#conagher brothers

[stillamarls]

May-May ❤️

[darkcloudsatnight]

You guys I was watching Emesis Blue with my friends and when the Conagher brothers showed up i am not joking I spasmed like-

I was flipping all around and I got in their faces and I screamed and I felt myself get hot n shi and I actually managed to push the couch back a few feet and they were just looking at me like "wtf"

BUT YOU CAN'T BLAME ME THEY'RE HOT

[thoundcarriers]

au where Fritz worked for\with Conaghers or how I like to call him Grey Medic

[triptychofvoids]

what do you mean. this is just a typical tuesday if youve got an anxiety disorder

[jevilowo]

Watching Emesis Blue finally and

WHAT DO YOU M E A N, "SWORDVAN IS COMING THR *illegible*

[bobathekungfucat]

This art style is so real. I love it.

maynard is thinking about a spicy chicken sandwich with cherry coke to wash it down (im eating that rn as i type this)

close ups + reference

[maccheronichips]

another class oc LETS GO!!!!!!!!!!!!

gotta make stuff up about em too,,, ill get to that later,,...,

in the meantime, ++ doodles

[nishnormp]

conagher brainrot

Sometimes I think about the fact that in Loose Cannon, dell's father never gets alluded to . like at all . Fred as the shabby little bridge between radigan and dell makes me a little sad though, so I'll just be looking at weird implications and make a poorly organized set of points

With how confidently Dell talks about his grandfather's personality and the state of his blueprints, I can only assume that a)he was practically raised by him or, b)his dad talked a lot about him (and by extension fred and radigan were close) while radigan was off doing...whatever

Dell is a genius, but a lot of his gear (most, actually) comes from his grandfather's blueprints (gunslinger over there was radigan's original design). Hell, even dell's iconic sentry gun was radigan's blueprint.

If you look at the first panel I showed, dell is immediately hesitant of his ability to fix it, but switches up just as fast when blutarch mentioned radigan's blueprints, blutarch even mentions that they've plagued him for 60ish years bc they were written in complete gibberish. HOWEVER, bluetarch has also been shown to be a complete idiot, so its possible that the blueprints were in english, but just completely incomprehensible to him.

Now, lets go back to the A and B scenarios earlier. The reason I mentioned some estrangement between family members is because things start to...not make sense. Let's say that all three conaghers were quite close (with fred somehow not having any time conflicts with his job and all), how come dell never alludes to him at all when referring to a 'mr conagher' in the field? How come fred never told him that radigan's blueprints were exhumed after his death? Dell's spy domination voicelines drops the lore that it was his dad that taught him how to deal with backstabbers, so if they were open about the nature of their work how come that one important tidbit was never told to him? There could maybe be some physical distance due to work and whatnot, but I cant imagine fred not revealing that about his father to his own son.

There's also...whatever this picture is. This is a photo of radigan in the years proceeding his influence under australium, which conflicts with the comics' and dell's portrayal of him. Its possible that this is merely him a few more years down the road, when both fred and dell are fully grown and out by themselves- but in that case that would be a TIGHT window for his death, blutarch's 60-year stressing over deciphering his notes WHILE fred's still in BLU, and the news to reach dell by the time HE'S the new engie.

The fact that fred is still up and kicking in the current day (hes pushing in the 70 at the VERY LEAST) also makes the timeline stricter, since theres no way he was born during radigan's youth (makes the estrangement thing more likely too cuz are you telling me that fred never corrected dell at all/dell dgaf that radigan was more like a jolly aussie than anything, or that they BOTH didn't know too much about him)

The hundred years thing is maaybe an exaggeration, I did the math and there's no way a literal hundred years had passed between the creation of the first LEM and dell's employment (this is with the consideration of 1890 being the absolute earliest time, and even then it reached 1990). HOWEVER the half a century (or 50 years) thing is probably, as it lands square into the 1940s-- a decade into fred's employment in BLU.

The 1890s was when Radigan was called to create the machine, and its also the time that is referred to right after the 60 years thing. So if the machine was built 60 years ago, but only started to malfunction around the 50 year mark; then there would be one entire decade of the thing just breaking down with no one to fix it.

Did fred get access to the notes? I'm not actually sure. There's this moment in the comics where he flubbs with the immortality machines, but I think there's more to it

"more biology than engineering" my brother in christ you have fully functional prosthetic LEGS and your guy best friend (who btw is a sniper aka guy whose profession relies on eyesight the most) let you pluck out his eyes and replace them with better ones. There's also the offhand mention of "lookin' at the old man's robots" aka probably referring to radigan's creations, but if we go by the thinking that radigan's notes were never shown to him-- that would mean he was reverse engineering them.

And honestly? It makes sense, esp if you consider tfc engie's gear in his own game.

TFC was created waaay before tf2 so the lore implications were most likely not intended at all, but just. Compare fred's sentry guns to the blueprints that radigan has on the walls of his workshop. The dispenser and the teleporter? Way different, and the dispenser even functions differently (it has to be restocked, but it can also damage people when it is destroyed by tfc engie). Fred had big shoes to fill, but he managed to live up to them anyways; I think cheavy would have kicked him out otherwise. The TFC gen is more militant than tf2's, and with how tightly cheavy runs his crew + is concerned about formal standards (like him not wanting to hire tf2 medic due to a history of medical misdemeanors), fred would have been long gone if his creations weren't up to par.

Keep in mind that most of the world is still kinda bummy while australia (and ig new zealand) have all the super fancy stuff to themselves (with the way aussies act with other non-aussies I highly doubt that they would just hand over their own formulas for Teleportation Tech) (these war-loving guys even canonically hid up the existence of australium too, and there's a newspaper clip showing a headline of the aussies calling the discovery of magic gold a false alarm) so fred figuring out all that shit on his own is kinda impressive.

But lets say that he DID have access to the blueprints. Did he deviate from them out of stubbornness? The want to be his own man? Was he smart enough to figure out the fundamentals, but eventually failed to understand the sheer complexity of the LEM? Or did he actually do work on it, but ended up not being significant enough? If the LEM started breaking down by the 1940s, is it really possible for it to STILL keep chugging for an entire decade without human intervention? Did he knowingly lie about the immortality machines cuz he didn't want a deranged cheavy to live forever, or was he actually thinking ahead and taking the potential australium shortage into account (esp since the thing cheavy was holding was a more greedy, simpler model)?

Still, whether or not he had access to the blueprints doesn't change the bits about virgil's eyes or his prosthetic legs. I know they knew each other before the war (gravel war, world war, idk) but it would still be a huge risk for a sniper to just let someone pluck his eyes out; that sort of trust takes a looot of time and experiences.

Tldr; fred is a smart little cookie and I think he gets underestimated too much : ( . also my math isn't the best so if I get anything wrong pls pls pls correct me

[stillamarls]

Conagher brothers ‼️‼️

This is them after theyre reunited in the afterlife 🖤

[5eraphim]

my head is telling me your take makes way more sense to have the birth order go Maynard > Zed > Dell- but baby brother Zed is simply too precious to me to let go of ( ;´ - `;)  (he would kill me in an instant given the chance, but still,  ( •̯́ ₃ •̯̀) )

also hahsjhjaka yes he would set the house on fire for attention. he would fucking do that for sure.

although i would like to redact (or rather re-word) one thing I said; because calling Maynard not too bright was really poor wording for what i was trying to say because, I meant something more along the lines of “even though Maynard isn’t as much of a protégé as his other brothers- he’s still a Conagher and he’s probably still far more adept with handling mechanics than most in the field. i did not have to do my man dirty like that MAYNARD SWEETIE IM SO SORRYYY 

i do stand by him being the most protective of the lot of them. im p sure he was written to be the “brawn” to zed’s “brain.” he’s not as sadistic as his younger brothers, but God help any fool who comes for his family. he’s a mama bear to his core.

(5eraphim) ok on emesis blue, i feel like NO ONE can come to a consensus on the conagher brother birth order? i always thought it was Maynard as the oldest, Dell was the middle child nd Zed was the youngest, but im just curious- how did u think the birth order went? (this is so dumb but ahhhhh im rlly rlly curious how/shy other people see them in birth order)

i like the idea of maynard the oldest, the most protective and maybe not the brightest, but who cares about his family more than anything in the world. dell the overachiever middle child/golden boy who everyone loves, and lil' zed the unhinged youngest sibling. he's jealous of Dell's seemingly endless talent and willing to do anything to set himself apart from his predecessors, even if that means becoming the most violent and cruel version of himself.

I actually thought of Zed as the middle because Engie seems very well loved while Zed seems like the kid who nearly set the house on fire but still wasn’t noticed.

As a younger brother he still imagines he has any say over his older brother, and any wisdom to give to his younger brother (he doesn’t).

[goblin-enjoyer]

Normalize the tf2 mercs as being absolute genetic freaks of nature under the hood. Medic is crazy and we know he gets paid good so he’s probably got lots of bits in his bin if you know what I mean.

Pyro is straight up nonhuman. Pyro is a fire elemental that the Mann brothers have bound to a hazmat suit and medic made a real boy by giving them meat. Not making her a human body mind you, but rather every time he gets damaged, instead of bursting into flames meat forms around the wound and it bleeds instead of letting the inner crea tur out.how? Wizard. Moving on.

Soldier has massive lungs that make him 20% more louder. If he was smarter he could probably echolocate his way around. That or sound attacks idk he eats wizard pills he could have hollow bones for all I know. Sure he has hallow bones now for rocket jumping. Im the one typing I get to make nonsense on the fly.

Medic put pigeon dna in scout and that’s how he makes his trademark milk-like substance. How this happens you may ask? Scout saw medics doves have sex while getting his second Uber heart surgery and said “man I wish I could pick up chicks that well” and medic said “good idea I will help you with this” and then looked at the camera and smirked. The administrator does not spectate medics lab/operation room/dove breeding center anymore. Also scouts immune to radiation due to all the bonk he ingests, though sometimes he does become radioactive sometimes. 

We already know that demoman’s body creates alcohol and that he has a ghost eye, but did you know that if you shoot him with some sort of piercing explosive round he will combust into flames. I… I couldn’t really think of anything for demoman I don’t play him as much.

Engineer always wishes he could have kids, but doesn’t want to have sex. That and he removed most of his reproductive/unnecessary/extra/mid organs with machine parts like 30 years ago. So after the events of the games and comics where everyone is happy and junk, he teams up with medic to make himself some half robot half human half whatever dell conagher is at that point at time children. He asks if medic ever want kids he can do the same for him but he declines as at this point in time he has perfected the art of male impregnation.(on various ape parts) dell is a great father and yes I added this part because the whole humanized sentry thing that went around a while ago touched my heart because despite the words of almost every engineer main everywhere I get so attached to the sentries I build that I die a little bit inside every time I die and my buildings get sapped and I have to just watch as my babies get destroyed. I get too attached to my buildings to play engineer

Heavy doesn’t stop growing, similar to that of a reptile. His skin is as thick as a rhinos. He hibernates for a month in summer because I said so. He has accidentally killed/crushed medic before and is now eternally cautious when in bed with him. Medic doesn’t mind, he knows what he’s gotten himself into. Heavy can also talk to birds like a Disney princess. Medic didn’t add any bird parts for this to happen he just was always like this.

Sniper can dislocate every bone in his body and go through cracks that are at least the size of his head. He will use this to show up in the most unexpected places imaginable. Is legally classified as an tardigrade in some places due to his ability to be fine in almost any place (volcano,Arctic,sewer system, a walk in closet so large it took him 5 weeks to get out, space that one time). Can go up to a year without eating (the team found this out at the same time they figured out the space thing). Swallows things whole.

Spy can shift his flesh around to disguise as almost anything, keeps the mass and weight though. Breaths mostly through his skin so he doesn’t cough due to his decrepit lungs. Was hit by a car once. Doesn’t have anything to do with the subject matter of the tf2 mercs being freakish beings with human skin but I just wanted to include it here.

Medic. What isn’t medic? The only thing consistent with his biology is that he can regenerate somehow. He alters his body so much that it is roughly equivalent to 1 tyranid hive fleet and 2,million ork painboys.(the tf2 mercs would be more likely to work for the orks than to ever work for one of the human factions in 40k and I just needed to get that off my chest) This is how he manages to get away with all the things he’s done. Banned from this continent? Just become a new person who’s not banned from that continent and presto you’re good! The laws don’t account for the ship of Theseus!

[tf2-pony]

this is how the interaction with the conagher brothers went btw

sorry my accent doesn't flow, i've adopted every accent ive grown up hearing so it meshed together to sound horrible

[teabunnee]

Emesis Blue, Actor Au Part 4:

Meet Dell Conagher, also known as Engineer, and the Bartender! While he didn't have so much of a major role, he did help introduce his brothers to the movie! Yes, his arm is artificial! Kept forgetting which one was the right one though.

part 1 Fritz Ludwig : here

part 2 Jeremy : here

Part 3 Jacques Murnau and Jeremy's Ma: here

[tf2heritageposts]

also i realized this on my emesis blue rewatch but consider

the pyro:

- killed scout’s ma

- kidnapped scout and brought him to the conagher brothers to be tortured and later killed

- kidnapped spy and then tortured him for a bit and seemed to be wanting to kill him

could pyro have had a specific chip on his shoulder with spy? spy refers to scout as “ the boy” but i’m pretty sure since he knew he was lying to a dude who he knew was lying to him about how scout died, i don’t think him claiming scout as his son would’ve helped his case at all

[feppepyro]

fem!fortress ( @missvonivory ed. )

aka me and my gf were goofing around with our hcs for the gals and they came up with such brilliant ones that i had to show everybody .... no pyro bc in our perfect world it's agender so they don't count

scout/jenny: White Boston Girl™ who was raised with 7 older sisters by her single dad. a bit too silly sometimes and she gets excited wayyyy too quickly for her own good. a certified Speed Runner and she loves baseball with all her heart

soldier/john: her name is actually joan but shes illiterate so she thinks its john lmao. THE MOST REAL AMERICAN PATRIOT RRAHHHH she's kinda stupid but she does her best trust me

demowoman/tavia: bloody chaotic scottish demowoman!!!! she is unstoppable on the battlefield and you better believe that she WILL explode you even if she has only one eye. she is an alcoholic and she loves a good ol' bottle of scrumpy. an amazing and passionate friend who can be quite rational when shes not too drunk.... which is rare

heavy/masha (maria): tough siberian mountains made this woman into who she is today. as the oldest daughter with three younger brothers with her old father she LOVES her family <3333 she is a Heavy Weapons Lady. her muscles are CRAZY

engineer/dolly (dolores): being a short texas born and raised lady in STEM is tough let me tell you but dolly conagher is a very special woman!!!! she has 11 phds in engineering and she is a Big Deal. a stubborn and determined genius

medic/lucia: mad scientist.... she is unhinged. thats why she lost her medical license 😭😭😭 she means well and she cares about her team but she can be absolutely horrifying with her deranged willingness to experiment on people. but oh well does it come handy when its about their enemy team

sniper/mundee: tired autistic woman. may seem calm and collected on the surface but she has a hidden sarcastic and bizarre sense of humor lmao.... and yes she pisses in jars. what about it. considers herself a lonely wolf but secretly appreciates company of friends

spy: a classy madam with fancy taste. thinks her daughter jenny is too much to handle. spy is a pro at being a snobby french and killing people. truly a lady with manners of all times

bonus!!!!

mister pauling: a manager twink who really tries to get these girls in order because they would be too unstoppable unless there is someone who would calm their energy down a bit. he is gay and lowkey has a gay panic when he sees mashas younger brother

fun trivia tidbits :

masha's younger bros are yan , bronislav and zakhar (zhanna ! bc there's no male equivalent for names that start with zh in russian) . according to the au instead of falling in love with john zakhar just develops a wacky bloodthirsty friendship with her but finds himself weirdly charmed by mr pauling . the homosexual tension in that submarine was crazy

sniper is a trans woman 🌷🌷🌷

you wanna know another reason why zakhar doesn't date john (besides goofy yaoi's sake) ¿ boots n bombs are canon in this universe . tavia kisses her every day

[ecto-hazard]

Blu team guys v inspired by other blu team interpretations I’ve seen (Quazies, Emmet, several fanfics).

Info stuff under read more

Basically after the spy head was kidnapped and studied, the cat was out of the bag that Blu team is made up of clones with some genetic variations. They share the same memories as the Red team prior to the gravel wars, but red team cannot completely rule out that both teams arent made up of clones. Plus they get paid to kill each other repeatedly, so they go on fighting as normal except with some existentialism

General BLU team differences:

though the teams are more or less matched, BLU tends to lose more battles

Members are a lot more scarred up than Red on account that they got the technology for the medigun after red did

Heavy | Boris: Big Brother of the team. Very sociable and fond of the other members. If you have a problem, you go to Boris about it. His English is a little limited, but he's a great listener. He has a penchant for gardening. Gay for Blu Medic, but more in a QPR way.

Demo | Malcolm DeGroot: Less an alcoholic, more a workaholic. Quite obsessed with perfecting his craft as a demoman. Constantly urging everyone to work harder on the battlefield. The only way to get him to take time off is by dragging him kicking and screaming. Works closely with the Engineer on projects. Takes great pride in the payload bombs.

Medic | Hans Ludwig: much more socially awkward and timid in battle than the Red Medic. He prioritizes his work and ability to support the team way more than his own health. Only really opens up with Heavy and Engie, and sometimes Pyro. Gay for blu heavy and engie. (I called him Victor before but the name hans grew on me sry for the confusion)

Soldier | John Doe: Very goofy but in a more self aware way. He plays into his identity as a soldier, but doesn't take it quite as seriously as Red. He has a strong passion for animals and the wilderness. Would love to work as a national park ranger someday. He likes photographing wild animals and landscapes. Gay for Red Demo.

Sniper | Sammy Mundy: A rather polite young man. Sure he throws piss jars on the battlefield, but he's very respectful to his teammates. Takes a lot of care to keep his living space tidy. Washes his hands very thoroughly after every battle.

Pyro: Really not too different from Red's Pyro, mainly in that we know very little about them. Uses sign language to communicate (mainly with Engie and Spy).

Spy: Originally behaved much more like the Red spy, but experiencing firsthand the experiments that confirmed they were clones made him weird and existential. He became particularly more involved in the Blu Scout's life.

Scout | Chase: Quieter than Red's Scout most of the time, but becomes hella competitive on the battlefield. Very artistically inclined, and is particularly into street art. Looks up to Heavy and Spy.

Engie | Sid Conagher: Probably the closest thing the team has to a leader. MUCH less sociable than Red engie, though he's got the best head on his shoulders and takes his job very seriously. Gay for Blu Medic.