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Another Grimmer Appreciation Post!! (Because he deserves it) (Reposts count as an appreciation post.)
This is mainly a question, but I want to have ideas for what appreciation post to do next. The top 3 will be chosen.
@riewritten caught johan getting out of drag
kept procrastinating on this cuz i kept nitpicking but i need to work on my perfectionism so i went ahead and tried to finish it instead of throwing it in the WIP dungeon LOL. now go read “oil well fires” by riewritten. genuinely the best johan fic i’ve read and i can’t wait to read the future chapters 🙏🙏
He is giving us the apple cus a apple a day,keeps the doctor away
But like...Dr tenma is a doctor 🤨
Johan wants to give you an apple Hmm….
My favorite autistic boi. His hate boner for Docta Tenma knows no bounds. Killin it at his job. Eat, breathe, sleep work. Got stabbed? Not stopping him from getting back to work. Vacation? JK it's an excuse to work ... please talk to your family.
introducing my four year old niece to the concept of "moral dilemmas" by telling her that i'm a monster that eats children and that i know it's wrong but i'm so so so hungry and everything else tastes yucky. i've tried all the human food in the world and it all tastes so yucky i can't even eat it. i can only eat children and i'm so hungry
So uh! Headcanon that after 🌸the incident🌸, Grimmer got scared of cutting his own nails. His hands start to shake and he ends up letting them grow uncomfortably long and at the risk of breaking.
So Tenma offers to do it for him for as long as he needs, carefully and using little scissors instead of a nail cutter.
(Haven't finished the anime yet so I don't know if Grimmer has any trauma relating to this in canon but anyways)
I want them to be HAPPY I want ONLY good things for them
5, 9, 20 and 25 for Grimmer and (Umataro) Tenma! ^_^
(I love the need to specify the Tenma that comes with liking Monster and Astro Boy KJSJKSJK)
Grimmer:
5. What's the first song that comes to mind when you think about them?
Hmmm I had to think a bit since I didn't have any song associated to him already - but I think Lysergide Daydream by Will Wood REALLY fits him!
9. Could you be roommates with this character?
Oh he seems like a lovely roomate! I'm very talkative and I like to hears other talk as well so I think we could get along!
20. Which other character is the ideal best friend for this character, the amount of screentime they share doesn't matter?
I think I'll go with Tenma here. They seem like they would be very comfortable around each other, with Grimmer filling the silence and Tenma hearing him talk, and Tenma having the sensibility necessary to help Grimmer better understand his emotions. I do ship those men and I think they'd grow a strong friendship before start dating!
25. What was your first impression of this character? How about now?
Started Monster hyped to see him because of you. When he showed up, I was like 🥺🥺🥺🥺 this for the whole episode, seeing him being so kind and gentle and nice. Now... oh I still think he's so kind and gentle and nice, even moreso because of how that kindness had to grow from rocks and dried land. He's SUCH and interesting character, my favorite character in Monster, and I want only the best for him.
(Umataro) Tenma:
5. What's the first song that comes to mind when you think about them?
Bro tbh I think all of Will Wood's discography fits him perfectly 💀 but the first that comes to mind is Against the Kitchen Floor, especially in a post-2003 sense Bonus: Science Ashbury Heights and you're to blame. That song fits him PERFECTLY. Bonus bonus: Phantasmagoria Ashbury Heights, I think it resonates a lot with his phase of grieving for Tobio and regretting creating Astro
9. Could you be roommates with this character?
I believe we would murder each other. And I will refrain from any comments that might suggest I'm extremely attracted to this man
20. Which other character is the ideal best friend for this character, the amount of screentime they share doesn't matter?
This would be easier to answer if that wreck of a man didn't hate everyone but hmm. I think he could have a really strong relationship to Shadow, since Shadow quite literally knows him from the inside out. He has nothing to hide, so he can just be honest and open to him. And since he's changing for the better, I think Shadow would be willing to listen. I can see them making projects together and studying the heart of humans and robots, sharing their perspectives as such. And maybe Shadow could open up to him too as he developed his own sense of self but Tenma is still his blueprint. ...Wow, now I want to write about these two. Anyway, I think Tenma's closest friend since forever was always Ochan but since they're also dating I wanted to answer with someone else.
25. What was your first impression of this character? How about now?
Now that's a funny one, bc I spent 49 episodes of 2003 strictly thinking "oh he's a great antagonist, I can definitely see him having some sort of redemption but I don't think he'll ever go back to Astro and Ochan's life." Then episode 50 happenned and boom. Now I want him to have a 200k words redemption arc actually. Everyone needs to be a happy family. Like I FELT the clown makeup materializing in my face but what can I do man. That hug destroyed me
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