THESIS: AU Bobby is more like John than OG Bobby. He's a soldier. That's why it makes sense to me that OG Mary wound up gravitating to him.
He's the John-version of Bobby Singer! (I don't actually think she'd gravitate to OG Bobby Singer.) After Mary dies, he essentially becomes John-coded with regards to Jack:
Bobby: About that. I liked the kid. We fought together. But there's only one way this ends.
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Bobby: If his human side is gone, you know what's left -- Lucifer. Now, if you boys want to sit around and talk, fine. But me? I'm gonna get on the horn to some of my people and go find that boy.
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Bobby: An unstoppable monster who don't know right from wrong gets put down -- or the closest we can get to it. And anybody who don't know that needs to go back to school.
14x19
Mary gravitates towards soldiers who make her feel safe. She and Dean both chafe when faced with authoritarian-King-type characters:
DEAN: And that's what you offered them, a chance to stroke your ego? And you wonder why they said no. Well, we've got something better – a plan. Now, you can sit on the sidelines and watch the world die, or you can fight.
(CROWLEY considers.)
DEAN: You know, to be king again, maybe you need to remember how to be a soldier.
11x22
Tragically, because they were raised with an ingrained value of heroism, they're often more comfortable with being in the fight, especially one with clear rules.
MARY: I’m not going back.
DEAN: I’m sorry. What?
MARY: I fought beside these people. I respect them. I respect their cause. You can’t expect me to just abandon them.
SAM: No, Mom, that’s not -- You heard what Lucifer said. We have 31 hours --
MARY: I -- Sam...Dean...I know what you went through to come find me.
[Dean scoffs at that. He is obviously upset.]
MARY: But these people are being slaughtered. They need me here.
13x22
As for the fight itself, finding the right cause or being in a purgatory where the enemies are clearly delineated is a very tempting allure for all of them (indeed, all of us). We all want to back the winner, whether that's the strongest or the rightest.
SAM: Getting these groups to enlist and then work together, it's not gonna be easy.
DEAN: Couldn't you just compel them?
CHUCK: I invented free will for a reason.
DEAN: So we're tying our hands on principle?
CHUCK: No, you can't make an effective soldier by force. They have to choose this fight.
DEAN: But they're gonna want to know they're backing a winner.
LUCIFER (indicates CHUCK): So…
11x22
Anyway, both Dean and Mary gravitate towards soldiers, but they specifically fall in love with soldiers who, despite fighting a war (in Castiel's case, a war that waged on for billions of years), still retain their sense of hope and kindness.
MARY: Even after the war, after everything, he still believes in happily ever after, you know? He's everything a hunter isn't. (beat) No offense.
Hunters believe that it's going to end one way. But the Henry-and-John-and-Cas coded idealism combats that, somewhat. They believe in the future. If they believe in the future, then Mary and Dean can believe in that future, too. (CAS: "You have to believe you can do better, be better. You can start being good anytime. DEAN echoes this with Jack: "Every day, we have to believe we can get better.")
Anyway, these dutiful, rock-solid idealists soothe some of that inner nihilism that both Mary and Dean struggle with.
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But!
After Mary, John was destroyed. He didn't believe in anything anymore. (He was supposed to be invincible, incorruptible, at least in Mary's eyes.) John without Mary rampaged the world in the name of a corrupt cause, neglecting his children but "doing what he had to do" to keep them safe.
On the flipside, when she returned, we got to see a Mary without John. She was so horrified by the smoldering remains of the John she knew, of the death of the idealized future for her children, that she went looking for a new cause too. That's what the British MoL was all about. It was Mary's answer to nihilism. She also neglected her family by "doing what she had to do" to keep them safe.
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Hoppy's haircut (part 2)
Hoppy FINALLY gets her haircut!!!! (yess girl!!) with a bonus blast from the past!!! (i am so cringe)
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and that is all for today!! short, i know. funniest part of this shitty comic is how you can clearly see how lazy i became at the end LMAO also emo dogday is just me projecting LOL so cringy (IT WAS ALSO REVEALED TO ME IN A DREAM WHAT IF DOGDAY JUST HAD THAT AWKWARD PHASE)
+bonus!! this is also me when i decided to dye my hair LMAOOOO
theyre using that shitty cheap hairdye that fucking burns......................................its the full teenage experience.
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"SMILLING CRITTERS ORPHANAGE"
is an AU where the smiling critters take a more anthro form and work on an orphanage inspired by "The Promised Neverland" 1 arc.
KEEP IN MIND SOME THINGS MAY CHANGE AFTER CHAPTER 3 RELEASE!
I do not have a written plot but I have some info about the AU!
- Their symbols are acessories given by CatNap, but they aren't simple acessories! They sometimes can let out a smoke that makes them go hysterical and violent. They also can shine and change colors (Shine when they are having huge fellings, lose color when they feel empty, and shine a red light when they are going hysterical)
- The Orphanage is owned by DogDay Family, and currently owned by DogDay himself, but everyone knows that CatNap is the one in charge.
- DogDay family was very angst CatNap work on the orphanage, DogDay lied that CatNap was fired bc of it.
- There is other workers on the Orphanage, but the smilling critters one are the people who takes part of the dark part of the orphanage where experiments happen.
CHARACTERS INFO>>>
Name: Hoppy Hopscotch
Pronouns: She/Them
Sexuality: Lesbian Demi-Girl
Personality: Very energetic and athletic!
Aesthetic: TomBoy
Job: Help kids exercise
Inspo: Rainbow Dash (MLP)
Name: Bobby BearHug
Pronouns: She/Her
Sexuality: Pansexual Cis Girl
Personality: Sweet and Gentle!
Aesthetic: LoveCore
Job: Teach kids about friendships and how to treat others
Inspo: Cupid (MH and EAH)
Name: Picky Piggy
Pronouns: Any
Sexuality: Bisexual Genderfluid
Personality: hard-working and brave
Aesthetic: Farm
Job: Teach kids about eating healthy
Inspo: AppleJack (MLP)
Name: CraftyCorn
Pronouns: They/Them
Sexuality: Non-Binary (they aren't sure what they are attracted to it yet)
Personality: Shy and kind
Aesthetic: Cottagecore
Job: Make crafts and arts with the kids
Inspo: Fluttershy (MLP)
Name: Bubba Bubbaphant
Pronous: He/Him
Sexuality: Cis Man AroAce
Personality: Smart and serious
Aesthetic: Brown Academia
Job: Teach kids about math and history
Inspo: Twilight (MLP)
Name: Kickin Chicken
Pronouns: He/Him
Sexuality: Cis boy Pansexual
Personality: Showoff and bold
Aesthetic: Spprts
Job: Help kids exercise
Aesthetic: Sports
Inspo: RainbowDash
Name: DogDay
Pronouns: He/Them
Sexuality: Trans-man Bisexual
Personality: Happy and
Aesthetic: "Golden Retriver Boy"
Job: Help kids start the day and look out for them
Inspo: Shima Sousuke (Skip and Loafer)
Name: CatNap
Pronous: He/Them
Sexuality: Cis boy Het Demi-Sexual
Personality: Quiet and Michiveous
Aesthetic: "Alt-Goth"
Job: Help kids sleep and look out for them
Inspo: Cheshire Cat
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