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I’m a grown ass person

I know what I’m about

I know it’s fictional

No one is being harmed

Don’t tell me my fave is problematic

I don’t agree with you about their flaws

Or I already know

And/or I don’t give a flying fucktruck

See also above

Don’t tell me I’m biased

I AM biased

YOU are biased

The CREATORS are biased

The CHARACTER is biased

Don’t bother shaming

I don’t care

Brenda doesn’t care

Satan doesn’t care

Nobody cares

So I’ve noticed in a lot of Rick and Morty fan comics and fanfictions (not that there’s a lot of) that people try to incorporate Rick and Morty’s stuttering, which I absolutely love as a person who stutters and went to speech therapy for several years. However, I often times see people just making them stutter on random words, or have them stutter on literally every word, which is not how stuttering works at all. To help everyone out, here’s a quick guide on Rick and Morty’s stuttering that I complied while watching some episodes. 

Morty’s Stuttering:

Morty tends to stutter more at the beginning of sentences, and at certain conjunctions (connector words that attach two sentences together - think “and”). His stuttering seems to get worse when he is under pressure, overcome by emotion, or when he’s thinking fast. 

He mostly seems to stutter on:

the T/Th sound, when followed by an “a” or “e”

the J sound, when starting a rushed sentence or saying the word “just”

the B sound, mainly when saying the “buh” sound or the word “but”

the D sound, mainly when saying the “duh”  or “di” sound

the Y sound, usually when saying the word “you”

the I, as in the word “I” or “I’m” or on the word “it”

the W sound, usually on question words (”Who/What/Where/When”) especially when he’s rushed, or the word “we”

the H sound, when starting a question (think the word“how”?)

the L sound, at the start of sentences and when followed by “e”

Morty will also say the same words twice in the same sentence when he’s stuttering, because he either is talking too fast and couldn’t get all the words out smoothly or because he stuttered while saying it. A lot of people that stutter do this. An example would be:

“Aw, geez, Rick! Did - did you really have to shoot that alien in front of everyone?”

See? The repeated word was “did”. Here’s an example of him stuttering and repeating some words:

“Aw, geez, Rick! Did - did you really have to shoot that alien in front of everyone? J-Jessica will never talk to me again! Th-that’s it! You’ve gone too far!” 

He also uses “Rick” often times as a “crutch” word, or a word he repeats a lot unknowingly when talking. People who don’t stutter even have crutch words as well, so this is not really related to his stuttering but more to his speech pattern. He usually only repeats his crutch word when talking to or about Rick, which Rick then does in vice versa with Morty’s name. 

Rick’s Stuttering: 

Rick seems to stutter more in the beginning of sentences, in the middle, and when he’s drunk. It gets worse when he’s burping, trying to talk his way out of something, or when he’s angry. 

He mostly stutters on:

the Y sound, or more specifically the word “you”

the Sh sound, especially when he’s drunk and when its followed by “e”

the I sound, especially on “I”, “I’ll”, or “it’s”

the Th sound, followed by “a” or “e”

the D sound, mainly when saying the “duh”  or “di” sound

the W sound, on question words or the word “we”

the H sound, on the word “how”

the C sound, on words like “can”

the M sound, mostly when he’s drunk

He will also repeat his words a lot too, and does so a lot more when he burps in the middle of them. Like I said earlier, he often uses Morty’s name as a crutch word, especially when talking to him, and he will stutter usually while saying it. An example of Rick talking would be:

“Y-you know what, Morty? Maybe I had a reason to shoot that alien! Sh-she was a parasite alien, Morty!, and was going to plant eggs in everybody at y-your school!”

However, I didn’t make him stutter on all of the words/letters/sounds he has trouble with. People who stutter can often times correctly say their trouble words with no problem, if they think about it or if it’s just by chance. I wrote Morty’s sentences like this too, seeing as he doesn’t always stutter on his trouble words either. Also, stuttering usually doesn’t happen more than once or twice in a sentence. 

Example conversation with Rick and Morty stuttering:

“Aw, geez, Rick! Did - did you really have to shoot that alien in front of everyone? J-Jessica will never talk to me again! Th-that’s it! You’ve gone too far!”

“Y-you know what, Morty? Maybe I had a reason to shoot that alien! Sh-she was a parasite alien, Morty!, and was going to plant eggs in everybody at y-your school!”

“I don’t care, Rick! That was one my shot with Jessica! I’m - I’m never talking to you again!”

“Aw, c’mon, Morty! You- you can’t be serious! Th-this’ll all blow over in a week.”

“I-I’m serious, Rick! You’re - you’re such a dick!”

“Fine, you little asshole! We’ll see what happens next time you’re in trouble! I-I won’t help you at all!”

Listened to this and drew punk Rick bc I’m in a self-indulgent mood. Also bonus punk Morty:

Beth and Summer actually get along while Rick is a tiny genius who thinks school and friends are overrated

He pines over his Uncle Morty and just wants Morty to destroy him

He doodles Morty in class and finds every excuse to be around his Uncle all the time and Beth teases him for it so they don’t get along very well

Morty works as a paralegal because it only takes two years to get that degree. He comes to class with baby Beth (assuming she’s the older one) strapped to his chest and he works harder than anything because he wants to give his sister and her child a good life.

Morty takes care of both toddler Beth and baby Rick while Summer goes back to college to finish her business and technology degree. She wants to make apps and websites and her first is a Parent app that lets you record and store info and milestones about your children.

The alleged s’more scene but different where Beth’s first boyfriend Jerry breaks her heart because she wants to wait until marriage like her Mama advised her and Morty scares Jerry so bad he pisses himself.

Rick who discovers inter dimensional travel at fifteen and has to bring his Uncle Morty along because his mom won’t let him otherwise. He acts upset about it but he’s secretly really excited about showing his crush the multiverse.

Not to mention who knew how badass his uncle could be, how does he know so much about guns, why does his uncle pick up languages so fast? Because in true paralegal fashion he has to accept and adapt to move forward.

I love this idea a million! I wanna write it so bad 😭

Beth and Rick teasing each other none stop but they’re honest to god just one happy family??

As you said Rick thinks school is useless and doesn’t apply himself much in the classroom, that is until he finds out his uncle worked his ass off and was top of his class graduating both high school and college not from smarts but sheer force of will. He isn’t sure whether he wants Uncle Morty to be proud or if he likes the challenge but after that he manages to go from a sophomore which barely passing grades to graduating early.

The first time they go to the citadel Rick gets shit for being younger than his Morty and the whole family dynamic of Morty being his Uncle. He bets his uncle can take on those Ricks by himself and win.

Rick stays up late a lot because “nighttime is half of all time” but he usually spends it in the garage expiramenting until Morty comes home late from work one night and sits on the couch with his briefcase on the floor and his sweater vest all wrinkled from being bent over his desk. It’s the first time he’s seen Uncle Morty drink in all sixteen of his years.

Rick’s been drinking for a while, not heavily or anything like that since he doesn’t want to get caught, but he thinks the best drink he ever had was the bourbon that Uncle Morty shared with him that night where he could drink from the same place as his crush tasted the best.

Beth (and Summer) think it’s hilarious how oblivious Morty is to Rick’s affections especially when they find the two crowded against the work bench in the garage with Rick explaining what he’s working on and flushing at Morty’s awed complements.

Beth and Summer actually get along while Rick is a tiny genius who thinks school and friends are overrated

He pines over his Uncle Morty and just wants Morty to destroy him

He doodles Morty in class and finds every excuse to be around his Uncle all the time and Beth teases him for it so they don’t get along very well

Morty works as a paralegal because it only takes two years to get that degree. He comes to class with baby Beth (assuming she’s the older one) strapped to his chest and he works harder than anything because he wants to give his sister and her child a good life.

Morty takes care of both toddler Beth and baby Rick while Summer goes back to college to finish her business and technology degree. She wants to make apps and websites and her first is a Parent app that lets you record and store info and milestones about your children.

The alleged s’more scene but different where Beth’s first boyfriend Jerry breaks her heart because she wants to wait until marriage like her Mama advised her and Morty scares Jerry so bad he pisses himself.

Rick who discovers inter dimensional travel at fifteen and has to bring his Uncle Morty along because his mom won’t let him otherwise. He acts upset about it but he’s secretly really excited about showing his crush the multiverse.

Not to mention who knew how badass his uncle could be, how does he know so much about guns, why does his uncle pick up languages so fast? Because in true paralegal fashion he has to accept and adapt to move forward.

I love this idea a million! I wanna write it so bad 😭