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this is just a thread of various dsmp! benchtrio hcs to better help myself characterize them in my writing :]
add onto ANY of these if you have ideas, i'd love to hear /g
add onto ANY of these if you have ideas, i'd love to hear /g
(all of these are /dsmp so i wont be tagging it as such after this point)
- Tubbo and Tommy are both hard of hearing, but Tubbo to a more severe degree because of the fireworks
- they Both know ASL and use it while talking as much as they can +
- Tubbo and Tommy are both hard of hearing, but Tubbo to a more severe degree because of the fireworks
- they Both know ASL and use it while talking as much as they can +
when tommy got out of prison he couldn't sign as much because he was always Holding something, totem, the hilt of his sword, friend's lead, etc
- Tubbo can't hear most quiet to normal volume sounds very well, but gets startled by things super easily, so when Ranboo wants to get his attention without scaring him, he'll just Hug Tubbo and Purr at him for comforting rumbly feeling + noise
- Tubbo zones out really easily, like Really Easily, just gets lost in thought and spaces out
- Tommy is near the exact opposite, he very rarely isn't moving or staying on near full guard anymore, and the only times he thinks to himself is when he's alone
- Tommy is near the exact opposite, he very rarely isn't moving or staying on near full guard anymore, and the only times he thinks to himself is when he's alone
- Ranboo naturally mothers all the boys (Tubbo, Tommy, Michael) bc that's just the kind of person he is, which is increasingly difficult with Tubbo "I repressed my feelings so hard I made a nuke" Underscore, and Tommy "Subconscious self destruction is therapy right?" Innit
- that being said, Ranboo is the token "did you eat yet today?" friend, and it does not matter how stubborn Tommy or Tubbo may be, Ranboo manages to be one of, if not the ONLY person capable of getting them both to take care of themselves when they don't do it on their own
- Tommy pretends to hate it, but is very grateful of how caring Ranboo is
- Tommy also definitely cries to himself when he starts picking up on Ranboo sneakily referring to Tommy as part of the family in little ways
- Tommy fucking Adores Michael once they meet
- Tommy also definitely cries to himself when he starts picking up on Ranboo sneakily referring to Tommy as part of the family in little ways
- Tommy fucking Adores Michael once they meet
- Tommy and Tubbo are both fairly out of their element when it comes to Ranboo's mental health, because so many of Ranboo's problems are internal, and they're used to things Happening To Them and effecting them negatively, but they try their Best and that's enough
- Tommy is the one to convince Tubbo to start taking Michael out of the house on adventures, but it takes WEEKS of pleading and promising to keep Michael safe, and then it takes even longer for Tubbo to convince Ranboo that it's okay
- Tommy thought HE was protective, and then got to know Ranboo and immediately realized that Ranboo is one of the fiercest, loyalist, most protective mother fuckers Ever, while still not being overbearing (most of the time)
- One night Ranboo tries to sit them down so they can all talk about how to heal the friendship a little more and it turns into Ranboo mediating the two as they basically trauma dump @ each other
- Ranboo very quickly realizes that his family is dysfunctional (affectionate)
- Ranboo very quickly realizes that his family is dysfunctional (affectionate)
- despite how chaotic they usually are, they fairly often have just quiet nights together after Michael's gone to sleep, talking comfortably amongst each other and checking in on each other to make sure no one's hurt or has any new Wounds and etc +
(this does mean that fairly often they'll end up asking about Ranboo's newest burns and scars, to which he'll brush off, but Tommy and Tubbo both sort of Know somethings going on with him, just don't have the words to say or ask about it)
that's it for now <3
