and wei wuxian does hold her hand and they remain each other’s staunch supporters through the rescue and the hellish survival in the burial mounds that follows.

wei wuxian trusts wen qing with his wounds and wen qing opens up her most loved ones to wei wuxian’s care. for two people who spent their lives looking after their loved ones, shouldering massive burdens and going through the destruction of their respective clans, their intrinsic understanding of each other makes their bond so special, so grounded. they both took massive risks to help each other out and they both did what was right over what was easy to extend that help to each other.

despite my fair share of problems with the cql, i appreciated that scene with wq and jc where wen qing made it clear that she couldn’t pursue anything with jiang cheng because he wouldn’t stand by her. he simply didn’t have the guts. and this is reflected in the novel canon, in the sense, that if debts owed are the metric to measure who could have helped wen qing, jiang cheng was also on the list and he was obligated to aid her as much as, if not more than wei wuxian (and i say this because the whole reason wwx ended up staying under wen qing’s extended care was because jc was injured. he would’ve left as soon as he was discovered had he been alone). and yet wen qing doesn’t ever approach jiang cheng. her only option is wei wuxian because she knows, deep down, that he would truly help her and go to greater lengths for her than any debts would warrant. that he would understand.

and thing is, despite being the outliers of their clans, they both (+wen ning) embodied their mottos. “attempt the impossible”/“knowingly do what you know you cannot do” for the jiangs and “every kindness should be returned” for the wens (very hilarious ik) and that is just one amongst the hundreds of commonalities they shared.

and all of this doesn’t even account for the fact that they basically died for each other. if this isn’t platonic love at its best, most brutal, most beautiful, then what is?

[cheerioskid]

young skyblings !!

[flwrkid14]

Tim and Jason — Fighting Side by Side, Complaining All the Way

Tim and Jason don’t like each other. Not really.

Jason says Tim’s too uptight, too obsessed with proving himself. Tim thinks Jason’s a walking disaster, a grenade with the pin half-out. They’d both rather chew glass than admit they care. But they do. Begrudgingly.

It’s the little things. Jason’s the first one to show up when Tim’s in over his head on patrol. He’ll grumble about it the whole time, complain that Tim’s too reckless, but the second anyone else lays a hand on him? They're done for. Tim’s the one who makes sure Jason’s safe after a mission, leaving painkillers and antiseptics where Jason will find them. No note, no explanation. Just a quiet, unspoken understanding.

They argue like it’s a sport. Sharp words, pointed insults. But there’s an undercurrent, something unsaid: No one else gets it. Jason knows what it’s like to die for the mission. To come back different. Tim knows what it’s like to feel invisible in a room full of people who are supposed to be family. Neither of them talks about it, but they don’t have to.

Dick tries too hard to keep the peace. Bruce is emotionally constipated. Damian… well, Damian is Damian. But Tim and Jason? They know each other's damage. They don't sugarcoat it.

Jason can call Tim a “replacement” with venom in his voice, but it’s Jason who pulled him out of the rubble when no one else noticed he was gone. Tim can call Jason an "angry corpse," but he’s the one who stays up researching ways to undo Lazarus Pit madness.

They say they hate each other. But when Tim’s hands are shaking after a bad night, Jason’s the one who wordlessly puts a cup of coffee in front of him. When Jason spirals, Tim’s the one who sits beside him in silence, no questions asked.

They refuse to admit they’re each other’s favorite brother. But they are. And they both despise it. And can’t live without it.

[blu-xp]

thinking about BAM sharing stories of grian but like. jimmy and lizzie share these small memories of when they were younger, that aren't too happy, but still fond because theyre family, and scar just listens with a smile because grians never told him anything about his childhood before.

and scar might get so caught up in story sharing he'd accidentally slip a memory of him and grian from 3rd life, and would have to quickly backtrack because jimmy and lizzie have no clue what he's talking about.

"yeah, whenever grian started letting me preen his wings, it could go on for hours. there would be so much sand stuck in those wings of his!"

"sand? there's hardly enough sand here for that to happen."

"did i say sand? I just meant your usual uh, grains, yknow? dirt, sand. anything really!"

ugh. i love them sm. i cant do it. something something scar being teamed with grians siblings ruins me

[butterflyscribbles]

Little did Jeremy know, he passed a test separate from the one Don was helping him study for.

[bequeerbehappy]

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