#the twins! the TWINS!

[nocompromise-noregrets]

So I saw your headcanon about the twins standing in alphabetical order and it made me curious about how I pose them in my own art. I ended up going through all my drawings of them and I only found one drawing (out of seven) where Elladan is on the right, and that was for very particular pose reasons. Apparently my subconscious agrees with you!

Sorry, this is really random, but I thought it was neat!

aaaaa, thank you! I originally came up with it as a way of someone being able to tell them apart - it had been bothering me that everyone in fics seemed to be able to tell one from the other automatically although they're specifically described in canon as being identical and so I'd been having a lot of fun with people guessing, assuming, or just plain not having a clue, but for we've changed so much since then I needed Rúmil to be able to tell them apart even when he'd lost track of which was which (do heed the tags if you follow the link, it's Rúmil/Twins and the twins are also together). And then I thought of the British TV presenters Ant and Dec, who always stand with Ant on the left as you look at them and Dec on the right. And then I thought, you know what would be hilarious... XDDDDD

That's the Doylist explanation, anyway. The Watsonian explanation is that they're having a good laugh at everyone else's expense, making the absolute most of people's confusion. :D I headcanon that only their parents and Arwen can tell them apart visually, others who know them well have to wait until they start speaking, because Elladan is slightly sharper and more brusque and Elrohir is slightly more patient and softly-spoken - and those who don't know them well have absolutely no idea. Basically it's a giant standing joke between the two of them and the very few people who know them well enough to actually tell them apart either visually or audibly. :D

I am DELIGHTED that your subconscious agrees! :D :D :D

all this reminds me that I really ought to put that post together about my feral insane headcanon that we do actually get to see the twins in the films, or in RotK at least...one of these days!

[paintedcrows]

They do this every year...

Happy 25th to Dipdop and Lebam!! and Happy 17th to Hatsune Miku!! 🎉🎉

(comic continued: The M&M stands for...)

[kayiiin]

Some extra content of the birthday post

[ploinkplonk]

[molzysketch]

Twitter loved this a lot so I’ll share it here too 👍

[yujateaandpi]

y’all just— thinking about how excited Stanley must have been to host the twins— Alex says he smokes cigars but he doesn’t smoke once in the show— has a beer gut but he only drinks sodas in front of the kids— doesn’t swear when they’re around which must have taken INCREDIBLE effort— Stanley Pines, known crook, buying pancake mix at the supermarket and many bottles of syrup— learning to cook basic healthy meals and burning so many of them before he gets it right— buying new sheets, new mattresses— avoiding bunk beds because it reminds him of Ford— looking at the attic room he made wondering “is this enough will they like me”— trying to act aloof at the bus stop so he doesn’t betray the fact that he was there hours early— watching them goof around and thinking of New Jersey beaches— then the first night they’re there, he watches them debate running away and only stay because Mabel shook a magic 8 ball. That must have kept him awake all night.

[noodles-and-tea]

Yknow that one au

[thecoolestcowboy]

i like ford because he is strange and off putting

[mushoki]

The World is Theirs !! 🌲🌈🌟🩵

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[charlikesalmon]

happy birthday to the twins ever <3

[windwenn]

Been re-watching gravity falls for the summer

[audieaudieaudie]

Relativity Falls!

[sooooupyraisin]

yall can’t tell me this isn’t them

[flight0fthecrows]

holds them gently

[rotaryphoam]

happy birthday to the kids from zach and cody or whatever