This Is All The Same Au Btw - Tumblr Posts
I had another thought about this: mans is the "he's trying" adult
Like I feel like when he learns something new about Dave's friends and he doesn't fully get it he'll still attempt to understand
Like he'd find out something like someone doesn't celebrate Christmas but still get them a gift card and just hand it to them on a random Tuesday in December like "Dave said you didn't celebrate Christmas and I didn't know if you have a specific day for gift giving so here" real awkward but like he has the spirit
Mans would probably respond to finding out someone Dave's friends with is trans or enby with "well.... do ya like katanas" or something
He would punch someone insulting Dave's friends while holding a beer in the other hand or like holding his hat down so it doesn't fall off
Sometimes revisiting old fandoms and remembering old aus you used to discuss gives you better clarity on a character's vibes.
Like with the aus where Bro Strider isn't a shit guardian just give me the realization that if that man hadn't been effected by possessed lil cal he would have been the perfect kinda fucked up southern uncle figure.
Like this man would sleep on the couch instead of his own bed with no blanket and would make Dave a bologna sandwich with Kraft singles cheese on it for breakfast while on the phone talking about how someone down the street tried to sell him drugs or something. This man would attempt to fix old four-wheelers in a shed he made out of wooden polls and sheet metal while Dave eats dirt and plays with a stray dog that shows up in the yard because Bro fed it hot dogs a couple times..... If you couldn't tell I wrote this forgetting they live in the city up until now but the point still stands