That part where grusha held the baby had me wondering; what if HE WAS A PARENT?? How would it go? How’s his parenting? I’ve got soooo many questions abt this 😭😭
OOOOOO I LOOOVED THIS ASK. I went a little crazy with it heh. The whole time I was imagining Grusha as a PTA parent. I know he takes that shit SO serious.
Grusha As A Dad
- As awkward as he is with other people’s kids, Grusha is much more natural with his own child. Before they come into his life, whether it's through adoption, surrogacy, or you, he takes time to prepare himself for fatherhood as much as humanly possible. There is no way to be completely prepared to raise a child. Things like that rarely go by the book, but that doesn’t mean he won’t try everything to be the best he can be. You frequently catch him asleep on the couch, a half-read parenting book in his lap.
- When the day finally comes for him to meet his little one, he can’t help how his hands tremble. Gently, as if they’re made of glass, he cradles them against his chest and breathes a small sigh of relief as they gurgle and curl further into his hold. While it may seem silly, Grusha has an irrational fear that they would be disappointed that he was their father. As if an infant would look him in the eyes and voice complaints that a failure of a snowboarder and Gym Leader has become their father.
- Grusha would prefer to be a stay-at-home father. He can be a bit of a helicopter parent, though it is nice that he’s taken such an active role in parenting. You never worried that Grusha would leave you as the sole, sleep-deprived provider. He’s not that kind of man. However, you’re sure you would be the envy of every disgruntled wife on daytime television. A part of you is a little jealous. You have a daddy’s girl/boy in the making. A bigger part of you feels your heart swell knowing your baby will grow up with enough love to power all of Paldea.
- When they finally say their first word, it’s your title instead of papa like Grusha was silently hoping for. He gets a little butthurt about it. His pouting is as cute as his disgruntled whine while you tease him about it.
- He’s a tad competitive with other parents regarding his kid’s milestones. Oh, your baby just started talking? His child was doing that weeks ago! He becomes a bit of a menace on social media. 75% of his posts are humble brags about how awesome his kid is, 20% are pictures of you, and the final 5% revolve around his Gym.
- When your kid is old enough to go to school, he spends most of the first day moping around the house. Without his little buddy around, he isn’t sure what to do with himself. He’s spent the past few years watching cartoons, playing with blocks, and engaging a very imaginative toddler in pretend games. What’s he supposed to do now? It doesn’t take him long to get back into the groove of things, especially with your support. For however much you worry about your kid at school, Grusha is somehow worrying ten times worse. As they grow older, Grusha bonds with them by teaching them how to style and take care of their hair before school. It doesn’t matter what gender your kid is, either way, they love their dad’s long hair. In their younger years, they are happy to emulate him. Their first haircut in their teens is going to shatter Grusha just a bit, though he’s tearfully supportive.
- If his kid expresses interest in snowboarding, he’s conflicted. Logically, he wants to support them however he can, and he can’t help but feel a small surge of joy at the thought. He remembers the thrill well. Emotionally, he wants to keep them far, far away from the sport. In the end, his fear wins out, and he forbids them from it. This results in their first big fight, leaving you to pick up the pieces. You tell your kid that he’s not angry at them, he’s scared. You’ll talk to him. Then, you find Grusha and tell him that he’s being an idiot. He can’t stop them. You both were that age, you know good and well if it’s something they want to do, they’re going to do it. Wouldn’t it be better to be sure they're safe about it? Grusha will argue that all the training in the world won’t save them from being unlucky. You say maybe so, but what would he do if, in an act of rebellion, they sneak up the mountain with his old board, completely untrained? He caves after that.
- Grusha can’t be their snowboarding coach. He knows himself well enough that he would end up worrying himself into an early grave. He can, however, coach them in battling if that’s something they want to do. If there ever comes a day when they take on the Gym Challenge, and they find themself at his Gym, he won’t hold back. No favoritism here. If anything, he’s going harder than he would his other opponents. When they defeat him, he couldn’t be prouder.
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Fanmade entry based on the game Home Safety Hotline (my recreation of the UI isn't perfect but it's close enough lol.) To make the image I just mushed together some stock images and applied a bunch of shading layers and filters until it looked distorted enough to hide all my mistakes
WARNINGS: Horror, body horror, unreality, metamorphosis, referenced child harm
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DESCRIPTION:
Deerfolk have the stature of bipedal deer, and t heir 'arms' appear to be almost human in structure, tipped with long, scythe-like claws. Their eyes also give off a faintly red glow. Looking at them for too long seems to warp a person's perception of their surroundings. Male Deerfolk often have antlers whereas female Deerfolk lack them.
DANGER:
Male Deerfolk are more aggressive, however they rarely hunt humans outside of winter months. They do pose a threat to pets and livestock year-round, leaving them as empty corpses on the outskirts of forests after any hunts.
Female Deerfolk have a peculiar behaviour where they may target human children, feeding them berries or flowers over the course of a week, which triggers a metamorphosis in the child that will eventually transform them into a young fawn.
Evidence of transformation may be higher amounts of energy, thicker hair, abnormal nonverbal behaviour, abnormal screaming when outdoors, insistence to go into the trees, and (in males) development of lumps around the top of the head or temples.
SOLUTION:
Deerfolk can be repelled by nailing a horseshoe to the outside of your house, as well as applying a capsaicin spray around the outskirts of any forested area near your home.
In the case of infected children, the change cannot be reversed, and it is advised that parents either release it into the forest or contact HSH pest removal services to handle the removal of an infected fawn.
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hii!! hope ur good and ur asks are open!! if not you can ignore this bug i was wondering if you think homelander would ever get bored of his s/o? is he like the type to be kinda a lover bomber in the beginning but further down the relationship he would find his s/o boring ?
thanks lovely! i hope you are too. and yeah, always happy to answer asks!
to put it simply, no. people canonically tend to assume he's more fickle and shallow than he is—Becca being told to 'wait until he gets bored' is a great example—when in reality, he is rarely (if ever) the one to end relationships of any kind.
Becca said he wouldn't get bored. Homelander confirmed this. he also never really let go of his relationship with Maeve. he certainly didn't let go of his relationship with Stormfront. the ONLY reason he terminated Madelyn, after years upon years of her, was because of the sheer maelstrom of nonsense that was going on at the time. had any one thing been different, he would not have killed her. I feel confident about that. even when she's gone, he doesn't actually let go of her. he does his damnedest to keep her with him.
Homelander craves commitment. he's so fucking sick of being alone. he wants romance and stability. I really do believe that if someone committed to him 100%, he would reciprocate. the only hurdle being... well, him. he is so maladapted, paranoid, insecure and downright homicidal. the only way he's going to find someone is if they're either as unhinged as he is or if they can rein him in and put him on a very, very tight leash.
in either instance, he will need to be kept feeling deeply loved. that's really all he's ever wanted, after all.
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