Last time I had to bundle like that was a couple years ago on New Year’s Eve. Minus 20 wind chill is no fun. Normal winters usually just call for a heavy jacket and maybe a hat.
This is one of the few ships where even if they never end up getting romanticalli involved, I will still be happy if they get meaningful interactions together
Yeah, I can’t see this as a romantic relationship, since Danny’s such a doormat right now. He definitely needs to find himself before he could be a partner to someone as self-assured and mature as Sal. I mean, look at how the whole Dorothy went.
The may not when he started but I think he has shown some competency as he did his sessions with Sal. Remember, he was able to play backup when she sang.
Danny, you have to realize that you aren’t Steven Universe. In any case, yopu are the edgy Steven from the Future epilogue. Jegus, I have conflicted feelings about that show.
He’s an essentially goodhearted kid who occasionally makes huge mistakes, plays ukulele, makes questionable fashion choices, is a bit behind on the maturity scale in regards to his age, associates with girls who are way more badass than he is, and is mostly likable because of what a goofus he is.
I have to correct you there: Danny is a selfrighteous prick who makes many mistakes, he plays badly, Steven is more fashionable, Steven is good at making freinds (except when retconned by Future to make something depressing), Steven does become as badass as his adoptive moms, and Danny wishes to be as likeable as Steven.
Also, Sal isn’t a psychopath… in this universe at least… Walkyverse Sal and Jasper are crazy.
Spencer
Danny was able to play a ukelele rendition of Hurt and that’s rad.
timemonkey
Steven was never really good at making friends. Mostly because he had a tendency to just ignore anything that didn’t line up with the world the way he saw it. Connie was the only non-gem he managed to bond with naturally.
abysswatcher1993
Really? Steven got many “moms”, made friends with the cool kids, made friends with Onion, made friends with the adults of Beach City, made friends with his conservative uncle, etc.
He was a kid, so of course many things wouldn’t fit in his initial world view, but he was a really social being… That is until the stupid retcon of Future.
Ferret
Future isn’t really a retcon. Steven’s got kind of a weird gifted kid vibe with social relationships. As a kid, he never had trouble eventually connecting to and relating to people. The cool kids liked him because he was refreshingly honest and relaxed, Onion liked him because he actually spent time with and paid attention to Onion, the adults liked him because he was a surprisingly good ear to listen to, Homeworld Gems like him because he’s kind in a way that they’re very unused to. But more importantly, he also has points of relation to all of them. He relates to Connie’s loneliness and spirit of adventure, he relates to most Beach City residents because he’s grown up around them, he relates to Gems because he *is* a Gem, because he also experiences the horrors of war, because he’s also experienced a lot of loss in his life.
Enter Future. Steven is meeting Connie’s friends for the first time, and he has *nothing* he can relate to them. They’re ordinary kids with ordinary lives, their life problems are fairly minor and not relevant, the only thing they all have in common is they’re all friends with Connie. And because Steven’s always connected with people so easily, now not only does he not have any idea how to make friends with these people, he has no idea how to even start trying, which leads to him being an awkward mess.
Honestly, it’s the closest someone like Steven who has no formal schooling is ever going to have to Gifted Kid Problems.
BBCC
Also, this cannot be stated enough – STEVEN WAS NOT DOING OKAY IN FUTURE. He had a lot of unresolved trauma and felt like he was the only one who had stagnated and wasn’t sure where to go with his life. It was hard enough watching his friends move on (which kinda kicked his abandonment issues in the teeth) and Steven has a tendency to withdraw and bottle his problems up when he’s upset. It was no wonder to me that he was having a hard time making friends at the time.
timemonkey
Also this.
timemonkey
I didn’t say people didn’t like him, but most of those relationships developed through trauma bonding or people just liking his positive attitude.
But if you look at his relationships with characters closer to his own age, with the exception of Connie, it’s largely him ignoring how the others actually feel and just projecting his own feelings onto them.
Zee
I mean steven wasn’t good at making friends his own age. It was just connie and that fryman kid that didn’t even like him. Everyone else was older teens or adults who thought he was a cute kid
abysswatcher1993
So all his friendships mean nothing if they aren’t kids of his age? That is stupid.
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Ana Chronistic
looking forward to these kinds of interactions in pandemic winter
to be fair, that ukulele will do a good job of keeping people at least six feet away
Doctor_Who
The hat was more effective. No one wanted to be within ten feet.
clif
Hey, I’m just impressed the uke froze and turned blue.
Lars
The uke was always blue. My gravatar can is proof.
clif
Shhh!
Deanatay
Danny has acquired a new hat, which has grown to consume his entire face (insert FAAAAAACE comments here). He can now only communicate by ukelele.
Kyrik Michalowski
Only while he is playing it will that work, otherwise people will just see a harmless dork.
Undrave
So is Danny from the south or something or is Sal just too cool to feel cold?
MsM
Complicated familial relationship, complicated relationship with gloves…Sal is Elsa.
abysswatcher1993
The coldn’t didn’t bother her anyway.
abysswatcher1993
But Danny has to let go of that ukelele.
seregiel
laaaaay awaaaay laaaaay awaaaay laaaay away that ukelele.
Moonie
Walky does make a suitable Anna.
Brighter Side
Since Sal is definitely from the South, I’m going to just say that she’s too naturally cool to be bothered by weather.
Ferret
I’m gonna go with “Danny is a dork who bundles up far more than necessary for a little snow.”
Robbie
Danny is a good potato!
…wait its supposed to be “egg” isn’t it?
butts
no, he’s definitely a potato
Stephen Bierce
*plays Olaf’s Potato song from Odd Squad on a mislaid cell phone’s speaker*
Ed Rhodes
“Well, how are YOU holding up? Because I’M a POTATO!”
Kyrik Michalowski
Egg, potato, either way he is a good something. Most of the time anyway, occasionally he manages to lodge an entire foot down his throat.
timemonkey
Being able to swallow a foot could be useful later in his life.
clif
I’ve found that being able to swallow your words is a useful life skill. I’m not sure that generalizes to feet.
timemonkey
The ability to swallow large and long things can be very useful in the right circumstances.
Reltzik
Given how many layers he’s wrapped up in, I think he’s an onion.
And before long he’ll be an entire breakfast burrito.
Needfuldoer
Peel back layer after stinky layer until you’re left with nothing but tears?
Sounds about right.
Jabberwocky
Oh, Danny’s an egg alright
Just a little trans humor for y’all
Wraithy2773
As a lifelong Californian, I really, really feel Danny here…
Supersonic92
Haha, as a lifelong mountain Californian, I really, really feel Sal here!
Needfuldoer
[Laughs in New England]
Last time I had to bundle like that was a couple years ago on New Year’s Eve. Minus 20 wind chill is no fun. Normal winters usually just call for a heavy jacket and maybe a hat.
JA
[Laughs in Minnesota]
It’s not winter until you can toss a glass of hot water into the air and the water crystalizes instantly.
Deanatay
Reminds me (also a Californian) of visiting my dad’s family.
In Vermont.
BBCC
I love these two beautiful babies so I say FULL SPEED AHEAD. <3
Kyrik Michalowski
We can only hope this ship will sail smoothly, I wish them the best.
abysswatcher1993
We are speaking about Willis.
BBCC
I’m happy for any interaction, be it platonic or romantic.
powerpowerpow
This is one of the few ships where even if they never end up getting romanticalli involved, I will still be happy if they get meaningful interactions together
Brighter Side
Yeah, I can’t see this as a romantic relationship, since Danny’s such a doormat right now. He definitely needs to find himself before he could be a partner to someone as self-assured and mature as Sal. I mean, look at how the whole Dorothy went.
darkproject08
Oh Danny.
You kept the ukulele.
It’s like you WANT to be bullied…
abysswatcher1993
Ukeleles can be cool. The problem is that Danny has no musical talent.
Reltzik
He didn’t when he first picked the thing up… let’s see what a few months of practice have done for him.
Needfuldoer
Actual practice, or just occasional dabbling that may or may not be reinforcing bad habits?
Segnosaur
The may not when he started but I think he has shown some competency as he did his sessions with Sal. Remember, he was able to play backup when she sang.
Beef
Don’t kink shame
Cattleprod
Hello, Danny’s new hat.
Kyrik Michalowski
I feel Sal right here, I love sitting out in the cold and it always bemuses me that people get so wrapped up that they are unrecognizable.
Either way, happy to see Sal and Danny hanging out, with their respective instruments of choice.
Dean
His new hat is a big improvement!
AbacusWizard
Jam session time!
abysswatcher1993
Danny, you have to realize that you aren’t Steven Universe. In any case, yopu are the edgy Steven from the Future epilogue. Jegus, I have conflicted feelings about that show.
Doctor_Who
He’s an essentially goodhearted kid who occasionally makes huge mistakes, plays ukulele, makes questionable fashion choices, is a bit behind on the maturity scale in regards to his age, associates with girls who are way more badass than he is, and is mostly likable because of what a goofus he is.
Also, him hanging out with Sal is basically this.
Madock345
I support this
abysswatcher1993
I have to correct you there: Danny is a selfrighteous prick who makes many mistakes, he plays badly, Steven is more fashionable, Steven is good at making freinds (except when retconned by Future to make something depressing), Steven does become as badass as his adoptive moms, and Danny wishes to be as likeable as Steven.
Also, Sal isn’t a psychopath… in this universe at least… Walkyverse Sal and Jasper are crazy.
Spencer
Danny was able to play a ukelele rendition of Hurt and that’s rad.
timemonkey
Steven was never really good at making friends. Mostly because he had a tendency to just ignore anything that didn’t line up with the world the way he saw it. Connie was the only non-gem he managed to bond with naturally.
abysswatcher1993
Really? Steven got many “moms”, made friends with the cool kids, made friends with Onion, made friends with the adults of Beach City, made friends with his conservative uncle, etc.
He was a kid, so of course many things wouldn’t fit in his initial world view, but he was a really social being… That is until the stupid retcon of Future.
Ferret
Future isn’t really a retcon. Steven’s got kind of a weird gifted kid vibe with social relationships. As a kid, he never had trouble eventually connecting to and relating to people. The cool kids liked him because he was refreshingly honest and relaxed, Onion liked him because he actually spent time with and paid attention to Onion, the adults liked him because he was a surprisingly good ear to listen to, Homeworld Gems like him because he’s kind in a way that they’re very unused to. But more importantly, he also has points of relation to all of them. He relates to Connie’s loneliness and spirit of adventure, he relates to most Beach City residents because he’s grown up around them, he relates to Gems because he *is* a Gem, because he also experiences the horrors of war, because he’s also experienced a lot of loss in his life.
Enter Future. Steven is meeting Connie’s friends for the first time, and he has *nothing* he can relate to them. They’re ordinary kids with ordinary lives, their life problems are fairly minor and not relevant, the only thing they all have in common is they’re all friends with Connie. And because Steven’s always connected with people so easily, now not only does he not have any idea how to make friends with these people, he has no idea how to even start trying, which leads to him being an awkward mess.
Honestly, it’s the closest someone like Steven who has no formal schooling is ever going to have to Gifted Kid Problems.
BBCC
Also, this cannot be stated enough – STEVEN WAS NOT DOING OKAY IN FUTURE. He had a lot of unresolved trauma and felt like he was the only one who had stagnated and wasn’t sure where to go with his life. It was hard enough watching his friends move on (which kinda kicked his abandonment issues in the teeth) and Steven has a tendency to withdraw and bottle his problems up when he’s upset. It was no wonder to me that he was having a hard time making friends at the time.
timemonkey
Also this.
timemonkey
I didn’t say people didn’t like him, but most of those relationships developed through trauma bonding or people just liking his positive attitude.
But if you look at his relationships with characters closer to his own age, with the exception of Connie, it’s largely him ignoring how the others actually feel and just projecting his own feelings onto them.
Zee
I mean steven wasn’t good at making friends his own age. It was just connie and that fryman kid that didn’t even like him. Everyone else was older teens or adults who thought he was a cute kid
abysswatcher1993
So all his friendships mean nothing if they aren’t kids of his age? That is stupid.
sultryglebe
It made me think of Buffy and Xander.
clif
Which one played the guitar and which played the uke?
Azhrei Vep
Aw, c’mon. I don’t think Danny deserves to be compared to something like Buffy. That’s just unnecessarily cruel.
… Sal’s almost as cool and badass as Xander though, that’s fair.
Yumi
That sure is A Take.
Varangian
At least you still have the ukelele, Danny. You haven’t forgotten your roots.
CrazyJ
Chords are G, C, Am and F if anyone is curious. I tried playing it on guitar, and I’m not sure what song she’s playing though.
Leorale
Although it matches the chords, Sal is probably not playing “no woman no cry”.
Chris Phoenix
I think that would be C, G, Am, F.
clif
Yeah. I’m going to go with Don’t Stop Believing.
Queen Anthai
Oh god please no
clif
Would the chords lie?
Regalli
Look, when you’re busking on the Staircase Outside Read Hall of Doom, you have to go with the popular options. Appease the crowd. And the Wonderbread.