#kid!suzy

[legendofgrump]

The idea of suzy and arin and ross braiding their leashes together and ultimately ending up in a huge knot because they dont know how to braid is really funny to md

omg yes. But also it’s such a massive knot that the three are stuck together for the entirety of wherever their trip is. So they have to move like one unit and Ross’s arm is hooked behind his back and Arin is constantly tripping over a little dangling part of the leash and Suzy’s probably got it wrapped around her head a little bit. And Jack can’t even hold onto the leash because it’s SO horrendously tangled so they’re just walking around like a confused three-headed monster.

[legendofgrump]

Maybe this is how Arin got his streak! He wanted to join his siblings in punk, but he didn't want to go crazy with it.

Omg totally! It was probably Suzy’s idea--she wanted one to go with her shaved side--and Arin was like “oooh that sounds fun I wanna go.” And maybe Danny helped Holly dye her hair pink to join the fun (even though technically she never had anything but pink hair in the AU).

[legendofgrump]

But since jack is a gem he isnt gonna shame her because man she tried to look pretty so he takes her out for ice cream after

Awww of course he wouldn’t shame her! Just like he didn’t when Danny dyed his hair blue in his angsty phase. He was just like “alright I guess this is how things are now” and rolled with it.

Now I’m just imagining this is turning into the punkest family ever. Suzy with her shaved head and Danny with his bright blue hair just walking down the street together getting stares because they’re like 8 and 11 respectively. But Jack and Vernon are just like “yeah are kids are cool, what about it.”

[legendofgrump]

EY! so, suzy doesn't get enough love in these so maybe kid suzy wants to do the thing where she shaves half her head and one day jack finds her in the bathroom with a bunch of her hair on the floor and hes like aw fuck

But it’s like way too late into the process for them to just ignore it so he’s like “alright, I guess you’re shaving half your head.” So he basically just has to finish it and try and make it look nice. (Or if he couldn’t do that, he’d have to take her to a salon to get it done and the people at the hair place just look at Suzy and then at Jack like “...what did you do to this child...”)

[legendofgrump]

Who's next? Suzy! Suzy's dad died when she was young and thus was raised by her mom. Unfortunately they were barely scrapping by, they could just barely put food on the table much less afford things like makeup and dresses. One time her mom saved up and bought suzy some cheap black lipstick for her birthdat. But eventually it was to much for her mom and she had to give Suzy up. -au anon

And now, even though Suzy can have quite a few nice things and live comfortably with the rest of her siblings, she still has to be talked into the idea when someone wants to buy her something frivolous and not totally necessary for survival.

Like, of course Suzy loves dresses and makeup and accessories, but if Jack or Vernon take her out clothes shopping she’s gets very shy and reserved and always looks at price tags (she understands numbers very well because of her mom). She will hardly ever pick a thing she likes a lot but has a high price over something she kind of likes with a low price, and it would take heavy persuasion to convince her that she could have the higher priced one (or even both!). 

She also does not waste food. Picky eaters personally offend her and she will eat anything given to her without complaint--even the most disgusting of things.

[legendofgrump]

Also what if this kid grumps is just set in a summer camp (or a rec camp I guess cause they have a place they go everyday, but also trips they go on) -KB

Kid grumps at summer camp!! but they’re all kind of nerdy so teaching them how to do organized sports is hellish for the counselors omg.

Just small children chasing squirrels and singing campfire songs at night. Holly and Suzy trying to catch fireflies. Ross not understanding why all of his toasted marshmallows taste horrible and hurt his mouth, then someone looks over and they’re like “Ross you’re literally burning your marshmallows to a crisp what are you doing.” but he just really liked watching them change color and sometimes little flames would stick on to them like torches. Arin and Suzy working together to make a beautiful bird house as a gift for Holly and there’s sequins and macaroni glued all over it in the shape of a heart. And Suzy’s colored one of the walls entirely black because fashion.

oh my god this is so cute.

[legendofgrump]

Okay then. GIVE ME CHRISTMAS KID GRUMPS I DEMAND IT

YOU ASKED FOR IT, HERE IT GOES.

So what I’m imagining here is their little family traditions. Like, on Christmas Eve, they all snuggle together in front of the TV and watch a Christmas movie or two like Charlie Brown’s Christmas or Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer or Santa Claus is Coming to town. They do that a little earlier in the day, and then afterwards, they all pile into their giant family car and drive around looking at Christmas lights and ogling the decorations.

Then they all try to sleep. Danny and Barry don’t have it quite as bad because they don’t have to worry about trying to catch Santa, but they’re still antsy because they get a few presents too (they get most of their gifts on Hanukkah, though, which I’ll talk about in your other ask). There’s a little plate of cookies in the kitchen (they tried to bake the cookies themselves one year but it was almost impossible with all of the small children trying to “help”, they just do store-bought now). And there’s a note from all of them that the kids dictated and Vernon/Jack wrote (and then let the kids sign) so it’s like a full page of “Santa, we love you, tell all the reindeer we said hi. and also all the elves. How many elves are there. Please write back. We need to know.”

Brian doesn’t believe in Santa anymore, but there’s a little part of him that still kind of wants to, so he tries to get the truth out of Danny/Barry just for his own peace of mind. But they’re vowed to silence so they won’t tell him no matter how hard he tries.

On Christmas morning, Ross is probably the first to wake up. Or one of the girls. But because they all slept in Arin’s room so they could all wait for Santa together, they all consequently end up waking up soon after. So they all run out to the living room where the tree is set up (oh shit I forgot the tree, I’ll do that in a sec), dragging very tired Vernon and Jack with them and rushing to their little pre-designated sections of the room where all their presents are piled up. And there are so many little home movies of them ripping open presents and gushing over their gifts and toys and things.

Okay, backtracking to setting up the tree: they get a real tree because we’re having an authentic christmas dammit. And they have a chart of who gets to pick the tree each year because they tried once to let everyone have a say and god that was a disaster. And then they all set it up. Holly organizes the plushies and fake snow and things that they put all over the living room while Suzy follows closely behind, placing candles meticulously amongst her decorations.

Danny and Brian are constantly being passed ornaments to hang because they’re the tallest, which occasionally get passed to Vernon or Jack because they can actually reach the top of the tree. And they all decide who gets held up to put the star on top of the tree this time. Arin likes to put tinsel on literally everything because it’s glittery and sparkles. Ross always tries to sneak plastic dinosaurs in the little nativity scene and sometimes they go days without realizing. Kevin and Barry set up their little “how many days until Christmas” board and hang the stockings (the nails are already in the wall, no hammering for these children).

Is this what you wanted.

[legendofgrump]

Kid Grumps Dan and Arin getting lost, but Dan having to calm Arin down cause he's like, a year older. And to calm him down, Dan lets Arin play with his hair until Suzy finds them. -KB

They get lost in like a really big department store/supermarket and Arin’s on the verge of tears, so Danny just sits him down in the soup aisle where they got lost so they can be found by retracing steps and he tells him stories about dragons or dinosaurs while Arin messily braids his hair or puts some of the haiclips/ties that he always has on him in Danny’s ridiculous mane. And by the time Suzy finds them, Danny’s hair is in like twenty different ponytails/braids/knots and it’ll be a wreck to brush out later but Arin is laughing and talking about how he wants to own a dragon so it’s kind of worth it.