▓ ０７ Ｐｔｓ．► audio. ► 0hana mean5 fam!ly, fam!ly mean5...?

[throwsdown]

[Takeshi has had a lot on his mind, lately. Some days, he wants to run to his most precious people and hug them and tell them how much he loves them--some days, he wants to call them names only good little boys call the people who raise them do. But then there are some days where he gets scared: his dad at home loves him, takes care of him, supports him. He says Takeshi is his kid. Takeshi believes him. But now he's in space with these new... he wants to call them parents. They feel like parents--the good kind, he thinks, anyway. He's mostly just used to the kind that let him down. 

Do they like him back? Like a son? Do they even want a son? Is he being bad, having so many people he wants like this? What if--they go away, when he tells them all this? He's scared of being alone again. He doesn't want them to go away. So... he asks Reaper for a favor, and once the message is encrypted good and proper, he asks the community a few things.

Grown ups tend to know things like this, right...?]

[ENCRYPTED // LOCKED FROM HEATHER AND NETHERLANDS (sorry guys)]

I... There's one, two [he counts them off just in case y'all need that visual] people I like a lot on the ship that... I mean, I like everybody, but these two are special! Heder and Mr. Ned--he works in the garden--they take good care of me and give me food and give me baths and they're nice to me, 'cept when I'm doing things that aren't good to do. But that's 'cuz they protect me! They're not my real mom and dad--but should I... if--should I call them that? Will they still like me if I do? I don't want them to think I'm being bad. I want them to keep being like my parents... I wanna call them that...

What if they don't like me no more?

'Cuz before, I didn't have good parents. And then I found my new dad at home--he's the best and strongest!

Will he be mad if I had more than, than--just him as a papa? Will he be mad if I had more? Can I have two dads and a mom, even if I had real parents before?

[This is all just so confusing. He's not sure what to do. He re-counts off on his fingers, adding the other 'parents' in his life, frowning. There's his dead dad and his mom-who-didn't-like-him and her mean boyfriend--but he doesn't count, right? And then there's Kaze and now...]

I think I have too many moms and dads... I think that's okay... I don't know. What do you think? What should I do...?

...

I just don't want them to leave if I say.

Comments

[okayokay]

If you love someone- really love them- you have to tell them. They should get to know how you feel.

[throwsdown]

But--what if they don't like that? How I feel?

[He wouldn't hesitate so badly if--if he knew they'd be happy.

He's just not so sure; it's not like they say they're like that. Like parents.]

voice | locked to takeshi because ugh he's so embarrassed saying this stuff

[ironsights]

[ 'didn't have good parents.' that really bugs him, but he's not going to pry, not unless takeshi wants to talk about it first. ]

They care for you. You should call them what feels right for you, they won't be angry.

[ pause. ]

Your father back home would be glad that there are people who care for you here.

[voice | locked] too kawaii kazama (◡‿◡✿)

[throwsdown]

... You think he would be? Happy that I found more parents?

I don't want--what if he thinks I don't love him anymore?

voice.

[ex_inventive578]

You know what I think? I think having someone who you care about, who cares about you... well, there's no limit to how many people like that you can have in your life, is there? Whether it's mum, dad, uncle, auntie, swarm queen, slime brother — you can call people whatever you want. I don't imagine anyone would ever object to being included in the family of someone they love.

voice.

[throwsdown]

[Okay, most of that is really important and he digests every word in his little head, but—]

Swarm... Slime brother?

[thoughts]

It's a game.

[ This question isn't the same as the other, but if it has the same answer, doesn't that make them related? A function, because it's functional. She pauses, then adds: ]

Of house.

[throwsdown]

Not just a game! I want to be real!

[He nods, very certain of this much.]

But--but if they wanna just make it a game, I'll let it be a game. As long as they stay!

[refusing]

Doesn't matter if they're blood or not, what you feel for 'em is real, yeah?

[A pause.]

Bet they'd love hearing how you feel, and y'know what? They've gotta feel the same way toward you, too.

[throwsdown]

Super real! Real as ever-ever!


Do you think so, though...? What if they don't feel like that?

Maybe they'll think I'm weird...

video;

[touchie]

It is okay.

[ Ow, mommy-daddy talk. ]

video;

[throwsdown]

[so sorry nedski]

It's okay if I have a lot of moms and dads?

That's not dumb?

[nonsomno]

They won't leave. And your real father won't mind. He . . . if he's a good father, he'll understand.

[throwsdown]

Oh, he is! He's a great dad! He carries me on his shoulders and feeds me and all kinds of stuff!

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[walksonrooftops]

If you call them what they mean to you...

[He knows the feeling, little guy. Words are hard, family is hard, but he knows Netherlands and Heather and he knows enough about Takeshi to be very sure that he's not a bad kid. He's not entirely sure about Netherlands--that guy is difficult to read sometimes, but he appreciates honesty, or so Asato's been told and so he wants to believe--but he's got enough faith in Heather that he doesn't expect her to turn her back on Takeshi over this.]

And if you're important to them, then it's okay, right?

video

[throwsdown]

Yeah... I think I'm important to them... am I? Do you think maybe?

[He's... not sure. He's not used to being important to a lot of people.

Netherlands said he makes them happy... He said he was worth it. Netherlands doesn't like to lie.]

voice;

[inebriety]

[Good parents were a strange concept to Tony. He knew what they were, he'd seen them in action with Clint and his family (before certain events happened) and with Monica and her son. Okay, so SHIELD operatives weren't a good example of a normal family, but his life was hardly normal. Also, Takeshi reminded him a little of Anthony, the little boy brain tumour who'd never get the chance to grow up because he'd kill Tony otherwise. Except he wasn't a father to Anthony, that would be ridiculous... more ridiculous than having a sentient brain tumour in the first place.]

Family is what you choose of it. Blood matters little. [His relations weren't the greatest people either, Howard was Howard and his grandfather and twin brother had both tried to kill him. Tony wishes he had other people he could call family.] But why don't you ask those two how they feel about family first? If the memory makes them happy you're probably good to call them Mom and Dad.

voice;

[throwsdown]

... I think that's a good idea. I should ask. I could ask!

Maybe they'll be glad about family. Family can be important...

Audio

[bailedontheempire]

[Bail had no idea there was someone so young on this ship. He sounds not terribly older than Leia.]

There's a lot more to family than blood. If you care about someone like family, they are. Why don't you ask them how they feel about you calling them Mom and Dad?

Audio

[throwsdown]

I'm scared... maybe they won't like it.

What if they get mad at me? Or... If, I think--maybe it'll make things diff'rent.

voice; encrypted

[quotate]

You can find your parents anywhere.

voice; encrypted

[throwsdown]

Anywhere... I found my new dad in a aparpment with the others. So — I think you're right!

text;

[alaspooryork]

Not all families share ties of blood. If you care for each other and feel comfortable calling them your parents, there should be no reason you cannot do so, provided they are also comfortable with the terms.

An alternate may be stepmother and stepfather, if you wish to indicate specifically that there are no blood ties, or alternate forms of the titles. For example, if you refer to your blood father as "Father", a second father may be "Dad", "Pop", pr another term.

voice; forgive me kind soul

[throwsdown]

[oh

no

words]

I can't read that good! What's it say? I can't read that!

(encrypted.)

[carbonite]

That's a little deep for a kid, don't you think?

(encrypted.)

[throwsdown]

Oh. Hi!

[how u doing mr. solo]

It's deep? But it's not like a pool. So it's okay.

[surrogates]

[ Family is complicated to Ric, he'll admit that in so many different ways if you press hard enough with him. He can tell you that family is what you make of it ( he had to make his own as an adult, hadn't he ) and that family and blood relations are important, yeah, but— that's not all there is. ]

I think that they already do a lot of things that mom and dads are supposed to be. I mean, not everyone likes being called that, mom and dad because adults can be weird about that. But there is still a really nice thing even if they don't like apply a name to it. You wanna what it is?

[throwsdown]

[... Maybe. Maybe so. Takeshi still invests a lot in the titles anyway, for a number of reasons that are too sad to even talk about; there's a lot of pain, in the title 'mom and dad'. A lot of failure from the people who should have been there to save him from the awful things. His father died early and his mother might as well have been dead — smoked her cigarettes and ignored the way bruises collected week after week.

...

A nod.]

Mhm...

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[suit]

Is the man you call Dad at home here?

[ question of the ages right here, clearly. ]

[video »

[throwsdown]

[He shakes his head.]

I dunno where my papa is. He had to leave and fight, so I'm waiting at the park for him!

I was waiting at the park.

voice »

[starked]

You don't need the label for it. Trust me. If you're not lucky it'll make them itchy and not— mad or whatever, but feel awkward because they're not your real parents.

You're unlucky and they're mad at you and then you're stuck feeling like shit.

[ Tony, the kid is five, come on. ]

voice »

[throwsdown]

I don't wanna feel like shit.

But it's important! They're important lapels! It shows if they want me or not!