Y'all I was just thinking about the up-down room joke again, and I realized that if Glenn Close pitched the button to make elevators go faster with Ron, that means that the Doodler wasn't what made elevators and the memories of them disappear.
Code Purple did that.
And now I'm just kinda floored over the fact that the stupid fuckin' throwaway gag the gang did because they were making fun of Anthony actually fit so well into the lore. And also kinda cracking up at the thought of those four idiots sitting around a table discussing what memories to alter so that Faerun wouldn't be such a shock to the public. Terry being like, "hey, do you guys ever remember riding an elevator in Faerun? Like, I lived in a tower for a hot minute and it was only stairs and I'm pretty sure it was the tallest building around."
After Ron truly became Terry's dad, they did all that super cheesy family tradition stuff and absolutely loved it. I'm talking JC Penny portraits every couple years, matching shirts for any sort of trip or outing, and once Terry got into theater Ron and Samantha never missed a show and brought flowers to every single performance, even if Terry was an extra. If it was more than one performance a week they might've used the same bouquet, but that's just good business practices, y'know? Ron was so excited to teach Terry how to shave except Ron himself did not know how to shave his face, so Samantha watched a bunch of YouTube tutorials and taught them both at the same time and then Ron repeated everything she said and took credit. Also it was Terry's idea to take the Stampler last name and it made both his parents cry for like, two days
Hey now! I’m your step-dad! Please dont be sad! Be! Brave!
Hey now! You’re a strong girl! Fight the whole world! Go! Slay!
You’re enough as you are. I’ll be watching you from the stars.
(Btw! Scary design HEAVILY inspired by this animatic by @topicaltropic that I’ve been watching on loop for like 2 days its soooooo good go check it out!)