#paul: why are you borrowing manga from my nephew

[irregularbillcipher]

the "paul is richie's uncle" headcanon is really cute but i really love it in tandem with the idea that ted is surprisingly involved in his little brother's life while paul is more just vaguely fond of his nephew, but doesn't really know all that much about his friends or his day-to-day life

like, the idea of ted knowing all his geeky little brother's friends really well, like letting them chill in his apartment every now and then to watch movies or driving them home when they have their stupid library study sessions or whatever is already pretty fun, just the idea that the Local Bastard has accidentally and begrudgingly been saddled with these two loser highschoolers because they're his little brother's dweebus friends that he doesn't want to admit he has a soft spot for, but it's made doubly funny if paul just has no idea that his nephew's best friend is the little brother of the Worst Guy In His Office. ted comes over to paul's desk one day with a stack of dog-eared manga like "pete forgot to take these this morning, so you give 'em back to richie for me, okay? also, ruth's right, stein and spirit are definitely fucking and i want him to stop fighting with her about it when i pick 'em up from the library" and paul is just like. okay. i have several questions about this.

#paul: why are you borrowing manga from my nephew #ted: i just told you! i'm sick of him and ruth bitching about it whenever i drive 'em somewhere #ted: and the only way to get richie to shut up when he's arguing about weeb shit is to beat his argument. you know what he's like with anim #paul: yeah ted i do know what he's like with anime. how do YOU know what he's like with anime #ted: well he's been watching it in my fucking living room since he was twelve so i don't have much of a choice now do i #paul: sorry he's been what #richie lipschitz #paul matthews #ted spankoffski #peter spankoffski #it's been a decade since i read or watched soul eater btw and i never finished it so take my stein/spirit reference with a grain of salt #i just remember there was an exes vibe. also i think richie agrees he just thinks ruth's specific headcanons are stupid