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obvs there is something great about when a Big Scary turns into a Big Softie where Tiny Useless is concerned, but what i like better is:

Tiny Useless decides, with no prompting and for no apparent reason whatsoever, that Big Scary needs protecting. and if no one else will do it then this accidentally-gets-stepped-on, blows-away-in-a-stiff-breeze motherfucker is going to have to be the one to protect this living mountain of pain. you wanna get to this troll, you’re gonna have to go through this pixie. you try to come for this tibetan mastiff, this chihuahua’s gonna try to kick your ass first.

and the Big Scary is mostly just?? really confused???? there are at least twenty different reasons why this is fucking dumb. but also this feeble lil shit is the first person in the entire world to try and stand up for this person that absolutely does not need it. Big Scary continues to be huge and terrifying but now Tiny Useless has their undying loyalty and it will probably not end well for anyone.

i like seeing all of the ships this has been tagged with, but, i am going to be completely honest with you guys, when i wrote this i was thinking about little girls like my sister, who at the age of five had a strict ‘talk shit get hit’ policy about the incredible hulk

seeing a lot of folks with some weak-ass “but actually the tiny one is deadly and the big one is nice” tags and lemme tell ya

that is a different trope

do you think i picked the words Tiny Useless by accident. do you think there is no reason i called the Big Scary a mountain of pain?

not to get petty but this isn’t an idea about appearances being deceiving, or the amusement of reversing expectations, or the aesthetic.

this is about someone who can absolutely take whatever punishment the world throws at them, and probably throw plenty back, being told that their capacity for horror doesn’t mean they should have to endure it. someone who can’t defend themselves choosing to try to defend someone who can because to them there is no moral difference.

hogarth didn’t save the iron giant by punching a tank, my dudes. the iron giant didn’t have to be helpless to be worth protecting. you know what i mean?