today , we’re gonna go over who is gary grooberson and why should you be willing to die for him from my chaotic brain. which means it’s going to be very all over the place but also very gary of me. at some point in this i will make a read more because i know it’s going to get long.
it became a 1,238 word essay , actually.
anyway , let’s begin :
gary is a dudebro. is he hella smart? yeah , actually he is because he’s a seismologist. teaching summer school was just cool because he had a decent space where he could set his maps , findings , seismometer , etc. to create and establish the patterns with seismographs of the tremors in summerville. he could play horror films for the kids who didn’t wanna be there while he tries to understand what is creating the “ earthquakes ” in summerville.
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nonetheless , he’s. a whole seismologist. he’s also aware kids in summer school aren’t the brightest bulbs so when phoebe is . . . phoebe he’s literally so excited to actually put his knowledge to good use. although when phoebe realizes he’s a seismologist she asks like it’s hard to believe.
phoebe : you’re a seismologist?
groobs : does that seem so hard to believe?
phoebe : . . . figured you for a football coach.
groobs , unsure how to react : oh . . .
groobs : uhm , thank you.
she starts talking to him about the seismic activity which makes his millennium really because holy shit she’s smart. so he tries to explain why his findings don’t make sense for summerville but she’s well aware of the terms he uses and what he’s explaining so she makes this horrible geometry joke and he pauses for a whole minute before deciding he wants to adopt this child i’m 100% sure.
pheobe : where’s it [ the explosion ] coming from?
groobs : i don’t know. i don’t know , i tried setting up geophones but i can’t triangulate.
phoebe : are you using three?
groobs : yeah. i know how many sides there are in a triangle.
phoebe : i just thought you were being obtuse. *winks*
groobs : was that a geometry joke?
phoebe : yes , that’s why i winked.
groobs : ah , that was terrible. no , i loved it.
so at this point they’re on the same page because he fuckin’ loves science and she’s probably smarter than him but also can’t talk science with her mom. that’s a whole thing but anyway––– when she brings in the ghost trap she finds in egon’s house he’s like , “ whoa , cool replica! ” but she and podcast are clueless which ngl kills him inside. he fanboys over the ghostbusters and says new york in the 80s was , “ like the walking dead ” before realizing it’s not a replica. it’s the real thing and he literally loses his mind , shows them the old ghostbusters commercial on youtube , and has to power it up afterward.
genuinely he takes the two after school to hook up jumper cables to one of the busses and the ghost trap to open it. which prompts this man to go into the best take on science i’ve seen in my life , as shown below :
podcast : should we open it? [ a ghost trap ]
groobs : *hooks up jumper cables from a school bus to the ghost trap*
groobs : glasses. *hands safety goggles to phoebe and podcast*
phoebe : two millimeters of plastic eye protection? are you sure this is safe?
groobs : safe? hmph. no. no, history is safe. geometry , that's safe. science is all particle accelerators and hydrogen bombs. science is giving yourself the plague and gambling on the cure.
phoebe : science is reckless.
groobs : totally! yes! it's punk rock! it's the safety pin through the nipple of academia.
podcast : wow.
and then has podcast start the engine––– these kids are like 12 , dude. lmao. he’s batshit but in the best way. you thought venkman had gameshow host energy? this guy has pure paul rudd energy. yeah. anyway , it releases a terror dog , the windows on all nearby busses and cars shatter.
groobs : uh , we should get outta here.
phoebe : but you’re an adult.
groobs : yeah , and liable.
btw , he’s absolutely already confirmed phoebe’s dad isn’t in the picture on the first day because he met her mom and decided it was time to simp. makes a whole move after driving her and podcast back to egon’s farm. and compliments podcast on being weird and how great it is. he trips over himself with callie , phoebe’s mom and egon’s daughter , so fucking badly that it’s perfect.
callie : you . . . brought them home?
groobs : it's a service i provide.
callie : aren’t–––
groobs : well i'm also an escort.
callie : mmmmm 🤨
groobs : that came out wrong.
callie : kinda . . . mm , yep.
groobs : look , the truth is i've always kinda wondered what lurked inside this haunt box. [ egon's house ]
callie : right , well , the only thing lurking inside here is my slowly dying soul.
groobs : is that what that smell is?
callie : well , it's not dinner , so.
*awkward silence*
callie : would you–––
groobs : sure!
callie : like–––
groobs : yeah!
callie : i don't have any food–––
groobs : it's fine!
callie : a tour?
groobs : great!
callie : great.
needless to say , he’s a huge himbo. on the himbo triangle he’s situated mostly in the dog subcategory but kind of a douche except he’s not a beefcake? he’s just double dumb and respects women. he is genuinely so in love with callie already. but one moment that really just shows how much he admires phoebe is during a date with callie she explains why she just can’t get through to phoebe and he reassures her phoebe is just an awkward , nerdy kid and needs time. but he goes into how science is great and how great phoebe is with it and it just melts my heart every time.
but let’s talk about the terror dog scene. this man goes to walmart for ice cream ( baskin robins as an ant–man reference , he’s absolutely a scott lang variant. fight me. ) and sees tiny stay puft men toasting each other and blending each other and it’s fucking wild. so he’s leaving , right , and he sees a fucking terror dog eating purina dog chow and when it realizes he’s there he blue screens , tries to say hey buddy and when it roars at him he fucking chucks his pint of br at the terror dog’s head and hauls ass out of walmart. ends up slip ‘n’ slide jumping through his car’s broken windshield and the terror dog pounces the hood , which deflates his tires , and then he gets possessed by the keymaster.
even after he’s back to gary at the end his priority is callie and confirming they banged as keymaster and gatekeeper.
now this part isn’t canon but like . . . you cannot tell me that he didn’t stand up with the ghostbusters , with his idols and be in such awe that all he can do is go for a hug with egon’s ghost but shake his hand instead and say , “ i’m a big fan of your work. ” and he’s referring to 98% callie and 2% contributions to ghostbusting.
and that’s why you should accept dudebro himbo kooky bananas man gary grooberson as your lord and savior. thank you for coming to my tedtalk.
🌌 — original character emoji asks, sent in by @wightwulf.
what was the inspiration behind your oc? what was the first thing you decided about them?
back in 2018, I had gone through a ( relatively minor ) car accident and it had left me very shaken up to the point where I wouldn’t drive unless I was going to work or coming home from work, so I was home a lot in my free time. in the past, whenever I’ve been in a deep, depressive funk, my go-to comfort muse to pour my feelings into and explore had always been sidney prescott from scream. unfortunately, at this time, there was someone active in that fandom that I was very uncomfortable with and I didn’t feel comfortable being on that blog or writing that muse. I decided to try my hand at creating a horror original character, and had made jordan on a whim. she had a different name starting out and a completely different backstory; in 2019 I revisited her and remade her blog entirely, overhauling her backstory in the process.
around that time, I had reached a point in my own journey of accepting some terrible things that had happened to me in college to where I felt comfortable exploring unsavory / taboo topics in an original character, and I knew that the right story to tell with jordan would be one that was both intimately familiar to me and one that is pretty much only seen in media if it’s being used for shock value. I wanted to tell the story of a trauma survivor who doesn’t let the terrible thing that happened to her define her life, who persists to forge her own path and who still wants good things out of life, and who, when pulled back into the thick of it by her abuser, stands her ground and fights back. while my experience with my trauma is very different from the story I wrote for jordan, the general elements are still the same, such as struggling to accept what happened and to accept that it’s not your fault, and persisting despite society being staunchly against you at every turn. the very first thing I decided about her was that she was going to be someone who has survived terrible things and has been determined to move forward and find something good, because I think there’s a lot of power in that, and that was something that I needed to see when I was going through my own journey of healing.
obviously, bringing something that heavy into the rpc has to be handled with care, and I owe many thank-yous to all my friends back in the early stages of creating jordan who read over my rules and bio pages and helped me tweak things or fine-tune things until I felt that I had put up enough safeguards so that anyone still on their journey of recovery would not be triggered. what goes hand-in-hand with this is the fact that assault is never explicitly written out on my blog and never will be, any and all references and writing about what happened is centered on jordan’s responses to it, her feelings around it, and how it has impacted her. likewise, elliot has never been featured much on this blog aside from his status as an abuser, and while I have created an npc graphic for him, his face is scratched out. I will never fancast a face claim for him, nor will I ever try to explain why he did what he did, because it doesn’t matter. there’s no logic or reasoning behind harming someone, and there’s no space for abusers here, regardless of the fact that this is all fictional, because at the core of it all, it’s based around very real things that happen and that people experience.
my goal has always been to handle these topics responsibly and with care; it’s an ongoing process but one that is integral to me above everything, and I hope that I have done a decent job and continue to do so in the future.
wightwulf replied to your post: Would anyone happen to have Spidey ps4 screencaps
if you have VLC media player, my new go-to for making my own caps is downloading videos, opening them in VLC, finding the frame i want, hitting the screen capture button, and then just making icons as i need them. it’s easier than trying to hunt for screencap banks
Problem with that is I have a tendency to cap obsessively and end up with a situation where I have 3000 icons from the first 20 minutes of Homecoming
he put his arms around her and kissed her for all the times that he hadn’t, but should have. he kissed her for all those times that he had wanted to, but fear and denial had made it impossible. he kissed her for all the hours that he had spent dreaming of this moment, of the feel of her body against his, of her warmth and scent and touch. he kissed her for the future that he wanted to share with her, for all the plans that he had made for them and those they would make together.
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❝ I just spent three days deep undercover in dresses that barely come down past my knees while sexist assholes stared at my ass. The asshole is now dead, so let me tell you what we're going to do. I'm going to go put on a long t-shirt with shorts that you probably won't be able to see, & we're going to go get take out from IHOP, & sit here with a couple bottles of wine. Do I make myself clear? ❞
