#I should just do random decade AU drawings lmao

[bananasfosterparent]

What's that? Another Great Good Fine Ok song that is totally Astarion x Efenity coded??? SIGN ME THE FRICK UP

[trickstercaptain]

@thecodekeeper sent: Random headcanon time B)): How does Jack feel when he sees Teague with his grandkids/wayward kids? What does he think about the fact that Teague is more mellow and patient around Henry? Does he blame himself for Teague's past abuse? Does he hold any resentment toward Henry? Is there any internal attempt to make sense of his fathers nonsense? Basically talk about how Jack feels watching his dad display a seemingly more mellow and protective demeanor toward others.

       alright this is a Big topic so buckle up everyone lmao. I guess we can sort of split this into two parts, because there are two key instances of where Teague displays this behaviour in terms of verses we both write in: one is, as you mentioned, in Jack's later adult life where he witnesses Teague being more mellow around the likes of Henry or his own children ( depending on verse ), and the other is adolescent Jack who sees Teague being less harsh and let's just call it what it is lmao not abusive around young people who are roughly the same age as him ( I will likely draw on the Hawkins AU if only because it's an optimal example of this ).

       even though the instinctual reaction on Jack's part is very similar in both scenarios, there's a key difference: watching Teague as an adolescent treat his peers in a more positive light than he treats him is arguably much tougher for Jack than watching Teague do it later in life, because as an adolescent that poor treatment of him is in the present tense, it is actively happening to him. in their Hawkins verse, for instance, Jack will watch Teague treat any of the kids that he teaches or mentors in a gruff, but ultimately fair and decent way but then be home alone with him later on that same day and be victim to the ugliness that defines their own dynamic. as an older adult, the poor treatment left its scars but Jack is several decades removed from it actively happening to him, and is in more of an independent position to distance himself from Teague too, which I think in many ways makes it easier for Jack to deal with ( Jack before he either leaves Shipwreck at the age of 20 in canon, or moves out in modern verse at the age of 18, is trapped within that abusive dynamic regardless of how much of a hands on parent Teague actually is ).

       it doesn't make Jack feel any less like shit though lmao. all it really does is reinforce the idea in Jack's head that he is the problem, because if Teague can actually be a decent, if slightly grumpy and scary, human being to other people, particularly young people who he may have a similar mentor-like relationship to that he should to him, then clearly the missing link here is himself. clearly there is something wrong with him that didn't or doesn't measure up to these other individuals who have an easier dynamic with Teague. it makes Jack intensely jealous ( which is an emotion that he doesn't really feel all that often ), and he hates this particularly later in life looking on at the likes of Henry or his own kids because he absolutely should not be jealous or resentful of his own children or anyone he views in a parental way. this then makes him internalise those feelings because he's ashamed of having those sorts of ugly thoughts, and it kinda lands with Jack just distancing himself from Teague and Henry/his kids whenever they are together. ultimately there is a part of him that is relieved, too, that they are not subject to the same abuse or treatment that he was ( and that he does not have to intervene to protect them ), but it's easier for him to just not be a position where he has to bear witness to it.

       a similar thing is the case for younger Jack too, he will actively try to avoid watching Teague with others he may have that kind of mentor/mentee bond with ( so in their Hawkins verse, this is why Jack does not take music as a subject at school or put himself in a position where he has to spend any time with Teague while at school ). but this version of Jack is definitely angrier about it too, mainly because it is all much more raw and affecting him in the present. he will internalise that anger too because that's what he does, but it definitely contributes to his unhappiness and volatility within his abusive situation. in both scenarios, it also makes Jack feel invalidated too — because it is that classic thing of abuse victims/survivors thinking that they will not be believed because their abuser is a decent person to everyone else they encounter. Jack finds it difficult to open up about this part of his life anyway, but this just makes it even less likely that he will be honest about it to others. as an older adult even more so, because he also does not necessarily want to cause tension between Teague and Henry or Teague and whoever and insert himself into their relationship as a point of contention.

       because it's such an emotional reaction, I'm not really sure if Jack has the capacity to rationalise or try to reason why Teague acts a particular way around Henry, or his kids, or whoever it is. I feel like the strong, difficult emotions it elicits in him makes it difficult for Jack to reflect in a way that isn't just jumping to the conclusion that he is the problem, so he probably just tries not to think about it because avoidance is one of his go-to coping mechanisms. it's something he needs therapy for, 100% lmao.

[phoebehalliwell]

on the subject of crackships.

in a prue lives, phoebeleo piperkyle pruecole paigeandy au (in which paige meets them in s1) how do u see it playing out and ALSO. do u see them all having kids still. this is so random i am so sorry (also i don't mean they have to be set from the get go and never get w anyone else but these would hypothetically be endgame)

i mean with phoebeleo like hard yes like in s2 when they're watching the baby at the end everyone's like phoebe ik you're gonna be a great mom you're gonna have like a million and one kids like mark my words and phoebe's real smitten about it like wow u really think you : ) i'd like to. guess i should probably find a guy first tho huh. but if that guy's already there bc it's leo and he's been here since season one i think they are easily first to have kids and first to get a full power of three the other three is definitely like another can of worms bc like.

okay so for paigeandy obvi we're starting andy's an old childhood friend of the halliwell's for the sake of cleanliness did not date any of them (if we're going messy tho dated prue hooked up once or twice with phoebe (not while dating prue, but neither of them ever mentioned it around prue bc well. yikes.) And piper had a major crush on andy for like. a decade. from ages 13 to 23) and he's a cop and does. stuff idk helps people and this lands him frequently in bed with social services which is. consistently. a pain in the ass. and he doesn't try to hold it against them bc they're clearly understaffed underpaid there's a lot to do but um jesus. and everyone in the precinct Hates having to go over there to do stuff bc you're just standing in the lobby drinking bad coffee for fifty minutes before you can even get a word in with the work and unlucky andy he drew the short straw ends up at social services and who should he meet there if not this gorgeous but really scatterbrained berkeley grad with a mouth like a sailor and a heart of gold and now um there's no need to draw straws at the station because andy straight up volunteers to go to social services just to see paige which she notices of course because like. were you jinxed or something? cursed? i've never known someone to draw the short straw so many times. and andy's like no i just um. like being hands on with my work i don't like leaving up to some dumb rookie with bad luck and paige is like oh don't worry i promise it is still being left to some dumb rookie with bad luck i mean i am right here blah blah blah banter conversation hint at a tragic backstory give it half a season and then it's official bf/gf shit and as far as charmed goes it's a prophecy about four sisters and the halliwells are like phew. dodged a bullet there lmao. until they do something only charmed ones could do and they're like Wait. Fuck. Is There A Fourth Sister Out There? so they find paige within the first hmm ten episodes or so.

so since we have both s1 phoebeleo and paigeandy i'd say they'd be on the fastest track but i feel like paige does have a lot more issues when it comes to getting married and having kids than phoebe does regardless i think by s4 they're married on track to have kids with pruecole we're doing the s3 introduction and the enemies to lovers arc we seal that with either a wedding at the very end of s4 or at the very beginning of s5 however kids is like. like they both want kids but prue has daddy issues and cole has mommy issues not to mention the charmed one/demon hybrid so they need to do some soul searching on that one. prue's probably pregnant by the end of s5 and has her baby halfway thru s6. paige may or may not have had kids at this point if they did they were kind of a whoopsies baby but she and andy r embracing it with open arms.

piperkyle imo is peak in a divorce/widower era it's been pitched like piperkyle au where he's not fucking insane piperkyle au where she's not brokenhearted piperkyle au where they're both normal happy people who then meet but like. nah. the appeal of them to me really is being the broken fucked up human being and feeling like you're kinda just gonna stay broken and fucked up bc you had your shot and you blew it so now you're here get used to it and then to have someone to meet someone who sees you so genuinely as you are that at first it's disgusting leave me alone i hate you but out of that just honest sight grows familiarity and comfort and before you even realized it happened love and jfc i'm in love with them???? but you realize that you're always happier when they're around you want to stay by their side and you don't even have to wonder if they feel the same because you just know they do because you Know each other and you don't have to wait for them to turn and run once they see who you really are because they know who you are they've known from the start saw the ugly the broken and vile and looked past that and saw the beauty and genuine love underneath like 🗣‼🗣‼🗣‼🗣‼. piperkyle consistently makes me insane. So. in order to hit this. we're bringing in dan. that's right, from season two to six (maybe just five but i'd like to have the pruecole arc wrapped up in a nice bow by the time we open up the next enemies to lovers) piper and dan give a relationship the old college try going from the honeymoon phase to the cringe failmarriage stage until it's eventually just time to call it quits like you literally can't move forward. so because of the delayed start piperkyle would def be the last to have kids but because this is a long slowburn full of character development and just like. vulnerable bonding moments i think that once they go official as a couple wedding and kids are not far off on the horizon i think if we close out a season (a hypothetical 9 or 10) with them getting together for the first time then we gotta burn some miles on the freak out denial stage because i always think that's funny that'll last half a season? maybe a third. and then by the end of the season we're looking at a wedding. by the end of the following season they def have a kid

superlatives!

most fashionable couple: pruecole

most likely to name their kids after dead relatives: piperkyle

most likely to break p tradition: paigeandy

most chill about dating a charmed one: phoebeleo (andy kyle & cole would all be way too willing to throw themselves into danger, leo trusts phoebe's foresight and knows when he needs to sit on the sidelines. it is a lesson all the other men still struggle with)

bonus round!

best bromance: 1st place: leoandy 2nd place: leocole 3rd place: colekyle