in that “rubyverse au” i had where its like… su, but leggy is the main character and its about the ruby squad’s adventures, i wrote a fake ep description thats like: doc gets poofed and the whole ep is the rest of them fighting over who gets to be leader while she reforms
the whole ep is an excuse for the rest of them to shape-shift into a uniform like doc’s and bicker about who should rightfully be the leader and they’re all… so terrible
Eyeball: okay CLEARLY i should be in charge, im the longest in-service among us and a war veteran and- Army: O YA? I CAN BENCH PRESS THIS WHOLE DANG SHIP
Navy: Rubies, rubies, I’m an EXCELLENT diplomat and plotter so I-
Leggy: I LIKE SUSPENDERS!!! THEY’RE COMFY AND EASY TO WEAR!!
Every year, the richest person in America is declared the “Winner of Capitalism.” They get a badge. Then all of their wealth is donated to charity and they have to start over at $0.
Small town culture is knowing that there are Old Folks with strange nicknames but never knowing the stories behind them.
Of course, I made the mistake of asking why everyone calls this one guy Brickaday and it turns out that he worked at a brickyard for 40 years, stealing exactly one brick every day and making no particular efforts to conceal the theft. Nobody thought anything of it until years later he was discovered to have built three houses.
His boss is said to have shrugged and made some remarks about the importance of coming up with a plan and sticking to it.
I‘m trying to arrange my face into an appropriate approximation of silent bafflement and failing miserably.
