#jack is the focus here

[levforfakes]

i love how potc is about jack right. but then you've got will and elizabeth doing they're damndest to be the main characters.

like girl. why are you having drama. this movie isnt about you.

#dont get me wrong #i love them #theyre so silly #but like #jack is the focus here #ur side characters #calm down #potc #pirates of the caribbean #jack sparrow #william turner #elizabeth swann #willabeth

[yj-98]

i think that if anyone was gonna write "angst" abt tim and being bi/coming out it should be about how jack drake died before tim could tell him. that despite the complicated relationship he had with a parent who wouldve, couldve, been horrible about it, tim never got the choice to tell him (or janet. i love you janet i know you wouldve supported your little guy)

like. the evidence that your parent would react horribly but the need for them to accept you and jack drake who's primary way of bonding with his kid was trying to make him a mans man (but not That kind. yk.) and clearly expected tim to be cisheterosexual vs the reality of a bisexual kid who has a lot of stake in identities and disguises. and like. jack had to grapple with the fact that tim was robin (famously.) but like

idk sorry i just think it would eat at tim. like. part of the guilt of losing the parent you have this complicated relationship with would also be tied to the "they never really knew me, they didnt get the chance or give me the space to tell them" and feeling guilty and sad that you Couldnt come out. and Not Knowing howd they wouldve reacted. and how that could tie to real internalized bullshit! because that is also an lgbt experience! especially with parent death!

#forgive me if i am. incorrect btw but from what i have seen of tims stuff in recent years #there is a focus on like...... feeling guilty over jacks murder! bc tim felt powerless to stop it! #and hes a little control freak <- mostly a joke i do love him #so its especially poignant #and theres focus on his bisexuality and exploring what He Wants #but there could be tasty intersections here to explore!!! whole meals!!!! #rook.log

[ovenproofowl]

a lot of people have said it, but I’m throwing in my two cents just to get it off my chest.

Picard season 3 was . Bad . For a LOT of reasons . It felt like - as many before me have expressed - a self-insert fanfic with the dullest self-insert in history.

Jack Crusher wasn’t much of a character but he could have had some promise if they hadn’t spent an aggravating amount of time having him decree how different he always felt, you guys. Did you get that part? He’d always felt different. That sort of dialogue might have flown if we were dealing with Picard’s adolescent son, but instead we’re dealing with a 24 year old played by a 35 year old who looks every bit his age. (It was a hard 24 years, we must assume.)

The reason that Jack Crusher didn’t work for me personally, though, wasn’t because of how cliché his character was. I would have let that pass much easier if it wasn’t for the big ol’ elephant in the room. And that is simply that :

JACK CRUSHER WAS NEVER NECESSARY

Jack may have served a purpose to the storyline that was presented if only because he was the sole reason there was a Big Bad to be defeated in the first place. Everyone wanted to kidnap him, he brought the old gang back together just to protect him and then later save him from said Big Bad which was also actually .. him. Everything Was About Jack. But I’m not talking about the main plot. I Really Don’t Want to Talk About the Main Plot. Ever. What I want to talk about is what Jack represented that made him so unnecessary:

He was intended to represent Jean-Luc Picard’s only reason to start living.

Personally, that really, really offended me. Picard didn’t need to have a biological kid to have a purpose. In fact, it’s been established time and time again that he wasn’t ever really dad material. More of a... weirdly intense uncle. For a while, he wasn’t a fan of kids at all. Eventually, though, Picard is seen to warm to the idea of letting children within his general vicinity. This starts in TNG and continues on in season 1 of Picard. The Only Categorically Good Season of this whole. show.

In season 1, we see flashbacks of Jean-Luc’s relationship with a young Elnor, how he would read him stories and have sword fights with him. He was an absent father to an adopted child he hadn’t even realised he’d adopted and yet Elnor still fought for his hopeless cause. In much the same way, Picard meets Dahj and then later, Soji. He feels a kinship with these androids because of their connection to Data. He wants to protect Soji becase he couldn’t protect Dahj and Soji even canonically questions whether she should allow Picard to act as her father figure before she begins to remember where she came from. Both of these dynamics were infinitely more interesting and a lot deeper rooted. Soji and Elnor were both young twenty-somethings without parental guidance but found that guidance through Picard. Soji had her connection to Jurati, too, and Elnor had his with Seven and Raffi and that’s what made the whole group so intriguing to follow. They all had interesting connections to each other that had so many avenues to explore.

Unfortunately, the show decided to more or less write Soji and Elnor out of the story come season 2. Elnor was killed off for the majority of the season and only brought back by Q intervention in the last episode. Soji wasn’t even a part of the story at all. And do you know what’s sad about that? What’s really sad? Season 2 was trying to sell us the exact same message as season 3. That Picard needed a reason to live. But, like, not that reason. Not the reasons he’d already been given in the form of his found family with his Romulan and android adopted children, or even the rest of the La Sirena crew. No no no, we can’t have that, better get rid of them. This time, Laris is the focal point. Picard had been avoiding a romantic relationship with her because of a never before mentioned dark history surrounding his mother’s suicide. Because, sure, at this point, why not? While we’re at it, let’s also kill off Rios in the most slap-in-the-face out of character way possible and fling Jurati at the Borg for good measure just so she won’t be around for season 3. Her character development into the Borg Queen was pretty intriguing, but we’ll totally ignore that they even exist post her departure, just for funsies. Oh, and Soji and Elnor? Best not mention them at all come that third and final season. Otherwise, people might get the crazy notion that Picard already had a reason not to hunker down and die at the vinyard at the tender age of 104.

Season 3 picks up where season 2 leaves off in that Picard is now in that aforementioned romantic relationship with Laris. Except, no he isn’t because he immediately gets an emergency call from his ex and literally never sees or talks to Laris ever again. There wasn’t even a throw-away line or implied reference to her, but by now I’m sure you know the reason for that.

That’s right, folks. Because if we were allowed to remember Laris and what she meant to Picard, then we might just remember that other thing. Say it with me now!!

JACK CRUSHER WAS NEVER NECESSARY!!

In summary, there were so many brilliant options to give Picard for signficant found family dynamics, but the show just wasn’t interested in any of them. Season 3 wanted a Picard who had given it all up, who was ready to die because he’d never had a family to pass on his legacy. They wanted him at his lowest so that we’d all rejoice to see him return to the TNG crew. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a massive TNG fan and I could rave about the fan service and nostalgia porn for hours on end. If season 3 had stood alone as a singular unconnected event, it might even have been passable as a warm hug from old and beloved characters with some fun new spins to their stories along the way, juust so long as you didn’t squint too hard at the actual attempt at plot writing going on in the background.

But the fact of the matter is, Picard season 3 came far too late into the game. Season 1 held the building blocks to something new and interesting. By the end of season 2, it was becoming clear we were never going to see those blocks stand. By season 3, those blocks were just scattered headstones in a graveyard.

They teased us with the potential new show of Captain Seven and her Number One Raffi Musiker and that might have just been okay. . .

. . .If the La Sirena Crew had been allowed to be a part of that future.

In closing: Picard season 3? Too little, too late, mate. 👎🏻

#star trek picard #picard spoilers #anti picard #jean luc picard #jack crusher #anti jack crusher #soji asha #elnor #raffi musiker #seven of nine #i didn't mention everything i didn't like here or in fact everything I DID like #because if we ignore the plot and just focus on seeing the crew back then yes I did in fact enjoy quite a bit of it #and also vadic was the best goddamn villain and they should have done more with her oh my god #but i had to get this off my chest #and also yes i acknowledge that elnor was very much seven and raffi's adopted kid as much as picard's #but this has to focus on picard because.. well.. that's the name of the show right? #could've fooled me. i thought it was the jack crusher show #ok ok i'm done bitterness out #it's said and i'm moving on

[morpheusdreamt]

Heaven is not fit to house a love

Like you and I

#borderlands #handsome jack #rhys strongfork #rhack #rhys the company man #vamp au #my art #here’s another piece i’ll probs not fully render orz #why is coloring so difficult ;-; #its been sitting in my wips for a bit and idk where to even start bc i get v overwhelmed v quickly #just looking at it #lots of self-imposed pressure to fully render stuff #when i can also #just not #better to just yeet it into the void lol #thinkin i might take a break from this au too and focus on somethin else #for a bit

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

riddle, rollo, and… ace?

This kind of fits in with my other posts speculating on Masquerade part II. The previous posts were about Rollo meeting Ortho and Lilia, respectively.

***Spoilers below the cut!!***

I’ve often seen parallels being drawn between Rollo and Riddle’s backstories, which makes sense 🤔 They are both stubborn in their worldviews and try to force their idea of what is “proper and just” upon others. When their views are challenged, they spiral into rages and insist that they are correct, and that everyone else is “wrong” or “the villain”. (And, of course, on a superficial note, they lean towards fire-based magic.)

But with that in mind, now consider… Wouldn’t it be a throwback to see how Rollo interacts with Ace? All the way back in episode 1 of the main story, Ace called out Riddle for acting like a tyrant. He has continued being the voice of reason for other characters acting unreasonable across various events and vignettes, such as Ghost Marriage (to Eliza) and Endless Halloween Night (to Malleus, in Ace’s Halloween vignettes). I can 100% see Ace also putting Rollo on blast for his actions (in a Fairy Gala: If-like scenario, so same plot just played by different characters) 😂

Ace comes from a particular background which can add to the tension and drama. He is also a younger brother, has a view of magic that is very positive (he wants to be like his mage older brother), and uses his magic carelessly (ie remember when he set the Queen of Hearts on fire) or for things Rollo would deem frivolous and unnecessary (like pulling pranks on others, as he did with Deuce’s birthday present). These are all traits that make Ace very similar to Rollo’s own little brother—a brother that, may I remind you, has already passed.

There also remains the unaddressed and unresolved conflict of episode 5 in which Ace expresses disbelief that Deuce unlocked his unique magic before he did (the duo spent episode 6 mostly knocked out). Ace must be harboring some frustrations that he was not able to keep up with his rival and friend in spite of being so sure that he would be the one to surpass Deuce. These are circumstances which make Ace uniquely like Rollo—feeling upset that he does not have his magic sooner, and some unspoken disappointment and guilt wrapped up in that.

So imagine Ace being one of the people to confront Rollo 🤡 and when he’s chewing him out, all Rollo sees is an older version of his dead brother talking back and disapproving of his actions. As the SSR trio of the current Masquerade event point out, would Rollo’s brother really have been happy knowing that he’s going to such extremes, and using his brother’s death and the claim that he is “saving” others to justify it? And now here comes Ace, telling Rollo all of that right to his face while also emulating a similar energy as his brother once did. It’s like Rollo’s brother has come back from beyond to grave specifically to tell Rollo he’s disappointed in him, to tell him what he’s doing is wrong-and that would still set Rollo off, sending him into a fresh fit of rage for similar reasons as Riddle. (Yes, we are coming full circle and bringing it back to Rollo and Riddle parallels.)

Because if what they’ve been doing all along was actually wrong instead of right like they’ve been viewing it... What did Riddle do all that studying in isolation for? Why did he have to conform to these rules all his life, only to now discover that he was wrong? Why was Rollo saddled with this burden of magic, and a unique magic which will always remind him of his younger brother’s ashen end? Why did he have to stew with all of these complicated emotions while everyone else openly indulged in the sin of magic?

“Then what was the point of it all…?” What was the point of all of their suffering?! Was it all meaningless? Were their efforts worth nothing? Are their feelings and personal experiences up until this point just... pointless? Neither Riddle nor Rollo would automatically take responsibility for their own actions, nor accept fault for their harsh worldviews, so they both lashed out in anger instead.

And not only that, but there’s also a bit of Rollo in Ace--that upset associated with not being inadequate or not being able to measure up to expectations, something that Rollo never acknowledged about himself. We get brief glimpses of Rollo doubting himself, implying that his magic is a burden or a curse, or claiming that he was not able to save his brother. Yet Rollo only continued to blame others for this and tried to overcompensate/overcorrect for what was ultimately a dissatisfaction he had with himself, rather than with the world. Ace could help really drive that home as he’s escorting Rollo down the bell tower (as he’s not very tactful with his words), with just a dash of understanding his situation--because Ace is likely confused in his own way, still trying to discover what makes himself “unique”, just as Rollo is left confused about where to go from here on out.

sahdbaodbsada I just think there’s something potentially interesting to be explored between Ace and Rollo! I also just love it when Ace does a good call out 😂

#Rollo Flamme #Ace Trappola #twst #Rollo Flamm #Riddle Rosehearts #twisted wonderland #Cater is a younger sibling too but #the relationship with his sisters is not a big focus #and then you have responsible big bros like Trey and Jack shaking their heads at Rollo #Leona had strong magic at a young age like Rollo’s lil bro #but also grew up cynical because he knew his magical strength was a source of ridicule #so he started off like Rollo’s lil bro but in essence grew up to be closer to Rollo #Kalim is over here crying for Rollo’s brother 😭 #he has so many younger siblings himself #he can’t imagine the pain of losing one #okay but Oasis Maker vs Dark Fire who would win??? #notes from the writing raven #disney twisted wonderland #spoilers #can you tell I just really want the main story to address Ace's lack of UM #and how he feels about Deuce getting his own #right before him #even though Ace has been bullying Deuce all along about it

[purblzart]

I’ve been working on this too long just take it ;0;

#rotg #rise of the guardians #rotg jack frost #rotg pitch black #jack frost #pitch black #rotg fanart #guardians of childhood #ppumpkin art #don’t focus too much on my dialogue skills I’m not too confident in them ;-; #I feel like I need to put my thoughts here SO! #OKAY SO #I love love love pitch and jacks friendship #pitch is like the weird endearing uncle that no one likes to talk to dbndndnd #but the road to becoming friends is super bumpy #jack relates to pitch in the way he sees some of himself in him and relates to his struggle of wanting to be seen #what if Jack spent just a couple more hundred years in isolation? do you think he’ll loose his spark of fun? #gradually become more and more jaded #so he sees pitch and sees what he could have become and after a while (this is probably set a few months or so postmovie #maybe he can be redeemed maybe it’s not hopeless maybe all of this conflict dosent have to be forever! so he goes to see pitch #pitch is desperate for connection but is wrapped in 100 layers of issues and extreme loneliness #most importantly he is PROUD he is ARROGANT so after jack rejects/beats him ofc he’s bitter and that wins in this comic #there is good in pitch but I dont think hes willing to try yet it’ll probably take wacky adventures and some lovely character development #something like that djjdjd anyways these are rambles don’t look at me #also I wanted to finish this by new years you can see how that worked out sknsnssn

[cynningly]

i love reading the tags on reblogs of HABIT posts cause they’re all like

“i want him DEAD i want him to BURN IN HELL i wanna see him get BEAT TO DEATH and SUFFER and DIE i wanna see him DROWN IN MISERY and be DISMEMBERED and feel PAIN but hehe i love him he’s so silly <3”

cause honestly same

#there’s a nuance in loving HABIT cause we’re supposed to hate him #like canonically he was Jack the Ripper and Ed Gein and an actually World War II nazi #but god dammit if he wasn’t so fucking funny in everymanhybrid that you can’t help but enjoy his screen time #and yeah normal people were probably like ‘oh hes actively laughing at murder that’s so scary #and the rest of us who love unhinged silly villains like Bill Cipher are like ‘hell yeah get’em babygirl <3’ #it’s just that he’s a real world type evil and that’s where the horror is supposed to come from #but he’s been so far removed from that that i’m pretty sure 90% of the emh fandom doesn’t even know he was also like fuckin Josef Mengele #so it’s a mix of liking someone fictional who’s commiting silly acts of extreme violence #but it’s toeing a line of brushing off real people and events that shouldn’t be made light of #but here in fanon we just focus on silly purple rabbit man #<-not william afton #<-or Jax #there’s too many at this point #emh #everymanhybrid #habit emh #habit everymanhybrid

[bushido-jack]

//my favorite thing lately has been scrubbing the internet for decades old samurai jack edits and amvs and watching them. there’s so much love for samurai jack in them, faith that he would be back to finish his tale one day, and it fits perfectly with the time it came out lol. the edits aren’t as great as they would be with technology nowadays and the music is often linkin park but there’s always an open love for Jack and the series in there. and there’s something about seeing people love Jack even when it’s not at it’s most angsty, when it’s just seasons 1-4, without the novelty, without anything else to focus on but what makes Jack Jack.

#『 out of robes 』 #samurai jack #ok to rb #//I love season 5 but man. it’s so saturated it feels like people forget that’s not Jack’s natural state #//Jack isn’t John Wick. weirdly controversial statement lol #//jack at his core is an honorable gentle kind and good man. the gruff and sharp exterior was forged and is necessary #//but he doesn’t LIKE fighting. he wants peace. he seeks a peaceful solution before he fights #//he’s an extremely well trained and steely warrior don’t get me wrong. he kicks ass and he takes a measure of pride in his abilities #//but s5 is the furthest he is from himself. the show even acknowledges that. Jack loses himself (understandably) #//it’s hard to put into words idk I feel like I’m going in all directions here but like #//the essence is that there’s a difference in the way jack fights and survives in s1-4 and the fighting and survival of s5 #//there’s a balance there. Jack hasn’t gotten rid of the kind young man underneath the warrior he fights USING that #//meanwhile in season 5 he thinks that’s lost forever and loses himself in being a weapon and brutal survival #//there’s something that significantly lessens the impact of s5 when all people focus on is Jack at his worst #//ignoring how he started #//bc the thing that’s significant to me about samurai jack ISNT the incredible fight scenes and badass moments #//it’s the quiet. it’s the gentleness. it’s the tenacity to do good no matter how much BAD is done to you. #//no matter how much you have to sacrifice. refusing to leave anyone behind #//there was truly nothing like the original samurai Jack series and there never will be again. #//a main character in an action series who is quiet gentle honorable respectful and kind and stubbornly hopeful no matter what #//the fact that Jack isn’t what you’d expect from someone in his position. that even when he stumbles even when he’s angry #//he refuses to let others get hurt. he can be grouchy and prickly and stoic but he’s still showing he cares through his actions. #//the thing that is most important in Jack’s story is always that he doesn’t stay broken. that every sacrifice he made #//every loss he felt and everytime he helped others at his own expense wasn’t for nothing #//that every single action he took sowed the seeds of hope that meant he would be lifted up in return #//as Jack’s father said ‘your castle is strong.’

[quietwingsinthesky]

Let Jack do some biting and exploding as a little treat. He needs it for enrichment in his environment! Alternatively this is his “hormone driven teen age rebellion/angst” phase. Or he’s threatening to run away and live with Sam.

Assuming you’re referencing my anti-domestic destiel au: yeah 🥰 jack is in just the worst situation here, and he put himself there, sure, he agreed to it, thought it would be okay. but crucially, to me, he also thought it was temporary. and that the love he would experience as Dean & Cas’s actual baby wouldn’t differ that much from what he gets as himself. And when it actually is different, when they treat him different, (maybe there’s more kindness in Dean when he’s holding someone that looks more like a child, maybe Castiel’s more attentive and knows how to handle him better because after all, he planned, he took classes, for a baby) that’s rough! horrible and frustrating!

and since they’re all pretending this is fine and makes them happy, he spends more time than he should playing along and feeling worse and worse about himself. I think things should start breaking around him. His toys all crack and twist into terrible shapes. Blood stains show up on his baby blankets. He cries and glass shatters. (He’s trying so hard to keep it in, but it’s not working, he’s upset and he doesn’t even have an outlet to talk about it or anything because Dean and Cas are fully treating him like the toddler he’s taken the shape of.)

I really think Sam would be his saving grace here because Sam is a reprieve from having to keep up that appearance and act. Sam treats Jack as his son, yes, but also as an adult, because that is what Jack is, fast growth cycle and odd birthday count or not. He doesn’t want to be a child. The window for that has passed. He’s grown up.

(I swear that Jack’s part in this isn’t just me being frustrated with his literal infantilization in popular fanon as a character who’s very obviously (to me, anyway) coded as autistic. I swear. It’s not all that. Just. Most of it.)

Jack running away with Sam would be such a way to kick off the falling apart of this “perfect” life that Dean and Castiel have constructed. Their son up and fucking leaves, goes to live with Sam because he can’t stand how neither of them look at him and actually see who he is rather than who they’d prefer him to be. Maybe jumpstarts a few realizations about the fact that they aren’t seeing each other truthfully either, that they’re both miserable and need to split up before they lose their friendship that’s so important to them as well.

(and of course, for extra drama, Jack should burn their house down. What better way to signify that the Normal Apple Pie Life is coming to an end then a housefire. Dean walks in to check on Jack during the night and instead of a baby, there’s Jack standing there next to his small bed, eyes burning gold and neither of them can say anything before the whole room explodes into flame. (Which Jack is very upset about. He didn’t mean that to happen. (He’s glad that it did.) He just lost control.)

but also just in general even outside of this au, jack should be allowed to bite people <3 it’s good for him <3 he gets his bloodthirsty urges to tear out people’s throats from his dad! (sam)

#anti domestic destiel au #<- if you cant tell from how i talk about jack and the whole. name. here. this is really me deconstructing that whole idea that’s been #created in popular fanon. because it frustrates me. the weird pushing of sam to the sidelines for pure focus on romance and the near #ubiquitous infantilization of jack and the way it tends to flatten dean and castiel both to fit the romantic roles. #you know. it frustrates me. what if this was horrible instead. what if this was a glue trap and dean and cas and jack are all suffocating. #jack kline #dean winchester #castiel spn #sam winchester #spn #like i dont want to tag this destiel because it is Not. the whole point of it is that its Not. #but at the same time their relationship is the focal point so???? #ask

[gothamcityneedsme]

i would say jacobs loyalty quest is a good mission. Its a tense and terrible story, a somewhat predictable premise for an adventure story conflict, but like. Thats the problem. Its a good *sidequest*, not a good loyalty quest. We dont learn much that is unique about Jacob here. He already had problems with his father, and already wasnt speaking to him. It is terrible and Jacob reacts correctly, but there isnt really conflict or change in him here, to me? The other loyalty missions have much more changing moments and are more personal. They tell us new things or elaborate on what we know. Maybe the mission is more intense if you kill his father? I dont know.

The closest it gets to intriguing is the scene with TIM and the Miranda reveal at the end. But the game refuses to actually go into depth with Miranda and Jacobs relationship. Which sucks. Imo

#Shitpost #the mass effect novel i want is their story #How they met #their mission. Their connection. Etc. #its so weird to establish two characters in a close relationship and then just so rarely actually use it or develop it #Me2 is a great expierence but peripheries and me3 dont expand enough on a lot of what is here #esp the characters like samara miranda jacob grunt etc #they get later cameos but arent given the focus or development they deserve #jack i feel is done well and is the example of how to best handle a non companion i think #idk im just havin thoughts #shame jacobs mission is good but just doesnt give us more of what loyalty missions are meant for. You know. Him. #tbh grunts isnt that good either but grunt just isnt quite complex enough #its not his fault he was grown in a tank #also he gets enough on tuchanka where its okay. Also his quest is about spectacle #and. Again. This mission is GOOD it just. I wish we got more info about jacob actually as a man. #How he acts in this mission is how anyone including shepard acts. So he just doesn't shine

[safyresky]

🆕 Crystal Springs Chapter 28: Not My Style now up on ao3!

and ff dot net I suppose, but I am beginning to very vibe with ao3 tbh ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

ANYWAY.

Chapter 28: Not My Style (ao3 | ff.net)

As the dust settles after Pyros's defeat, a decision must be made on what to do with the wannabe King.

Other stuff happens, too! the Frosts are all at the Pole now, yes ALL of them. Um. There's Blangst. Cold Front angst. The Twins being amazing, stunning, showstopping. and yes there is Blinter just being absolutely gross and unable to not kiss for 5 seconds. Idk man. They were really overly affectionate this chapter. Probably almost being killed would do that to you???? OH AND we got the "1 (one) fuck word allowed" bit this chapter! Wait until you see who gets it ;)

We also get to meet a whole new bunch of magibeans! enough names were dropped that I made a little (long) lore post you can find right here! Now then.

HAVE AN EXCERPT:

Mother Nature waited a moment, studying everyone in the room closely before continuing. “Thank you all for coming together so fast on such short notice. Seeing as how those of us who were responsible for the imprisonment of one Pyros Frost last time are all gathered, let’s began, shall we?” “Yes, let’s,” Gwen said, smoothing out her skirts and clasping her hands respectfully. “PLEASE, I am DYING to know what the goddamn hell happened here! The suspense may actually kill me.” Cheri gasped overdramatically, clutching at pearls that did not exist around her bare neck. Gwen snorted. “Oh, please. Like something that simple would kill you—" “Wait,” Blaise interrupted, brow furrowed. “This is everyone?” “I’m afraid so, dear,” Mother Nature confirmed. “We’re all that’s left?” “Survival of the fittest, hot stuff.” “Godrick?” “Rosehaven’d,” Cheri said, admiring her nails. “Novus?” “Rosehaven’d.” “Indigo?!” “Caught up in a tinker! Said they were in the middle of a breakthrough, it was crucial, and if you needed any chains like that again to just commission them,” Gwen said, chipper. “Bartholomule?” “Shifted into mule form in 1783 and hasn’t been seen since. Probably also Rosehaven’d.” “OR living a happy little life as a happy little mule.” “He’s probably living a dead, dead life as a dead, dead mule.” “CHERI!” “GLENDA!” “What about Peggy? Pepper? Birch?” “Rosehaven’d, stuck in the curse ward, enlightened.” Gwen ticked each one off on her fingers, tilting her head in thought. “Birch really lives up to her name now! She hit omnipotent a couple of centuries back.” “The tree look really works for her.” “It does!” “What about Kharl?” Cheri cackled. “Got Toad’ed!” “Cheri.” “Ah-ah-ah Tara! Don’t Cheri me. T’was GLENDA who dunnit!” “He KNOWS what he DID!” Gwen insisted. Blaise’s frown deepened, his hair dimming. “Really feeling your age now I’ll bet, eh, Dad?” Blaise side eyed Jack, unamused. “Sorry, sorry. I’m coping.” Blaise sighed. “At least one of us is.”

Ready to see what tf happens to Pyros? Check out Chapter 28: Not My Style HERE on ao3 and HERE on fanfiction dot net!

Want to take this delightful fic from the top? Check out the Prologue: An Encounter HERE on ao3 and HERE on ff dot net! Summary below the cut, along with the usual author ramblies :3

It's been almost a year since Jack Frost thawed and things are looking...well, not so great. Jack's powers are seemingly gone. Without them, the Dome that keeps the North Pole safe from the cold and its magic controlled is melting, putting everything and everyone magical at risk. Unable to hide his power shortage any longer, Jack is forced to admit the truth. Thankfully, there is a solution: enacting the Legate Law, bringing Jack and the sister that he hurt so many centuries ago back together again. But when Jacqueline starts experiencing destructive blackouts, the pair are forced to head back home to Crystal Springs, bringing Jack face to face with the rest of the family. Needless to say, between getting his powers back, helping his sister figure out what in the FROST those blackouts even were, reconciling with his parents, meeting the two even younger siblings he didn't even KNOW he had, NOT TO MENTION the ancient threat that's had it out for the ENTIRE Frost family finally making a move? Saving Christmas (regrettably) is looking to be a little bit...complicated.

First off, APOLOGIES FOR PUSHING IT BACK A WEEK! I needed some more time for Chapter 29 and my husbando got sicko with covido so I was pulling double duty instead of the usual 50/50 split and THEN some bc this man has no concept of relaxing I s2g.

BUT! HE IS BETTER NOW, AND I AM ON THE LAST SCENE OF CHAPTER 29! SO THAT'LL BE READY FOR NEXT WEEK (CRIBMAS CHAPPIE!) AND THEN CHAPTER 30. UH. AT SOME POINT. Given that I've yet to start it 😔

BUT IT IS DRAFTED VIA NOTES!

Anyway, your regularly scheduled AN:

🆕 This Chapter:

Changed Pyros's sentence to something way worse than it was before

Named every Governor AND the people who imprisoned Pyros the first time->you can check out a rundown of their names and positions and some fun facts about them HERE

WORD COUNT: OG CS 2014 Chapter->4,519k words (what) CS 202X Chapter-> 15,172k words (CACKLING)

what a fucking DIFFERENCE

mostly I shored up a LOT of CS Lore this chapter! Hell yeah!

but YEAH. ENJOY! Hopefully I see you all next week with Chapter 29--fingers crossed!!! :3

#crystal springs #cs on ao3 #cs updates #the santa clause #the santa clause 3 #the santa clauses #dani writes #fanfic #jack frost #ocs #tsc jack frost #WINTER TAKES THE FUCK FOLKS #it's what she deserves #espesh since next chapter jacquie will be saying many fuckwords in....THE MIND SCAPE #Hopefully i can finish the final scene tonight and uh. move on to chapter 30! #THE FINAL CHAPTER #SHE'S ALMOST HERE #I wanted to have it up on cribmas but alas. between rona and falling behind? yeah #BUT IT'S COOL. I WILL NOT RUSH. I WILL TAKE MY TIME SO THAT IT'S THE BESTEST ENDING YOU COULD ALL DREAM OF!! #then 2024 we'll focus on posting Frostmas over #and finishing the draft of its #and we'll see how that goes!! #i've also got a silly little smile shot in the works #i got really mad about rudolph #whoops 🙃🙃

[vivalavillain]

{I may not be able to watch the Pokémon Direct as it airs Tuesday and, as such, I will not be silently lurking on the app like I normally do until I can see it. I'm not asking you to tag spoilers (as I will be avoiding Tumblr just in case) but I am asking you not to message me-- directly or in my askbox-- about anything Direct related (for better or worse). I will make it apparent when I have seen it but I will do my best to tag any announcements in case my followers need me to.}

#Jack speaks. #I may not be here due to work related stresses and lack of focus #but I am absolutely here for Direct announcements as they relate to my muse(s). #I will attempt to watch it as soon as I can but I will be vehemently avoiding all social media until I can.

[angelic-ish-phantom]

Drown

Danny knows what his parents are. He’s seen things people don’t tend to see. He’s grown up around the arcane and unrealistic.

Doubting it’s reality was never something he did. Not the way his sister always tried to.

But then, Jazz had spent her early years in house, going to school and having friends, ignorant as the people they passed by. All Danny remembered was traveling.

Danny’s earliest memories were of the RV, of his parents doing government work.

That’s why Danny knew without a doubt, monsters were real. Every kind was strange and spectacular; Danny wouldn’t have minded the idea joining his parents professionally if what they did didn’t always end up so violent.

He thought of a writhing black thing, a cat with too many tongues and too many teeth, caught in a glowing green net.

He thought of seals strung up like butchers meat, skin pulling in places like a slow-falling coat.

He thought of a hydra’s fallen heads twitching, a harpoon thrust through their body.

Danny’s parents were hunters, and they hunted monsters.

This wasn’t something Danny was too-strongly opinionated about.

Sure, he didn’t like the way people would look at his parents like they were insane sometimes, and he always tried to avoid staying near the RV when things got messy. But, he got to see a lot of places. And he didn’t really feel like he was missing out on much, being homeschooled.

Really Danny’s life is good. Everything is fine.

Or at least, it was.

It was, before his parents took a boat out on sea, the shore still relatively close.

It was, before his parent caught some massive scaled thing that looked a little to human for him to be comfortable with, and he couldn’t go far as it’s screeches grew quiet, because they were on a boat.

It was, until Danny gone to the railing and focused on the waves, knowing from experience he wouldn’t throw up if rode out his nausea.

And then all of a sudden it wasn’t, because the boat was rocking, and Danny had tipped over the edge, and something much bigger than whatever his parents had caught was dragging him down, down, down.

If he didn’t panic, he might have lasted longer, but he thrashed and struggled and tried to swim up.

It was no use.

And the water filled his lungs. And the pressure filled his ears. And his throat burned as he tried to scream between each intake of water.

His eyes stung, both from the water and unshed tears, as his vision darkened.

He got one good look at the one that had pulled him down to this fate. A woman, he thought, with a salmon hide and green skin, and matted white hair.

“A child for a child.” She might have said, voice like venom.

Then everything went dark.

oOo

Danny dreamt.

He Dreamt of magic and moonlight making him new.

He dreamt of waking up, his eyes too round, taking in a world of darkness like it was made from light.

He dreamt of feeling every wave and fish around him through the twitch of whiskers.

And in that dream, he swims with flippers and tail, contorting through waters until he remembers the blinding shore. All blurry shapes and sand and sharp smells as he drags himself up.

And then he wakes up.

oOo

Danny will wake up and draw a too-far line of what were and weren’t dreams.

He will wake up and see himself shivering on the sands of a shore, his parents boat not too far in the distance, and he will think washed up on the beach after falling off the boat.

He will let himself think it was only an accident and will try to keep tears from his eyes as he thinks of drowning.

He will hug his coat comfort, only to realize he hadn’t been wearing one.

He throw the garment away from himself reflexively for its too-close resemblance to the seal skins his parents seemed so eager to destroy.

He will struggle to his feet, and try to stop turning back to see if the coat is still there, unharmed and safe.

He will receive help calling his parents back to shore, will face comfort and relief that soothes him.

He will think of how much more soothing the coat would be.

He will be wrapped up in the RV and be safe and tended to, inexplicably not sick, but he will still feel like there are a thousand grains of sand pricking his skin.

He will listen Jazz argue with their parents, unable to mediate or reassure, because all he can think of will be soft furs on a beach and a dream that felt too real.

He will wait until the dead of night, the day before they’re set to leave, and he will return to the beach.

He will dig for hours until he finds his coat.

He will feel hands running down his own skin as he gently dusts its furs clean.

He will see the spotted pattern ripple underneath his fingertips.

He will wear it and look to the sea and consider.

He will decide.

He will wrench himself away, and hide the coat so deep in his mess of clothes it’s suffocating, and try to never think of what happened to every seal his parents caught, to every cloak his parents found.

He will try not to remember dying.

#cw graphic depictions of violence #cw drowning #cw child death #not the focus or a main character #cw animal violence #except u can probably guess they aren’t animals… #in hindsight please be mindful of this one #anyways #got busy #intro to a thing I probably actually will finish eventually #will catch up later #Selkie #my most favorite thing in mythology #dpau #dp au #danny phantom au #danny phantom #dp #danny fenton #Maddie Jack and Jazz are technically here #lunch lady #kudos if u caught that #box lunch #really hoping u didn’t catch that one- #Jack and Maddie really do be out here murdering people #it’s not great #ectoberhaunt22 #eh chaos #day 11 #drown

[magicalprofessorsludgedeputy]

Tfp miraculous au!

Jack- cat because just like Adrien he could use an escape.

Raf- fox due to his cunning nature.

Miko- tiger since she's a fierce wild child at heart.

#MLB #Tfa au #Jack Darby #miko nakadai #rafael esquivel #I've recently gotten back into miraculous ladybug and can't focus on anything else so here you go. #You have no idea how much I wanted to make raf a bee. #I also like the image of ladybug jack and cat miko

[trickstercaptain]

       Jack is the human equivalent of a hot water bottle. he is without fail almost always warm to touch and, on the rare occasions where he is cold, it’s either because he’s ill or there’s something wrong ( or in canon he’s in colder climes and yes he will complain loudly about it )

#&. he plays things closer to the vest now ( headcanon. ) #perfect for snuggling i'm js #i can't seem to focus on writing today but jack is being needy as ever so here i am lmao

[iguessweallcrazyithinktho]

I’m confused why people come to you with information and expect you to do something about it? Like never mind their info being wrong, but what do they want you to do? Fight them? Scold them? Choke them out? Like what?

Right? Like what you want me to do?

#the first week of the year and y'all worried about the wrong stuff #focus on y'all selves #jack harlow #over here just trying to draw 💀 #urban Wyatt