Warning for aforementioned selective reduction.
[name_f]Acantha[/name_f] [name_f]Vira[/name_f] [name_m]Herbert[/name_m] (38) is [name_m]Arthur[/name_m] and Harvey’s maternal aunt, who loves the way the boys team up so well. She and [name_f]Ilena[/name_f] are very close and supportive as well. The boys know [name_f]Acantha[/name_f] has one biological child and stepchildren, though they aren’t aware on her selective reduction - and neither are most people. She doesn’t like to give her reasoning, even if it sounds “more justified” because it’s genuinely painful to explain. Besides, she doesn’t need people to decide who is and isn’t allowed to make a decision on someone else’s body. She’s very loving towards her children - yes, she calls her stepchildren “children” and she’s a very loving and doting mother. Sometimes she is health-conscious, which she has been since her complicating pregnancy, and she’s got a protective streak when it comes to health. It’s hilariously dramatic at times, and sometimes the children cringe, though Acantha’s heart is in the right place. She works as a crossing guard for a school, which only makes safety more important for her.
While she’s not on Jimmy’s side of the family, she’s giving a lending ear to [name_m]Arthur[/name_m] and [name_m]Harvey[/name_m]. After all, they are still younger than [name_f]Acantha[/name_f] or her husband’s children. [name_f]Acantha[/name_f] sometimes wishes her children were toddlers sometimes, another cringey but well-meaning thought she has. [name_m]Arthur[/name_m] and [name_m]Harvey[/name_m] also turn to their older cousins, Acantha’s children, who are always more than eager to talk to them about what it’s like to welcome younger cousins. [name_f]Acantha[/name_f] adores how her family adapts so well despite being blended and she’s accepted the growing family changes. She loves spending family daycations around the city and the parks and just having small but memorable times. [name_f]Acantha[/name_f] knows [name_f]Ivy[/name_f] from in-laws and she is happy and excited for her, feeling a sense of goodness that Ivy’s pregnancy is going smoothly and healthfully despite the challenges.
and on Reddit, despite the Reddit community not really liking emojis. She gave her daughter a great life and a good bond with cousin [name_f]Indiana[/name_f], alongside other relatives despite her own family life being so small. [name_m]Flip[/name_m] was the type of person who would be naïve if it’s for a good cause, such as giving her lunch to a beggar and later finding out the beggar was fake. And if she could go back in time and not do that, she’d probably still do it again because she hated seeing people hungry. She worked at a deli and she never threw away the unsold food, she’d keep it or secretly give it to hungry people or animals, even if her job told her she was supposed to throw it away. [name_m]Flip[/name_m] admittedly was bad at pronouncing stuff, something she’s joked happened when she was a child and gave her own nickname since " [name_f]Feliciana[/name_f] " was too much for the little girl. [name_m]Flip[/name_m] gets awkward when she pronounces stuff wrong, and despite visiting Europe a few good times in her life, she’s never mastered rolling Rs correctly. She would be glad her celebration of life celebrated her despite her cheesiness at times and she’d be glad her own passing wasn’t overshadowing [name_m]Aaron[/name_m]. She never knew him but felt like his bravery and kind parenting ethic would make her see him or [name_f]Abigail[/name_f] as a child or nephew/niece to her. At least this is how her daughter remembers [name_m]Flip[/name_m], since she loved her mother a lot and really feels for Abigail’s side of the story too.
