#rick spender

[blairdiggory]

#pnat #paranatural #richard spender #rick spender #to clarify the joke is that dick can be a nickname for people named richard #the joke is not that people who like rick spender are assholes

[slavhew]

Genshin + Paranatural sketchdump

#genshin impact #gsi #paranatural #pnat #il dottore #alhaitham #haitham #maxwell puckett #max puckett #richard spender #rick spender #mina zarei #isaac o'connor #isaac oconnor #admin draws #fanart #sorry for the weird mashup lol i dont have enough drawings of either of these to post on their own #and ive realized i havent posted a lottt of sketches here because ive been waiting for them to aggregate #that wont do ! this is also my archive of art and i need to keep it up to date #hence you get genshit and pnat in one

[peacerisendove]

Spirit Fusion

#Me: He looks like superhero. // he looks like a DORK #those are my simultaneous reactions #//asdfghjgfdsdfghj THE ALT TEXT!!! THE ALT TEXT YA'LL. STORE BRAND DIGIMON #AND THEY ARE RIGHT. #paranatural #richard spender #rick spender #mr. spender #he really went from serious cheeto puff to sweet goofy man

[zoomerinaboomercostume]

Basic ideas for the age swap AU:

-Rick is a runaway kid & has a Mom Friend/bestie in the form of Cthumbra, who is the strongest non-Wight Spirit currently existing rn.

- Mayview Middle School is currently being run by the grownup versions of the Activity Club, the Journalism Club & the Jang.

-https://www.tumblr.com/richardspenderposting/719929559907221504/so-youre-saying-wed-get-janitormax-assuming?source=share

Link to who teaches what (open to suggestions).

-There is no Barrier here. More on that later.

#paranatural #paranatural au #pnat au #pnat age swap au #richard spender #rick spender #pnat rick #pnat cthumbra

[richardspenderposting]

the spender fanclub discord has been really quiet and dead for ages so i am doing my newest recruitment techniques

blease join the discord server [looksat you like a dog with Canine Eye Inflation Disease]

you can MEET FELLOW SPEMBER FANS

and post your COOL IMAGES OF HIM (you can post other characters or unrelated images if you want. but who cares.)

and directly tell me that GOD WILL ONE DAY HAVE MERCY ON ME, even if that's a lie!

and i also post the link to the NEWEST PAGE usually within an hour or two of it being up so you can GET THE UPDATES (nearly) IMMEDAITELY

and there is a pet images channel. i wont make eye contact with your dog i promise

ok thats all i got for now. unless anyone can let me borrow a Feline Eye Inflation Disease sample

#paranatural #pnat #rick spender #richard spender #mr spender #im even reaching out to the people hiding in the other tags wow #kontent

[weirdbabs]

do you think spender ever fantasizes about his life as kindergarten cop? devoting years of his life to something so much so that one could argue without it hed be nothing, teaching at a school with no experience or qualifications and not being caught, succeeding in his goal in the end while saving those he loves (or the place he loves in spenders case), returning to the school and to his students who like and respect him, ending up w another teacher -who has been hiding a secret which could get them killed if it got out- and having the big dramatic kiss at the end. i think he would

#spender fantasizing at night: man. imagine if my students respected me #hes got the first 2 things Down. the rest. lol #paranatural #i dont feel right calling him richard or rick. unless i add the spender after #anyway youll NEVER guess what i watched for the first time in like 20 years

[incorrectpnatquotes]

Jean Garcia: Don't bother using my account to shop online again. I've changed my password. Rick Spender: Is it "werewolf"? [Pause. Jean vanishes in the next room, types something, and comes back.] Jean Garcia: It is not "werewolf" anymore. Rick Spender: Is it "werewolf1"? [Pause. Jean changes his password again and runs upstairs.] Jean Garcia: *from stairs* Stay away from my computer! [Later at night, Rick goes online shopping again. The password is "werewolf2".]

#original: the looney tunes show #paranatural #pnat #spender #garcia #mr. garcia

[isabelguerra]

spender was so FUCKING stupid for this. forge hadnt even ripped open the side of the ghost train yet, rick just saw the pixelhound lie at his feet and immediately made the decision that this was an enemy. you idiot! you massive idiot!!!! they got you! they played you like it was nothing! it was EASY!!!!!

#liveblogging

[lime-parfait]

Paranatural Parents: A Quick Analysis (Spoilers)

Please blacklist #long post for this because a “read more” will be unavailable if this blog were to be deleted in the future and it won’t be accessible.

Also no beta on this analysis

Anyways, been awhile since reading Paranatural seriously (ever since the story’s style changed to a text format it was harder to focus and read it). Anyways, there’s something that ‘clicked’ for me when reading some the recent pages. And it was simply that Paranatural is full of incompetent adults (no brainer). But specifically, it was full of incompetent PARENTS. Especially the ones who are involved in the whole world of spirits.

Okay, okay. Think about it. Isabel’s attitudes towards her family. The way that her grandfather finds ways to constantly point out her flaws and teaches her to use spirits as weapons. Isabel’s father, who we recently learned about, DOES want to care about his daughter, still chooses to be involved in the realm of spirits because he believes that Cherub’s words will help to make balance in the world. And yet, Isabel still doesn’t want to be around her father (based off the attitudes she has and it took a lot of strength for her to even ask her mom to drop her off). Isabel has something important to tell her father, but she reacts negatively when he doesn’t take her seriously. In a nutshell, Isabel has 2 guardian figures in her life who do not listen to her. Her grandfather wants her to be a disciplined warrior at the age of 12, while her father doesn’t seem to do his part in making communication between them easier.

Cody, his father was also involved in the Consortium. That man is a business man now and all he does is try to take property away from people. Back in the long (Jim the Brain)chapter, Cody is super hostile towards his father, who’s about to kill a spirit (because that’s what his father did back in the Consortium; stab spirits). Cody becomes cold and harsh, saying that the spirit was HIS to kill. Like, Cody took a deadly turn and it makes for a theory that his father taught him to be a cold-blooded killer towards spirits. But in the evidence, it’s vague why Cody feels this way towards spirits (we only got Davy saying that even though he wants to protect those he loves, Davy pulls out the ‘dad will take care of it’ card). Cody yells at him after that, forcing him to leave the school (due to vampire rules). It ‘s clear that Cody doesn’t his father to be on his turf  and that he can hold his ground at school (remember, he’s school president). But Davy and Cody have a family tension the involves in protecting what they care about from the ‘evil spirits.’ However, Davy probably failed really bad as a parent if Cody gave him death glares and yelled at him.

EDIT: another thing to consider is that Davy sees his son as a reflection of him (literally) and gets really pissed when Max counters his statement by saying that Cody isnt his mirror. clearly Davy cannot see his son as a son, but some sort of copycat that needs to follow in his footsteps.

Rick Spender (as an adult) is literally the worst at being a reliable person for the Spirit Activity Club, theres records of the way he failed to be there for most of the members. Failing to reassure and listen to Isabel and purposefully keeps isaac in the dark that sparked these two to fight each other because they were both hurting

Ed’s parents who were clearly part of the Consortium and they eventually met their doom WHEN Ed was BARELY 3 YEARS OLD. Ed’s parents weren’t there long enough to actually raise him and see him grow up. Like, they decided that it was okay to pass their kid off to a new guardian in the most nightmare fueled moments before they disappeared. They didn’t try to leave him have a happy memory, but planned to just erase themsleves from his memories??

There’s plenty of other parents who also failed to be decent parents in the story (they weren’t part of Consortium, but they existed and basically don’t look after their kids. Penny and her parents’ treatment towards her and the way they favored her brother. Where the hell is Isaac’s parents). But it seems that a lot of the adults who are deeply involved in the spirit’s world, often tend to overlook their own children. Most of them claim to want to protect their kids from it, only pushing them away and the kid feeling neglected. But in the end, working in the Consortium makes these parents see their own children as an after thought because they’re buried in this this work, only dragging their kids in the mess.

And let’s look at Max Puckett. His mother was part of the Spectrals and possibly in the Consortium. She must have seen this sort of cycle. All of these parents who had spectral kids and planned out their futures to live that sort of life. Isabel’s family planning for her to be a warrior. Ed’s parents accepting their doomsday fate as workers of the Consortium. Max’s mom looked at all of this and didn’t want that. She would not repeat this mistake as other parents of the Consortium. And you know what? She married Peter Puckett, a man who wasn’t a spectral, or a vampire, or a wealthy man. But here’s the thing that Peter Puckett had that every other parent lacked; emotionally availability and unconditional love and care.

Like, Dad Puckett didn’t give up on his kids when his wife died. He picked himself up and did everything to raise them. He accepts that Max is Max, a moody preteen. He gets into the same interest as he does (Insolent Children music) and get involved in his life. Yes, he seems like a manchild at first glance because of his happy attitude and not being that smart. But he can be serious about serious topics when needed. He takes both of his kid to a kids’ arcade in order to let them have fun and be able to ask if Max was being bullied in school. He doesn’t make it a joke either, Peter Puckett is direct and wants to make sure that Max wasn’t being bullied in school. Hell, Dad Puckett took Max to the hospital for a broken arm and everything and you see that his face was full of concern for Max’s well-being. He literally makes time just for his kids no matter what it is. Going to a concert? Yes. Going to the hospital and rushing to get there? Peter will not hesitate. Like, Dad Puckett found the strength to continuing being there for his kids after his wife died. He moved to a new town to begin a new life, he takes their physical and emotional health seriously, he is involved in their interests and he listens to his kids, he doesn’t put pressure on his kids’ futures, all he wants is for them to be happy and safe. No matter what bad happens, Dad Puckett will always make himself emotionally available for his kids.

EDIT: another thing that was interesting during a re-read was that Peter said that Max took after his mom in personality and humor, and honestly that checks out based on what we know about her. This contrasts to Davy treating his son as a mirror, but in reality, Cody is nothing like him. Basically saying that Mr. Puckett understands his son better than Davy assumes what Cody is.

Meanwhile, all of the parents of the Consortium are fighting against a doomsday and not actually thinking about what their kids need most is to be there for them.

To Mom Puckett: you chose the best husband who was more prepared to care about his children

#paranatural #pnat #pnat spoilers #paranatural spoilers #long post

[aokozaki]

Fate/Zero sounds totally uninteresting to us personally because we already have a critique of "doing things for the greater good" and it's that bit in Paranatural (webcomic) where a Fire Spirit named Forge calls out Rick Spender by saying "you burn the present for the sake of a brighter future, and act surprised when all you hold is ash!"

Which is a fairly kino line for a sequence that also has said Spirit warning Spender that a third party has arrived on the scene, and Spender (thinking this is one of those "look behind you!" tricks) confidently announces "Aha! I won't fall for that a sixth time!"

It's got an almost FMA like mastery of ping-ponging tone. Comedy and drama switching off at every juncture.

[slavhew]

Hello!

If you're not too busy, would you mind listing some of the things you think count as death flags for Mr. Spender?

There's the obvious fact that he's the "old" mentor to group of young protagonists, but what else do you think would count?

OHH BOY ok so I'd think I'm a crackpot for this but since we're talking about Zack "Foreshadowing" Morrison. I have some thoughts

No harm in leading with the (chronologically) first thing that jumped out at me:

This one IMMEDIATELY made me antsy whenever I came back to it after my initial read, and considering Zack has referred to it on twitter in the past as one of their favorite jokes it's definitely not been forgotten about.

Second, the sheer amounts of near-misses, jokey or not, of Spender narrowly avoiding specifically lightning

Again, not much, but it's weird that it happened thrice, latter two of which had real gravitas rather than an one-off joke.

And third, Spender himself. He's repeatedly shown himself to be kind of a self sacrificing idiot, as well as prideful to a fault. Granted, it's both him and Mina trying to take on all the responsibility of saving Mayview and its inhabitants from their fate.. But Spender is exactly that right measure of doesn't-value-himself-enough (chest footprint aftercare or lack thereof), having an obscene amount of power (enables his loner act + pride) and poor judgement that has the capacity to put him at great risk. And it has!

Spender has not only shown low enough self-esteem to view himself as the de-facto scapegoat for the safety of the town, but also prideful enough to make very bad calls that end up in people, often himself, hurt (COUGH FORGE INCIDENT COUGH)

This is all conjecture, but it's definitely enough to make me worried about him :') Even if all this doesn't mean he'll necessarily die he's definitely getting (even more) seriously injured at some point. I love the guy but he's so far doing a horrible job of convincing me he wants to live bad enough to circumvent at least that

#not art #admin answers #paranatural #pnat #richard spender #pts-fic-notes-and-blog #before i continue on with tag ramble i just want to say tysm for leaving an ask! #none of my friends read this so ive been stewing on these thoughts for some months and i loved finally sharing them #this isn't exactly proof but the hijack possession seemingly being the final nail in the coffin for his and isabel's relationship. #idk it feels significant to me. thats one more tether to support kinda gone. someone who knows him well enough to know he's unwell #he seems not exactly content but fr incapable of not burning bridges as he is now. and considering how rashly he acts he REALLY needs those #to not do stupid shit all the god damn time with no buffer other than Lucifer. who for his measured approach to rick's hotheadedness #has honestly shown himself to be pretty lenient and kinda bad at controlling spender's more (self) destructive tendencies? so he dont count #to be clear i love spender to bits but he is dumb as rocks and has all the self preservation of a fruit fly. it needs to be said #also the lightning man... idk its WEIRD like especially on the reread its the thing that most consistently threatens him! it repeats #sure he gets chewed by a bat and banged up by forge but?? he somehow always comes back to lightning. catnine has it out for him #its something i didnt even really put together until i continued reading the flashback chapter AFTER getting this ask and went OHHHGNHF #which the only reason lightning is such a non issue is lucifer's powers. which belong to his sunglasses and not to the spirit in him #so its not like they can't be taken away he's just got a really good excuse for having those on all the time #TAGS GETTING SO LONG. ANYWAYS. i hope this is comprehensible lol

[animusbell]

Goddddd I am so. Feeling so so so Something about the way the Spender siblings are estranged... queer siblings coping with the same shitty family in different ways that conflict Just Enough with one another... Rick's need to escape his family being extended to Penny when she needed an out just as badly... Her reaching out but not in just the right way to allow that connection to be formed.

And the immense irony of her turning out to have THE most plot-relevant spectral energy color, when his entire main goal is solving Mayview's mysteries which involve at least one Wight, something she'd be able to help with if she's not somehow already relevant to it...

Yet again reinforcing that core theme that if you let smaller conflicts and fears divide you from others, you'll be far less able to take on the most real and far-reaching threats...

#paranatural #paranatural meta #mine #ough.

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

David Horsey, Seattle Times

* * * *

Today, President Joe Biden held an event in the Rose Garden at the White House to celebrate the lower drug costs possible thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, which passed without any Republican votes in either the House or the Senate. Phasing in over the next few years, the measure will cap the out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs at $2000 a year and make vaccinations free for seniors on Medicare. If the price of drugs rises faster than inflation, drug companies will have to rebate the difference to Medicare. And Biden noted that today, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that the premium for Medicare Part B, which pays for doctor visits, will decrease this year. All of this was possible, he said, because the biggest corporations in America will have to pay a minimum corporate tax of 15%. “The days of billion-dollar companies paying zero taxes are over.” “And,” he added, “we’re doing all this by bringing down the deficit at the same time. You hear about us being ‘big spenders’? Well, they raised the debt by $2 trillion. We’ve reduced the deficit in my first year, 2021, by $350 billion.” Biden called out the Republican budget plan, written by Florida senator Rick Scott, to sunset all federal legislation in five years, promising that Congress will reauthorize it if it is worthwhile. This means that every five years, Congress will have to vote to reauthorize Social Security and Medicare or they will end. Wisconsin senator Ron Johnson has gone further, calling for moving Social Security and Medicare spending from mandatory spending, which is protected, to discretionary spending, which must be reapproved every year, thus making it vulnerable to cuts or even elimination. “I have a different idea,” Biden said. “I’ll protect those programs. I’ll make them stronger. And I’ll lower your cost to be able to keep them.” Biden likely made this stand, at least in part, because Republican attack ads have been telling seniors that the Democrats have made cuts to Medicare. It is technically true that costs will drop: the government should save $237 billion between 2022 and 2031 from the Inflation Reduction Act’s drug policies. But these savings come from the fact that the IRA lets the federal government negotiate with pharmaceutical companies over prices, not because it will cut the benefits seniors receive. Disinformation seems to be the hallmark of the midterm campaign.

[Letters From An American :: Heather Cox Richardson]

#corrupt GOP #Letters From An American #Heather Cox Richardson #David Horsey #Seattle Times #political Cartoons #midterms

[zoomerinaboomercostume]

Paranatural Age Swap AU but Rick gets adopted by the Shadow

Our story begins with a small boy named Richard Spender, who runs away from home & was picked up by a kindly Spirit by the name of Cthumbra. They make their way to Mayview middle school, where they meet a friendly janitor by the name of Maxwell Puckett.

Wait, what?

Featuring a slightly feral protagonist, his OP (at least for regular Spirits) friend/Mom, & a group of Spectral teachers with secrets, this isn’t your ordinary Age Swap AU.

(Credit to @richardspenderposting for giving me the idea of making this masterpost).

https://www.tumblr.com/zoomerinaboomercostume/719965145534775296/basic-ideas-for-the-age-swap-au-rick-is-a?source=share

Basic ideas (how do you make this smaller?).

#pnat age swap au #paranatural #pnat #paranatural au #pnat au #rick spender #richard spender #pnat rick #pnat cthumbra

[agoatcheese]

I’m three episodes in but jujutsu kaisen is like if paranatural were an anime; Shallan (veil), Kaladin, and Adolin were the activity club, and Wit was Rick Spender send post

#is this indecipherable #stormlight archive #jujutsu kaisen #paranatural #kaladin stormblessed #gojo satoru #and others

[fatherfigurefistfight]

The Main Bracket

At long last, the main bracket is ready to go!

Here's how Round 1 will proceed:

Each quadrant of the bracket (8 polls) will get its own day of voting

Quadrant A (top left) voting will begin this Wednesday, 4/19

The following quadrants will be Thursday-Saturday, respectively

A complete list of matchups per quadrant can be found under the cut

Propaganda for or against (be civil) competitors is extremely encouraged, feel free to tag this blog in posts, send asks etc.

Happy fighting!

Quadrant A

Bob Parr v. Alfred Pennyworth

Shouta Aizawa v. Phoenix Wright

Bobby Nash v. Professor Laventon

Iroh v. Miles Edgeworth

Asgore v. All Might

Meta Knight v. Hugh Neutron

Jean Valjean v. Steve Harrington

Din Djarin v. Maes Hughes

Quadrant B

Jim Hopper v. Victor Frankenstein

Walter White v. Hank Summers

Herlock Sholmes v. Dracula (Hotel Transylvania)

Rupert Giles v. Atticus Finch

Pigsy v. Goofy

Obi-Wan Kenobi v. Cecil Gershwin Palmer

Odysseus (Homer) v. Grunkle Stan

Achilles (Hadesgame) v. Lawrence Fletcher

Quadrant C

Cadmus Ebcott v. Will Schuester

Hal Wilkerson v. Michael (The Good Place)

Stoick the Vast v. Dr. Umataro Tenma

Elrond v. Sasha Nein

Joel Miller v. Richard Spender

Jawbone O'Shaughnessy v. Papa Bear

Han Solo v. Daddy Pig

Rick Mitchell v. Heinz Doofenshmirtz

Quadrant D

King Dedede v. George White

Will Graham v. Norman (Pokemon)

Scar (Fullmetal Alchemist) v. Marvin (Falsettos)

King Harkinian (CDI Zelda) v. Bob Belcher

Duncan (Masters of the Universe) v. Peter B. Parker

Kelsier v. Charles Xavier

Reigen Arataka v. Loid Forger

Ben Sisko v. Bilbo Baggins

#father figure fistfight #poll tournament #the right side of the bracket has some INSANE matchups #very ready for scar v. marvin and joel v. spender