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Nothing fancy—just a simple little French braid—but it gets the job done and looks nice enough. Gem found this out by accident one day when she was complaining about her hair being in her face while she was working on a build, and Impulse just said “here let me help” and started to fold one strand of curly red locks over the other, being very careful not to pull too hard or cause her pain. The resulting braid was very neat and tidy and kept her hair nicely out of her face, and Gem was absolutely flabbergasted.

She now uses this as a cheat code to get Impulse away from his work. “Hey Impulse can you braid my hair for me” is code for “get out of the noodles, I want to spend time with you.” And it works. Every time. Because Impulse likes to feel helpful, and he always needs something to do with his hands.

Gem has since taught the cheat code to Pearl—who also has very long and very braid-able hair—and now both of them use it for evil.

- 2DadsFromAZ

An Imp & Skizz plushie doodle to @2dadsfromaz

Thank you for encouraging me to make this blog 🩵

@magical-soup you helped me figure out it wasn’t set up right, and it’s been fun to see you! You also sent the first two asks ever which was very cool. You pop up in my notifications a lot on both my accounts and it always makme happy. I appreciate you a lot!

@2dadsfromaz you have sent in several great asks, and gave a shoutout to the gimmick blog! You even drew me a piece of art today and it made me very happy. I love that you’re appreciating what I’ve made

Thanks to both of you so much 💜

Impulse: Very helpful. Almost too helpful. Waits hand and foot on the afflicted individual and then hovers around asking if they need anything else and practically has to be kicked out of the room so the sick person can sleep. Probably catches whatever it was they had. Lies around feeling very sorry for himself.

Skizz: Distraction extraordinaire. Tells dumb stories from his childhood or suggests a braindead tv show to watch to take the sick person’s mind off their misery. Will give hugs if asked, even though that’s ill-advised. Probably catches whatever they had. Insists that he’s not sick until he crashes hard.

Grian: Germaphobe. Wants absolutely NOTHING to do with it. Will push a tissue box and blanket into the room with a broomstick, but will not get anywhere near for fear of catching it himself. Might pull a prank on the sick person to cheer them up, as long as he doesn’t have to get close. Doesn’t catch it.

Gem: Kind of a germaphobe, but smarter about it than Grian. Will scold the sick person into drinking water and taking their meds and getting rest if they’re not doing it. Acts ticked off and frustrated, but it’s mostly just because she’s worried. Probably doesn’t catch whatever the sick person had because she’s smart about it.

Scar: Means well. Comically useless. All of his attempts to be helpful go wrong; the cup of water he brings spills, the bowl of snacks goes all over the floor, the heat pack is too hot when he tries to bring it out of the microwave and it burns his fingers and he hoots and hollers and hisses and then sheepishly mumbles “oh sorry you were trying to sleep”. Doing his best. Probably catches whatever the sick person had and lies around loudly and dramatically bemoaning his fate like an orphaned Victorian child dying of the mysterious wasting disease. (He has a cold.)

BONUS!

Tango: Wants nothing to do with it. That glass of water and bottle of meds and bowl of snacks and dryer-warm blanket just mysteriously appeared on their own. What?? Nooo. He had nothing to do with it. He’s busy. He was in the noodles all day. No, don’t thank him, he’s just gonna grunt and grumble “yeah, yeah, go back to bed or whatever”. The bowl of snacks will magically refill on its own.

- 2DadsFromAZ

“Oh man, Tango, I made too much soup, and there’s not enough room in my fridge to store it, could you do me a solid and eat this so I don’t have to throw it out?”

“Hey Tango dude I just got this really weird spicy candy, betcha can’t finish the whole thing!” (It’s a cough drop.)

“Yo Tango I know you’re busy in the noodles but can you watch this for me for a sec, it’s really important, I promise I’ll be right back I just gotta check on something.” Five minutes later Tango has gotten bored and fallen asleep in his chair, arms crossed and chin tucked into his chest. At this point—because, of course, this was the plan all along—his friends sneak back into the room, wrap him in a blanket, put a pillow under his head (fireproofed, of course), and set in arm’s reach a thermos of tea for him to drink and a little bit of redstone for him to nibble on when he wakes up.

- 2DadsFromAZ

Grian was the one who suggested it initially, mostly as a joke, but Gem latched onto it immediately because no that would be so cute and sweet we HAVE to do that, so they grabbed Scar and dragged him out to go greeting card shopping.

Scar was the one who found the perfect card for Skizz: one that said “world’s best farter father” and was designed to make a sound when the card was opened. You can guess what sound that was. The boys lost their minds laughing and wanted to get another one for Impulse, but Gem said no, that’s too mean, we need something nicer.

She and Grian argued between silly and sentimental for a while before compromising on one that said “you’re not the step dad, you’re the dad who stepped up”. They took the cards home and each wrote personal messages on the inside and delivered them in person to Imp and Skizz.

Skizz’s reaction was just to burst into laughter, bear hug all three of them, and thank them for the card. Impulse didn’t say anything for a while. He was too busy trying to keep his composure and not break down into a blubbering mess because they thought of me they got me a card and they wrote little messages inside oh my gosh don’t cry don’t cry don’t cry

From that point on, it became a tradition.

(Bonus points: Tango eventually got roped into the Father’s Day card rotation as well, and his reaction is always a non-committal grunt and a smile that he can’t quite hide.)

- 2DadsFromAZ

Now, Tango is a Redstoner, which means he needs a trace amount of redstone in his diet, sort of like taking your vitamins. In small amounts, redstone just keeps him healthy and keeps his energy levels up, but in large amounts, it starts to act like caffeine. And Tango ate a lot of redstone while building Decked Out 2.

In fact, he took so much extra redstone and pulled so many all-nighters during the construction of the game that it destroyed his sleep schedule and tanked his immune system. After Season 9 ended, he crashed hard and got very very sick.

Thankfully, he was smart enough to take the time in Season 10 to recover. (Didn’t stop him from getting stir-crazy and making Hungry Hermits and the Tangler, but at least he tried to rest.)

But now it’s Season 11, and Decked Out 3 is underway. So, before the season started, Tango (begrudgingly) asked a few trusted friends to keep him in check and make sure he doesn’t fall back into his unhealthy habits of overdoing it on the redstone again. To which they said “yes”, of course, immediately, because it was no fun to see their buddy sick and of course they’re gonna help him out.

So now Imp and Skizz officially have permission to be annoying, drag Tango out of the noodles, and force him to breathe fresh air or eat something that isn’t pocket snacks or get some actual sleep ya dummy. And they’re also allowed to hide his redstone “energy drinks” when he’s had too many. He grumbles every time they do it, of course, but deep down he’s grateful that they’re looking out for his health.

Doesn’t stop him from complaining though!

- 2DadsFromAZ

Has a quiet sneeze, is embarrassed by it:

Joel

Scar

False

Has a quiet sneeze, doesn’t mind it:

Gem

Has a quiet sneeze, plays it up like it’s loud:

Grian

Zed

Has a loud sneeze, is embarrassed by it:

Impulse

Mumbo

Xisuma

Pearl

Has a loud sneeze, doesn’t mind it:

Tango

Doc

Joe

Has a loud sneeze, trained themselves out of it:

Cub

Etho

Jevin

Has a loud sneeze and wants EVERYONE TO KNOW:

Cleo

Bdubs

Ren

Category five earthquake:

Skizz

(Internet cookies go to whoever can tell me where Beef, xB, Keralis, Hypno, and Wels fit on this list! I haven’t watched enough of their stuff yet to know haha)

- 2DadsFromAZ