#kid!barry

[legendofgrump]

I imagine Barry being the only one who isn't leashed because he doesn't run away as often. Instead he pushes Kevin's stroller.

Ahhh yes! Barry is the responsible big brother who pushes Kevin around. And sometimes he carries the little family bag that has like snacks and shit in it because with that many kids, you need an adventure pack on EVERY trip. And he can hardly see over the stroller, but he’s always walking like right next to Jack/Vernon, so he doesn’t really need to worry about it. And he’s really good at making Kevin laugh if he gets fussy, so he’s really helpful to keep around.

[legendofgrump]

What are you talking about? It's grump time. Maybe whenever Barry wears his sunglasses, his siblings become his chaperon for the day because they respect his coolness. However, he doesn't like to use this power, and only does it momentarily.

Well, let’s keep it to the REAL plot stuff, shall we?

I can get behind this. Whenever Barry wears his sunglasses, his siblings are like body guards. Like “no sorry, you can’t see Barry today he’s booked up all day with being super cool.” And they basically form a shield around him like he’s the president and make sure other kids don’t get too close.

[legendofgrump]

And then ross was like "no." And deliberately never did anything to his hair to spite them because they always asked him to PLEASE ROSS COMMME ON

But deep down inside Ross just didn’t wanna get something that would look stupid because he didn’t want it to somehow get messed up and he was paranoid about it.

Also while they’re trying to convince him, he’s like “UM WHY DON’T YOU HOUND BARRY LIKE THIS??” And they’re just like “Because Barry is already cool?” Like Barry just puts on a pair of shades and everyone is like :O

[legendofgrump]

Okay but high school dan arin ross and barry going ghost hunting for shits and giggles and they end up getting the crap scared out of them because stupid someone brought a Ouija board (o3o)

all of these scenarios are reminding me of the first real fanfiction I wrote (not for Game Grumps) like last year and it was like 100k+ words (like half finished) and completely detailed the ridiculous antics of some kids. It was pretty fun to write and now I’m reliving it with all of this.

Anyway, enough of a history lesson about my life. YES. Ross would be the one to bring the ouija board (that is the worst word to spell what the fuck) because he’s super edgy and cool and he can totally handle it, you guys. And Danny and Barry are like “um maybe don’t do that,” but Arin is totally into it because obviously he doesn’t believe in ghosts or whatever.

And they go to some super abandoned, famously haunted house in the neighborhood and plan to spend the night there with little to no equipment  for much of anything. And Ross pulls out the ouija board and convinces them to do it and they don’t even last the night. Like are you kidding, they’re scared straight out of that house before anything seriously scary can even happen.

[legendofgrump]

Jack and Vernon take Barry to Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria for his "birthday" since they don't know the date. On that note: Ross convincing them that his birthday is everyday, taking advantage of it, so Jack and Vernon take him places because they don't know the real date. More birthday prompts. Incorporate the other Grumps, because I got nothing. But it's cute!

Poor Barry, my son. Jack and Vernon think he’ll find it fun, but the whole time Barry just tries to keep as far away from the animatronics as he can. And he’s just got this terrified look in his eye the whole time because those things are super creepy.

Ross waiting just long enough where he’s pretty sure they’ve forgotten that he’s already celebrated his “birthday” and then just going and telling them “HEY I’M OLDER NOW. IT’S MY BIRTHDAY.” and using like “Danny said it’s my birthday and he remembers so obviously it’s true” to convince them (even if Danny has not even been consulted on the matter). But the whole time they’re celebrating Vernon and Jack have this feeling that “didn’t we do this a couple of months ago? he says it was a whole year but...?” And eventually they get wise to it and write it down the next time Ross says it’s his birthday so they’re like “nope you get one a year and we know what the day is this time.”

Danny and Brian actually remember their birthdays because they were a lot older so they actually celebrate it on the right day. And Danny has dinosaur themed birthday parties every year. And I’m talking the whole shebang--party hats, balloons, banners, dinosaur shaped cake.

Brian is like the exact opposite. Sure, he’ll accept your presents, but he doesn’t want a cake, a party, really any kind of acknowledgement that it’s his birthday. He spends his birthday pretty much like every other day of his life.

Suzy and Arin celebrate their birthdays on the same day because why not! They like to celebrate with each other and they like to do a lot of the same stuff! Usually on their birthdays, they go on a little day trip to a museum or a petting zoo or a little carnival or something and take the whole family along for a day of fun and sugar-highs!

And Kevin and Holly kind of have pretty standard birthdays. Cakes, a few presents, they probably have friends over for some fun times. Nothing nearly as extravagant as Danny’s birthday, but still making a day out of it, you know?

*throws streamers* birthdays!

[legendofgrump]

wait, in the kid au, what's the whole thing about Barry can't talk?

He can talk, he just chooses not to because he doesn’t really feel like being loud and outspoken or anything! He basically uses his siblings as ‘translators’ where he whispers into their ears and they relay whatever message he’s trying to put out there. He’s just a quiet kid that doesn’t really like to talk, that’s all!

[legendofgrump]

What was the family's reaction the first time Barry spoke out loud, before the translator ordeal.

Well it probably took him a while to get around to it. They were probably relieved mostly, just because they’re totally inexperienced at being parents and everyone around them/all of the things they were reading to get just a little bit more knowledge told them they should be concerned if their kid wasn’t talking by whatever age. So they were worrying about him.

But Barry talks totally fine. No speech impediments, no slurred speech. He formulates perfectly understandable and eloquent sentences. He just doesn’t like to talk. And honestly, the first thing they ever hear him say would be like in the middle of a supermarket, Barry is the only kid they took with them for once and he just goes “Hey I need to go to the bathroom” and Jack and/or Vernon are like on the floor crying with relief because “oh my god he can talk, thank god”

[legendofgrump]

Since they have kids of multiple religions, do they celebrate both Christmas and Hanukah alluring the holiday season? Like, they use the two religions as an excuse to celebrate every holiday from the two, which means more days off from school. ;)

alright Hanukkah time.

I think they’ve worked it out that the Jewish kids get presents throughout Hanukkah and then a few more on Christmas (so they’re not just watching people get presents) but that the others only get all their presents on Christmas (because they don’t have to sit around watching Danny and Barry open their one present every night).

But the entire family pretty much disappears from school for the entire month of December because they’re celebrating holidays, god. So teachers have learned to kind of structure around that since they clearly aren’t going to make any headway with trying to convince the family to not do that.

So they all just get extra time to lounge around during the holiday season, which is always fun for them. And everyone at their school is so jealous that they get so much time off.