If you found yourself unexpectedly becoming a father, would that change your role in International Rescue? ~đş
⌠Gladys? Is Gladys sending anon asks now? I mean, thatâs a development in plant life if itâs true. If itâs not Gladys, whoâs the flower? I canât keep track of the emoji thingâŚ
I mean, I reckon Iâve got a few years before theyâd knock me off the spot for Thunderbird Four, right? At least until kindergarten? đââď¸
I have mixed feelings about thisâŚ
On the one hand there would be the very strong compulsion to immediately relegate all water-based rescues to WASP or something to avoid you ever doing anything risky from that moment on because nobody is losing a Dad on my watch againâŚ
On the other hand I have a similarly strong compulsion to ask Brains to make a teeny version of Four that teeny blond kindy fishes could pilot because that would be adorable.
On yet another hand there is a part of my brain that already sees an adorable, tiny, yet bizarrely skilful kindergartener piloting a little yellow sub every day⌠and that makes me want to cheer with pride and scream in terror in equal parts. Cos heâs the coolest cleverest liâl aquanaut there ever was and Iâm always putting him in danger andâŚ
Thatâs already too many hands and I have none left to pick up my coffee.
Ooooooh @brains-ir do you think you could make a tiny training sub that we could use in the pool? And then eventually out on the reef! And a tiny aqua scooter, thatâd be easier to do I guessâŚ
Although we should probably start with a Four shaped pool floaty for them to bob about in⌠đĽš
I think it can be argued pretty strongly the cleverest little aquanaut puts himself in danger. Both at work and otherwise. I donât think thereâs anyone else to take the blame these days đ
And donât you dare ask WASP. If you-know-who turns up, thereâll be a bloodbath⌠đ
⌠why donât we have pool floaties already? This seems a significant gap in our fleet @brains-ir weâd need them to be robust, could you use that same polymer you used for the airbag pods? We need them for all the birds.
Cleverest little aquanaut still has a Commander and in the end⌠thatâs where the responsibly falls.
Heh I wouldnât dare involve him. Firstly: I wouldnât inflict that on a rescuee, secondly: youâre my brother and I love you too much to see you jailed for murder, thirdly: I love my own freedom too much to get myself jailed for murder.
⌠@brains-ir this is very important. Very very important. Maybe we could tempt @starman-john-tracy down and in the pool if he had a Five to float around in. Or maybe it would need to be like a Zorbing ballâŚ
Okay, so Brains, we need us sized floaties first, and then the baby sized ones.
Meh, kinda. But also not kinda. Especially when the little aquanaut does what he wantsâŚ
đŚ you are oh so wise, big brother. Weâd be wasted in jail đââď¸
I'm sure I have the time to make something, especially seeing how this is of the upmost importance.
Could you make a MAX one too? đĽš
That can definitely be arranged.
thunderfloatie three has to be like half the size of the pool to be accurate just saying :D
⌠weâre gonna need a bigger pool.
@zero-xlent DAD WE NEED A BIGGER POOL.
ON IT MY BOY đŤĄ
It may take a while, weâll need to adjust the sliding mechanisms.
The very definition of âspoilt, enabled bratsâ đ
Awww are you still chafing that your buddy never bought you an island and a pool? Far as I can make out youâve been fighting for his attention since I was bornâŚ
Yes, Scott Tracy, it would be about you, wouldnât it?
Of course. Just what the world needs - the Tracy dynasty continued. More of Jeff Tracy's precious DNA, propagated by his arrogant, spoiled offspring, all convinced they are humanity's greatest gift. The world simply could not survive without another generation of Tracys, after all.
Well it certainly seemed to chafe when it stopped being about you didnât it? What was it you demanded when you made your big entrance back on to the world stage? Oh yeah, the thunderbirds đ and not content with that you used your moment of command over the worldâs airwaves to have a petulant little rant about how nobody should ever rely on International Rescue. đ¤ Your embarrassing obsession was clear from the outset.
Humanityâs greatest gift? Us lot? Oh sure, yep. Absolutely. Thatâs exactly what we all think - you know us so very well.
Itâs must be why your witty replies are so very devastating yâknow? The many many truth bombs⌠I could cry, honestly.
The world will survive plenty well without us when we go (although if someone could arrange things such that we get a straight week off of having to save it at some point between now and then thatâd be great).
But at least when we do go weâll be able to say we spent our lives doing our best to make it a better place for as many people as we could.
Will you?
Last I recall you couldnât give a damn about the people who live in the world, you merely wanted to own it.
So inspiring 𼚠No wonder youâve found it so easy to get a quality team around you.
Talk, talk, talkâŚ. another fine lecture from Scott Tracy. Saviour of the world, a fine example to all of morals and goodness.
What about your team, Scott Tracy? A gaggle of younger brothers you forced to toe the party line? That you send into danger? What choice did they have really?
What about your Air Force team? Were you a shining beacon of hope and love when you were following orders there?
Hypocrisy does so suit a Tracy, after all.
How many times are we going to do this, Hood? How many arguments with my family will it take to satisfy you?
Itâs pathetic. Youâre being pathetic.
Imagine where the world couldâve been if you put this much effort into doing anything genuinely good for humanity. Instead you run around in circles screeching flaws both real and imagined, you know weâre human, right? Of course each of us is flawed is our own ways, and weâll admit to it because itâs just a fact of life.
But you donât get to insult the memories of those my son holds dear. You donât get to insult the memory of anyone.
You can drag us through the mud until hell freezes over, you can call us hypocrites, arrogant, but it wonât change the fact that youâre no different. Youâre just a jealous, spiteful man.
So Hood, just piss off.
Ah, and here is Daddy to save the day, as always.
Jealous? Of you, Jeff? Ha!
What is there to be jealous of? Living the rest of your life, tortured by your own failures? Everything you do touched by the shadow of your own guilt at letting her die.
No, Iâm not jealous of you, Jeff Tracy. Not anymore.
