#she likes being a Helper

[shallowrambles]

Look, I know Lisa’s behavior re: letting Dean, someone she hasn’t seen in nearly a decade, skulk around her child’s birthday party is best explained by him being The baby-daddy.

But here’s the rub: (1) the angels didn’t even sniff towards Ben and (2) Lisa is (relatively) honest. During the year Dean was actively with her, she would have likely told him. (Cause it’s no small thing.) Especially under The Truth curse where she ranted about the loss of loved ones/hunting. (My take: It’s a cheeky…red herring. Ben was hungry for a father-figure, and Dean’s relationship to him parallels Bobby Singer.)

So while it is a truth that would be kinder to Lisa’s behavioral health/motivations/etc, the latter plot points don’t support it. Yeah, I agree that it actually makes better sense as an initial explanation for her behavior in her intro ep. But these latter points transform her behavior’s root cause, leaning towards her as a (possibly chronic?) caretaker type of person.

We do see that she is caring! She’s got a caretaker persona from her first ep, driving her to help her neighbor. She’s a good friend! Because of the later plot points, we can assume this caretaker/gratitude aspect of her character is more the driver of her actions than hiding a paternity.

#i have a cousin who is a lisa #she’s always being uber caring in her off-time #she makes herself a part-time therapist for all manner of friends boyfriends etc #she’s so caring under she gets in The Situations where she has to put her foot down #but literally she is always in a Situation one way or another #she likes being a Helper #it’s how she’s wired #she can pick a damaged guy or girl out of a crowd to nurture it is Wild #my cuz is literally my bestie so i know i would get along w lisa #she over-extends herself #she’s a great orator when it comes to communicating boundaries #but there are so many C-minus lays that become Best Night of My life for her #and soooo many Best Years of My Life with Hreat Guys it makes me dizzy #she speaks with oozing kindness and with lots of exaggeration #like lisa #she swallows her real feelings to be The Cool Girl #she is chronically lonely #it’s a Type i know so well! #and i love her very much #she thinks bars and dangerous guys are So Hot but has no street smarts #she is more well off than us but always calling is in one of The Situations

[seagulley]

Little dog went on a city walk today and did perfectly!

I’m hoping to take the BH test with Kaija sometime next year and wanted to see where she’s at with her manners in a busy urban environment. I've taken her downtown a few times before, but it's not a regular thing for us (since we'd both rather spend our time wandering around in the middle of a forest & away from people lol), so I'm really happy with how well she behaved.

Kaija wasn't fazed by noisy 18-wheelers and trams, by scooters whizzing by unexpectedly, or by yelling, running children. She could calmly walk past other dogs and didn't attempt to approach or greet people unless they interacted with her first. We also stopped for a coffee at a dog-friendly cafe, where Kaija chewed her bully stick and then promptly fell asleep. Good dog! :)

#i think kaija would probably do fine with the out of sight wait as well but i'd need helpers to test it #so overall it looks like the traffic test shouldn't take too much preparation for us :) #the long straight heeling segment and the long down stay are the pieces that i'm anticipating having to put the most work into #2 years #australian shepherd #dogblr #dogs of tumblr #dog training #oh also i know i shit on the dog culture here #but one thing i'm extremely grateful for is that people don't tend to suddenly approach strange dogs #i've read other people's stories about strangers coming up and just starting to pet their dog without permission #and we really haven't experienced that at all since kaija stopped being a tiny fluffy baby #people do sometimes stare at her #i assume bc of the merle and maybe her short tail - she looks unusual #but that's it

[graceful-not]

this guy joining Echo in Ninjago Characters I AM Going To Be Thinking About Forever btw.

#ninjago #ninjago liveblog #ninjago okino #They really gave me a side character whos an NPC guide in a video game (but doesnt know it) and then made him Find Out and fall into a #a depression about his entire lifes purpose being for naught and that his entire worldnis fucking fake and then have him break free of his #of his coding and Go To The Real World #im. hes so everything #BUT THE SCENE WHERE HES TRAINING AND FAILING TO PROPERLY GUIDE HIS PLAYERS OVER AND OVER AND OVER BC THEYRE TREATING IT LIKE A GAME BC THEY #BC THEY HAVE MULTIPLE LIVES BUT THEIR DEATHS ARE REAL /TO HIM!!!/ HE HAS TO WATCH ALL THAT AND IT MEANS SOMETHING TO HIM BECAUSE #BECAUSE GUIDING THE PLAYERS IS HIS WHOLE PURPOSE!!!! BUT TO THEM HES JUST THE TUTORIAL HELPER CHARACTER!!! AUAU #i do also like Racer 7. An NPC /programmed to lose/‚ only there to add a challenge to the actual players and yet she NEVER STOPS TRYING... #but she always crashes at the exact same spot in the race. every. time. #AUUGH.

[crystalstars64]

So here's a fun little fact:

Did you all know that in two early Kirby mangas, there were human characters? That's right, humans existed in Kirby media before Ado/Adeleine ever existed

The first two came from the first ever Kirby manga to exist, simply named "プププランドは大さわぎかっとび星のカービ" in Jp, and the third is from a Kirby super star four panel gag manga

(First girl is named Nana, the second is named Thorn queen, and the last one is named simply Helper-san)

#Nana and Thorn queen's manga is practically lost media #Nana is like Kirby's bestie in the manga and joins them on adventures a lot #IDK the Helper-san lore I think she's like a sister to Kirby but I can't even tell #Anyone I love them all and more people should know they exist #Kirby #Thorn queen works for Dedede in the manga along with a Beta-Shadow Kirby. #Apparently they're called the four generals despite them being the only two who show up.

[icewindandboringhorror]

I still very loathe the Media Trope of ‘’cold genius man doesn’t feel emotions and never has relationships... UNTIL.. one random relatively bland Preddy Woman comes along and warps his entire personality and ability to think, his heart has grown and his seeming asexuality has evaporated, he is now Normal :)” or whatever like... AS a walking generic hermit archetype myself.. we would NOT act like that .... just let people be detached weirdos in peace, you cowards .. OR, don’t bother to write one in the first place if you find us too boring to exist realistically in our natural state lol.. pathetic 

#the only exception to this is its okay if he develops some pesudo-romantic psychologial fixation on one of his long suffering male sidekicks #or assistants or whatever (since this character acrhetype ALWAYS has some sort of like Straight Man Every Man helper to follow #him around and be an audience stand in. sometimes multiple like a whole team of assistants. sometimes just one etc.) #like a strange not-entirely-romance-but-mutualy-unhealthy-comedic-codependence w someone you worked w 25+ yrs COULD be in character. sure. #ASIDE from that one exception though..... just keep them aromantic and asexual.. why would someone who has been that way for their #entire fucking life suddenly be like ''well I've known this woman three weeks but she's really hot! whoops!'' #''guess I'm going to act completely out of character! sometimes booba so booby it fundametally alters the dna of me personality. you know ho #w it is'' .. like shut up.. explode #It's not that I project personally onto these characters (writers are bad at writing them and they're generally annoying as shit) BUT just #like... coming FROM the perspective OF a cold detached ''robot'' seeming hermit freak.. like textbook scholar wizard man locked #away in a tower somewhere type personality... You just watch shows sometimes and you can SEE that the writers are trying to write #the Character Archetype that is your actual realworld personality and you're just like 'we do NOT fucking act like that!!!' lol #you know ? like .. i don't actually care about the characters themselves but more just.. the principle of the thing. staying true to what #has been set up. You can't be like ''oh yeah this is your typical cold detached hermit weirdo with zero interest in human relationships for #the most part blah blah blah'' and then 5 minutes later be like ''WAIT GUYS!! LOOK! they're still NORMAL! look they love booba #too!!! haha hashtag Relatable!!'' .. what have you done to him.. you've massacred the archtype.. cowardly fool #Also I'm referencing them as male because this character archtetype is usually male but the same thing can apply for other gendered versions #of the archetype. it's ALWAYS annoying. no matter what it is lol. GOD AND IT'S even worse when they're supposed to be like hundreds or thous #ands of years old like.. some sort of supernatural being who's ''above it all'' because they've seen the world's cycles for so long #and blah blah and then it's like ''omg.. suddenly into romance.. for some reason all 900 years of my life nobody has ever been good #enough but YOU.. random ass person who I met 30 minutes ago and are completely average in every way or maybe you have like one #special power or are smart or something but apparently somehow I've lived 900 years without ever meeting a single other smart person #or whatever but WOW.. you... instant soulamtes.. I am no longer aromantic and asexual. I am also no longer smart.'' #at least if it's a human with a normal lifespan you can be like 'well they were only 30. maybe they genuinely did just have their first #sexul awakening' or something but.. you're telling me like.. 900 years??? 1000 years?? and NOW they're like 'whooa!!' lol #Which obviously all aroace people are different.. all people with autism or schizoid pd or any other mental illnesses that can sometimes #lend people towards that type of 'weird hermit' archetype are all different. plenty of these people WILL have relationships and sex and desi #re those things. but it's like.. if you are OBVIOUSLY setting out to write that one VERY specific archetype within the broader archetype #then GO ALL THE WAY!! you cant have someone be like HALF-detached partial-hemrit sometimes-maybe-genuis or whatever #or I guess you can but like. it should be that way from the beginning. it's the random sudden shift in personality thats jarring

[nerosdayinanime]

Sanemi & Giyuu were about 16-17 when they both individually went on an undercover mission in the Kaze no Kuni capital city, they henged/disguised as fake personas Kazura (vaguely derived from kaze, wind) and Nakuu ('to lose')

Kazura is supposed to be darker skinned + two-toned eyes like that of Kazan no Kuni descendants & is sensible and confident but lazy, Nakuu has a hairstyle + facial shape from Mizu no Kuni & an outgoing enthusiastic and pretty sly personality

Giyuu put some particular effort into his disguise and really got into the character he was playing up, he also had fun with it where he could- and thats how he met Kazura. i dont have or really want specifics of why where how or such bc it ruins the imaginative bit of it ig? but while they were on the mission they were meeting up, they both knew the other was disguised but neither pried about it. they fell in love a bit, however it means, but as Nakuu's namesake they were never going to last. it was a mission and when it was done they would leave for home and never meet again.

but then they did :)

at 19 sanemi and giyuu had a political marriage arranged(forced) by Kyogo being a greedy fuck and wanting more trade from the Tomioka, in both the Happy & Broken marriage paths giyuu's the one who notices sanemi acting the same way as kazura in some ways and realizes the two are one in the same. In the Happy marriage its a thought that brings a smile to his face and a jest about how they fell in love twice, in the Broken marriage its only twice the heartbreak after the apathy sanemi regards him with and the loneliness that consumes him

#kny clan au #kny clan au: arranged sanegiyu(Fluff) #kny clan au: arranged sanegiyuu(Angst) #Kazura & Nakuu #i like hurting giyuu<3 but i also want to be nice & im indecisive so Multiverse type shit like this happens #im trying to proper Write out the story i have but my skill isnt up to par with my vision. i'll post it anyway when im done tho bc i want t #Share the story and talk & think more about it bc its Fun #the idea for this actually came earlier before i thought of the arranged marriage bit- its the sngy mission meeting thing but changed #slightly with the timeline of the marriage(19) & sanemi murking kyogo(21) #in the orig they were older & i also didnt have the idea of major civilian cities/villages for the shinobi to do stuff in #also in the angst path sanemi isnt abusive like kyogo is hes just neglectful & since giyuu was essentially completely cut off from his #normal amount of casual affection and reassurances to Literally Nothing + the looming threat of kyogo's ire + different biology #he has no support aside from Nagisa(who is trying her damn best) and it wears on him mentally ykno? #then the one person he THOUGHT loved him turns out to actually not love *him* so it turns into a fantasy he desperately clings to. #just *someone* to love and support him for being *him* and not some character. #oh almost forgot to tag #sanegiyuu #also to be specific abt the arranged marriage part kyogo forced the tomioka's hand(marry or we decimate you & still get the trade routes<3) #but giyuu volunteered in place of tsutako. he wasnt against the idea of marrying but everyone was fearful of the shinazugawa's culture #and sent Nagisa with him as like. a helper. idk if it has a name. shes a beta well versed in medicine & secondary sex stuff so giyuu's not #COMPLETELY alone to deal with that surrounded by a bunch of people who know nothing about it. theyre formal with eachother as Tomiokas #but to the Shinazugawa they seem really close. mountain pass/southern culture is Very different. more communal and close-knit to #deal with the harsh environment of the mountains/cold

[eternally-tired-cryptid]

Yes some kids just naturally grow up and are more responsible people. This does not mean give them adult sized responsibilities, it means give them age appropriate responsibilities and independence.

#jasper rambles #i grew up being my parents little helper. but when my mom got sick it went from normal kid helper to baby sitting my brothers at least a few #hours every day at age 12/13/14. that is parenting. that is daycare. my family didnt have other options but like #its WILD to look at my brothers who are at ages i was while my family was on the midst of trauma and realize just how small and young i was #whilst literally helping raise my brothers. now to my parents credit. if my mom hadnt been terminally ill i doubt they would have let it get #that far. but the fact of the matter is she WAS terminally ill and ive been grown up for way too long for someone who is barely a few years #into college. i missed being a kid. thats one of the reasons i love my friends i get to do silly goofy stuff and just relax

[anewbrainjughead]

i will say that the way poor things handles disability and disfigurement left a bad taste in my mouth

#i saw demi adejuyigbe write abt how it resonated with him through an autistic reading which i do think is cool #but idk something abt how and when we are supposed to empathise with intellectually disabled ppl #i get it i get that its allegorical and what not but idk something abt the only happy ending for disabled ppl #being a miraculous cure or death yknow #i understand it was a child brain and im being literal but idk #just the times that her mannerisms and behaviour earlier in the movie is played for laugh and how her happy ending is being smart #and needing no carers or helpers #so haha fuck you to remy youssef for calling her an ableist slur at the beginning #now shes his boss!! #its just very white and palatable #they would not make a movie like this with a less conventionally attractive lead bc ppl would just be grossed out #bc you can't act the way emma stone acts at the beginning of the film and not be bangable #the story is written around a conventionally attractive woman it wouldn't work if the person casted was less desirable #but tbh that is my problem. not just with this movie just like all of the big 'feminist' adjacent movies & tv shows of late #*played for laughs. look i make typos constantly i am bad at smartphones despite being a part of the smartphone gen

[aeide-thea]

mostly i try to stay chipper but like. sometimes it's just acutely apparent that yr the end product of literally generations of disrespect and interpersonal powerlessness and it just. it gets to you a little

#like it's so clear that my father doesn't stand up for himself because first his parents trained him not to #and then he replaced them with a hectoring wife‚ who didn't seem able to realize how much power she had over all of us #because she herself had been so thoroughly used and abused growing up #as the eldest daughter and helper of a social butterfly widow who derided her bookish shyness #that she felt totally powerless and miserable and took those things out on us #and so now like. my father swallows everything until he snaps and then he gets retaliatorily nasty #and i see both my father and mother in myself except that i have tried *horribly* hard not to be unkind to people #but often instead that just means i end up being passively unkind because i'm so tangled up and frozen #like. many of you reading this are people whom i have failed wrt responsiveness #because i've been so thoroughly trampled that i feel totally incapable even of saying 'sorry i can't person rn‚ pls hold' #i just weasel out from under all responsibilities even things i want and value bc i'm so thoroughly ground down i can't manage any of them #anyway. enough dwelling but like. it's all so pathetic and not-real-problems but also has been totally devastating and ruinous for me. #i used to be trusting and indefatigable and sunny if you can believe it. but like. that was when i was four.

[vagueiish]

...i think i'm gonna start my tactician run. with oliver. and keep his canon class spread - ranger/bard/rogue - even if it might not be the best in terms of like. everything? idk, it was sort of smexy endgame the way i had it set up, though maybe the classes in bard kind of keep him from being his Best Self, but we'll see how it works in tactician. but he's a roleplay character, gdi, i'm not gonna min-max with him.

i'm also gonna roleplay properlike and try to not meta-game so much, lol. which might be a bad time on higher difficulties, but it's whatever

#now for honor mode? i'm gonna finally port over my soulsborne gurl elisa #and she *is* gonna get min-maxed #that's what she exists for! #i think i might go paladin with her but idk #right now im focused on My Boy #this might be his Canon Playthrough #or it might devolve once again into me being like 'but. i want *this* to happen???? :(' #but on the bright side he loves to explore and is a compulsive helper so! in-character reasons to do all the things baybee #scott sucks at bg3 #to the void with love

[silverselfshippingchaos]

SHE'S SO... AJSJAJSJA

#shes so cute!!! #ive been playing the shit out of the game. im not sure how i feel about it yet but we have yet to meet her 😭😭😭 pleeaaseeeee #i wanna see v.ivian so baaadd!!!! #i've been smitten from the day i first saw her!! she's stunning if you ask me 👉👈 #and her helper and fellow scholar has a crush on her #ash's crush is so obvious andjajsj it's pretty cute! normally my s/is are these super strong girlbosses that do these amazing things #but f.f16 ash? she's just... a loser nerd. it's so fun. #i also like the thought of there being a sidequest where you have to get flowers for ash so she can gift them to her crush #ash rambles 💚 #anyways yea they kiss eventually and become the happy little gays of the hideaway #i love her voice a lot too #when i fell for d.unban i said it would be the one and ONLY time i fell for a british man #.... i never said anything about british women.. #heh.

[redxriiot]

bodyguard au make brain go brr

#;mun has spoken #//Kiri has semi-canonically been noted to hvae a job as event security #//I should utilize that more jfbfb #//Him getting to be a celebrity's bodyguard during school breaks #//Or even some rich kid's; like gets hired by Yaoyorozu's fam bc they wanted one for her for formalities sake or whatever #//And she saw his name and went YES THAT ONE; FOR NO PARTICULAR REASON #//Maybe Endeavor hiring Ei to cover one of his kids; Natsu bc is still shook over the Ending incident #//Fuyumi bc he may have heard her mentioning she would like a helper and this is a subtle way at getting her an unofficial TA #//While also keeping her safe. Esp since he's heard good things from Sho (or if you follow game canon KNOWS Ei is good) #//Or sb to keep an eye on Sho bc the kid's just ALWAYS getting himself in trouble #//Or HECK #//AU where he didn't get into UA; even with his new strength; but wanted to protect people anyways #//So he just decided to do security full time #//Builds himself a bice rep bc he's super friendly but also super capable #//THEN gets to meeting the more prolific clients under his boss's recommendation after saying he's down to do bodyguard work #//Or smth idk; cant research specifics rn jfbbfbf #//The idea of him being a UA rich kid's bodyguard is p funny to me tho #//Like the hitman's bodyguard type beat #//intends to be a friend AND bodyguard tho; absolutely SPOILS his protectee #//Does them little tasks; makes them food ); gets them gifts –gotta keep em happy after all! #//Idk foods for thoughts #Plot ideas

[catboyfurina]

builds mona like kokomi. hehe >:3

#beeep #am kidding. there are many differences. BUT what i mean is what if i focused on consistent damage increase rather than crit stats #i say. as if i actually have the artifacts for this #WRITING A GOOGLE DOCUMENT PLANNING IS BASICALLY THE SAME AS A REAL BUILD OKay #it counts. Kind Of #i tried to ask youtube but youtube said give her elemental mastery so that vaporize is better and thats Nothing to me #shes gonna be noelles helper buddy !! elemental mastery will Not help there #tbh. most of the no mona crit is because the other three all want crit rate hats #they all want the same stats . monogeo will bring noelle even more power but also bro. #anyway i think it is neat that energy recharge increases her damage i didnt know this ! it is very helpful since her burst #increases other characters damage which is why i PICKED her but energy recharge increasing THAT will help it happen more often #it just is like a waterfall of help #and she gets that er raiden set. once i have some #i keep changing my mind so often skdfsjdnfkjns #earlier i was like hmmm beidou on monogeo/...?? #im gonna b able to build teams with the supports i Like that didnt make the cut #torn between being glad that noelle and kokomi are considered Good now and being like I LIKED THEM THE WHOLE TIME #at the Poser tee ehm youtubers #you called them bad!!! i saw it!!! #we r off topic. in conclusion. crit is a boring and overdone stat

[kangaruined]

i need all these ppl in my house to leeeeeaaavvveeeee

#my roommate is doing some film production for school so they've had like 5 actors & helpers staying over for the last 3 days or so #and they've been gone most of the day previously but now they're still heeerrreeee and i want to shower and we have 1 bathroom #they've been staying up hella late and waking up hella early & ive been getting shit sleep cos our house is old & doesn't block sound well #and im introverted as fuck and just want to be home alone 😪 #plus my partner's down in portland during the week cause he started his new job but we're not moving until jan #and our cat has NOT been happy about him being gone. like she's mostly attached to me but she loooves her cameron ! #so she's been yelling a lot more lol and basically being as obnoxious as possible to convey her discontent #i just. im overdrawn.

[andthebeanstalk]

Today my therapist introduced me to a concept surrounding disability that she called "hLep".

Which is when you - in this case, you are a disabled person - ask someone for help ("I can't drink almond milk so can you get me some whole milk?", or "Please call Donna and ask her to pick up the car for me."), and they say yes, and then they do something that is not what you asked for but is what they think you should have asked for ("I know you said you wanted whole, but I got you skim milk because it's better for you!", "I didn't want to ruin Donna's day by asking her that, so I spent your money on an expensive towing service!") And then if you get annoyed at them for ignoring what you actually asked for - and often it has already happened repeatedly - they get angry because they "were just helping you! You should be grateful!!"

And my therapist pointed out that this is not "help", it's "hLep".

Sure, it looks like help; it kind of sounds like help too; and if it was adjusted just a little bit, it could be help. But it's not help. It's hLep.

At its best, it is patronizing and makes a person feel unvalued and un-listened-to. Always, it reinforces the false idea that disabled people can't be trusted with our own care. And at its worst, it results in disabled people losing our freedom and control over our lives, and also being unable to actually access what we need to survive.

So please, when a disabled person asks you for help on something, don't be a hLeper, be a helper! In other words: they know better than you what they need, and the best way you can honor the trust they've put in you is to believe that!

Also, I want to be very clear that the "getting angry at a disabled person's attempts to point out harmful behavior" part of this makes the whole thing WAY worse. Like it'd be one thing if my roommate bought me some passive-aggressive skim milk, but then they heard what I had to say, and they apologized and did better in the future - our relationship could bounce back from that. But it is very much another thing to have a crying shouting match with someone who is furious at you for saying something they did was ableist. Like, Christ, Jessica, remind me to never ask for your support ever again! You make me feel like if I asked you to call 911, you'd order a pizza because you know I'll feel better once I eat something!!

Edit: crediting my therapist by name with her permission - this term was coined by Nahime Aguirre Mtanous!

Edit again: I made an optional follow-up to this post after seeing the responses. Might help somebody. CW for me frankly talking about how dangerous hLep really is.

#hlep #original #mental health #my sympathies and empathies to anyone who has to rely on this kind of hlep to get what they need. #the people in my life who most need to see this post are my family but even if they did I sincerely doubt they would internalize it #i've tried to break thru to them so many times it makes my head hurt. so i am focusing on boundaries and on finding other forms of support #and this thing i learned today helps me validate those boundaries. the example with the milk was from my therapist. #the example with the towing company was a real thing that happened with my parents a few months ago while I was age 28. 28! #a full adult age! it is so infantilizing as a disabled adult to seek assistance and support from ableist parents. #they were real mad i was mad tho. and the spoons i spent trying to explain it were only the latest in a long line of #huge family-related spoon expenditures. distance and the ability to enforce boundaries helps. haven't talked to sisters for literally the #longest period of my whole life. people really believe that if they love you and try to help you they can do no wrong. #and those people are NOT great allies to the chronically sick folks in their lives. #you can adore someone and still fuck up and hurt them so bad. will your pride refuse to accept what you've done and lash out instead? #or will you have courage and be kind? will you learn and grow? all of us have prejudices and practices we are not yet aware of. #no one is pure. but will you be kind? will you be a good friend? will you grow? i hope i grow. i hope i always make the choice to grow. #i hope with every year i age i get better and better at making people feel the opposite of how my family's ableism has made me feel #i will see them seen and hear them heard and smile at their smiles. make them feel smart and held and strong. #just like i do now but even better! i am always learning better ways to be kind so i don't see why i would stop

[lxvvie]

Couples Shit with Simon Riley, Parenthood Edition:

Thinking it's so cute the way your little bundle of joy scrunches up, especially when she's laying on you and/or Simon.

Simon's irregular sleep schedule making him the perfect playmate for little Miss Riley when she's up and at 'em at night. You remember walking into the living room once and watching Simon just walk around, daughter bundled up in her baby blanket in his arms, cooing and gurgling at her Papa, them having their own conversation, and watching Simon fall in love all over again.

Being hypervigilant to the point that every noise the baby makes prompts you to wake up and panic. The baby whined, you sat straight up in bed, only to see Simon staring at you in concern and baby Riley sound asleep on his chest.

Conversely, thinking something is wrong because you haven't heard the baby cry, waking up in a panic yet again only to be met with Simon and the baby looking at you crazy.

Simon officially becoming a bed for you and baby Riley. It's not uncommon for her to lay on his chest while you're nestled at his side and his arm is around you.

Absolutely, positively loving to put the baby sling on Simon and watching your big beefy lover tote the baby around in it. Also, taking a picture and sending it to the boys. The big bad Ghost? In a baby sling???? Huh. Looks cute on him.

Parental guilt, especially on Simon's end with him being gone on deployments. He made damn sure to see his baby girl take her first steps because he missed it when she began to start fully crawling.

Baby girl being captivated by the scars on Simon's face. And his crooked nose. Loves to grab at his face and you're amused by the way he scrunches his nose when she does so. Apparently baby girl is, too.

You and Simon playing with the baby and next thing you know, you hear a wet fart. Simon chuckles out of amusement and to keep from dying inside because he just changed her nappy. You conveniently had to go walk the cat and made yourself scarce. Meanwhile, baby girl is giggling and gurgling up a storm.

When she gets older, little Miss Riley loves it when Simon carries her like a sack of potatoes over his shoulder. She'll run up to him and go, " 'tato, Daddy! 'tato!" and next thing you know, there's a giggling toddler slung over her dad's shoulder.

Baby girl drawing a picture of her parents at school and Simon's shoulders are bigger than... everything else on his body. Even his head. You're so tickled that you framed it.

Similarly, sneaking one of her drawings into Simon's bag so he'll see it when he's gone. He does and it's all the more reason for him to fight like hell to see you two again.

Having to limit the amount of sweets you buy because Princess Miss Riley has inherited her dad's sweet tooth. Doesn't stop them from sneaking out to go to their favorite bakery.

Baby girl being the best helper ever around the house, especially when she walks on Daddy's back to help alleviate the stiffness.

Because she likes to draw so much, Simon promised his daughter that she can design the next tattoo he gets. Well, it turns into an entire project and you and her proceed to draw butterflies and other cute designs on his other arm. True to his word, Simon gets another sleeve tattoo with those same drawings. Cheers, luvs.

Simon being in the doghouse with little Miss Riley because he was supposed to wake up with true love's first kiss because you and Simon were reenacting Sleeping Beauty for your daughter. Simon may or may not have taken it a bit too seriously and dozed off. Your baby girl is now upset because this means Sleeping Beauty will never wake up again and no amount of treats from daddy can change that. Princess Daddy status has officially been revoked, Simon. For now lmao.

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