Brother May I Have Some Lups

Griffin: Yeah, you climb the stairs, and, uh, it is, uh… It is an uneventful climb to the 20th floor. And a-

Travis: Floor 20!

Griffin: As- What?

Justin: (giggling)

Travis: (giggling) Floor-twenty!

(beat of silence)

Griffin: (angrily) We’re not gonna say anything better than that, like-

Travis: Griffin, we gotta fight some weeds at floor 20.

Griffin: (stunned) We, have… 30 more minutes to go,

Justin: (giggles)

Griffin: And, we’re not gonna say anything better than that.

Clint: (laughs)

SCREAMING WHO DID THIS

So this took ages and I got half of them wrong because I managed to loose the post this was about and apparently remembered them all wrong (although, I stand by Magnus wearing rubber chicken instead of rubber ducks, because it would be the most hilarious and annoying thing to ever exist in this reality). They all got drawn over the course of several days, so none of the styles match, but who cares. To be honest I kinda want Davenports suit now.

TAZ is probably only topped out by LOTR on the list of media I wish I could experience for the first time again

I mean— fucking Davenport, right

I had an inkling that he might be The Wordless One just because no one else really fit but it was almost more in the “oh haha wouldn’t that be kinda funny” way

But the moment, the moment you fucking REALIZE that not only has this goofy ass Pokémon gnome who’s seemed like nothing more than a character created to fill a minor logistical convenience turned into a small running gag, not only is he a CRUCIAL PART OF THE PLOT but the moment he drinks the voidfish ichor he fucking SPEAKS and you understand, just so briefly, that something has been very very wrong the entire time you’ve known him—

And you don’t even have time to process that because then the episode is over and you’re suddenly in flashback land. And then you’re busy getting to KNOW Davenport, for the first time ACTUALLY getting to know him. You discover he’s the most brilliant pilot on his home plane and he’s a master explorer and the best captain in probably all the multiverse and he has a family and he loves them and he helps keep them together for A HUNDRED YEARS and he becomes a master of illusion magic and he likes to pull pranks and he outruns a malevolent devouring force dozens and dozens of times and he does it all in cheerful, relentlessly optimistic spirits, even in the face of the worst he believes in his family

And then you get to the end of that first terrible year in Faerun with the Relics wreaking havoc across the land. And you’re listening to him and Merle play cards and he says, “I think it’s my birthday.”

And you know, in the back of your head you know where Griffin is going because you know where this has to end, that this has to end for the story to begin, but you’re still recovering from Lup’s departure and you’re feeling the ache of this splintering little family and the burden of Lucretia’s decision with all your heart, and this goofy optimistic brilliant gnome has just told you it’s his birthday, and you’re thinking god, just give him this day, can’t you just give him today—

And then it starts to break down into confusion and the memories start to vanish and this little gnome turns to Merle and through the static he says over and over

I’M DAVENPORT. I’M DAVENPORT. I’M DAVENPORT.

And THEN, THEN it hits you, all at once, as he says his name over and over you remember this is the guy that you’ve spent 50+ episodes thinking of as just “that little gnome who only says his own name” and the fucking WEIGHT of that, of everything he’s lost, hits you like a goddamn truck