Some Griffin headcanons
• he can't cook, but he can bake, and he's really good at it (he only learned so that he could satisfy his giant sweet tooth)
• is afraid of the dentist because of how disappointed the dentist looks when he discovers another caries knowing that Griffin didn't follow his recommendation to eat less candy
• gets angry when other people are speaking on a language that he doesn't understand (like a Karen) so he probably learned 2 or 3 languages just so he couldn't be left out
• probably neurodivergent but never bothered finding out
• animal lover, any type. Insects, birds, amphibians, cats etc. There's days where he's wholesome about it, like rescuing animals that are hurt and there's day he's creepy like poking dead animals with Gwen (saw someone talking about this long time ago).
• before he befriended Billy he had a elaborated plan about how he would kidnapped Harper (Billy's dog name according to Jacob), but backed off after seeing she helped him with his anxiety crisis
• good singer, but won't sing to anyone.
• his mom was a teen mom, and he never met his dad, but this fact never made him sad beacuse he had others important parents figures in his life, like his grandparents (and great-grandparents). as he didn't have any friends before the boys, he was really close with his family.
• have some really random hobbies because when he was young his mom really tried to make him more sociable by making him take more than one extracurricular (it didn't work, but helped with his confidence later in life)
• bookworm. he needed something to pass the time and books always helped him escape from his reality. as a side effect it made him daydream a lot, and he has the worse attention span.
• at first he and Robin were really awkward with eachother when the two were left alone, but after talking a little they discover they have a lot in common.
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As a reminder that good exists out there, a coworker recently confessed to me that he found out his child is questioning their identity (kid's gender redacted for this post). The kid is keeping it from him, so he can't say anything to them or show that he knows, but he's doing his best to get mentally prepared and educated so that he'll be ready whenever his kid does feel comfortable enough come to him.
For context, this guy is a big, bulky middle aged dude who loves sports and typical outdoor "manly" activities. As his coworker and friend, I know he's a kind and sweet teddy bear of a person, but his kid probably views him as a stern, authoritarian figure, the way most teenagers view their parents. His family lives in a conservative area, so I'm sure between that, their dad's looks and interests, and the fact that their dad is a Figure of Authority, the kid is worried that they won't be accepted.
But you know what? When he found out about his kid, the first thing he did was reach out to his closest queer friend and ask for resources for parents of questioning children. His biggest fears are that his kid will be bullied or discriminated against and won't feel comfortable enough to be themself. His second action was to find himself a mentor in another parent who went the same situation (kid coming out in a conservative town). The other person is preparing him for some of the struggles his kid may face and the fights he may need to take on as a parent to make sure his kid is safe and treated well.
Something I want to emphasize for people focused on language as the primary method of allyship is that when we spoke, he used some outdated terms and thoughts about gender and sexuality. That does not make him bad. These were the terms and thinking used about questioning teenagers when he was growing up and he never needed to learn more current ones. But now that he does have that need, he's throwing himself in head first because that's his kid and he's darn well going to make sure that his kid feels welcomed and has a safe place to be themselves even if they never come out to him.
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One of my biggest nitpicks in fiction concerns the feeding of babies. Mothers dying during/shortly after childbirth or the baby being separated form the mother shortly after birth is pretty common in fiction. It is/was also common enough in real life, which is why I think a lot of writers/readers don't think too hard about this. however. Historically, the only reason the vast majority of babies survived being separated from their mother was because there was at least one other woman around to breastfeed them. Before modern formula, yes, people did use other substitutes, but they were rarely, if ever, nutritionally sufficient.
Newborns can't eat adult food. They can't really survive on animal milk. If your story takes place in a world before/without formula, a baby separated from its mother is going to either be nursed by someone else, or starve.
It doesn't have to be a huge plot point, but idk at least don't explicitly describe the situation as excluding the possibility of a wetnurse. "The father or the great grandmother or the neighbor man or the older sibling took and raised the baby completely alone in a cave for a year." Nope. That baby is dead I'm sorry. "The baby was kidnapped shortly after birth by a wizard and hidden away in a secret tower" um quick question was the wizard lactating? "The mother refused to see or touch her child after birth so the baby was left to the care of the ailing grandfather" the grandfather who made the necessary arrangements with women in the neighborhood, right? right? OR THAT GREAT OFFENDER "A newborn baby was left on the doorstep and they brought it in and took care of it no issues" What Are You Going to Feed That Baby. Hello?
Like. It's not impossible, but arrangements are going to have to be made. There are some logistics.
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