Sometimes, the best choice is to just step aside.

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This drawing involves my headcanon of Gilda and Greta’s background, or rather a part of it. Gilda and Greta have known each other since they were little and enjoyed playing together, despite denying it. Grandpa Gruff had been taking care of many young Griffons, even before he met Gallus and Gabby. Before the latter two, Gilda and Greta were the ones Gruff took care of for most of the time because of their parents’ demanding jobs and because he wanted to keep the girls as far away from them as possible, just for a bit, at least, due to their constant fights and toxicity. Gruff had dealt with difficult couples in the past, but most of them would either resolve their differences or divorce at the end, depending on the tension. He always wondered how the two couples were still together, as the level of the particular tension between them seemed rather odd and unusual for marriages to have, at least, to him. He didn’t want the girls blaming themselves for their parents’ conflicts or thinking that they weren’t strong or independent enough, which is why he’d sign them up for activities based on their interests to help them build confidence — and somewhat distract them from their issues back home. Still, he knew that the two couples cared for their children and each other, and that it wasn’t completely their fault for their fights, as the cause of most of them was because of them being extremely busy and then getting on each other’s nerves from their stress and ending up fighting a lot. While arguing, the two couples often become oblivious to what’s happening around them.

The story around the particular art piece has Grandpa Gruff having been invited for lunch to Greta’s parents’ house and Gilda and her folks are also invited. While the elder and the two cubs are eating their served vanilla-malt truffles, the two married couples start arguing out of the blue; Greta’s father confronts his wife about how “she’s asking some poor elder to waste part of his afternoon sitting around watching Greta trying to read” (I headcanon that Greta has a lighter form of dyslexia) while Gilda’s mother complaints to her husband about how he didn’t buy any tomatoes and thus she was unable to make a salad. Seeing the arguments growing more and more heated, Grandpa Gruff is quick to act. Unlike in previous times, instead of intruding into the conflict or scolding the Griffons for quarreling like that in front of their children, he chooses to usher the girls from the room and eventually the house. Hopefully, the parents will have cooled off when the trio returns. Hope you like it! ^^