#every once in a while i just have to go back and be like. taz stolen century my beloved

[itzjaza]

OMG! TAZ AS A FATHER UGHHHHH😫🙏

i just wanna say thank you to everyone who has been requesting(only 2 ppl have)

Taz Skylar as a Father:

How you found out you were pregnant: Ever since y/n and Taz got married, the two had been trying to start a family for a while. The two were both so excited about the possibility of becoming parents. One morning, when y/n woke up she went to the bathroom with a pregnancy test, just like every other morning for the past month. When she took it she expected it to be negative, just like every other one, but to her surprise it was positive! After a while of silent celebrating in the bathroom, she went into their bedroom to wake Taz up to tell him the good news. Taz was also excited. He smiled, hugged her, and told her how much he loved her. They spent the rest of the day talking about their future as parents and making plans for the baby. Y/n felt so lucky to have such a supportive husband who was always there for her.

During the pregnancy: Y/n was going through all the normal pregnancy symptoms, like morning sickness and a growing belly, and Taz was always there to take care of her. He would make sure she always had her favorite snacks, rub her feet when they started to hurt, and even take over all of her household chores. As the months went on, Y/n's belly was growing bigger and bigger. Taz was so proud of his wife, and he could barely wait to meet their little one. He started preparing the nursery and researching all the things Y/n would need once the baby arrived. He was determined to be the best father he could be. As the due date approached, Taz became more and more protective of his wife. He would make sure she always had everything she needed, and he would never leave her side for too long. Y/n appreciated his care and attention and knew that she was in good hands with Taz.

The due day: Y/n and Taz were ready to become parents. The due date was fast approaching, and they were both nervous but excited. Taz had prepared everything, from the nursery to all the essentials that they would need. Finally, the big day arrived. Taz took Y/n to the hospital, and they both breathed a sigh of relief as they got into the elevator. Once they reached the delivery room, the doctors and nurses immediately got to work. Y/N was feeling a little pain, but Taz was there to hold her hand and comfort her. As the hours went by, Y/n's contractions became more regular and intense. Taz was by her side, holding her hand and encouraging her. When it was finally time to push, Taz rubbed her back and helped her breathe. When the baby was born, it was a beautiful moment for both Y/n and Taz. They both couldn't stop smiling and looking at their little one. Y/n cried tears of happiness, and Taz was so proud of his wife. Taz was there for Y/n during every step of her labor, and he continued to be there for her and the baby.

How he is as a father: Taz is a loving and supportive father to his child. He spends time with them, reading stories and playing games, and is always there to comfort them when they are upset or scared. He helps them with their homework and drives them to their activities. He is a hands-on dad who is always looking for ways to make life better for his family. Taz is also a patient and understanding father. He listens to his child and tries to understand their point of view. He never yells or punishes them without first talking through the situation. He wants his child to feel safe and valued, and to know that he is there for them no matter what.

[madhatterbri]

Shakedown | Mafia!HOOK

Summary: The Perry family take you from Tyler with help from the inside.

@99hook @shawtys-things

"Have you heard the news?" Taz asked taking a few puffs from his cigar. He placed the cigar on the ashtray and looked at his son. The smoke caused a haze above their table. He noted his son's silence that he hadn't. "Jack and his family of low life criminals have been spotted around New York,"

Tyler tensed at the news. He had been careless the last few days with taking his girl out. He thought about all the places they visited. All the places Jack and his men could have been hiding. He cursed inwardly at his own foolishness. A glimmer of hope cast over him. Maybe they hadn't been around long.

"How long?"

"The boys are saying three days. Could be more or less. He must have drove from LA this time," Taz answered and leaned back in his chair. He stared at his son noting his worried expression. "Where is your name?"

"At school. Anthony is there like usual," he answered feeling sheepish. HOOK knew he messed up. He didn't need a whole ass lecture about it.

"Make sure you alert Anthony that Jack is back. Maybe have them come here right after class," Taz advised. Right now he needed to make sure Jack wasn't poking around where he shouldn't be.

🖤

You smiled seeing Anthony at the car. He always waited patiently for you no matter how long or short your classes ran. He was scrolling through his phone while he leaned against the car. His normal happy expression shrouded in worry.

"Hey, Anthony. Is everything okay?" You asked.

"Bad news. Boss man is telling me to get you to one of the safe houses. New York got a visitor you don't want to be acquainted with," he broke the news to you. You frowned.

"But St. Marks isn't too far from here. Couldn't we go back home?"

"We don't know if any of his men infiltrated the place yet," he answered while opening the door for you.

"Is Tyler gonna visit us there?" You asked hopefully while throwing your bookbag in the backseat. You slid inside the car.

"That's the plan,"

🖤

Tyler noticed the time and immediately started to worry. He couldn't get a hold of Anthony or his girlfriend. A couple of his men drove around NYU but hadn't seen you. They talked the professor who informed them you left with Anthony hours ago.

"Son, this isn't like Anthony. We may have to accept the fact that-"

"He wouldn't betray me. I told him to come here as soon as he got her. Class ran late or something," he snapped at his father. He rested his head on his hands. His fingers pulled his hair as the stress took over.

"You gotta think with your mind and not your heart. Every second you treating Anthony like he didn't betray you is another second your name could be out there in danger,"

🖤

"We are here," Anthony informed you after the long car ride. You kicked yourself for leaving your phone back home. It was weird. You left in on the nightstand last night and this morning it was gone. Maybe it fell under the bed while you slept.

He stepped out of the car and opened the door for you. You thanked him and walked out seeing the safe house.

The house was made of brick surrounded by tall pine trees. There was no windows and lots of security cameras. Several armored cars were already parked near the house.

"Tyler never mentioned this one to me before," you pointed out. You thought you had visited all the ones his family owned. This one was certainly not as modern as the rest but it seemed cozy.

"Come on. Let's get you inside. It's a little chilly out here," Anthony offered while extending his arm towards the house. You walked towards the door with your stomach tied in knots. Something was off about this situation. None of HOOK's men were outside.

You stopped just before the stairs on to the porch. He stopped right behind you.

"I don't think we are at the right place. I want to go to St. Marks. I-" you stopped once you turned around. Anthony's gun was pointed at you. Your mouth fell open in shock.

"Why?"

"Enough. Get up the stairs and knock on the door. He's been expecting you," he ordered and flicked his gun towards you. You turned around and slowly walked up the stairs. Before you could knock on the door a man answered it.

His brown hair pushed back into a bun. His brown eyes stared down at you. You hadn't seen this man before in your dealings with HOOK.

"You must be your name. I'm Jack and I've been dying to meet you," he greeted.

🖤

"I'm really sorry, Taz. We tried tailing them but he used the traffic to get rid of us. They were going out somewhere Northwest," the driver spoke through the cellphone speaker. HOOK slammed his fist in the table. He breathed heavily and crossed his arms to control himself.

"How did your name look?"

"Like everything was okay. I'm sure Anthony was feeding her some mess. We are gonna keep our eyes open. We got an informant telling us where they went. We will keep you posted," the driver assured and hung up. The twisted pain of betrayal weighed heavily.

"Son, calm down. We are doing everything we can to locate her," Taz promised. Tyler remained motionless until his cell phone rang. He grabbed the phone from his back pocket. The screen lit up the last name he wanted to see.

Anthony

"Where the fuck is she?" Tyler barked into the phone.

🖤

Tyler's voice through the phone sprung tears to your eyes. He sounded so upset and you couldn't be there to help him. You looked at Jack as a tear slid down your cheek.

"Now see you are going to make her cry. Is that what you want?" Jack asked with annoyance over the phone. He stared at you. "Tell him you are fine with his friends Anthony and Jack,"

"I... I'm fine, Ty," you stuttered afraid of what he would do if you hadn't cooperated. For now you were sitting on a couch surrounded by Anthony and several of Jack's men.

"Enough games, Perry. Where is she?" Tyler demanded.

"You weren't any good at hide and seek were you? You know you wasted Anthony as a babysitter for your little girlfriend. He really is a jack of all trades," he complimented the man that betrayed the Senerchia family. "But look it's late. Let me call you in the morning and we can settle this like men then,"

"Tell me where you are now and we can settle it when I get there,"

Jack yawned and rubbed his eyes.

"Patience, young Tyler. Good night,"

🖤

Once Jack ended the call someone called his dad. Tyler hoped it would be information regarding Jack's whereabouts. Sure enough he was in luck. In a matter of minutes he was driving to her location. The GPS said he would be there in a few hours.

"Just hold on, your name," he whispered as the driver sped through New York.

🖤

Jack left you on the couch while he conducted business. Your hands tied in front of your body. He didn't trust you to be alone by the front door. A man stayed with you to watch you. With no windows the thought of escaping seemed small.

Anthony appeared in the room. Ever since he betrayed you he hadn't been able to look at you. The betrayal ate you up and you had one simple question for him.

"Why?" You asked him. Your voice so small and innocent. That was exactly how you felt. None of this revolved around you. You just happened to be dating the son of a very important man. "Why didn't you tell him you didn't want to watch me anymore? Was it something I did?"

He flinched at your words. You weren't going to understand. This was a man's game and you were just a silly little pawn.

"Shut her up," he ordered one of the men in the room.

"Gladly," the man laughed and placed a piece of silver tape over your mouth.

🖤

"He's here," Jack yelled running through the front door. Tires screeched outside signaling HOOK's arrival. Before you could think Jack was dragging you outside. A gun pointed at your back.

The SUVs parked outside in a half circle. Tyler stood in front of them. Their lights showing him brightly.

"No daddy here to protect you? I'm shocked," Jack announced while grabbing your hair and pulling back. You yelped in pain against the tape as he forced you to walk towards Tyler. HOOK's men raised their guns trying to get a clear shot at Jack but he used you as a shield.

"What do you want Jack?" HOOK asked. "Give her to me and it's yours,"

"I want the Senerchia family to be no more. The Perry family will reign Supreme. My dad couldn't do it before he died and now it's my turn," Jack spoke his terms for your safety. You shook your head. You knew how hard his family worked to build their empire.

"Deal. We will pack everything up here and you will have all our point of contacts," Tyler agreed.

"You think I'm stupid? I want you and daddy swimming with the fishes. I want the Senerchia name gone from the mafia history books. When anyone says your name they will think of me and remember my face as the one that brought you down. You and your daddy are noth-," Jack was suddenly silenced once your elbow connected to his stomach. He doubled over in pain allowing you a chance at freedom. You ran towards Tyler. His arms wide open to grab you.

Before they were able to shoot Jack a reinforced car pulled up in front of him. Anthony yelled for him to get in and they drove off in a matter of seconds. Jack escaped but you were safe. That was all HOOK cared about. You buried your face in his chest and cried.

"Let's get you home," he whispered as he untied your hands. You wrapped your arms around his neck as he carried you bridal style to the car.

🖤

"We almost had him!" Jack yelled in the car. "Why did you do that?"

"You think he was going to let you getaway with taking his girl? You were going to be gone and the Perry name left in shambles," Anthony reasoned. "Don't worry. I know all of New York like the back of my hand. You'll get your kingdom and I'll get my revenge,"

Anthony stared off into the distance getting further away from his ex best friend.

[writer-or-whatever]

Training Montage

Wrote a little TAZ Amnesty piece featuring my beloved Aubrey & Duck friendship. Read under the cut or on AO3

Summary: Aubrey decides she wants to expand her skillset and asks Duck for help. Set between Season 1 and Season 2.

Rating: G | Word Count: 1.3k | Fluff & Humor

Duck opened his apartment door at 12:15—Aubrey was only 15 minutes late, which was a personal best for her—to find her holding two paper grocery bags. He didn’t manage to get a word out before she shouldered her way past him into his apartment, making a beeline for his kitchen.

“Nice to see you too, Aubrey. Why don’t you come in?” He muttered to himself as he shut the door.

“Yeah, yeah, niceties. Get in here so we can get down to business, Duck!” Aubrey called back to him. When he walked into the kitchen, she was in the process of up-ending her grocery bags onto the counter.

“What the hell could you possibly need that many frozen burritos for?”

“Training,” Aubrey said without even turning to look at him.

“Training for what?”

Aubrey turned to him with her giant stage-worthy smile and flourished her arms about. “You are looking at the future title-holder of the record for the fastest time to eat a single burrito.”

Duck just looked at her dumbly for a moment before speaking. “This is ridiculous.”

It was clear that the short minutes of Minerva’s visit last night that they’d spent coming up with a training plan for Aubrey were wasted. Which disappointed him a bit. Minerva had sounded so proud of him for ‘Taking initiative. This will aid you well on your journey, Duck Newton!’ Not that he particularly cared about that. At all. But it was a nice change of pace from her usual scolding.

“Well, it’s not like we get any recognition for the whole pine guard thing,” Aubrey said with a shrug. She quickly continued before Duck could remind her that they were supposed to keep that a secret for a reason, “Which is fine. But Mama also said I can’t do any gigs until I get my powers under control better. So, you know, gotta get a little recognition somewhere.”

“And so you chose to become the Joey Chestnut of burritos?”

“Well, his whole thing is eating a lot of things really fast, and I just want to eat one thing really fast. But yeah basically.”

“And you need me for this because…”

“Well, you’ve been training every day and I thought ‘hey, if there’s anyone who knows about discipline and determination, it’s Duck Newton,’” She said, still smiling winningly at him, though he could see little sparks from where she was fidgeting and snapping her fingers.

“And?” He asked, raising an eyebrow expectantly.

“And you have a microwave,” Aubrey admitted sheepishly.

“Well, at least you’re honest,” He said with a laugh. “Go ahead and heat one of those up and we can see what you’re working with, I guess.”

“Yes!” She said, pumping a fist. She unwrapped the first of her many vegetarian burritos while he questioned his own sanity for agreeing.

He and Minerva made a plan for Aubrey’s training and improvement, which he could probably modify for this, and he already set aside his afternoon, so he may as well go along for the ride.

Once Aubrey had her burrito (and let it cool for a few minutes—she already had enough burns, she didn’t need to add the roof of her mouth to the list), she pulled a stopwatch from one of the pockets on her vest and handed it to Duck. “Just tell me when to start, coach.”

Duck nodded. Step one: establish a baseline for performance. “Alright. Ready? Set? Go!”

The next 2 minutes and 38 seconds was one of the strangest moments in his life—he spent the time looking between her and the stopwatch and tried to ignore the sound of Aubrey chewing. He’d never be able to watch ASMR with mouth sounds again.

“2 minutes, 38.2 seconds,” He said as she swallowed her last bite. “That’s not bad? I think. What’s the record anyway?”

“31 seconds,” Aubrey burped out.

“Okay, gross. I draw the line at talking while burping. It’s just bad manners, Aubrey,” He said sternly.

“Aye, aye, captain,” she said with a salute as she stood up to make another burrito.

It was time to move on to Minerva’s Step 2: make small changes towards a goal and measure Aubrey’s progress.

“Try taking bigger bites this time,” Duck suggested when Aubrey returned with burrito number two.

“Alright. Just tell me when,” Aubrey said as she wiggled her fingers and leaned over her plate.

“Ready? Go.”

It was just as gross the second time. But Duck was starting to get invested in Aubrey’s ridiculous goal, despite himself.

“2 minutes, 29.4 seconds,” He said when she was done. “Maybe try smaller, faster bites?”

Aubrey gave a thumbs up as she headed back to the kitchen.

The third attempt clocked in at 2 minutes, 45 seconds, so clearly big bites were the way to go.

Aubrey continued to work her way through her burrito supplies and experimented with the technique. She tried varying sized bites. She tried chugging water just before she started—”For maximum lubrication, Duck.” “Gross.”—and in-between huge bites as well. After 7 burritos, her time was hovering around 1 minute and 40 seconds and she was starting to look pretty green.

“Duck?” Aubrey said as she slumped over and rested her head against the table.

“Yeah?”

“I think I’m gonna be sick.”

Duck reached down for the little trash can from his bathroom, complete with a fresh bag, which he’d gotten while she was heating up burrito number four. “Here.”

“Thanks,” She said, sitting up and clutching the small bin to her chest.

“Let’s get you to the couch to lay down,” he said gently as he took hold of her arms and helped her up and guided her to the living room. Once she was settled on her side on the couch—laying with her legs stretched over Duck’s lap so he had a place to sit in the small living room other than the floor—he switched on the TV and let Golden Girls reruns fill the silence.

After 2 and a half episodes, they were startled from their stupor by the sound of Duck’s landline ringing from the kitchen.

“Let me up,” Duck said, patting her legs gently.

Aubrey moved her legs with a groan and said, “If that’s Mama with a pine guard emergency, kindly inform her that I’ve passed on.”

“You got it,” Duck said with a laugh.

A few moments after he answered the phone, he yelled back to Aubrey, “It’s Ned. He wants to know if we want to go to dinner at the new Mexican place.”

Aubrey groaned again. “Tell him I’m never eating again! And that I hate him for even asking!” She yelled back.

Duck relayed the message to Ned, who started laughing so hard he sounded like he could barely breathe.

“You knew about her world record aspirations then, I take it,” Duck said once Ned’s guffawing eased off.

“She might have mentioned it.”

“You’re evil,” Duck said with a laugh of his own.

“Perhaps,” Ned conceded. “I also wanted to check that she’s still alive.”

“Well, she is for now, but I better get back before she decides to keel over,” Duck said before saying a quick goodbye and returning to his spot on the couch.

A few hours later, when Minerva made her nightly appearance, Aubrey had fallen asleep on top of him.

“How was training today, Duck Newton?” Minerva said quietly, clearly trying not to disturb Aubrey, which made Duck smile.

“It really took it out of her,” Duck answered with a soft laugh.

Minerva nodded her approval. “And did she acquire any new skills today?”

“Oh, I think she learned a lesson or two.”

“Very good work, Duck Newton. I will see you tomorrow,” Minerva said with a smile before she flickered out of view.

[cataztrophi]

TAZ November Celebration 6: Truth

Just a short, kind of silly one for this @taznovembercelebration ficlet! My card was "truth," so here's one about Magnus trying to lie, to the despair of actual professional liar Taako.

Taako was a champion liar. It was a skill he'd honed through years of practice and one that had saved his ass more times than he could count. He could lie unabashedly, about anything, to anyone, and he'd do it while looking them straight in the eye. He had once convinced Barold that he was both SCUBA and forklift certified. 

This deception-based superpower of his had only one weakness, and that was one of his dumbass friends opening their big mouth before he could spin his web of lies. Unfortunately, this was precisely the situation he now found himself in. 

He had been helping Magnus pick out an engagement ring, and doing–in his opinion anyway–an excellent job at keeping him somewhat sane. No, Julia wouldn't care if the stone was lab-grown. Yes, the whole ‘three-month salary' thing was made up by diamond sellers. No, Julia wasn't one of those penguins that courted each other by exchanging rocks, and she would probably say yes even if he proposed with something from Dollar Tree. 

Everything had been going rather well, all things considered, until the shop bell rang and in walked Julia herself. Her face lit up when she saw them.

“Julia!” Magnus exclaimed, completely failing to look unsuspicious. “What are you doing here?”

“I'm picking up my dad's watch for him, he sent it here to get the band fixed. What are you doing here, hon?”

Taako opened his mouth to deliver one of his trademark bulletproof cover stories, but before he could get a word out Magnus charged ahead with his own panic-fueled explanation. 

“I'm helping Taako!” he said. Not a bad start. “Pick out a gift!” Plausible, even if Magnus wasn’t too high on the list of people Taako sought jewelry advice from. “For his boyfriend!”

Ah, fuck, there it was. Rule one of crafting a believable lie: don't invent something that will invite a lot of follow-up questions. And that was exactly what Magnus had just done, as evidenced by Julia's face lighting up like a neon sign.

“You didn't tell me you were seeing anyone!” she exclaimed. 

Taako jerked his head noncommittally. “Eh, you know me, I tend to keep it pretty chill.”

“But you like this one?”

“Yeah, he's pretty great.” Well, he wasn't going to have a shitty imaginary boyfriend. 

Julia shifted her canvas grocery bag to a more comfortable position, signaling that she was prepared to discuss this for a while. “Well, what's his name?”

“Kravitz.” Hmm. He just sort of had that one ready to go, huh? That would warrant a little pondering later. Then, because he knew Julia wasn't going to be satisfied with just that, he added, “He's a cellist.”

“Wow, that's awesome! You'll have to introduce us sometime. In fact,” she laid a hand on Magnus’ arm. “We're having a little get-together on Saturday, just a few of us. I don’t want to push, I know meeting the friends can be weird, but I’d love it if you and Kravitz could come!”

“For sure,” Taako said, his control of this lie slipping with every second. “I mean, I'll have to check in with him about his work schedule, he's pretty busy right now.”

Julia nodded. “Well, I hope you can make it! Good luck with your gift shopping.” She gave Taako a smile and Magnus a peck on the cheek before walking over to the store clerk. As soon as her back was turned Taako glared at Magnus. 

“What?” Magnus mouthed with a shrug. Taako rolled his eyes and pretended to peruse the men's rings until Julia left the shop.

“So,” Magnus said once the coast was clear, a broad grin spreading across his face. “Tell me about this Kravitz guy.”

Right, Kravitz. Taako’s hot goth neighbor Kravitz. Kravitz, who really was a professional cellist, with strong hands that Taako could imagine doing all sorts of things. Kravitz, who he saw at the farmer's market sometimes, who always asked him what mushrooms to buy or which wine went best with whatever he was making. The guy he had completely normal, neighborly feelings about. 

Taako rolled his eyes. “There’s nothing to tell, my man. I had to tell her something to cover up your shitty lie.”

Magnus had the audacity to look hurt. “What was wrong with it?”

“Well, for starters, you’re making me fabricate an entire relationship in four days.”

“I mean, you could just tell her you’re busy.”

He waved this suggestion away. “No, no, I can make it work, you’re just gonna owe me for it.”

Magnus’ shit-eating grin returned, undeterred. “Okay, but you gotta let me be the best man at yours and Kravitz’s wedding.”

Taako glared at him. “That’s gonna be real hard to do from six feet under, Burnsides.”

Little though Taako felt he deserved it, he helped Magnus through the rest of the ring-choosing process. He settled on a reasonably-priced sapphire with a silver band molded into the shape of a flowering vine, and he left the store with the box clutched in one hand like he never intended to put it down. Once they climbed into his truck he stopped for a moment and turned to Taako with an uncharacteristically serious look on his face.

“Hey, I really do appreciate you doing this,” he said. “It means a lot.”

Taako shrugged. “Don’t mention it, my dude. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to find out if I’m going to have to move to a new building next month.”

He took out his phone and pulled up Kravitz’s contact information, which he had spent two weeks figuring out how to get. He had been planning to use it for a leisurely flirtation that would eventually end with him figuring out that Taako was the hottest thing since Pompeii. Instead, he pulled up their chat and prepared to send a message that would either get him blocked or into a stellar fictional relationship. 

hey, so whats ur general opinion on schemes, plots, and shenanigans?

[aerodaltonimperial]

(@perhapswhoknowsvamp and I have the best slash worst text threads ever. We realized that Danhausen isn't following Jack on IG today and spiraled.)

Danhausen follows Orange Cassidy. Danhausen follows Hook. Danhausen follows most people on the roster, really.

Danhausen does not follow Jack Perry.

++

Actually, he used to. Danhausen follows and unfollows Jack once a week, just so Jack gets the notifications. Since he’s bored and couch-bound currently, he’s upgraded to doing it every half hour like clockwork. He sends bitchy messages at 3 AM and then blocks Jack so he can’t reply.

Hope Jungle Jack gets some sleep. Would be a shame if someone STOLE that from him.

Jack, whose phone dings for the third time that morning: “THIS MOTHERFUCKER”

++

When he’s on the pain meds, he sends more messages. Has Jack checked his brake lines recently? and This picture of you is quite nice and it’s a cockroach wearing a top hat. (Danhausen doodled the hat on the cockroach.) Behind the cockroach is a jungle, and a large bird of prey with red black and white head feathers.

Jack forwards the message to Hook, with the text: WILL YOU PLEASE JUST TELL HIM THAT WE AREN’T DATING AND ALSO THAT WE AREN’T EVEN TAG PARTNERS ANYMORE

Hook replies with sorry the number you have sent this to is no longer in service R.I.P.

++

Hook sends a follow-up text: the hat does look nice on you.

Jack: “They fucking deserve each other.”

++

Darby eventually slides into Danhausen’s DMs. dude could you stop he is profoundly unsexy when he is this stressed out.

Danhausen: whatever he is profoundly unsexy ALL THE TIME. You should get one that looks sexy more often, then. Darby obviously has poor taste. Perhaps he should talk to Hook. The two of you could become best friends with your new jungle infatuation.

Darby: Is that what this is about? Hook?

Danhausen blocks Darby.

++

Jack finds Hook. He hasn’t slept in days. He is mid-mental breakdown. “PLEASE. I can’t even ask him what he wants! He keeps blocking me before I can tell him that you and I are not a thing. Call him, for fuck’s sake.”

Hook: “I don’t got reception.”

Jack: “YOU HAVEN’T EVEN LOOKED AT YOUR PHONE?”

Hook, cupping a hand over his ear: “What? Sorry. You’re breaking up. They must be updating the towers around here. Anyway, I’ll talk to you later.”

After he walks away, Jack stares. “This fucking guy.”

++

Darby drops down from the fucking ceiling. Jack has a heart attack.

Darby, unaffected: “Sounds like things aren’t going any better on Team Chips. Man, these guys are dense.”

Jack: “….what??”

Darby rolls his eyes. “I’m on Team Teeth, you’re on Team Chips. What, did you think we were going to be on the same side? Over my dead body.”

Jack: “….I—”

++

Darby makes a decision. “Actually…” He looks Jack up and down. “Yeah, I take that back. You can be over me any time you’d like. I’d let you top.”

Jack: “...wha—”

Darby: “I’ll call Danhausen the next time he unblocks me and see what I can do. Again. Idiots.” He fucks off down a hallway on a skateboard that seemingly materialized out of thin air.

Jack: “I…I am so tired.”

++

Danhausen ends up blocking half the roster as they try to get him and Hook back together. By the end, he’s only following a handful: OC (who doesn’t give a shit), MJF (who also doesn’t give a shit but for different reasons), and RJ City (who actually did attempt to get them back together but after he got blocked, he stood crying in Danhausen’s front yard until Danhausen unblocked him. He has not brought it up again).

He also still follows Taz. Taz sent him one message last summer: Sorry. He’s an idiot. He’ll come around.

++

Taz has not been cursed since he sent the message.

++

Jack considers checking himself into the psych ward because they’ll take his phone on intake and maybe he’ll be able to sleep. He walks into the lobby and spots an attending nurse wearing a face mask and hovering nearby, shoulders hunched…and arm in a sling.

Jack nearly cries while leaving the building. He just wants to sleep.

++

Jack, texting Hook: HE FOLLOWED ME TO THE PSYCH WARD.

Darby: sounds hot

Jack: FUCK WRONG NUMBER

++

Jack, texting Hook: HE FOLLOWED ME TO THE PSYCH WARD.

Hook: sounds hot

++

Hook: wait, who followed you?

Jack: DANHAUSEN

Hook: Oh…

Jack: OH? THAT’S ALL YOU CAN SAY, OH? NOT, WHY WERE YOU GOING TO A PSYCH WARD IN THE FIRST PLACE, JACK?

Hook: Sorry

Jack: You’re a shit friend.

Hook: yeah

Jack: He was pretending to be a god damn nurse in the lobby.

Hook: a nurse?

Jack: Yes.

Hook: what was he wearing?

Jack: I hate you.

++

Jack goes to Home Depot. He just wants to sleep. He breaks into one of the outdoor sheds in the parking lot. It’s cold.

++

There’s no cell reception in the shed.

++

Jack is happy.

[raineydaywrites]

20 Questions for fic writers

Tagged by @barry-j-blupjeans (thank you!!!)

tagging @sgrumby and anyone who wants to play!!

1. How many works do you have on A03?

132

2. What's your total A03 word count?

568,150! half a million!!

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Mainly TAZ Balance and Star Wars (Prequels/TCW era, mostly), but I've written a fair amount for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine in the past, and I'll sometimes write a fic here or there for other fandoms.

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

They're all Star Wars fics, which makes sense but makes me kind of sad because I love my other fics too. But oh well:

still much that is fair.

Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Jedi Code, and Other Things That Anakin Has Misunderstood

Take Two

brothers don't let each other wander in the dark alone

growing season (absolutely BLEW MY MIND that this one is in my top five now. It's a one-shot kidfic for a pairing I don't write often?? I'm not used to those getting notes. But I guess it is the Codywan era for prequels fans so I can see where it's coming from.)

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I try to! But sometimes I don't have the spoons for it. But I love getting comments and want to show my appreciation!

6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

I don't usually write super angsty endings! I don't like them. Or, well, actually I do enjoy them sometimes, but IDK, if I'm writing a whole-ass fic, I usually want to make the ending happy!

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending

still much that is fair! which is wild because it has one of the angstiest premises I've ever written (suicide attempt that all loved ones believed to be successful, ends with characters giving each other hugs and 'love yous' and closure)

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Rarely. Every once in a while. Sometimes people don't like me writing autistic headcanons or characters mentioning pronouns.

9. Do you write smut?

No. I'm not opposed to it in fic, but it doesn't interest me.

10. Do you write crossovers?

No, but I'll read them sometimes. I'm not opposed to writing them, but I've never really gotten an idea for one that inspires me.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I know of! I did once have someone warn me that my fic was 're-posted' to ao3 back in the days when I was still posting on both ffnet and ao3 with different usernames.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Nope!

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Yes, actually, though I forgot about it until asked! It's not one I ever posted. I co-wrote a Maximum Ride fic with a friend in middle school, lol. But I'd love to co-write again in the future! It's fun to talk about ideas with friends.

14. What's your all-time favourite ship?

All-time favorite ship is SO hard for me because I'm a multishipper and I flipflop fandoms a lot, so I kind of default to my first (and still beloved) ship: Janeway/Chakotay from Star Trek: Voyager. I'm also gonna answer for my two main fandoms atm: Star Wars is Obi-Wan/Satine and TAZ Balance is Barry Bluejeans/Lup/Lucretia, because I love a good polycule. Also Barry and Lup on their own are great but they remind me too much of my parents to really go wild over them.

15. What's the WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

Be My Brother's Keeper. A Darcy Lewis is Tony Stark's daughter AU. I love that one and I had PLANS for it, but my Marvel days are so long gone.

16. What are your writing strengths?

I think I'm good at coming up with creative, unique ideas and making them work!! People often say that they didn't expect to like my fics from the premise but enjoyed them anyway. :3 I'm also good at character interactions and emotions

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Describing things, mainly visual things that are happening. They're just there, in the fanfic, not in a physical location to me. Also staying motivated to finish writing and avoiding derailing my own ideas with wanting to include EVERYTHING.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

I haven't done it before but I'm not opposed!

19. fandom you wrote for?

Like, first fandom? Nancy Drew. I wrote a Nancy Drew fanfic when I was eight years old on looseleaf notebook paper, before I knew that anyone else wrote fanfic. In it, Nancy fell down a hole, broke her leg, everyone who loved her thought she was dead and they were all soso sad, but then they found her and it ended happily. My tastes have not evolved much since, but my writing ability has!

20. Favourite fic you've ever written?

Changes often! Currently it is The Parent Trap(ped in an Umbrella) but I'm also quite fond of Still Much That Is Fair and one more last try, I'm gonna get the ending right.

[sugar-spice-and-everything-dice]

Controversial opinion: Griffin did his """TPKs""" in TAZ better than the end of Neverafter ep. 3

I've seen a few people voicing this kind of thought so I figured I'd throw my two cents in the ring or whatever. Mixed metaphors. Hear me out.

Disclaimer: I trust Brennan enough as a storyteller to see what happens, but with that said...

If you're gonna have a scripted TPK, don't make everyone roll through their death saves. It does cheapen the impact, especially if you've set up the stakes of "if you wake up, the furniture will kill you anyway." Cool, so just say, "you've all died at the hands of the fairy godmother" or whatever and move on with the narrative because clearly you're going somewhere with it.

Related, instead of the cliffhanger being the TPK itself, make the cliffhanger whatever mechanic you've set up for the story - back to TAZ, the cliffhanger of the Eleventh Hour ep. where the boys find out they're in a time loop (which seems to be the prevailing theory for Neverafter? ok) doesn't end with them dying a fiery death in the middle of Refuge, it ENDS with Griffin saying they wake up and see the woman in the white space who tells them they'll "have to do much better than that" and THEN he cuts. It sets up the stakes going forward and makes the audience realize "oh shit, we're gonna be seeing this a lot, huh." And we did. (More on that in point 4.)

The tone of Neverafter vs. TAZ is very different, yeah. Both comedy, but Brennan is leaning a lot darker which actually may be part of the problem. At least it feels like that to me. The TPK felt like his way of saying "this is the horror season, does it feel horrifying yet?" Which. Yeah? I guess? But I'm with Lou about the dome death graphic aka "how many times can they do this". Enough that it loses impact, apparently. I'm getting increasingly salty down this list and I apologize.

Time loops, man. They're fun, but my god can they get repetitive. TAZ did it well, with "save points" that they could fast-forward to if they'd surpassed obstacles in an efficient way. It played like a goofy montage of attempt after attempt of the boys trying and fucking up until they got it, the pacing was good. I don't know if a time loop is where Neverafter is headed (and honestly? I kind of hope it isn't), but if so, they better not have to roll through their death saves every time. :)

Kind of a non-point until we know how things play out in the dome, but the deaths in TAZ were never really. Played as death for death's sake? They furthered the character development and (dare I say) bonds as the crew witnessed each other dying and respawning every time and while they knew it wasn't permanent, it still hurt because it meant a close call against The Hunger, etc. etc. And Eleventh Hour as a microcosm of the larger plot (not that the characters knew that at the time) that is so satisfying to see once you know the story as a whole. If they do a time loop for Neverafter, this feels like a strange way to set it up, since presumably, death will be extremely common, so why make it feel like a shock factor thing when that's what you're heading into? (Another reason I think they might be doing something different).

Anyway. These are my two cents and they are in the ring. No idea if these read coherently, but they're out of my head and that's what matters.

[hua-fei-hua]

Hi Huaaaaaaa I'm in your askbox :3

10, 19, 23, 45 for the Fanfiction Questions, I simply must know

hiii naviiiiii we are hanging out on my blog :33

totally forgot i rb'd those things hehe but anyway~

10.  Is there a fandom you read fic from but don’t write in?

at first glance, my thought was no, bc i don't really fandom-ize every bit of media i absorb, just a few special ones (i can be normal about things!! for real (not clickbait)!!!)

that said, there are a few fandoms i've read fic for that i've never written for! going all the way back to my roots, i read so much mlp fic, n although i technically wanted to write mlp fic back in the day (n have like. two paragraphs of an ancient pitch rotting in my gdocs), i never really committed to it.

nat made me read some pokespe fics too back in the day, so i've read a couple of those too despite never really reading a ton of the manga. one pokespe author also recommended some kingdom hearts fic that i ended up reading, despite having never played kh or knowing anything about it really!

i also used to read a lot of miraculous ladybug fic (once in a blue moon i'll also get update emails for some of them c':), n although i had some ideas for mlb fic, i never wrote any of them.

i think the most recent fandoms i've read but never written for have been the adventure zone (balance), since i'd read taz fic as it crossed my dash after i listened to the podcast, and princess tutu, bc i had a mutual who got into it, so i started w/their fic after i watched the anime, then poked around the archive a bit hehe

19. Is there a ship which you wished you could get behind, but you just don’t feel them?

hmmm i'm honestly kind of a "once a hater, always a hater" kind of person, so it's kind of hard for me to think of a ship that i see around, know the basic appeal of, but don't really Understand in a way that makes me more proactive or picky w/seeing them portrayed.

that said, i would love to read some kokosara meta that elaborates on how a relationship btwn them would further kokomi's character, why sara is the only character who would be able to push her in that particular direction

23. Name a fic you’ve written that you’re especially fond of & explain why you like it.

oooo that's tough, since i'm very fond of p much all my fics for various different reasons, even if i don't think their writing is particularly up to my standards anymore.

like, even tho jjk was technically a while ago for me now, i'm still obsessed w/the idea of a constellation au (zenith); and the diner at the end of the night is still easily one of the most well-written high-energy comedies i've ever pulled off.

it's also really hard to pick out of my genshin fics which one holds the most specialest place in my heart bc most of them hold niches in my heart!!!

typically, though, i pick disjunct bc during the writing process, it was the first time where i really felt allowed to give a character Mixed Race Struggles(tm) wholesale w/o feeling like i was just making them mixed for the sake of it. i'm also really happy with the way it ended up resonating w/people on a core level, and the experience of artist-viewer connection n just having an Art Moment(tm) that resulted!!

45. What is your all time favourite fanfic?

i used to say A Miscellaneous Tale of Night and Day, which is The 200k word pokespe fic nat made me read when we were in high school that hasn't updated since 2012 that has effectively inoculated me against "abandoned fanfiction sadness", and the plot n premise are still a ton of fun, but i've been rereading it a bit as of late, and you can feel the early 2010s casual transphobia and misogyny in it lol. i'd say that it helped shape my comedic tastes/ability to just write self-indulgently, so for that, i'd categorize it under "influential fics"

honestly my favorite fics tend to be long multichapters, but there are honestly so few that line up with my tastes and have an ending in genshin, n i didn't read enough in jjk to have any longfics to really be fondly subscribed to. thinking about it, i genuinely think my fave fics are just the ones nat n i make up together over discord until five in the morning LMAO

in terms of fics that exist(ed, at least at one point), i'd say the now-deleted snk fic tower of babel would probably qualify as one of my all-time faves, n i can say that's not just the nostalgia glasses bc i do still have a copy on my hard drive lol. the premise is that five girls, each hiding their own secrets from each other or the world, end up renting one apartment together, n they learn to trust each other enough to communicate n rely on one another. there's also a bit of romance happening in the bg, but it's not the biggest aspect of the fic, n i really liked that!!! also the way it dropped the title in the end, basically stating its main theme as "it's a lot easier to fix your problems if you communicate abt it" CHANGED MY LIFE the first time i read it lol

ANYWAY YEAH that's all of them hehe thanks for the ask~

fanfiction questions

[amberastra]

WIP snippet game!

I was tagged by @ollieofthebeholder ages ago with the words Star, Hope, Green, Watch, and Thread and completely forgot (sorry!), and I was tagged again just a bit ago by @magnetarmadda with Gentle, Small, Strange, Answers, and Soil, so I figured I'd just do both at once! I don't have that many WIPs, so there'll be some repeats in here, but at least with 10 words I've got something from all of them.

Star - None! Though far too many variations on the word stare.....

Hope - From the epilogue of The Worth of a Life, a tma It's a Wonderful Life au

Shit. Had her friends gotten out alright? Everything had been such chaos, between the alarms blaring and the—the worms. God, she hoped the three of them were okay.

Green - From Life or Death, a Beetlejuice the Musical fic, that's a fusion with the Suffering Game arc of Taz Balance

Barbara turned to look at her husband, committing every detail to memory, from the exact shade of brown of his hair and eyes, to the greens of his plaid shirt. Adam smiled supportively at her, and reached out to clasp her hands. Distantly, she heard the demon make a noise of disgust.

Watch - From Where Once Was Light, a Rise of the Guardians fic that I found deep in my Google Docs last week

A short while later, a laughing Jack Frost knocked the snowcap off of the highest peak in the Alps, hitting it with his staff as if it were a golf ball and watching to see how far it flew. Grinning, he resumed his earlier course towards the North Pole. His detour had cost him a little bit of time, but since he already would have been late anyways, Jack didn’t see how it really mattered. Besides, what was the point of being able to fly if you were just going to pass up an opportunity like that?

Thread - From The Worth of a Life

Jon felt his throat close up as the familiar guilt flooded back through him. He couldn’t talk about what they’d done, not yet. It was still too much. But Martin was there beside him, ready to pick up the threads of the story from him.

Gentle - None again. Hmm, that feels concerning

Small - From Homecoming Hero, a Nimona oneshot following directly on from the events of the movie

Nimona froze mid-stride, one foot in the air. Then with a flash of pink, a small mouse was sitting on Ballister's shoulder. "Nope!" she said cheerfully. "Lead the way, boss."

Strange - Also feels weird that I don't have anything for this one

Answers - From Where Once Was Light

The man frowned slightly, not meeting any of their eyes as he said, "Yes... technically." "What happened to you?" Toothiana asked. None of the Guardians seemed to notice how he'd hesitated when answering Jack's question.  At this though, his eyes snapped back onto the Guardians. "I really don't see how that's any of your business."

Soil - None of this either, it would seem

Then let's see, how about Narrow, Burn, Silence, Color, and Game

And anyone who sees this and feels like sharing their writing, feel free to consider yourself tagged!

[furbygoblinxiv]

Ok, it's gotta go to Gertrude on this one

I've listened to both taz and tma, so major spoilers for both.

In terms of Lup, yes I love her, yes she haunts the narrative. But she does so with her absence, which is only fully understood once you a) relisten to the podcast and b) dissect the characters mental states. We didn't even get her name until the Angus Macarons incident, and didn't even know that was a name until after the suffering game. Her absence is haunting people, yes, but she's not haunting the narrative too much more than any of the other redcoats and their relics are. Plus, I mean, she literally comes back there at the end (albeit as a lich (so still "haunting" lmao)).

Gertrude, on the other hand? Not only are her fingerprints touching everything, she affects things pretty consistently throughout the entire show, which we know of from the first listen alone.

She ruined multiple of the rituals that the other entities were attempting, which meant Elias would have less truly solid competition later on. She threw her assistant Michael Shelly to the distortion, literally causing the creation of Spiral Micheal and his presence throughout the plot. This woman intentionally caused the archaic messy archival system that Jon is trying to fix at the start of the show and is thus the entire reason that Jon starts recording the messages in the first place. She did so knowing that it would cause Elias issues, what a queen. She even bound dead Gerard Keay to that one haunted book so he could provide important info later on. She directly and indirectly interacted with basically every single major player on this chessboard, short of the body of Jonah Magnus himself, that was available to be worked with or screwed over when she was alive.

That's just the things she did while alive that influence the plot later on. That's not even scratching what happens once her death is discovered.

Uncovering the truth of her death is a major mystery, for, if I'm remembering correctly, the entirety of seasons two through four in the show. His investigations into her death caused Jon to go out of his way to do things find information he would have never found otherwise and get further tangled into this mess, such as investigating the spooky tunnels. These are things that directly influenced the plot. Not to mention, the paranoia about being killed and these new truths literally fundamentally changed his mental state, and not really in a good way.

Like. Sure his statements sound similar, but ain't no way season one episode 1 Jon would do this:

It's especially in a narrative haunting way since, in the horror mystery show, the main character has a dead predecessor who seemingly died mysteriously, and makes it a point to say that he wants to ensure that his death isn't a mystery like hers is.

What's the status on his wiki page?

Yeah. In a direct parallel to the predecessor that he didn't want to parallel. His fate is left a complete mystery.

Compared to Lup? Who's death is never investigated because the skeleton was just a skeleton and umbrella just a magic item, until we got the backstory necessary for it to become an impactful death? If someone stopped listening to taz balance 75% of the way through (so a little bit into suffering game), they might have a glimmer of a theory of who Lup is, and nothing more. If they stopped listening to tma at 75% (10 episodes before the season 4 finale)? They'd know Gertrude, because her actions and presence haunt everything.

Gertrude was a woman who influenced the 'political' landscape of the entities, the status and lives of multiple people, and her death influences the tone, direction, plot, and themes of the show, while also setting up a direct foil/parallel situation between her mysterious end and that of our protagonist.

Both these women are baddies with ripple effects throughout their entire shows, but only Gertrude affected everything in such a tangible way that we can see just how much, at a minimum, she's haunting this narrative at every step of it.

So yeah, I know we all love Lup, but vote Gertrude

Haunting the Narrative Round 1

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

[obsidiannebula]

Fanfic writer asks 2, 5, and 6?

~Jasper

Fanfic writer asks here.

2- Do you read/reread your own fics?

Absolutely, every once in a while. I mean 1) I wrote it because it was a story I was interested in, so I already know I like what's in there, and 2) it's an interesting snapshot of what I was going through what my writing was like at a certain point in time. I enjoy seeing what I did well and where I've improved since then. And I have improved! But there's still a lot of my old work that I'm still quite proud of.

5- What's a fic idea you've had that you will never write?

Oh you mean other than all my WIPS

Oh man, I know I've had "that would be so cool, I wish someone ELSE would write it for me" ideas before, but I can't think of any specific ones lol

6- Are there any fics from others you reread all the time?

Mmmmm a few 😅.

*"The Road Goes On" by ohjustdisarmalready (@hahanoiwont on here) is an Undertale multiverse AU series, which, I'd never gotten into any of the multiverse stuff before and I was a little ?? at first but I was soon TIGHTLY gripped by the heartstrings. It is quite long and still unfinished, and sometimes when it's been too long since my last found family dopamine hit I go back and reread Whither Then or one of the shorter side/prequel/non-canon fics. There's a lot here and I have read all of it at least once, often several times.

*Also by ohjustdisarmalready is a TAZ fic, "And I Will," a VERY creative Lup and Taako fic that is just. Beautiful. It's so inventive and I love the way it explores the depth of the twins' bond, even as it does some highly non-canonical things with that bond.

*Another TAZ fic, this one centered around our beloved boy wonder, "The Custody of Angus McDonald" by blueshine. Legal drama where Taako tries to save Ango from some shitty relatives, and turns out to be a good dad along the way.

That's just a small sampling, we will be here all day if I talk about ALL my favorite fics lol

Thanks for the ask! 😊

[weepylucifer]

Merle: I think I'm in love with John.

Magnus: John? As in, The Hunger? The guy who's trying to erase all of reality? The guy who kills you every year?

Merle: Yeah. Thoughts?

Taako: And prayers

[niiwa-angel]

Even More Baffy+ Animaniacs Headcanons

Back on that hyperfixation train everyone!! Remember, you can block me but you can never forget me.

The Warners have Disney merch, like Donald Duck sweaters, Mouse ears, what have you. You may think it’s to support their fellow toons but no its to get back at Bugs and Daffy when they annoy them. The Duck triplets have the same thing but Warner Bros merch.

Daffy is the first to go feral for his kids. Teacher wouldn’t let Wakko have his snack so his sugars dipped? Daffy is at school in 5 minutes ready to drag them in front of the whole school. Somebody honks at the kids while their crossing the road? Daffy is cutting tires.

Dot had to sit on a phone book when the Warners first moved in with Bugs and Daffy. Now she has a little booster.

Bugs is the driver when they have to go somewhere. Daffy is in charge of snack distribution.

Calling shotgun is a major thing in the Baffy household. Yakko is the only Warner legally allowed to sit in the front seat and he can be very happy about it. If you call shot gun, you get shot gun. this has resulted in Daffy sitting in the back with the younger kids while Yakko rides shot gun with Bugs.

Daffy deals with injuries, Bugs deals with illnesses. Daffy will buy themed bandaids for each of the kids and can be silly until they smile. Bugs is the one who can stay up all night with a sick kid, sneak the medicine into their drinks, and makes the best chicken noodle soup.

Wakko has unironically gifted Daffy a rubber ducky of himself.

Based on The Looney Tunes Show where Taz is a pet. Dot has painted Taz’s nails and put a bow on his ears. 

The Warners hide food in each of their rooms, Bugs and Daffy pretend not to know because they know its left over from them having to ration food when they lived by themselves.

Yakko feels guilty about living with Bugs and Daffy, he feels like he should be able to take care of his siblings by himself.

Dot sometimes feels that the only reason she was animated was to be the damsel in distress.

Yakko keeps a journal, it’s hidden under the mattress of his bed.

Bugs loves giving the kids piggy back rides.

Dot and Wakko give a small fathers day gift to Yakko every year.

The adult toons have a deal that they all protect the kids. Doesn’t matter what company they’re from, if a child toon needs help they’re getting it.

Wakko gives a portion of his allowance to the animal shelter because he wants all the animals to be taken care of.

The Warners often have sleepovers with the Duck triplets and Max goof. They all rotate which house they stay at. 

Wakko once ate his copy of the house key and couldn’t get back inside. Fortunately, Porky also has a copy and let him in.

When there is a thunderstorm, the Warners all sleep in a pile.

Bugs once got bitten by Dot because he accidently stepped on her tail.

 Wakko once ate a spider that Yakko had trapped under a cup. He learned it from Taz

Bugs and Daffy have an extensive wardrobe, ranging from comfortable loungewear to fancy suits/dresses because I love my boys in drag. 

Yakko has stolen some hoodies from them, he claims it’s because he’s trying to be annoying but actually he finds the smell of his parents comforting.

The Warners can all curl into balls and when they all do at the same time, they just become a mass of black fur.

[demon-blood-youths]

----- Kiko Hotel and Spa ----

Taz can sniffs. “Cursed energy?” It must be! The cursed energy is tricking them into thinking there’s no entrance or maybe the spirit back there is manipulating the interior of the hotel! Taz looks to see Sakura pick up a piece of wood of hitting the entrance but it ends up breaking. However...this got Tango and Shinko to spilt up to find another way out while Misa is now crying on the floor because of the shaking. 

Kinie Ger rolls her eyes at Misa’s crying.. “Oh now you’re apologizing! Maybe you shouldn’t disturb you have no business with!’ Making Taz sigh, trying to think as well. . What if we use the talisman used to trap inside the cursed spirit inside the the hotel or maybe the talisman is keeping something there at the office. What if..huh?! 

Taz looks to the commotion between Sakura and Megumi. Wait what’s going?!

“Wh-what are you doing?!” Misa cries. 

Sakura had an idea- a terrible idea by going after the stone that Megumi is carrying. Despite keeping the stone out of her reach, the ghost hunter girl has the stone and then she goes over to where the holy water. What she said next something regarding these two elements causes panic in Taz and disbelief in Kinie Ger. 

She’s joking. Kinie Ger watches. 

Oh no. Taz’s jaw drops. 

“SAKURA! DON’T!” Taz screamed. 

----------- Jujutsu High ---------

Maki is watching the chaos unfold. Panda and Toge came over as they are watching the video on their phones. “Maki! You’re seeing this?!” Panda said.

“Yeah! I am! Gojo and Kugasaki are going over there as we watch!” Maki said. Then the camera switches to Megumi and Sakura fighting over the stone to which Sakura grabs it and takes the stone over to-

“Wait, wait, wait, wait! WHAT DID YOU SAID??!” Maki shouted, after hearing this as the camera switch to Sakura talking about blessing the cursed talisman with holy water. “NO! DON’T DO IT!’

“Oi! Holy water????” Panda said. 

“Mustard leaf!” Toge exclaimed, shaking his head no. 

--------- The Internet -------------

The moment where Sakura throw the stone, the cursed talisman into the holy water is when every Jujutsu sorcerer, exorcist, soul reaper and anyone who knew the supernatural widen their eyes in horror and in disbelief, watching this live. 

  “NOOOOOOO!”

In a slo-mo moment, the stone splashes into the holy water. Bubbles came from the water after the stone sank. The girl named Sakura looked like she done a job well done while the water changed into a dark sludge.

Watching this, all of them who knew better were cursing loudly. All of them and their ancestors started to cry seeing this. The views are increased to more than 100 thousands, almost getting to a million. 

-------- Somewhere in a Tokyo fast food place ------

Ichigo just stared in disbelief what this woman just did. The substitute soul reaper twitch an eye at this. Did she just...

“That’s pretty bad.” Said Chad. 

“WHAT THE HELL?!” Ichigo exclaimed, holding his phone tightly. “NO PROBLEM MY ASS!” 

------- Jujutsu High -------

“These.....damn ghost hunters...” Maki facepalms, “What?! How?! HOW DO THEY FUNCTION?!” Maki yelled, slamming his hands on the desk.

“Maki calm down!” Panda tries to get her to relax. “Maybe the girl really thinks-”

“I don’t care, Panda! This is not an excuse!!!” Maki said, before taking deep breathes, “We need to tell Sensei and Nobara about this!” Maki goes to call Gojo right now! If not, Nobara as she goes to update them on the situation.

“Do you think that they might have their phones watching this?” Panda asked.

“Salmon.” Toge nods. 

-------- Back at Kiko and Spa -------

Taz never seen something like this before. Misa look confused while Megumi’s eye twitched. 

Kinie Ger nods slowly as she cannot believe what she just saw so far, ‘Well...I know Sukuna is not going to be PLEASED with that once he sees this. That idiot is so dead.’ Kinie Ger mentioned. ‘Now I feel pity for those exorcists whose precious holy water is now tainted by a bunch of idiots.’ She can imagine those two brothers losing their minds watching this. 

“SAKURA!” Taz yelled, “What did you do?! You can’t do that! You just released a bunch of spirits by breaking it! That was supposed to keep something inside it!” She sees the talisman’s seals all messed up as it cracks. She can smell the cursed energy seeping out of it.  

Misa Rose upon hearing this, cries even harder. 

Ghost Hunters v.s Cursed Spirits and Oh! There’s Jujutsu Sorcerers || Closed Horror RP

After learning so much and got to be on her own while her fraction, the DBT are in New York. Taz is going to get her first mission as a Jujutsu Sorcerer soon with the trio, Megumi, Nobara and her big brother Yuji. She was told by Gojo that she’s ready and will be supplied with a cursed tool. A knife. 

She was getting pastries from the bakery. She was running errands for Gojo since he wanted some sweets. Taz knows what would he like since she got a sweet tooth herself. Much to Nobara and Megumi’s dismay, not wanting their sensei taking advantage of Taz but Taz doesn’t mind it. She likes running errands because it reminds her running errands with her friends as she loves going out and buying pastries for herself and her friends.

One day, she brought cakes at the cafe and then she overhear something that made her eyes blink. 

“So….this place is haunted. Let’s check this out!” It came from a table next to the window. 

[punktr]

Good Intentions

hook x reader 

warnings; a few cuss words, injury

requested by anon!

I hope you enjoy!! 🥺🖤

*I do not own this gif!*

Gif credit to @backfliptopancake​

You and Hook had both debuted recently and the fans loved to ship you two together. You never really interacted that much backstage, but you were very similar in many ways, especially with how you both carried yourselves in the ring. Which had led to Tony suggesting you join Team Taz, thinking it would be something the fans would enjoy since they obviously thought you and Hook were a good match already.

At first it was awkward with you having more of an introverted attitude, but eventually you got along with the boys pretty well. You and Hook found the shipping of you two quite entertaining, eventually deciding to see how far the two of you could push it just to mess with the fans. Hook started to do subtle things on camera like step closer to you when other guys were around, putting an arm around your shoulder during an interview, or even holding your hand on the way to the ring.

Inevitably, you and Hook started to catch real feelings for each other. Everyone could see it, Ricky, Hobbs, most people backstage, even Hooks dad could see that the two of you were deeply in love with each other. You and Hook were always together, wherever one of you went the other followed, even constantly holding hands or leaning onto each other. After a while the guys got tired of how oblivious the both of you were and put together a plan.

After some convincing the boys got Tony to put together a match, you and Hook versus Sammy Guevara and Tay Conti. You were excited and nervous at the same time about wrestling with Hook, you knew together you would be undefeatable so you had no worries going into the match. The match was going smoothly until Tay hit you with a roundhouse kick that immediately made you nauseous, the whole room was spinning and your body fell down like a bag of bricks. Hook could tell something was wrong and jumped into the ring, shoving the ref out of the way when he attempted to hold him back.

“Hey, hey talk to me baby girl, are you okay?” Hook asked you worriedly. He could see the pain in your expression and it only confirmed his worries when all you could do was barely shake your head no. Not knowing what was going on Sammy hopped into the ring, pulling Hook away from you and slapping him. Hook slammed Sammy to the mat with fire in his eyes, glaring daggers into the man beneath him.

“She’s hurt you fucking idiot.” Hook shouted, immediately redirecting his attention back to you and helping you out of the ring, making the fans awe and adding more fuel to the shipping flames. The bell rang and Justin announced the match would be counted as no contest due to injury. Once in the trainer's room you kept apologizing to Hook for costing the match, but he reassured you every single time that he didn’t care and your health was more important to him.

“You called me baby girl out there.” You spoke quietly after a moment of silence. You liked the nickname and you were worried he only did it to keep the facade up. You couldn’t help but giggle at Hook’s cheeks turning pink in response. Hook looked down and took a deep breath.

“I watched the girl I love get kicked in the head extremely hard and fall to the ground, I panicked. Can you blame me?” Hook chuckled. You couldn’t hide the smile on your face at his response. Hook gently pulled you into his side, kissing the top of your head. He was in the middle of telling you about the moment he realized his feelings for you when the boys entered the room, giddy looks on their faces. Looking up at them you were confused until Ricky opened his mouth.

“Ok listen, we had good intentions and we didn’t think (Y/N) would get hurt, but we convinced Tony to put together the match in hopes you two would finally realize your feelings for each other and it looks like our plan worked!” Ricky exclaimed.

“Minus your concussion of course, we're really sorry.” Ricky apologized, making you laugh. Even though you were concussed and not cleared to wrestle, you couldn’t be happier. You had the best group of friends and now the best boyfriend you could ever wish for.

[critterdotcom]

Some Hookhausen Headcanons?

okay i jerked off and i’m ready to give my hcs

hook is an autistic trans man (post top surg, on hormones, no phalloplasty)

danhausen is a demon that can change his genitals at will but he prefers a human penis most of the time

a good portion of their sex is non-penetrative (even though i like talking about hook being railed lmao) like danhausen going down on hook, mutual masturbation, so on and so forth. danhausen fingers hook more than he has his dick inside him.

they have a lot of trust in each other. hook lets danhausen do things he didn’t even dream of before their partnership, which blows his mind

danhausen is also basically autistic; poor posture, odd cadence when speaking, raptor hands, it’s very obvious, but since he’s a demon everyone just assumes that’s the reason he’s Like That

fun fact: danhausen has a form of sex pollen he releases when he’s aroused and hook learned that the hard way during a very heated makeout session

i talked about this earlier but they both have given each other blanket permission for just about anything that isn’t life-threatening or illegal, but that doesn’t mean they don’t enthusiastically consent! it’s just their specific dynamic of “i know you wouldn’t hurt me, and i wouldn’t hurt you, i trust you”

hook keeps one of those mini stroker toys for trans men in every carry-on bag he’s ever had because being on a plane for hours with nothing to do gets boring, and when hook gets bored, he starts thinking of danhausen. he takes a lot of bathroom trips on red-eyes.

their communication is also very open because hook doesn’t believe in subtlety. he won’t beat around the bush if he knows what he wants, and danhausen appreciates this because humans like to be sneaky about their desires and whatnot. he’s very glad he has hook.

team taz loooooooves teasing hook about his freak of a boyfriend. it’s the incessant, loving bullying between siblings, and both ricky and will are genuinely happy for hook. taz doesn’t fucking get it but he doesn’t get a lot of things about hook, and danhausen is good to his son, so he’s not worried

dirtytalk between these two is hysterical because danhausen hates swearing and hook cannot help swearing when he’s got danhausen’s hand in his pants. it’s lots of “oh my fucking god, don’t stop—” “no swearing!” “…i’m gonna fucking break you in half, d.”

danhausen has a forked tongue. you get the picture

danhausen has a Thing for hook’s body hair. this little motherfucker will nuzzle hook’s chest, stomach, armpits, thighs, pussy, anywhere hook has hair. hook thinks it’s weird but it also gives him gender euphoria

hook has a habit of sending videos of himself to danhausen. they’re not always dirty, but he’s sent enough that danhausen always makes sure his volume is down before opening hook’s texts.

tracing. each other’s. tattoos. hook knows danhausen’s chest tattoo like the back of his hand from idly tracing the design over and over while cuddling. danhausen loves seeing hook when he’s focused on something; he looks serious, but not mad like he does in the ring. it’s endearing to him.

hook has lots of stims, including oral stims. he likes having something in his mouth nearly all the time. he especially likes chewing on things. he chews on straws, pens, pencils, the cuffs on his hoodies, anything that has a little give and is safe to put in your mouth, hook has chewed on. danhausen likes being bitten. once again, you do the math.

LOTS of cockwarming because again, hook loves having something in his mouth and danhausen loves hook’s mouth on him. very common for them to do it after an intense match, it helps them both wind down

oh man, when hook gets excited he stims super aggressively. one of his favorites is to take someone’s hands and swing them up and down hard and fast. he always gets the biggest grin on his face doing it. hook also Just heard of flapping, so he’s doing that a lot with danhausen

i think i’m all tuckered out on headcanons! i’m also fucking sleepy tired but i hope everyone enjoys these hookhausen hcs ❤️