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TATTOO BREAKDOWN: MODERN

1.) The word “soul” on the top right corner of his chest near his collarbone: This was his first tattoo. Lord only knows where exactly Teague received it. Lots of booze and an at-home tattoo kit were definitely involved. It’s actually amazing he didn’t get an infection. The word itself is really just a reference to his love for music. He had this one done when he was fifteen. 

2.) A bluebird flying over water on the left side of his chest: Teague received this when he was eighteen. While it symbolizes freedom the meaning is bittersweet. This was around the time he began to fully participate in the family business. 

s3.) Three sea turtles swimming up his right side: “Sea turtles, mate.” (for real, there’s no deeper meaning behind it. He just likes turtles.) He got this tattoo when he was 25. 

3.)  Sparrow’s coming out of a feather flying off into the distance on his inner left forearm: Teague has never been one for open expressions of sentimentality (even ones on his skin) so he couldn’t tell you what prompted him to get this tattoo. He had it done some time after they began dating. Never mentioned it to her either. It was just there one day. The second half of the tattoo came after she died and, again, appeared without any explanation. It’s an obvious memorial tattoo, though. The first half of the tattoo was done when he was 26, the second half when he was 36.

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3, 5, & 24 👀

meme // accepting // @lighthouseborn

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What do they do when they get angry, hurt, or upset, and snap?

It depends on how angry he gets. 

Teague is grumpy. He’s easily miffed and not necessarily shy about showing it. Depending on how annoyed he is you may receive a few harsh words or a sharp glance that pierces the hearts of even the bravest men. These things act as warning shots. He’s not about to get out of his chair and ream you out, but you better fix whatever it is that you broke. 

If by some unfortunate chance you happen to poke the bear, well, may the universe have mercy on your soul. You can expect only confrontation. 

Teague has two basic triggers of anger. The first is what I like to call feather fluffing. He’s proving that he can and will bite. It’s not a paper tiger thing either because he really will fuck you up if he feels he needs to. I’d say 90% of his “anger” is just this. Sure, he’s pissed. But it’s most likely just because you crossed some sort of boundary or you’re a threat to him in some way. You’ve personally pissed him off and now he must destroy you and eliminate said threat. Generally this type of anger is easy come, easy go. 

The other form of anger is more for personal protection. Teague uses anger as a way of shielding himself from feelings of vulnerability. It’s his own personal shield. While Teague isn’t one to hold grudges, feelings of animosity are much more likely to linger. 

Teague’s anger tends to be explosive. He’s also not always the best at controlling his temper. When angry he’ll lash out, often physically. While he tries not to do this with loved ones, Teague has never had the best cap on it. Infamously with Jack, he was known to throw things of various weights at the young sailor. 

Old age has chilled him out a little. You probably won’t see him getting into fistfights anymore...probably. But he’s still got a nasty temper. Just don’t go dissing the code in his presence. 

When trying to relate to other people, what does your character find difficult to understand?

Teague doesn’t necessarily try to relate to other people. He just accepts them in all their weirdness....for the most part. I think what he fails to understand are those who can’t find the will to go on. By which I mean, when people just give up. Anyone who forfeits themselves or their freedom without a clear purpose. 

He’s also not the best at understanding unconditional kindness. It puzzles him. 

In general, as I discussed here, he’s not the best at relating to people individually. But beyond a few general things, there’s nothing specific he would find difficult to understand. As I said, he doesn’t look to relate to others. In fact, he doesn’t need to relate in order to cohabitate. 

What’s the worst thing they’ve said or done to a family member?

Listen. You can just type in “jack” to my blogs search engine and read for yourself. He’s....he’s not a good dad. Lol. I’ve linked what I consider to be his worst moments below, but it’s honestly a debatable topic. 

Link. Link. 

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112: “ Why are you bleeding? ” - Catherine

     " I'm not-- " he stopped, realizing how absurd it would be to lie seeing as how she'd caught him dripping blood all over her medicine cabinets. "Didn't know you'd be home." Catherine continued to stare at him, her face reminded him of the one Anne made all too often. Withering disappointment.

     " I jumped a fence. Leg got caught on the wire. " Teague left out the part where he and Samuel had been escaping a rather dodgy situation. Clearly unimpressed by his excuse Catherine gave no response just that blasted look of disapproval.

     Split lip. Bruised knuckles. Swollen face.

     No doubt Catherine knew he was telling her half the story. But he'd been damned if he'd admit how poorly the scrap had gone.

     " If you want me to go-- "

     " Sit down. "

     Teague sat down on the edge of the bathtub.

     With a grand sigh, Catherine began tidying up the cabinet. Everything was put exactly where he'd found it except for the antiseptic, cotton swabs, and bandages. Clearly, she had deemed him undeserving of Tylenol.

     When she was done Catherine sat next to him, gently dabbing a cotton swab against a cut below his eye. " Knock next time, I didn't give you a key so you could go creeping around my house on a whim. "

     Teague nodded.

     “ Or at least bring a mop next time you decide to bleed all over my floor. ”

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12, 6, and 4 for the character flaws meme :>

When has their curiosity or thoughtlessness lead them to intruding over another’s boundries?

No. Never. Just ask @trickstercaptain​

Does your character have any prejudices?

Teague grew up in pirate society, in Madagascar with a mother who was one of the most feared female pirates of her time. Needless to say, he’s fairly liberal even for a pirate, but he’s not perfect. He definitely has some old-fashioned views of how men and (to a lesser extent) women should function within society, especially in regards to child-rearing. Now, before I continue. I want to point out that he’s aware that women come in different flavors. If anything, his sexism is largely directed at men. That said, Teague believes that women are much more equipped to be caregivers. A child can survive without a father but needs a good mother (note: I said “good” because a piss-poor mother is as good as nothing). On the other hand, a man is meant to be stoic, and take care of loved ones (financially because what even is emotional intelligence). It’s largely internalized sexism from his upbringing. Interestingly, if you asked Teague to describe this mindset he likely wouldn’t word it in such a way. But it’s clearly there. 

What’s the worst thing they’ve done out of pure malice or hatred?

This one is actually hard to figure. Despite Teague being Teague and Teague being a pirate he’s not necessarily malicious by nature- he’s a bastard just not a malicious one. The thing about Teague is that he doesn’t really hate people. You really have to do something extraordinarily cruel yourself before you’ll reach a point with him where it’s anything other than disgust. Heck, even with those he’d consider enemies such as Lawrence Norrington (James Norrington’s father) he’s not cruel. If anything, seeing as how he saves a young James from drowning and then DOESN’T kill his defeated father despite the latter most certainly wanting to kill him, you can ironically say he’s got a merciful streak of his own that (very occasionally) rears its head. 

The best way to sum this up is that putting aside the brawling, violent nature of pirate culture Teague is not someone who engages in violence for the sake of it.  There’s also something to be said for the fact that Teague will have probably killed you, or at the very least broken all ties, BEFORE he reached a point of hatred. 

[To clarify it’s not as if Teague doesn’t engage in petty violence. But he considers fist fights and other such things a form of...communication, I guess you’d call it. They’re just a commonplace thing that can be used to settle disputes.]

The only examples I can really think of are when someone has directly hurt someone that Teague cares about, and there’s a sort of surprising randomness to the attack as well. For example, Jack nearly got his hand chopped off by a pirate named Rusty Knickers. In another instance, Jack was nearly sold into slavery by a pirate named Captain Lucille Graven. In both cases Teague killed them. I don’t know if you could classify what he felt for them at that moment as hatred, but perhaps I simply have a strict definition of the word. 

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🍳 = What kind of family gatherings does your muse prefer and why?

family headcanons // accepting // @viagothedandy

Preferably ones that don't happen.

The issue with Teague family gatherings is that they generally include Anne (aka the dreaded Grandmama) and anything involving Anne is a bloody nightmare. The most infamous example of this is Christmas. A generally cheerful holiday that has been completely ruined by Anne’s yearly Christmas “parties”. As a consequence, Teague dreads most family gatherings as does everyone else (except, y’know, Anne). And if you’re wondering why everyone just doesn’t ditch. That’s not an option. And if you’re wondering why that’s not an option. Boy oh boy is that a whole answer of its own.

[I forgot to include this originally, but I should also mention that Anne’s family dinners are strictly for “family” only. This rule gets bent a little bit when Teague is an adult but for the most part, it was literally just his siblings, Bartholomew, and Anne. Making the entire affair incredibly isolating as well.]

So, yea, Teague has abhorred traditional family gatherings for most of his life. There are exceptions to this. When Maria was alive she would put together small Christmas dinners separate from Anne’s. Teague’s siblings would often join as well as a few close friends. Dinners like these weren’t exclusive to the holidays either. Teague enjoyed these far more casual get-togethers. After Maria’s death they stopped and it’s likely not until he begins working closely with Elizabeth Swann that anything close to them picks up again (this is most prominently displayed in @trickstercaptain and @hangtherules sparrabeth verse).

To answer the question in a more general sense, Teague prefers small, intimate family gatherings. Ones that include blood relatives and found family. He likes them casual as well. No guest lists. No mad dash to get everything ready. To just be surrounded by loved ones who actually want to be there is enough for him.

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HEADCANON. Teague was a handful as a kid. Not necessarily in an ‘oh he’s a bad kid’ sense but rather he was very daring and adventurous. He wasn’t the kind of child who would ask what a thing was, no, this kid would just march forward and experience it for himself. From the moment he could walk he was on the move. Neither Anne nor Bart were the types of parents to intervene unless they absolutely had to (although Bart was a bit better on this front) so many of his earliest scars came from climbing where he didn’t belong and jumping headfirst when caution was needed. When he inevitably became injured there was always a very unsympathetic ‘see, this is what happens’ attitude. He came out of it all feeling as if he were very independent, but I think this can be more accurately attributed to him realizing the only person who would look after Teague was Teague. 

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What did his parents call him ? Any nicknames ? Did they pull out the full name when he was in trouble ? - sent by @musecraft​

It’s a bit of a running gag that literally everyone, including close friends and family (aka Jack), call him Teague. I think the only people who have consistently used the name “Edward” were his brothers, Maria, and parents.

Anne only uses “Edward” or refers to him as boy. Occasionally she just whistled because using his name required too much effort or something of that nature.

Bartholomew wasn’t one for nicknames but would endearingly use terms like “lad” and (in modern) “kiddo”. 

His brothers will call him “Ed” and use “Eddie” if they want to annoy him. Once, a very long time ago, Jonathan called him “Ned” and promptly got punched in the arm for it. 

Captain Don Rafael called him “Eduardo” which is not a nickname, technically, but I find it cute and wanted to mention it anyway. 

At this point, his first name is more of a nickname than anything. It’s a rather intimate way to refer to him since it’s so rarely used by others.

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Not related to childhood necessarily but what’s Teague like in a fight ? - sent by @musecraft

Honestly, like, just the biggest pain in the ass. I mean the absolute worst person to get into a scuff with. Not because he’s particularly big or strong. He’s just mean. When it comes to hand-to-hand combat Teague is that prick who will poke you in the eyes, slap you, and kick you in the groin. A man who has pride in battle is a man with limited options. 

I’ve spoken about this before but he’s also very durable. Not in the sense that he can’t be injured but he’s never as injured as he should be. He’s very hard to knock down, much less put his lights out. On top of that, he’s slippery. While he rarely has a strength advantage Teague is fast, quick to react, and accurate when he hits back. 

If he’s not part of the action just assume he’s dead or something because this dude will just throw himself into the middle of it. His swordsmanship is passable. Not sloppy enough to get him killed but he won’t be winning fending tournaments any time soon. He has very good spatial awareness and will often use his environment to his advantage. It’s never just a sword fight. Expect him to throw, club, and shoot his way out of any situation. He seriously doesn’t give a shit. Fighting isn’t meant to look pretty.

Also, I don’t know where else to put this but…his aim is just freakishly good. Even when he’s drunk he can hit the bullseye. He uses this to his advantage in his older age and now often sticks to mid/long-range weapons (he’ll still scrap though.)

In regards to his mindset, I often think about the quote from Punisher where it goes something like “you hit them and they get back up, I hit them and they stay down.” Excluding fist fights which are just a thing that happens but necessarily signify hard grudges, Teague is ruthless. Note I said “ruthless” though. He’s not cruel. He’s looking to finish fights, not prolong them for pleasure. In his mind, if you’re on the other end of his sword/pistol then you’ve either done something to deserve your fate or pose a risk to his life/loved ones  In other words, he kills his enemies because they’d kill him if given the chance.

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What was Teague’s favorite toy as a kid? If there was none, what’s his first like “prized possession” ? - sent by @musecraft​

Teague was always more of an outdoorsy kid. Like, you probably won’t catch him playing sports but he also refused to be cooped up inside. He lived on Libertatia, Madagascar and there were plenty of places to explore. I guess you could say his favorite toys were mud, sand, and the sea. When it came to physical possessions though he likely had a few toys. Bartholomew did woodwork as a hobby and many of Teague’s earliest toys were made by him. His favourite was probably a wooden hoop which he would hit with a stick. He also had a little toy boat which he technically prized above the wooden hoop but didn’t use as often. For the most part though, I don’t think he was very big on toys. He liked romping, playing with his brothers and any other local children he’d come across. 

As far as first prized possession… while the little wooden boat was probably his most treasured childhood toy I think the first item he truly treasured was his first guitar. His first guitar was an old baroque and was given to him by Bartholomew. 

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— Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin: Vol. 1 (1931-1934)

[text ID: I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing.]

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What about learning to swim ? Sail ? - headcanon question sent by @musecraft

It wouldn’t be too much of an exaggeration to say that Teague knew to sail before he knew how to walk. The first years of his life were spent at the family manor located on Libertatia. He was surrounded by sailors and always wanted to be one himself so it was only natural that he began learning the ins and outs before he even set foot on a ship. He was taught to read and write at a fairly young age and it’s fair to say that Anne groomed all of her children to become captains. The keeper at the time, Captain Bartholomew, was his first captain and Teague began serving as his cabin boy at the age of nine- short voyages only. It was then that he learned the ins and outs of sailing. As he grew older he was also taught to navigate. 

While Teague technically began sailing at a ridiculously young age he did spend long periods of time landbound as well. Even during these times though he was taught knots, mathematics, ships, and so forth. It was very structured and Teague found it rather laborious. 

When Teague was around sixteen his ‘man strength’ began to kick in and he was finally able to begin work as an able-bodied sailor. This was something he enjoyed and was very good at. I guess, strictly speaking, his ‘learning how to sail’ peaked at that time but he does have working knowledge of most other positions aboard a ship. He notably worked as a navigator, bosun, and briefly as a musician. 

It was the fact that he had been working at sea for decades plus luck (and his family’s position, let’s be real) that allowed him to become a captain at such a young age. 

As far as learning to swim… he was very young. He’s a strong swimmer and was taught at a very young age (three or four maybe). There were too many drowning hazards for it to not be a vital skill. Anne was (thankfully) out at sea during this time and Teague had the pleasure of not being traumatized by her teaching methods. One of their servants taught him.

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¶ + when he first adopted his pupper

send me ¶ + a subject and i’ll post a headcanon for my character about that topic // @thepromiseofredemption // always accepting

So I know this has been in my ask for a very, very long time (8 months) and my only excuse is that it took me a while (and lots of behind the scenes collaboration with @trickstercaptain ) to come up with any sort of clear headcanons on the Dog with Key’s origin. But here it is…

There are a lot of myths and whisperings surrounding this pupper. Mostly because for as long as anyone, including Teague himself, has been on Shipwreck the dog has always been there protecting the keys to the beloved codex. The dog was originally brought to Shipwreck by Henry Morgan who gifted it to Bartholomew, the original Keeper and coauthor of the Pirate Codex. Even Teague has never gotten the full story of where the dog originated from. What he did piece together was this:

The closest thing to a story that was ever given was that the dog was originally a jailkeeper but was transformed into a dog by a witch. The dog was then given to Bartholomew as a gift in an effort to help him protect the Codex and give him a loyal companion and watcher. Whether this is true or not isn’t clear.

The dog is specifically loyal to the current Keeper of the Codex, and is generally friendly but not entirely trusting with everyone else. However, since the position is often passed down to the next generation of their families bloodline the exceptions to this rule are members of the Teague and Sparrow, the mutt is as loyal to them as it is to the protection of the Codex’s keys.

He’s almost 80 years old and shows no signs of ageing.

Jack was the one to finally give the dog a name. He named the dog Tim.

As the years pass by he has begun to lose his memories from when he was human however he is still more intelligent than any other dog and exhibits human-esque behaviours.

Since Tim is a human in dog form he does understand words so smol Jack or Teague would be searching for something and then Tim would bring said item to him.

Still loyal and loving with Teague and usually sleeps in his cabin but Jack has a very large place in his puppy heart.

Enjoys rum, but only the Good Stuff.       

Jack got his habit of talking to animals by being friends with/talking to Tim, and yes, Tim responded.

Tim is immortal. 

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Did lil Teague have any super close friends growing up ? A best friend ? If so, who was it? - sent by @musecraft

Is it cheating if I say Tim? Yes? Too bad, I don’t care. Tim the god is literally the hero of this family’s story and I will not be convinced otherwise. This dog has been the confidante of three generations of this family. He was Teague’s first true friend and accompanied him on many childhood adventures growing up. That time smol Teague got halfway stuck trying to crawl into a very small cavern? Tim was the one who pulled him out. That time his twin sister died? Tim was there licking the tears. The first living creature to hear his dreams of becoming a captain? Tim all the way. Tim is his homeboy. His oldest friend. He’d fight a bear for TIm. 

Okay, but if we’re focusing solely on human friends… I think Teague’s childhood was rather lonely. He was close with his brothers and they were likely his only friends for quite some time. There were other children at the port to play with but his family standing made these encounters more awkward as Teague grew older. I think Teague spent a considerable amount of his childhood telling himself he was okay with being as isolated as he was, even if that wasn’t true. 

His first human friend was Samuel. They met on Bartholomew’s ship and were both new to being ABS so they quite literally learned the ropes together. They remained close for the next two decades, Teague even passed on his pirate lordship to Samuel. However, Samuel’s desire for power and wealth ultimately broke apart the friendship. The final straw was Teague finding out about his participation in slave trading. So yeah…as you can imagine things didn’t end well. More about him can be read on my NPC list here.

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Just a reminder that Grandmama bet Teague in a game of pirates dice and LOST.

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are u the “i gotta to save everyone” protagonist or the “i did not sign up for this shit” protagonist

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😤 = How would/does your muse handle unruly, difficult or dangerous behavior from their children? - sent by @twistedwit

Stares at @trickstercaptain @harringtontm @musecraft @kegstandin @scoopstrooptm​ @piraticalwit​ @dxdger @verumlibertas @immobiliter @lighthouseborn @ @ @ …….. Whatever stupid shit they’re doing he’s probably right there with them. Chastising them while pretending he doesn’t do equally stupid and dangerous shit on a weekly basis.

Okay, jokes (with a hint of truth) aside, He might nod approvingly, he might backhand him. It truly depends on what Jack did. 

That said, in a general sense, Teague was both an overbearing parent and supremely negligent in his attention to Jack. On one hand, he had a fairly lazefare attitude toward parenting. The reason Jack thinks he raised himself is that he did. Teague let trounce around Shipwreck without much supervision and whatever happened happened. His theory behind this being that if a child burns his hand on fire he’ll learn that fire hurts and not do it again- I’ll be real with you though, Teague also just didn’t want to deal with a child. 

I’ll just break this up into three categories:

Difficult:  When it came to difficult behaviour… I mean, Jack was a pretty easy kid and terrified of his father so I don’t imagine he was particularly difficult by normal standards. Note I said “normal standards”. I think it’s important to note that Jack wasn’t a difficult kid but he did have many personality traits which Teague found difficult and this is likely where the issues truly stemmed. Jack was a curious and kind-hearted kid who wasn’t really socialized properly. He was apt to stick his nose where it didn’t belong or put his trust in people when he shouldn’t. When these traits inevitably got Jack in trouble Teague’s response was annoyance and sharp words. 

Dangerous: When Teague would catch on to Jack doing something he deemed truly dangerous he would step in. However, the bar for these instances was rather high. In canon, we know that he stopped Jack from being sold into slavery and on another occasion prevented someone from cutting off his hand. Yet, Jack was not comfortable expressing injuries he may have received outside of Teague’s purview. Why? Likely because the kind of chastisement he received wasn’t worth it. Basically, Teague will save you from yourself but he’ll bitch about your foolishness as he does it.

Unruly: Again, Jack was a good kid, but even the best of kids hit their rebellious teen streak. Jack hit his between 15-16 when he ran away from home as a boy (15) and came back a slightly more worldly boy (16). I think Teague genuinely struggled with Jack for the next few years because Jack knew he could survive without Teague. He was still afraid of his father but also wanted to move on and do his own thing. Meanwhile, Teague still thought of Jack as a young, naive boy and refused to properly acknowledge how much he had grown. The “unruly” behaviour was really just Jack growing into himself. He could no longer control Jack JUST through the force of his personality which is why I think much of the physical abuse (backhands, slapping, etc) happened around this time. But I will say, for what it’s worth, Teague did handle this a bit differently. First, Jack was promoted to ABS. Second, he was allowed to shadow specialized crew members (eg. carpenter, cooper, gunsmith, etc) and properly learn how a ship was run. Third, Teague occasionally allowed him to sail with other (trusted) captains. This was Teague’s way of acknowledging that Jack was thrashing against his cage.