#taz: b

[lithiumseven]

#taako #taako taaco #taako from tv #magnus burnsides #incorrect quotes #the adventure zone #the adventure zone balance #taz #taz balance #taz b #tazb #taz:b #taz: b #taz: balance #the adventure zone: balance #tis i #taz gn #taz graphic novel #the adventure zone graphic novel #taagnus #thb #text posts #magnus burnsides the hammer #here there be gerblins

[jerreeeeeee]

Balance fic recs

some of my favorite balance fics. various ages, popularities, and lengths. i’ve been wanting to do a rec list for a while!

caramel by nevereverever

The first time Taako is left alone, it isn't pretty. But their lives are stuck in a loop and people come back and die again and again and he wonders if there will ever be a time when he doesn't have to fear being left alone.

2.7k, Taako & Lup Lup dies one cycle and then, years later, she dies again. But she always comes back. Hurt/comfort of the best kind.

Warmth by noxic

"It was a well-known fact among the residents of the Starblaster that Lup, Barry, and Taako slept in the same bed more often than not. It was one of those things that they just did without really talking about it."

2.1k, Barry & Lup & Taako The BLT fic of all time. Quality platonic adult sleepovers.

Taako the Matchmaker by @fantasysamsclub

In which Taako tries to set up his sister. Events take place during Stolen Century.

11.1k, Blupjeans & Taako Taako tries to set up blupjeans. Miscommunication ensues. Very sweet and funny.

red fishing line by @anistarrose

A routine performance of Sizzle it Up goes nightmarishly wrong, and at Lup’s bedside, Taako feels helpless. And when a red-robed guest appears before him, Taako doesn’t know how or what to feel at all.

3k, Barry & Lup & Taako Also the BLT fic of all time. Excellent subtle Taako characterization, and my favorite depiction of the familiarity-but-not of being voidfished. Warning for major character death.

Sunny-Side Up by @barry-j-blupjeans

And the world? The world loved Taako. For once in his gods-damned life, people loved him. They didn’t care about all the flaws, they didn’t care where he came from or who he was before. They loved his food and they loved him. No one would ever quite be at Taako’s level and that was something he thrived on. There would never be anyone who could measure up. Taako deserved this happiness. He worked for it. He wasted his fucking life away for it.

5.7k, Taako A wonderful character study, revolving around the role food plays in Taako's life. Fairly minor but impactful characters like Sazed and Taako's aunt are utilized in a very meaningful way. So well-written and warm. Warning for brief suicidal ideation.

On the Deck of the Starblaster by @papergardener

“What the… what are you all doing? We have work to do!” It’s a justified reaction, Lucretia thinks, to finding your entire crew literally lazing about on deck not an hour into this new cycle. “This one's on me,” Taako says. “It’s a new trend I like to call: taking a fucking break.” Cycle Nintey-Five. Everyone’s maybe not doing so good and could use a little warmth.

6.5k, Lucretia & Taako Near the end of the century, Lucretia is feeling rough. Taako pulls her out of her funk and initiates a much needed rest. Fantastic characterization, of Lucretia as a whole, and the loyal, warm side of Taako. Warning for mentions of a suicide attempt and suicidal ideation.

leaving, as an injustice by @anistarrose

When Mavis is eight, she starts finding her Dad asleep on the couch in the morning. Sometimes, he’s even all the way out on their tiny patio, with his head slumped onto a pillow atop the chess table, and bags beneath his eyes. In one of their following games, he tells her about tactical retreats.

4.7k, Mavis & Merle A study of Mavis and her relationship to Merle. Incredibly insightful into criminally underrated characters. Excellent Merle characterization.

Permission by vaguenotion

She’d been doing this on and off for the last hour, as if daring the men to catch up to them. Daring them to fight her. Every time seemed like a final stand. Here is where I will meet them, her shoulders said, hiked up around her ears. Here is where I’ll make them pay for what they’ve done. But then Taako would grab her hand, and she would turn and see the bruising on his throat, the blood drying on his brow, the tear in his shirt. And she would grip his hand in hers and together they would keep running.

12.6k, Taako & Lup My favorite depiction of the twins as children, both in character and realistic. Beautifully atmospheric, with so many small details that make the setting feel so real. Warning for assault and harm to children.

Come Hell or High Water by @nillial

“Taako,” Hurley asks, “where’s your magic umbrella?” Taako looks behind him. He had tossed the Umbrastaff in the path of a neighboring vehicle, which was beginning to catch up to them. He sees them now, far in the distance, and he sees his Umbrastaff, too, lying dangerously close to its wheels. As if on cue, he watches the tires crush it to pieces. “Whoops,” he says. - Lup is trapped. And then she isn’t. --- In which Taako breaks his umbrella during the Petals to the Metal race, unknowingly freeing Lup, who is almost immediately captured by Kravitz. After becoming a member of the Raven Queen's retinue with Kravitz as her trainer, she has two missions: 1) find her family, and 2) ruin Kravitz's afterlife. A story about enemies becoming friends and lost families finding their way back to one another.

197k (currently), Lup & Kravitz Incredible characterization. I love the way Lup is written. Hilarious shenanigans, sweet friendship-building, and terribly sad sometimes, because it dives deep into the reality of Lup existing in a world that's forgotten her.

Very cold water on a very hot day by @keplercryptids

Sometimes a family is a nerd who can't swim and the crunchy-haired watersport inventor who teaches him how. Surfer lingo required.

3.1k, Barry & Taako Deep dive into the beach year. Excellently in character, well-written dialogue, and a beautiful depiction of their growing friendship.

Children of Atlas by @papergardener

They’ve survived the apocalypse and now as far as they know, they’re the only ones left. Perhaps it was inevitable that they’d consider… repopulation. Lucretia writes up a weekly schedule to try and address that. Absolutely no one is happy with this.

76k (currently), IPRE crew The premise for this one is incredibly offputting, but I'm so glad I gave it a chance. The characterization and quality of writing is absolutely wonderful. I also love the attention to detail of the realistic difficulty of just surviving. Fantastically atmospheric, this fic dives deep into the uncertainty and fear of the first cycle, when the crew are all strangers, and the love that turns them into a family. Warning for extensive discussion of sexual assault.

Emissary Davenport by DragonWrites

A series of stories where Captain Davenport is secretly an emissary of Garl Glittergold, Gnomish god of pranks. And when you're a serious-minded captain on a mission to save all of reality, having a cheerful trickster god as your unexpected patron can get a little strange...

300k, Davenport A series of four works set in an AU where Davenport is an emissary to the leader of the gnomish pantheon. My absolute favorite depiction of Davenport, ever. The first three works are explorations of Davenport as a character and the relationships between people and gods in a DnD world. The last, Lost Gods, is the best fanfiction I've ever read. I can't express how good it is. The attention to detail among myriad plot threads, the building of themes, the characterization across just about every single character in Balance, all come together to create 223k words of a genuine masterpiece.

#apparently theres some kind of comment thing going on and people were making fic rec lists so i wanted to throw my hat in the ring #bc a few of these are very underrated #yes theyre all gen. i don't care for shipping. sorry #mine #taz #taz balance #the adventure zone #taz: b #taz fanfic #taz balance fic #fic rec

[just1gnome]

i cant get him off my mind

#taz #taz balance #the adventure zone #the adventure zone fanart #taz: balance #taz: b #john hunger taz #john hunger #taz fanart #my art #taz the hunger

[jokingmaiden]

made some memes

alt versions:

#taz #the adventure zone #the adventure zone balance #the adventure zone ethersea #the adventure zone amnesty #the adventure zone graduation #taz graduation #taz grad #taz amnesty #taz balance #taz ethersea #taz: ethersea #taz: balance #taz: graduation #taz: amnesty #taz: a #taz: b #taz: e #taz: g #taz a #taz b #taz e #taz g #the adventure zone memes #taz memes #taz meme

[asexual-juliet]

will we as a society ever surpass the reveal that davenport was the seventh bird

#taz #taz: balance #taz: b #taz balance #davenport #seven birds

[mios-art]

idea 1 that fits your brief: davenport holding a winning poker hand :)

idea 2, optional challenge: do a fan forgery. find a simple art piece you like and try and copy it with the tools and techniques you use! i love doing that sort of thing but i usually keep it on my computer

I’ll definitely try the idea 2 as well :’)

#taz davenport #taz #taz: b #taz: balance

[semiotomatics]

when the

when the EGG BABE hits

#iykyk #taz #the adventure zone #taz: balance #taz: b #ty mcelroy yt for making me listen to taz music #the serotonin is flowing

[ninjasmudge]

kravitz adventurezone ❤

#kravitz taako adventurezone if you will #reaps you soul in the name of the raven queen #I LOOVEE HIIMMM #taz kravitz #the adventure zone #the adventure zone balance #taz balance #my art #taz #the adventure zone kravitz #listen i think the taz b fandom might be dead its been years but like. here he is my beloved my fave #tazb

[fanishjuli]

whenever I see a pairing referred to as "the lovers" I'm like, I'm sorry but you will never be Mr Barry Bluejeans and Mrs Lup Bluejeans, THE Lovers of all time

#blupjeans #barry bluejeans #lup taaco #lup taz #taz #taz b #taz balance

[vivitalks]

i'm sure this post has been made before but the "the list of people i trust and things i believe is down to no one and nothing" to "i trust angus mcdonald entirely" journey that taako takes in the span of roughly one in-fiction hour during lunar interlude reunion tour is so important to me. adventuring partners and friends who have saved his bacon more times than he can count? nah fuck em. organization that has protected him and given him a purpose and fresh start? new stone of farspeech who dis. this nerdy ass boy detective? "angus i trust you implicitly and here's the 100% exact truth as we understand it"

#taako is such an enigma. he's sexy he's unknowable he doesn't give a shit he cares more than anyone in the world #his relationship with angus is soooooooooo. to me. #stuff #taz #taz balance #the adventure zone #the adventure zone balance #taako #angus mcdonald #like also i know that taako says that first thing and then continues trusting magnus and merle and even barry kinda #but the fact that his verbal statements on trust just leap from point A to point B #within the span of about an hour maybe less and with like. NOT that much information gained in between statements #taako swift: i don't trust nobody and nobody trust me #taako 5 seconds later: o shit i forgot about boy detective. i trust 1 somebody

[vampitz]

no, no, no. taz fans dont understand. kravitz is a boyfailure. griffin TRIED to make him this suitguy with a british accent whos canonically gorgeous and talks super serious, and then he failed! kravitz is an awkward nerd who has a british accent for work and pivoted career paths from an orchestra conductor to the grim reaper! his awkward boy swag is unmatched

#he is such a boyfailure to me #please does anyone else understand me #taz b #krav talks

[jerreeeeeee]

remember when griffin said there was a rat on the starblaster for a little while? i lost my beloved rat a couple days ago so the critters have been on my mind. i like to think they kept him

#mine #taz #the adventure zone #taz balance #taz: b #taako #magnus #lucretia #merle #missing my little buddy </3 he was the smartest friendliest & most curious pet ive ever had

[agentcricket-art]

happy taz graphic novel release day to all who celebrate! here is my annual (?) celebration piece for it

did i leave filling the billboard to the absolute last minute? you betcha, but hey what can ya do, enjoy the like, 4 barely hidden easter eggs i included

#the adventure zone #taz #the zone cast #the zonecast #taz balance #taz b #taako #taako the wizard #taz taako #merle highchurch #taz merle #merle hightower highchurch #magnus burnsides #magnus the adventure zone #taz magnus #roswell #taz roswell #magnus #refuge #taz the eleventh hour

[ninetimesone]

there's gotta be cycles where their robes get destroyed and they had to make use of the scraps right

#taz balance #taz fanart #taz b #taz lup #lup #andy draws

[asexual-juliet]

“Have you ever been in love?” Lucretia asks, looking up at the night sky.

“I don’t know,” says Magnus beside her, as fresh-faced as the day he walked into IPRE training for the first time. “I don’t think so. Why do you ask?”

Lucretia swallows, thinking back to the gentle kiss Barry had pressed to Lup’s forehead that morning at breakfast, the duet at the Legato Conservatory, the way they’ve started sleeping in the same bed, the way their late-night conversations sometimes filter through the Starblaster’s vents, Lup’s voice gentler than Lucretia’s ever heard it.

“Do you ever look at Lup and Barry and just… ache?”

Lucretia thinks about love.

#baby's first taz fic <3 #taz #taz balance #the adventure zone #the adventure zone balance #taz: b #taz: balance #taz:b #lucretia #lucretia taz #taz lucretia #magnus burnsides #aro lucretia #aromantic lucretia #lucretia & magnus #mine #my fic #taz fic #taz balance fic #nbshrubberry

[hauntthenarrative]

Haunting the Narrative Round 2 Side B

Haunting the narrative means that the character’s absence heavily impacts the plot. They’re not present or active in the story when their influence is most strongly felt, whether they’re alive or dead!

#polls #round 2 #side b #haunting the narrative tournament #the adventure zone #the adventure zone spoilers #taz spoilers #steven universe #steven universe spoilers #su spoilers #lup taaco #lup #rose quartz #rose quartz su #pink diamond #pink diamond su #please no hate in the notes okay i am warning you in advance i will in fact block you