Penni Pines - Blog Posts

I want you all to know that I might mostly portray Penni as a sweet girl who can be snarky sometimes, but that's just how she acts rather than how she is. Obviously, she's like that to family genuinely, but this girl wants to be a politician and has been trained in weaponry since she was a child.

She can and will manipulate, lie, and fight.

I decided to go on headcanon generator because I've done a lot with incorrect quotes generator. Here's the results for Penni and my opinions on how canon they are.

False. Bill has literally already invaded her dreams in the one thing I've written for this au.

APPARENTLY SO! ACCORDING TO EVERY FUCKING GENERATOR!?

Hmm... I'm gonna say no here.

THIS CAME UP AGAIN?!?

Y'know what? Yeah, sure. That's kind of funny actually.

She made a deal with Bill within five minutes tops, despite being told her whole life to not make deals irresponsibly. So, no.

This was already going to be canon since I found out axolotls are practically deaf and the alien fish species is actually based on axolotls. So, they're not deaf but they are naturally loud to get past a slight lack of hearing.

Sure. Can't really say any more on this, it makes sense.

100% canon. She's not fluent in English.

Just some incorrect quotes with the context I've made up for them. Nothing to see here.

Penni, daughter of Ford "shaves with fire" Pines, does not see any other reason than for consumption as to why shaving cream exists.

Penni, realising that she made a bad call with her deal with Bill, and about to enter her paranoia and insomnia arc.

Penni, entering her paranoia and insomnia arc. Dipper doesn't want to admit he's concerned for her.

She's going into politics. Liking sarcasm is the least problematic thing to do.

Penni doesn't have a womb, the same as the rest of the alien fish species. So, she has no reason to understand period products.

Teaching Penni more English is... going well.

Dipper spent too long distrusting Penni (probably about 3 days) to then just get along with her.

Penni took it literally. She loves sarcasm, doesn't understand when it's targeted towards her.

Penni finally thinking that she's actually getting along with Dipper. She's so happy.

Tell me about fish pregnancy.

Sorry it took me so long to answer this ask! I saw it right before I had to go to work, but I've been thinking of the right way to answer it for my whole shift.

This is going to be a long one, so, I've put it under read more.

The alien fish pregnancy lasts about 15 months. I know in a previous post, the short drabble I made from Ford's perspective, I said that it only lasted a year, but that was on purpose! That was Ford's misconception of it because that's only how long he was actually aware of it. Nimirylov never clarified that that wasn't right.

So, the first nine months progress pretty much the same as a human pregnancy would, but the growth is slightly slower, so it's not as obvious as quickly. Then, the next three months after that is when the ferality starts to set in, and the grip on reality starts to loosen. The pregnant person is mostly driven by their own instincts at this point. Finally, the last three months are completely feral and detached from reality. The fetus can now send their own instincts to the parent, which is a lot stronger than their own, but also a lot more chaotic. Since it is a literal fetus. Most of the time, pregnant people in their three months are kept on a semi house arrest. Not that they tend to notice.

Specifically when it comes to Ford carrying Penni, though. He was slightly delayed in becoming feral because, firstly, he didn't know it was coming and therefore tried to fight it off and, secondly, human minds don't have as strong instincts as the fish alien people. So, when Ford started becoming feral, he was extremely embarrassed over it whilst Nimirylov and Nimirylov's family were all relieved, because finally he's acting how he should be.

Basically, Ford would do something like steal something of Nimirylov's to have it with him or headbutt people (because that is one image I've been unable to get out of my head. Ford, just headbutting people) without thinking, then start apologising profusely, and everyone around him is like, "No, we're actually glad you're doing this because it shows everything is progressing normally!"

Additionally, I considered going down an angsty route and have Ford constantly be craving human foods that he's unable to get in that dimension. However, I decided that since there's already a lot of body horror potential with the whole fetus mind control thing, I'd go down the crack route for cravings. So Ford is constantly craving something inedible. It's the first feral thing that happened to him because it was there not long after he discovered he was pregnant. Nimirylov could turn away for like five seconds, only to turn back and see Ford trying to eat a rock. Ford also just named random elements of the periodic table that he had a craving to eat.

Finally, the birth was obviously a c-section, as all of the alien fish births are. None of them have wombs since gender and sex are very loose in that dimension. So, how do babies grow? In a sort of egg thing. That's why the pregnancies take so long. The babies only come out slightly more developed than human babies (they can like, see colour from the moment they were born, that sort of only slight development). However, the body has to build this very thin egg covering for the child to grow inside of safely. So, when the babies are born, they have to be pulled out in the egg thing, then it's peeled off of them.

There's definitely more that I could say here, but I can't think of it off the top of my head, and the additional details I can think of, I can't actually conceptualise into words. Most of this shouldn't make sense scientifically because I didn't do any scientific research, I just made it up. However, biology is my favourite science by far, so there might be some sense to it.

Weridmaggedon is the part of the Washed Away au I'm most looking forward to writing. It is also the part I don't have planned. However, just know that Penni will have a lot of parallels with Ford during it.

I think I've already mentioned on here (I keep forgetting what I've posted versus what I've just told my friend), that a lot of what happens in canon can't happen in the Washed Away au because of Ford being more responsible. However, that doesn't mean Ford is entirely responsible and so, a minor spoiler to show you all.

Ford still gives Mabel a crossbow in The Last Mabelcorn. Just, instead of saying,

"It's okay to give children weapons, right?" He says,

"You're old enough to have been trained to use weapons, right?"

Now, this is because he and Nimirylov trained Penni on how to use weapons. Ford doesn't realise that's not normal, even for Nimirylov's dimension, let alone in his.

The last ask I answered opened up the floodgates to the lore I've been working on for Nimirylov's family. So, now, I feel the need to share information about the sister of his I briefly mentioned.

She's older by a few years but, 1. She abdicated the role of heir and 2. She's very irresponsible and nobody wanted her to have power over the kingdom.

She shows up to visit every few years, and each time comes with more chaos. The specific reason as to why Ford dislikes her is because she taught little Penni how to make a whirlpool. Ford was very unhappy about a 7/8 year old Penni running around making whirlpools and causing chaos everywhere. Nimirylov wasn't happy either, but he has been dealing with his sister's antics since childhood.

Penny, how much do you know about your dad’s family? Does he talk about them often?

Hmm, dad's family? That's an interesting question. After all, I've never met them, so they're not really any relevance to me. They're strangers to me even if they are important to dad.

So, no, dad doesn't talk about them often, and I don't know much about them because I never really asked. I mean, I know he's got a twin brother and another brother. I'm pretty sure at least one of them has a name beginning with "S"... He's also got a mother and a father, which is apparently the standard for humans.

I know dad and pa talk about dad's family, but it's just never really been something I've cared too much about.

Also, dad looks kind of sad every time we see pa's side of the family, and they do something nice, so I don't think dad's family was very nice. That makes me want to know even less about them.

Although, looking back on it, dad used to look slightly jealous every time pa's sister came to visit. When pa and auntie were having fun and getting along, dad always got a weird look in his eyes. Now, he's just annoyed whenever she comes round but that's a long story...

So, in summary, no, to both of your questions but just because of my own disinterest.

Ignoring the fact that if dad wanted to tell me about them, he still would bring them up. The same way he does with science...

Sincerely,

Princess Penni Pines.

Penni, what's the most interesting thing you learned from Ford about humanity in terms of its history and society.

OOH, OOH, OOH! I love this question! It's so easy to answer too!

Obviously, my favourite thing, which I find the most interesting about humans, is food 2.0, aka, "drinking liquids".

Dad told me to stop calling it food 2.0 but I know I'm right on this one! For once, I'm right and my dad is wrong (just don't tell him or pa I said that). It has different flavours, it can have calories, and people have to consume it daily. Therefore, it's food 2.0.

There's so many different types that I would just love to try. Dad says his favourite is something called "coffee," which he has with lots of sugar.

However, what I find most intriguing is that there's adult only versions of this food 2.0. Imagine if food had adult only versions!? Not to mention that there's different types of this adult only version! So much variety. I'd get dizzy if I had to pick one of these things to consume.

I'm no scientist like my dad, but I'd love to do some sort of experiment with these adult only drinks. More of a social experiment, really... on myself. I'm just too curious!

Not to mention, then I could document it like how my dad does in his journal. I find his journal really cool, actually. (Definitely don't tell him I said that.)

Thanks for listening to my excited ramble about humans and their strange varieties of food 2.0,

Princess Penni Pines.

WHAT THE FUCK DID PENNI DO???

Help. I was trying to do incorrect quotes for Mabel, Dipper, and Penni, but Penni just keeps getting called some variant of a hoe. Why does the generator (and Mabel and Dipper in the generator) think that about her? What is this telling me?!

Help. I was trying to do incorrect quotes for Mabel, Dipper, and Penni, but Penni just keeps getting called some variant of a hoe. Why does the generator (and Mabel and Dipper in the generator) think that about her? What is this telling me?!

Whilst Ford was (m)pregnant with Penni:

Nimirylov realising he accidentally got Ford pregnant:

I'm still going to write the oneshot of Penni's deal with Bill, but I kind of forgot that I had not thought of any of the exact details of how it goes down. So, for now, whilst I'm still struggling with it, just think of "We'll Be Fine" in Epic the Musical.

Penni has been giving me major Telemachus vibes ever since I started thinking deeply about her, and Bill is just bending the truth the whole time. Honestly, though, that song (and Legendary) have been the only songs I've listened to whilst thinking out how the deal goes down.

I like thinking about what Ford taught Penni about human culture because it's such a mixed bag.

Like, yes, obviously, he taught her about the holocaust. He was raised Jewish and that's an important part of history that his child should know. No, he did not tell her what rain is.

Yes, he told her about how humans drink water because they don't live in it and can't absorb water through gills like she does. No, he did not tell her what middle names are.

My drawing of Penni got me thinking, so I made some little doodles.

[Image 1: Doodle of Penni with an arrow pointing at her that says "About to cry"]

[Image 2: Bad doodle of Dipper (I was having so much trouble with the hat that I ended up drawing it first and drawing him from it) with an arrow pointing at him saying "Doesn't trust her"]

[Image 3: Coversation between Penni and Dipper, denoted by their symbols rather than them themselves. Goes as follows;

Dipper: Where are you from?

Penni: Water

Dipper: And you're here because?

Penni: ...

Dipper: You're here beca-

Penni: Your finger is gone!

Dipper: What? No it- nevermind...]

Finally, I did this post below:

This is Penni when she would first get introduced in the story. Yes, those boots are massive. No, she can not walk in them properly.

Don't worry about those bandages, she's not bleeding... from the front.

She's having a very rough time of it.

I feel the need to make more content for the Washed Away au + I seem to be getting more creative again. However, I already know I don't have the motivation or the skill to do everything I want to do, so, it's up to you.

Keep in mind that I might not be able to do this straight away, but I want to at least try doing one of these.

Dear Penni,

What are your thoughts on both of your parents? Are there any specific opinions you developed about them, or anything you feel stands out?

Hmm, I don't really know what to say about my thoughts about my fathers. It's an interesting question, but not one I'm quite sure about. It is quite vague... I suppose your follow-up questions add more clarification, though, so I'll just focus on them two!

My dad is the one I spend more time with because his work isn't confidential. That means that I can stay with him even while he's working on his smart science stuff. I do think, though, sometimes, that he's disappointed I don't find his work interesting. I wonder, only sometimes, if part of the reason he's so open to me spending time with him while he works is so that I end up interested in science too. I'm sure it's not, and he's never made me feel bad about not being fond of science, so it's probably just my imagination. After all, he always listens to me talk about what I do find interesting.

On the other hand, I think I'm more similar to pa. He's the one that got me interested in everything political after all, even if he can't tell me everything about it at the moment. He says I'm too young, and I've overhead him arguing with dad in the past about how loosely he parents. So, pa is definitely the stricter parent, but he's also more likely to explain himself when he tells me off, and he's the calmer one, with everything pretty much. I think pa is objectively the better parent then in that sense. He does seem to know more about parenting.

It's interesting to compare them both because they definitely both have things that I prefer for each of them. I do feel lonely a lot, even with both of them and everything they do. I don't know if that makes me ungrateful, because I can anything I want in the world.

Anything, that is, but a friend...

Well, I suppose that's as good a place as any to end it. I don't want to start sounding spoiled, even if I am a princess.

Princess Penni.

Penni, what do you think about your fathers?

also, do you have any friends at fish school?

My fathers? Well, that's an interesting question for sure.

I get along great with both of them. They can both be busy a lot of the time, though, which can be quite lonely, but I get that they've both got important work to do. Dad has all his smart science stuff, and pa does loads of cool political work for the kingdom. I could talk about what pa does for hours (and I do sometimes), but I don't want to get distracted here. On the other hand, I don't really understand dad's work. He could probably explain it to me, but I have enough struggles with him teaching me that human language.

As for friends at school... I'm homeschooled, so it's a no by default. It means that my fathers can teach me what's important and spend more time with me. Additionally, it means that I'm not at risk if an official war breaks out. Tensions have been rising politically between our kingdom and the mermaids.

Pa has been making sure to keep me updated on all of that. When I was telling dad all about it, he compared it to a "cold war" which he said was a human historical that wasn't important to me.

Anyhow, I think I've gone on long enough. I'll finish this off here,

Pen Princess Penni.

I've been inspired by @romanticizing-writing

(Hope you don't mind, by the way)

Wasn't the first time I've seen this sort of idea, but I definitely hadn't thought about doing it myself before this.

So, if you want, you can make asks directly to the ocs of my au, and I'll answer as them. That way I can flesh out Nimirylov and Penni a little bit more.

I feel kind of icky making another post about asks because it feels like I'm just begging for attention, which isn't how I want to come across. Therefore, I'm going to post this and not check tumblr again until tomorrow morning. Insecurity can't get to me if I ignore everything!

Who wins in a deal between a manipulative triangle and an aspiring alien fish politician?

I failed at drawing Penni's face as a teenager, but I at least drew her hand. She's really having a rough time when Bill approaches her with a deal. I think I'll keep the details about the deal a mystery for now, though.

Hi.

Awkward way to start my own post. I have no idea why I'm doing this right now, but I've already started.

My brain has been full of ideas for when Penni ends up finding herself with the Pines family, but I don't want to reveal too much too soon. However, I felt like sharing some information about her encountering humans other than Ford for the first time ever.

She never questioned why she has six fingers because Ford has six fingers. As such, Ford never ended up explaining to her why they both have six fingers. Consequently, she grows up believing that six fingers is just a typical human trait.

Therefore, when she first encounters another human, probably Dipper (I've not got it fully planned out yet but we're progressing forward for now as if it is Dipper), she promptly freaks over this human child missing a finger. It is an extremely stressful situation for him because he then has to try and calm down this girl with weird ears who doesn't fully speak English that he isn't missing a finger. That's just amongst other things as well. Penni's first meeting of new humans is a stressful situation for everybody involved.

I quickly went through all of your posts to get an idea of the AU and I have to say, I find it very interesting (/positive)! It's original and stands out from all of the other AU's. With that said, onto the questions! 🥳

1. How did you come up with the AU? (I enjoy hearing people's though processes, especially when the idea in particular is unique and unlike any I've heard before. I'm the kind of person who loves watching behind-the-scenes content for media.)

2. What specific species of fish are the fish aliens?

3. Sorta related to the previous question, but is Ford's husband that one siren he wrote about dating in one of the journals or no?

4. How did Ford meet the prince and how did they end up in a relationship?

Thank you so much! Hearing/reading (same difference) positive stuff like that affects me way more than I always remember it doing.

1. I can't remember when I came up with the au (because I always think putting things into a timeline makes it more understandable), but I do remember just thinking that Ford being focused on revenge against Bill for 30 years in the portal is just a little bit boring. I've said that before, but it genuinely was just that thought that spiralled out into me creating this au. I wanted to create something more interesting than revenge, and I wanted something with a lot of angst potential. The clear answer to that is love. I wanted to make an au where Ford had love in the portal, that was pretty much just how it started.

2. Hahaha, this is where I reveal that I've tricked everyone. I say fish aliens because that rolls of the tongue easier, and it sounds funny, in my opinion. However, design wise, they're more based on axolotls. Currently, the sole reason for that is just because axolotls are my second favourite animal, and I think they're cute. However, I will probably come up with some lore thing that relates to it better. As for how they act, I'm just making shit up as I go along. Just picture me waving my hands and going "ooh~ alien~" every time I make up more lore.

3. I am so glad you asked that question! Simple answer, no. Complicated answer, in a way. Basically; when coming up with Nimirylov, I thought, "Base this guy off Ford's canon "love interests"." So to me, that meant, take the good traits from Fiddleford, Bill and the Siren. I assumed that Gravity Falls meant sirens as in the pop culture version of them (evil mermaids) rather than actual Greek mythology (angry bird ladies) + I didn't want to make a bird. So, that's how I came up with Ford having a smart, charismatic, alien fish husband.

4. How Ford met Nimirylov is also something I need to figure out the exact details on. Either Ford accidentally stumbled upon him, and Nimirylov was determined to get a human boyfriend, or Nimirylov found and helped Ford when he first arrived in that specific dimension. I haven't quite decided yet. As for how they got together, I'm assuming you mean how the relationship started in the first place. That was 100% Nimirylov, he did all the romantic work. I'm also going to say that the way they stayed together was through a lot of work. Ford has tried to make a runner from him, and that dimension at least 4 times. Each time, Nimirylov had to calm and talk him down.

The first time he tried to run away was before they got together, when they had started becoming friends, though. The closeness scared Ford. The second time was after the one and only time Bill appeared in Ford's dreams in that dimension, which was probably a year or two into Ford and Nimirylov's relationship. The third time was right after Nimirylov proposed to Ford. He has some sort of fear of commitment, what can I tell you? The final time was after that scene I talked about in a previous post, where Penni draws the picture of Bill and calls him her imaginary friend. This was by far the worst time that Ford tried to run away because he tried to bring Penni with him.

I kind of went on an unrelated tangent at the end, but I do that. Honestly, though, I loved these questions because I got to talk about a lot of behind the scenes stuff that I'm really passionate about but probably wouldn't have talked about otherwise. So, thanks again.

How does Penni draw under water? Does she have underwater crayons? Does she eat such crayons?

also, will the Pines ever meet the Fish Family? Would they get along? I’m just imagining Stan making awkward small talk with his brother in law.

also also, will Ford ever escape the Shape of Water jokes?

1. Penni draws underwater because to the fish people species, water doesn’t really get in the way of anything. Water to them is what air is to us, or it's at least similar.

2. As I said above, yes, basically. Don't ask me how they're made. Probably something to do with coral.

3. She doesn't seem to me like the type of kid to eat strange things. She has, however, broken them up into tiny pieces. She likes to destroy things.

4. I think I put this in the comments on one of my previous posts but I can't remember which one. Basically, I can't imagine a way for the Pines to meet the Fish family. I've came up with a small idea of how to get Penni to meet them but I need to figure out the details on that one. (Spoiler alert: it involves a certain type of deal.)

5. If they did all meet though, I think they'd get along. Nimirylov is fluent in English and Penni knows some English because of Ford so communication isn't a big issue. I think the class difference would cause a small divide between them though.

Stan making awkward small talk with Nimirylov would definitely happen. Right before and/or after Stan tries to steal/scam something clearly valuable off of him. Ford wouldn't like them two interacting, though, because if they became friends, it would be a nightmare. Stan as a person + Nimirylov's charisma and natural skill with people?

6. Finally, no, Ford will never escape any jokes that could relate back to his husband, especially. His daughter is less joked about, but they'd still end up happening, too.

Thank you so much for these questions. For all the reasons I said in my post asking for questions and because it just makes my brain happy. I love rambling about Ford's alien fish family, and I love thinking more deeply into it with things I hadn't thought about before. I'm always thinking up more for this au, though.

Ford started a new journal in the Washed Away au. He made it blue to;

1. Make it distinct from the original journals which he wants to separate himself from now.

2. Because blue is the colour of his husbands hair and he's secretly a sap.

Anyway, the tiny handprint in the middle is Penni's. Ford had been writing in his journal when she had been painting, and he ended up with a new decoration for the cover of his journal.

Once again, I wish I could draw because I want to make a comic for my Washed Away au that goes like this;

Ford is just doing science stuff in his study or whatever when Penni bounds in excitedly. She's holding a piece of paper, and she asks him if she can show him her drawing of her imaginary friend. He'd smile and nod, only to promptly panic upon seeing the paper.

Because his young daughter, barely more than a toddler, is showing him a drawing of Bill Cipher.

I asked my friend @uniquechaosdetective to give me some things to ramble about for my Washed Away au and I am thankful to say, she delivered!

I'm noticing now that she hasn't fully listened to what I've said in the past, aka, she ignored what she didn't like. I'm onto you. Anyway, I'll take this one question at a time. Thank you.

Ford's child, Penni, is about 13. Probably 13 and a half, to be specific. I wanted her to be around the same age as the mystery twins but not the exact same age.

Ford gave birth. I've told you this already, and you looked at me with disgust! I've also made a post about it already here now, but I still thought I'd address it. Ford just looks like the type of man to accidentally get pregnant, and I won't budge on that opinion.

How it works is a more complicated question. I'm guessing it's basically just a c-section, but I did toy around a bit with the idea of Ford basically throwing up the child. Y'know, just got to add some more horror in there. Either way, Ford can't remember it!

They get along very well as a family. Ford's husband, Nimirylov, is very charismatic, as that comes with being a prince, and Penni is a mix of the two. I imagine that she's just as intelligent as Ford, if not more, but completely uninterested in science. She could stand there and rant about politics to either of her parents for hours, though.

Ford does not often talk about his family when he gets pulled back through the portal. After all, he sees himself as dead to them because he's been taken away from them rather than the other way around. He's mourning his family whilst also thinking of himself as dead at the same time even if he knows that he's alive.

He's very torn with Dipper and Mabel. Every interaction with them just reminds him of what he's lost with his own child, and it hurts him in the most enticing way. He doesn't want to replace his daughter, but at the same time, he's a #dad here, and these children are technically his family, too. Basically, he loves spending time with them, but it really hurts, and he feels guilty about it afterwards.

As I said, he doesn't talk about his family often, but when he does open up about them, he does it separately to each one. He tells Mabel everything about his husband and the stages of their relationship. So she reacts with excitement because "it's such a cute love story" or she'd say something similar. Alternatively, he'd make a small offhand mention about having a family that he'd love to return to but is unable to because of the dangers of the portal to Dipper when he shows him the rift. Finally, Stan is the only one that Ford tells about his child. That's what my entire last post was about, though, and this paragraph is getting long so I'm not saying anymore about Stan.

That doodle earlier got me in the mood for some domestic fluff and also a little bit of lore drop. So prepare for some tooth rotting domestic shit with Ford and his alien fish family.

Quick thing: Wrote this bit previously before I wrote the actual drabble and oh shit. I may have gone slightly more into the horror side of the lore than I intended.

So, TW for horror imagery around pregnancy, aliens(?) and brief mention of possession (it's Ford, what more do you expect?)

Ford laughs softly as he tries to pry his daughter's tail out of her mouth for the X time today. Penni had been teething recently and was trying to chew on anything she could get her tiny little six-fingered hands on. Obviously, her own tail was the easiest thing to grab and chew, but her favourite thing to chew was his glasses.

She was an accident borne of an interspecies miscommunication between him and Nimirylov that, despite having been sorted now, had been the biggest strain on their relationship they'd ever had. Nimirylov's species had an interesting way of breeding. The weaker of the partners would carry the child. This is because of how consuming pregnancy is for their species, meaning that the stronger partner needs to stay aware to protect their partner and child.

Ford had been completely unaware of that until suddenly there was something off with him. Nimirylov had simply thought Ford was freaked out because it was an unplanned baby. Meanwhile, it felt like a borderline horror experience for him as alien instincts overtook his body and his mind. At the worst of times, it was eerily reminiscent of being possessed. That disgusts him more than anything else.

It's unfortunately not an inaccurate description, though. These instincts were alien to him, quite literally, and he was totally at their mercy. Pregnancy was quite obviously never something that Ford had expected for himself and therefore never prepared for. Especially not one like this.

It lasted a total of fifteen months, and the last five months of it are, admittedly, a total blur to him. He'd been told later, once he'd finally been able to regain control over himself, that the way he'd acted was completely normal, if not subdued or later than what a member of their species would display pregnancy symptoms.

Arguably, even worse than the pregnancy itself, was the aftermath because then Ford had nobody to blame for how he was feeling or acting but himself. He's been reassured countless times now that the way he felt was completely normal, but at the time, it was terrible. All he wanted was to feel like the him he'd finally been able to become in this world again.

Nimirylov had had to hold him close so many times, reassuring Ford with words his instinct ridden brain could barely process.

It takes Ford by surprise sometimes now, when he looks down at his innocent little girl, that she could've caused that much terror. She's just a tiny little thing who depends on him and his fiancee more than anything. She's the one thing that finally made Ford realise that he deserves to be happy and loved.

He gently takes his glasses off and places them on her little face, watching closely as she giggles wildly as if he just did the funniest thing in the world. Ford had never understood children before, he'd barely understood people before, but his little girl was just special.

Standing up from where he'd been crouched down beside Penni, Ford considers going to see how much of his princely work Nimirylov has gotten done. After all, Nimirylov had lovingly but bluntly banned Ford from their kitchen after his last disastrous attempt at cooking. Therefore, Nimirylov was the sole chef of the house since they'd moved to a small cottage away from everyone else not long after Penni was born in order to just be the three of them for a few years.

Before Ford can leave the room to go and check on his fiancee though, his attention is demanded back by Penni.

"Dadadada," His baby girl babbles and Ford freezes.

"Nimirylov! Come here, quickly!" Ford calls loudly through the house before bending down to pick Penni up and hold her closely in his arms.

Nimirylov rushes into the room a few moments later, a look of panic on his face. His long blue hair that had been so perfectly tied up this morning is now a complete mess. Just as he's about to ask what's wrong, Ford holds Penni out proudly and announces,

"She just spoke! She said dada!" The pride in his voice is something that previously could've only been found within Ford's rambles about his achievements. All of them pale in comparison to the pride he has for Penni.

Nimirylov's eyes widen with joy, and he pulls Penni from Ford's arms to cradle her in his own arms.

"Oh, my darling little minnow, you're so smart, aren't you?" Nimirylov coos softly, poking Penni's little nose. His charisma and skill with spoken words is something Ford could never even dream to match, not even with their daughter.

"I suppose I win then," Ford says after a few moments, a slight smug look on his face.

Nimirylov had jokingly started a competition between them to see which one of them Penni would name first. Which is part of the reason as to why they're both going by human names, both in agreement that English would be an easier language for her to start talking with, seeing as she's a hybrid.

Playfully glaring at him, Nimirylov bounces Penni in his arms before trying to coax her to say "papa" as well.

It continues throughout the rest of the night until they put her down to bed. At which point Nimirylov complained, with no real upset behind it, about how Penni had stubbornly refused to say anything but "dada."

Overstimulated as fuck so I tried to make a small doodle. I'm terrible at drawing and haven't drawn in, probably nearly a year. I needed to get my little baby out into the world exactly how I picture her, though.

This is Penni, Ford's alien fish child from my au (which I've finally decided to call Washed Away) as a baby.

Who needs anything else to chew on when you've got a tail? She's just so cute and I would die for her. It's not the clearest picture though so I must confirm that she inherited Ford's six fingers.