What is your hc on boomercup? for me, I think they bonded over the fact that they are the odd ones out of their siblings. Brick and Butch are always together doing things Blossom and Bubbles doing things together, and Buttercup and Boomer are just left out, not that they want to do the things their siblings are doing I also hc that boomer moved out like when he was 15-16 so that just adds to how estranged his relationship with his brothers is whilst buttercup is going out all the time with her friends just so she doesn't have to see how close her sisters are and how estranged she is and I also hc that they both were the last to get together so their siblings mostly blossom and bubbles set up double dates just so they make buttercup and boomer be together
I’m literally so excited someone asked me abt them I’m like in tears. This is a super long post just to give you a heads up
Just rq I feel like with how oblivious the two are they’d be like “why are we literally being dragged on a date” and then ditch their siblings to hang out with each other, said siblings laughing at them when they finally get together like “that’s literally WHY WE INVITED YOU BOTH WE BASICALLY FORCED YOU ON A DATE WITH EACH OTHER” “oh”
Ok so a one-shot I actually had in mind basically touches upon exactly that also loosely inspired by “Pity Party” by Melanie Martinez (full idea beneath the cut), although my main work right now—the fic I have going (you can find it under the tbmg tag I have on this post and my pinned) is Boomer being impulsive to try to impress some girl in a class they all share by trying to be “good” and so asking for help, and given it’s the most-behaved Ruff and the least-behaved Puff and somewhere along the line they’re still classified as a villain and a hero respectively despite not being too different fundamentally and it’s mostly a character study in that aspect while still building their friendship before getting them together. I like to think that as crime lessens in the future the Ruffs mostly stop having contact with Mojo and low contact with HIM providing they’re mainly just tools to them unlike the Puffs to Professor, who he sees as his children and created them specifically to have children in his life. Boomer, in Buttercup’s opinion, is the most annoying since he’s as much of an instigator as she is. For the most part they lose contact with the other groups save for Boomer and sometimes Brick just trying to have a bit of fun by getting on their nerves and eventually only really focus on Buttercup since she’s the only one to still give them a reaction
That, and it’s nice to have someone that can actually match each other’s strength—they mostly get into fights when having a rough day, when they need to either beat the shit out of someone until they feel better or it means violence is still some kind of physical contact that says there’s some kind of care in it, good or bad
This is sort of what I’m alluding to at the start of said fic that I’ll try to delve into further into the next chapter or the one following. During the next chapter is when I have them actually chatting and getting to actually know one another aside from any insecurities to jab at to initiate a fight
I have another hc I’ll put in a rb here at a later date bc it deals with some heavier topics (EDIT: some are featured here)
Alright one-shot idea:
It’s the girls’ 15th birthday, a Saturday, and Buttercup has always been the first to pick on her sisters right and it seems that’s the only way she really knows how to make connections which is a little bit what @milksteaki touched upon in her (edited to use proper pronouns) hcs as far as how she “flirts” with Boomer (not quite the same, it’s close enough), and I doubt her sisters would ever fully understand that
Especially as they get older I have a feeling Blossom and Butters would argue a bit more given they’re probably the two who bear the most insecurities and they’re so alike in sometimes getting on what really makes people tick. Anyway they probably had one the night before bc Buttercup is sometimes just so intense they don’t really know how to take it the way her sisters do and it literally scares their friends, especially when BC’s friend group are boys who roughhouse or are able to match her competitive nature and they mention this to her sisters in private who then try to relay the message to Buttercup or they try to encourage their friends to tell her straight up bc she really doesn’t mean any harm. Either way, Buttercup either didn’t invite her friends for those reasons or was told to invite someone else and she doesn’t have anybody else, that or everyone was busy/had games/whatever else. Blossom asks Buttercup not to “scare the guests” and she, in a bout of teenage angst, takes it as “don’t show up”
After that she’s left alone in the room and her immediate thought is to contact Boomer to play basketball at a park or something—just the two of them, since all he was really doing was either trying to ignore Brick and Butch fight or, providing you’re the second person I’ve known of to hc Boomer moving out as a teenager, he’s doing absolutely nothing and is more than happy to hang out with someone
They chat during the game and sometimes after shots—not like it’s a real game anyway—and Buttercup mentions that she’s been “kicked out for the day” or that she fought with Blossom again, really anything to keep from sharing too many details and it works as Boomer continues to say that he’s so glad to not really be around his brothers like that anymore. While Boomer is never the one really involved with Brick and Butch’s spats, he feels left out and like no one pays attention to him in kind of the opposite of how Bubbles feels
It’s late afternoon when Blossom finds her after realizing Buttercup isn’t in the room sulking or looking for privacy but straight up left, and only then did she realize Buttercup probably had no intention of showing up and felt horrible—they’re a tight-knit group, even with the arguing they both miss their sister terribly and their birthday is never too fun without the third
Another argument starts out since Blossom’s concerned and Buttercup’s pissed and they eventually forget Boomer’s there for a minute—at least Buttercup, until:
“You said you didn’t want me there!”
“I never said that! All I wanted was for the guests to have a good time!”
“Forget them, Blossom—it’s our birthday! I should be able to enjoy the day, too!”
Boomer’s heart sinks as he’s looking between the two as they argue and his voice is softer than he ever expects: “It’s your birthday today?”
Her heart stops when she remembers about his presence and how she was actively avoiding that detail and she can’t even think about a response, Blossom’s as silent as she is, and he just looks hurt that he was never told and about everything that’s already been said, “Why didn’t you tell me it’s your birthday?”
“It’s no big deal, Boomer. If I cared enough, I would’ve said something.”
“I care. The least I could’ve done is, I don’t know, made you dinner or something.”
They discuss to talk about it later since the most important thing is that Blossom wants her there for cake and they’ve refused to even light the candles without her there. They make up, there’s probably some tears, and Boomer is then invited to every party (he also probably makes a little friendship bracelet or a favorite snack as a gift that he brings to her in the midst of the night)
What do you think about the "teddy bears and machine guns" game from the "please don't tell my parent's" series?
I honestly like the idea of it as a game, and it's too bad that it was really only important in the 1st book.
Honestly, I mostly don't have a lot of thoughts about it. It sounds like a kind of game (or maybe three kinds of game mashed together?) that I suspect I wouldn't enjoy much, but Penny et al seem to enjoy it.
I do wish we'd gotten a better idea of what's involved, though. Toybox seems to be an RTS, Candy is some kind of solo adventure with base-building elements, and Junkyard is... Spore-esque, maybe?
Out of curiosity, why do you ask, beyond that I'm familiar with PTDMP?
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A very merry hello specifically to the Boomercup shippers that support trans hcs <3 first chapter is up and I know it’s a touch iffy given I haven’t edited it yet. It’s here though!!
This will eventually have trans masc Buttercup and nb Boomer (he/she/they or just she/they, haven’t decided yet), and as soon as the rest are introduced there’s trans fem Butch, lesbian Blossom, unidentified Bubbles, and bi king Brick bc I said so.
Eventual Butchossom (Blossutch???????) and Brickubbles, I’m also likely gonna draw trans Butch and BC refs when I get the chance to differentiate the two :] I’m also gonna probably come up w my own names for the ships for funzies. Anyway I hope this is ok for now <3
Edit: edited slightly now I feel a little better abt it
The song "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" is actually a two-sided conversation. On one side, you have a pair of very sarcastic brothers, on the other side, there is a time-displaced Byzantine trying to get home.
I spent way too long doing this. Could I, in that time, have actually sketched a dress idea? Yes. Did I want to on a Monday after just getting out of work? No.
Thank God for dollmakers.
Anyways I'm trying to figure out the obligatory Pretty Asgardian Party Dress for Darcy in TBMG.
Am I anywhere near writing that chapter? Also no. But these things are important.
Audience thoughts?
Bonus Jane in the one and 4 real dresses at the bottom. I have also just thought about ripping off Galadriels green dress in TROP
