#grandpa davenport

[tabl3]

the team's family trees (w/ mild spoilers)

[dadsinsuits]

Michael Davenport

[cat-witch]

I feel like this casts the euphemism treadmill as just people generally trying to be polite, and sure in the cases of the history of words like toilet, but moving past words like the r-slur was usually pushed by a lot of advocacy. People were made uncomfortable by using words like moron for intellectual disabilities because people forced them to be. Sure, I don't know how many people see Ctrl+F replacing a word as Fixing Ableism, but there are clearly connotations and methods of use to words like the r slur that don't get applied to other words like silly; even if the person using it doesn't "use it that way," people have fraught histories with the terms and, y'know, people will feel sensitive about the word yelled at them when they were beat up after school for having a wheelchair.

Besides, terms like mentally subnormal reflect psychiatric theories at the time which we know now to be false. R----- (in most contexts besides insults) doesn't make as much sense without it's helping words "severly" et al., replacement terms like high support needs are more precise and reflect more current understanding. It's a euphemism treadmill as much as the move from Nous to Newtons was a euphemism treadmill for energy.

One of the things they went over when I took linguistics was the "euphemism treadmill", the tendency of initially-clinical or neutral words to undergo pejoration to the point that someone felt the need to replace the pejorated word with one that was clinical or neutral. And then of course the process of pejoration would start again.

The best example of this were words related to what we now call intellectual disability. In the past, "idiot", "simpleton", "moron", "feeble-minded", and "imbecile" were all relatively clinical terms. (This is one of those things that's often repeated, but if you go looking at newspapers from the 1920s, you do kind of wonder whether the negative connotations were just completely acceptable then, especially when they're talking about the successes of sterilizing the feeble-minded.)

The reason that pejoration happens is that while the word changes, the societal attitude toward the underlying thing most often does not, and so if they change the word and declare that this new word is totally neutral, then society's negative view is just going to keep making those words take on bad connotations. This will happen even with the most anodyne descriptions, like "mentally handicapped", which Google will inform you with a little warning is offensive and dated.

The linguistics class I took in the early 2000s spent a little time on the word "retarded", which by then was well on its way to complete pejoration (federal law was changed in 2010, from "mental retardation" to "intellectual disability"), but had not reached the point when it was "the r-slur". If I recall correctly, this was when "mentally handicapped" was still relatively in vogue, and sitting in that classroom I had thought that "retard" was going to go the way of "moron", a word that was used exclusively in a disparaging way. I thought it would be about as acceptable as calling someone an imbecile, I guess, which is impolite but which doesn't rise to the level of "slur".

But no, I was wrong. The euphemism treadmill will probably continue because we have not done anything about the underlying condition (that people with intellectual disabilities are less valued and looked down on), but "retard" has now become a slur, even if every other fucking word for low intelligence is still in common use as a disparagement.

It's wild how much you can see people dancing around this. I said above that Google gives an "offensive and outdated" tag to the term "mentally handicapped", but they also give that to "retarded". However, if you go to "imbecile" they don't give that tag. To save you the trouble of looking it up:

noun: imbecile; plural noun: imbeciles

a stupid person.

archaic a person of low intelligence.

Ah, lovely. So it's okay, because it just means "a stupid person", it used to mean "a person of low intelligence", but it doesn't mean that any more, so ... not offensive, I guess?

Except hold on, what does "stupid" mean again?

adjective: stupid; comparative adjective: stupider; superlative adjective: stupidest

having or showing a great lack of intelligence or common sense.

Oh, okay, I see. So in the archaic sense "imbecile" meant a person of low intelligence, but now it means a person who has a lack of intelligence. Totally different, very understandable. Nevermind that "imbecile" was pejorated in the same way that "retard" was, and that using a negative word to refer to someone who is lacking intelligence is basically the same thing.

I think if you want to fight against the pejorative use of the word "retard", you should probably be fighting against a lot more words, and you should definitely be fighting against the societal view that people with lower intelligence are lesser. You can fight the language issue all you want, but it's just going to lead to more cycles of pejoration. There's no way that switching over to saying "person with a learning disability" (as it seems the UK bureaucrats now favor) is going to somehow end it.

Personally, I'm the kind of person who just goes with the flow. I think people with intellectual disabilities are just as much people as anyone else, deserving of care and compassion, but I also value intelligence at least as much as my surrounding society does, and while I do make attempts to temper my language, saying that an idea is stupid rather than casting contempt on a person who is stupid, that's a mighty fine line to tow, and ... people just don't care. If I call a politician a moron, no one will bat an eye. I will refrain from saying the r-word, because people get mad at you when you do that. I think if I got hit in the head tomorrow and became intellectually disabled, I would be more or less happy with this.

I don't have a strong principled stance, more a stance of "come on, what are we doing here". Euphemism treadmill goes brrrr, language gonna language, I just wish the whole linguistic and social process didn't feel like some out of control machine that wasn't actually doing anything for anyone, and that people would pay more attention to the underlying mechanisms for how/why pejoration actually works. Changing the word is not going to usher in an era of understanding and equality, we've proven that, haven't we?

[pretty-purple-pages]

𝓲𝓽'𝓼 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓶𝓮, 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽'𝓼 𝓶𝔂 𝔀𝓱𝓸𝓵𝓮 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓵𝓭

synopsis: grayson davenport hawthorne is sick. luckily his beloved girlfriend is there to help him.

pairing: grayson x reader (implied f!)

content (genre and warnings): reader's gender is not specified but 'girlfriend' is used once, fluff 100% fluff, banter, sickfic, grayson folds for reader, just grayson getting the love he deserves

word count: 0.5 k

"Gray?", you called out sleepily, half awake, but fully aware of the warm, shirtless body beside you. Grayson's hand was firmly wrapped around your waist, pulling your back even closer to his chest, if that was possible.

"You feel hot", you continued, propping on your elbows to look at his face properly. His normally perfect hair was dishevelled, but he still managed to look perfect. The kind of perfection which gave you butterflies.

"I know you find me hot, darling, but it isn't a reason to break our peaceful slumber in the middle of the night, is it?", Grayson answered, half annoyed, half amused, his voice even deeper than usual. He opened his eyes to look at you properly, running his hand through his hair.

"Not like that!", you gasped, as your cheeks burned red. "I'm saying, I think you have a fever."

"What?", your boyfriend asked with pure confusion painted all over his face. He looked absolutely adorable; it was an extremely rare sight.

"A Hawthorne doesn't get sick", he scoffed, as if you had told a dad joke. He was now fully awake and fully annoyed.

"Being a Hawthorne doesn't mean you're immune to diseases", you countered, exasperated, which was justified due to his utterly ridiculous statement. "Unless your sadistic psychopathic grandpa altered your genes to make you immune. Wouldn't be surprising, actually."

Grayson threw you a look and you rolled your eyes. You put your palm flat on his forehead and flinched back.

"You're burning!", you said, concerned, lines etching on your forehead. You stood up and rummaged through the bed-side table, and retrieved a thermometer with a victorious smile.

"Here", you tossed it to him. "Take your temperature, I'll be right back with some medicine."

You quickly ran and brought the paracetamol with a glass of water. He protested, but swallowed it once you glared at him. Yes, the all feared Grayson Hawthorne folded at your one glance.

"Now rest up", you ordered, getting into bed beside him, sitting up against the headboard. He took your hand and patted his head. You sighed, moving his head onto your lap, running your fingers through his hair, just how he liked it.

"Who would think that Grayson Davenport Hawthorne cannot sleep without his girlfriend playing with his hair", you giggled and he blushed from embarrassment. Oh, how you wanted to snap a picture right there and then, and then trade it with Jameson or Xander for some "Hawthorne gossip".

"Oh shut it", he mumbled as he snuggled closer to you, drifting asleep.

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tags: @reminiscentreader @shuhuaspookie @loife1m @that-multi-fandom-hijabi @moondust-on-the-hijabi

[stargazer-sims]

Blast From The Past

In my quest for elderly neighbours for Grandpa Nikolai, I decided to mine my own library, and the obvious first choices were the main characters from my very first simblr story from around 2014-15, Aubrey Davenport and Zachary Gordon. Their original story was The Unconventional Family, a legacy I managed to play out to 3 generations before I realized I don't do partcularly well with gameplay challenges. Then, I gave them their own story called Frisky Old Men, and we had an absolutely great time until the cyber-bullies in another fandom community found me and literally chased me off Tumblr

Anyway... my old blog still exists, and you can see Aubrey & Zach's story there, if anyone happens to be curious. (Just pretend the story happens in Brindleton Bay instead of Willow Creek)

So, here's what Zach and Aubrey looked like around 2015. First is Zach. Look at that tragic profile...

And here is 2015 Aubrey. That skintone makes him look like he has jaundice (second pic is his new skintone. I forgot to do the side profile before I changed it).

And now for the makeovers they got today. Behold their new looks:

Zach is a retired doctor and Aubrey is a piano teacher and professional composer. They're married and have three adopted children; Sky (he/him), Aurora (she/her) and Autumn (she/her), and one alien abduction baby, Stardust (she/her). They also have a grandson called Sawyer (who is also an alien abduction baby) and a grandson called Nash.

Here they are in front of their new house. They live in the blue one, next door to Grandpa who is in the green one. I forgot it was nighttime when I moved them in. They seem a bit confused, and Zach apparently has a kink in his back.

Ahaha I didn't realize how much I missed them!

[bejeweled-wahlberg]

Meet Everlee Davenport

Born: May 31st

Age in the KOTNB next gen au: 15-16

Parents: Chase Davenport and Summer Jackson

She’s the first ever child in the world to be half human half bionic she may look like summer but she has her dad’s Chase’s attitude. Everlee is friends with Jade and A-lexa(her future design will be out soon) and her grandpa Donald Davenport wants her to be the next heir of Davenport industries but she doesn’t want to she wants to follow her dad’s footsteps, she has a great relationship with her aunt Bree Uncle Adam Uncle Leo and Uncle Daniel and her Great Uncle Douglas And gets advice from her uncle Kaz and Oliver and Aunt Skylar But does she show her Wahlberg/Jackson Side? yes yes she does and Everlee has a little sister named Felicity Davenport and a brother named George Davenport. Her powers are Telekinesis and invisibility and when she gets mad she has her version of Spike called Spikechelle

So that’s about Everlee

[lucretiaadventurezone]

just rewatched klaus again which means it’s time for me to once again think about a taz au.

i already made a post abt this but ive thought it out more this year

taako is obvi jesper. they have the same vibe. in my mind taako is just chillin on davenport’s estate, expecting to get to relax for the rest of his life. he gets sent to the small town of neverwinter, ferried by merle (because he’s perfect to be mogens, he would absolutely trick taako into ringing the bell). not really sure where lup would fit in, maybe she’s sent by dav w taako to supervise him (open to suggestions). ooo maybe she meets barry in they town and they fall in love. anyway

so taako gets there, he has to post 6000 letters, blah blah. krav is the schoolteacher who’s trying to get the hell out of there

i think angus would be that first little boy who gets a toy. he’d be kept inside by his grandpa who never lets him play with anyone

klaus would HAVE to be magnus. i mean cmon. they’re both bears w a big heart, a dead wife, and a love for woodworking

anyway so magnus lives alone in the woods because julia died and he’s all sad, taako goes to the woods, they meet, movie plot

not too sure what the two sides (the two families fighting each other) would be in this au. istus vs rq??? idk

the little girl (margu) would be june i think. and then at the end when her whole family helps, it would be the entire town of refuge helping out

not sure how lucretia would fit in either

ANYWAY i just think it would be really fun and very sweet and the characters literally fit perfectly

[tgammsideblog]

Here is another theory I don't think is true, very doubtful, but could the big corporate guy we saw at the very end of "Davenports on Demand", could that be Mr. Davenport's dad? Some have speculated that grandpa Davenport is still alive, Mr. Davenport is still a relatively young man, so is dad could still be alive.

Maybe? The thing is that he has these fish creatures that seem like fish ghosts? That on itself would separate him from the Davenports. It would be interesting if Maxwell had to deal with own father, who has been hinted to be a worst person than he is.

[travsd]

On the Fox Sisters and the Birth of Spiritualism

The Fox Sisters were not a vaudeville sister act, nor were they related to vaudeville/stage performers like Harry Fox, George L. Fox, Will H. Fox, Imro Fox, Joe Fox, Della Fox, or The Foxy Grandpa. But their influence did find its way to vaudeville by way of the Davenport Brothers and Anna Eva Fay and others. The Fox Sisters were the ones who started the craze for Spiritualism that began in the…

[roseunspindle]

Malcolm McDowell: What I've Seen Him in

Hidalgo - Major Davenport

Bolt - Dr. Calico

Captain Planet and the Planeteers - Zarm

Aladdin - Shaman

Batman: the Animated Series - Arkady Duvall

Spider-Man the Animated Series - Abraham Whistler

The Magic School Bus - Mr. McClean

Adventures from the Books of Virtues - Indra

Princess of Thieves - Sherriff of Nottingham

Teen Titans - Mad Mod

Phineas and Ferb - Grandpa Reginald "Reg" Fletcher

[barry-j-blupjeans]

📕, for the fanfic ask 👀👀

i have thought about a night in the woods au way way way too much. like Way too much.

taako as mae. we love to see it. mae's parents- used vv loosely here bc it's more like "older figure who i live with"- are merle (mom) n davenport (dad) respectively. I'm imagining mae's grandpa as taako's aunt.

gregg and angus and barry and lup respectively. I'm kinda combining bea and selmers into one Lucretia-Adjacent-Character. as well as combining lori and germ into one Angus-Adjacent-Character.

the hunger! is ! the cult thing! i cannot get my brain to explain it rn but it Fits.

the plot is basically the same as the game sldfksd love pushing all my mental health problems onto taako and i relate to mae too much so it works. plus the "nightmare eyes" thing Works for taako, u know??

there's nothing else to say, i just like night in the woods lsdfsdf

[mahometchristian]

Paul A. Jones

November 5, 1934 - October 4, 2024

Monday, October 14, 2024 - Peace Christian Church at Mahomet, 10451E. FM 243 Bertram, TX 78605

Viewing is from 10:30- 11:30 AM

Service at 11:30 will be officiated by Rev. Dr. John Davenport.

Burial at 3126 US-183, Florence, TX 76527

Following the burial, everyone is invited to return to the Church for fellowship and a meal.

 Dr. Paul A. Jones:

They don’t make them like Paul Jones anymore! In his own unique way, he was in many ways a modern day “Renaissance Man.” Paul spoke 4 languages (2 fluently), obtained 4 college degrees, and was an accomplished artist, musician, weightlifter, certified mechanic, writer, and more.

Paul was born November 5, 1934, in Erie Pennsylvania, and went to be with the Lord Friday, October 4, 2024. He was 89 years and 11 months at the time of his passing.

Paul graduated from George Washington High School in Alexandria, Virginia. A few years later, in 1954, Paul was drafted into the army and served in Korea as an MP (Military Police). He subsequently also served in the Army Reserves and Air Force National Guard.

After his military service in Korea, Paul achieved a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Carson Newman College in Jefferson City, Tennessee. It is during this time that he met the love of his life, Frances Merrian Keck. Paul and Frances were married June 1, 1959, in Luttrell, Tennessee and had 3 sons together, Robert, John, and Paul (Tom).

While raising a family, Paul also managed to obtain 2 Master’s degrees, a Doctor of Divinity degree, and several certifications. He held a Master’s in Educational Psychology from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and a Master’s in Clinical Psychology from Sam Houston State University in Huntsville TX. He was an ordained Baptist Minister and served as a Chaplin and 1st Lieutenant while in the military. He also achieved a “Master Mechanic” certification, and a certification in “Para Legal Studies.”

Paul worked as a teacher, counselor and chaplain in the criminal justice system, and as an educational diagnostician and counselor in the public school system. He retired from the Killeen school system as an educational diagnostician. He also authored 2 books: “American Due Process” and “The Myth of Rehabilitation”. 

In addition to his academic achievements, Paul also had many interests and hobbies. He was a talented artist, weightlifter and mechanic, but perhaps most notable was his talent as a musician. Paul was an accomplished pianist who could both read music and play by ear. He played a variety of styles and was extremely fond of gospel, classic country, stride, boogie woogie, ragtime and American pop classics. He also, sang, played the saxophone, and was a successful band leader, most notably of the “Starliners” Rock & Roll Band in Virginia. 

Paul also encouraged his sons to play music and there were many Saturday morning “sessions” while they were growing up. As years passed and his sons had children of their own, nearly every family gathering included music being sung and played by 3 generations of family members!

Paul and Frances settled in central Texas in 1995, eventually moving to their property in Briggs TX, where they retired and spent their golden years together. They were married for 65 years! 

Paul is survived by his wife Frances, 3 sons and their spouses, Robert and Vernita, John and Tracey, and Paul; 12 grandchildren: Erik, Robert, April, Dustin, Arthur, Vincent, Madison, Alexis, Nafisa, Keisha, Erica and Nadia; 7 great grandchildren: Brittanie, Christian, Grace, Mirra, Moriah, Malia, and Nova. 

Paul Jones will fondly be remembered. A life well lived of nearly 90 years! We take comfort in the belief that he is in a better place and that we will one day see him again - perhaps playing boogie woogie piano for God’s angels in heaven! May you rest in peace dad/grandad/grandpa, love always… the Jones Family!

-30-

[teecupangel]

From @thedragonqueen1998’s tags (and technically my tags?)

#yeah i’m ending it there XD #no haytham can’t see him #i’m not that nice XD #<previous tag s#noooo! #XD

From @mysticalbasementwitch

Oh poor Edward he’s having a blue screen of death and needs to reboot

From @knine-nights-loves-ac

Ratonhnhaké:ton really just isn’t fazed by anything huh

From @blue-cat-ter-flies-blog

The shit Connor would just tell Haytham. "Grandpa wants to say 2 things. 1) He loves you very much and 2) he's not mad, just disappointed that you became a Templar"

From @zero-saito

Why would Connor be surprised by a spirit? He’s dealt with them before. Haytham is in for a bad time, all of Edward’s angst just got shoved to him lol

(this one uses Connor instead of Ratonhnhaké:ton because the narration is in Haytham’s POV and he had always called Ratonhnhaké:ton ‘Connor’)

“Make this quick, Connor.” Haytham ordered as he glanced around the captain’s cabin. His brows furrowed when he saw the black flag on the wall behind the captain’s desk, severely questioning the design choice of this entire ship.

It had to be Achilles Davenport’s questionable design choices.

Connor didn’t seemed like the type to care about interior design.

“Grandfather wishes to speak to you.”

Haytham sighed as he turned to face Connor, “I do not have time for your japes, Connor. Ziio told me her father died when she was young.”

“Not mother’s father. Yours.” Connor clarified.

Haytham simply raised an eyebrow as he dryly said, “My father has been dead for decades now. I would know, I saw him die.”

Connor’s expression didn’t really change but there was something in his eyes that gave away his true feelings. Achilles must have been slacking in his training. Everyone knew that hiding one’s true feelings was a necessity in this… ‘line of work’.

But Connor was young. He could still be educated.

Connor nodded to his right before he turned to face Haytham once more, “He said he knows you might not believe it but he’s next to me. He said that you might believe it if he tells you something the two of you only know. When you were six, you were playing with your dog Thatch and tried to climb his back-”

“-while pretending he was a horse and I was a general leading an army.” Haytham finished before sighing, “I don’t know who told you that story, Connor, but it’s not a secret. Many Templars must have heard that story already. Bir- The previous Grand Master would tell that story as a way to ‘show’ our people how I had always had the ‘inclination’ to lead.”

Connor’s brows furrowed and he turned to look at his right. He nodded once more and turned to stare back at Haytham as he opened his mouth.

“And even if my father is haunting you.” Haytham cut him off, “I have no desire to hear the complaints of the dead.”

Connor closed his mouth and Haytham ignored the grim line of his lips as he sighed, “Enough of this childish attempts, Connor. We must focus on Church.”

Haytham turned around and began to walk towards the door. His hand was about to grasp the door handle when Connor said quietly, “He does not understand why you became a Templar but he still loves you.”

Haytham gripped the door handle tightly as he said calmly, “That doesn’t sound like my father at all.”

He opened the door and walked out, not waiting (not wanting) to hear what Connor would say next.

The cold breeze threatened to freeze his skin but he accepted it.

He has no idea what Connor had been planning with that little trickery of his.

But…

“Edward Kenway was loyal to the Creed. He wouldn’t understand why you have chosen this path but I do, Haytham. I will always be your ally.”

Birch’s words meant nothing, considering his involvement with his father’s death.

However…

“Father would have been disappointed of the man you have become.”

Jenny’s words rang clear, her expression as blank as a Master Assassin. In another life, she would have been a great Assassin. In another life…

“I served with your father, Haytham. He would be ashamed to see what you have become.”

Ah, of course.

How could Haytham forget that man’s words?

He had been one of his father’s closest friends.

And Haytham simply watched as Shay Cormac killed him.

So, yes.

Whatever trickery his son had in mind would not work on Haytham.

He knew exactly how his father would have felt if he knew of the man Haytham Kenway was.

Okay what if Edward stated haunting the jackdaw after his death and some pieces of the jackdaw after its destruction was repurposed into the aquila

Yeah, that could work. All we know from the Jackdaw’s ‘death’ is that it sank in the West Indies (as seen in Freedom Cry where Adéwalé can get the figurehead) so it’s possible that Adéwalé could have told them where to find it. Although using parts from an already sunken and drenched ship would be dangerous so I would suggest that there’s something in Aquila that was once part of the Jackdaw. I would have suggested the helm but that’s already in Kenway mansion before it sunk and having the figurehead instead is kinda iffy (and absolutely not because I like the figurehead of the Aquila XD).

So how about the chest in the captain’s cabin instead?

Edward would start haunting the Jackdaw under the sea since the Jackdaw was sunk before his death and maybe he manages to whisper to the one diving to take the chest because he realized that’s what he was ‘connected’ to.

Why?

He has no idea.

His first guess would be because the Jackdaw’s pirate flag had been stored in the chest after they sailed for Bristol.

Maybe the lingering attachment Edward had for the pirate’s life is what is keeping him tethered to the ship.

Once Aquila is constructed, he begins to haunt it.

The crew of the Aquila believes he is a dead sailor or maybe even one of the men that Achilles had killed before.

Achilles never saw him though.

To be more exact, Edward couldn’t appear before him.

No matter what he does.

He always return in the cabin whenever he is about to enter Achilles’ line of sight.

No.

When he’s about to enter the line of sight of any Assassins.

He can’t even contact anyone else. The moment he tries to come near them, he’s back in the captain’s cabin once more.

If someone was in the captain’s cabin, it was like he was completely invisible.

And he could not do anything.

Can’t even try and leave a message for Adéwalé any time he boards the Aquila.

He can’t even throw anything to defuse his rage after hearing that Haytham, his own son, had become a Templar.

All he could do was watch the sea as his rage slowly subsided.

And what’s left is pain and love.

The pain of knowing his son chose a path he could not approve and the indestructible love he felt for him even as he walked a path Edward would never approve.

Maybe there was a reason.

Maybe Edward simply want there to be a reason…

He didn’t want to believe his son would willingly join the organization that killed him without a reason.

What about Jenny?

Was Jenny alright?

Was she… still alive?

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How many years have passed?

Since that fateful day…

He finally saw Haytham once more.

And he heard of Adéwalé’s death.

And now, all he can do is watch as Haytham destroys the Brotherhood in the colonies, leaving Achilles in pain and limping as he ordered the Aquila to return home.

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He haunts a rotting ship.

He haunts a dying ship.

He doesn’t know what has happened to Haytham.

He does not know what happened to Jenny.

Was this his punishment for not being a good husband to Caroline?

He tried to be a good husband to Tessa but he knew that would never remove the stain of his failure as Caroline’s husband.

Was this his punishment for not listening to Jenny? For trying to selfishly keep her safe by marrying her off to someone who could provide her with everything she would ever need?

Was this his punishment for teaching Haytham before he could even understand what it means to be part of the Brotherhood?

Was this his punishment for believing Birch?

Was this…

His own personal hell?

His punishment for living when his friends, his fellow pirates, all died…

Was he meant to haunt this dying ship until it finally sinks deep into the waters below?

Alone in this cold prison…

“Hello?”

Edward turned at the sound of a young man’s voice.

He was tall with clothes that reminded Edward of the few natives that would sometimes board the Aquila when Achilles still held fire in his eyes.

“Are you one of Mr. Faulkner’s men?” The boy asked curiously.

Edward looked around, wondering who the boy was talking to.

Until he remembered.

It was just him.

His head turned back to the boy quickly as he asked, “Can you… can you see me?”

The boy frowned as he replied in a questioning tone, confused by the question itself, “Yes?”

Edward’s eyes widened.

Someone could see him.

But why?

“What’s your name, lad?”

“Ratonhnhaké:ton.” The boy replied before pausing for a moment. His brows furrowed as he added, “You may call me Connor.”

“Connor.” Edward repeated. He knew the name.

It was the name of Achilles’ late son.

He wasn’t that boy.

Who was he?

Why could he see him?

“Hello, Connor. My name is Edward Kenway.”

The boy frowned as he asked, “Are you related to Haytham Kenway?”

“Yes.” Edward couldn’t stop the resignation in his tone as he admitted, “I’m… his father.”

The boy’s frown deepened as he said, “But you don’t look old enough to be his father.”

“I stopped aging when I died.” Edward explained, waving a hand on himself as he said, “I’m a ghost haunting that chest over there.”

“Oh.” The boy blinked and seemed to mull it over before he nodded as he said, “It’s nice to meet you then, grandfather.”

“Nice to me- wait what?”

[lillianabluejeans]

Reclaimer!Lilliana AU

aka: Lilliana spends a year rolling the best goddamn deception checks she can muster

This got...long

Here There Be Gerblins

So through some magical shenanigans while she’s adventuring, Lilliana gets sent back in time to the htbg-era

She’s in a tavern and sees Magnus, Taako, and Merle talking to another dwarf (Gundren)

Gundren catches her staring and is like “the fuck are you looking at?”

Lilliana panics and is like “I uh... wanted to inquire about the job?”

Gundren buys it, asks her what she can do, she tells him she’s a ranger, he puts her with the boys

The boys are like hey what the fuck

But Gundren is like ...you three look like the type to need a competent woman on your side

The boys are like ok fair.

Taako, looking closely at Lilliana: do i know you? Lilliana: ahaha....no...

The next day comes and the four of them set out

They don’t talk much, and Lilliana’s super weirded out by this whole thing, because this isn’t them, this isn’t how they interact with each other.

This isn’t how they interact with her

They come across Barry and Gundren’s horses, beat the gerblins lurking there, go to the cave, blah blah blah this is all pretty much the same with the addition of Lilli just hanging in the background losing her mind.

Taako: *asks the three of them if they know who Barry Bluejeans is, or care* Lilliana: *dying*

Anyway they save Barry, go back to phandolyn, leave Barry there, and the four of them go to Wave Echo Cave

Lilliana wants to tell Barry to come with them, but she also doesn’t want to fuck up the timeline super bad, and she doesn’t know how to tell him that it doesn’t matter if he dies because he’s a lich, so she goes with thb and doesn’t say anything about it

Blah blah blah everything with wave echo cave and killian and magic brian is the same

Killian asks them if they’re there for the Phoenix Fire Gauntlet and Lilliana pretends very good that she hears static

They find the umbrella and Lilliana 1) laughs at her mom fucking launching merle across the room and 2) resists the urge to snatch it from taako and break it open then and there because, again, timeline

Gundren takes the gauntlet, they race back to Phandolyn, everything happens the same

They’re sitting at the bottom of the well, the boys are joking and laughing, but Lilliana is... shaking. Her eyes are teary, and she looks like she’s going to cry

Sure, she knows her dad is a lich and he’ll be fine, but seeing him get obliterated into nothingness is still shocking and upsetting

Taako notices first.

“Hey kid, you good?”

But it’s not Taako. Not her Taako. The way he asks, there’s this degree of separation that shouldn’t be there, and it’s almost worse than if he never asked her at all.

Moonlighting

So they climb out of the well, taako grabs the gauntlet, Killian wakes up, tells them what she can (though, again, Lilliana can hear the parts that are static to the boys, but she pretends very good that she can’t)

Killian offers them jobs, and now Lilliana has a decision to make

Does she go up to the moon, to Lucretia? Does she stay planetside and find her dad? Does she stay planetside and just hide out until she figures out a way home?

Well. This wouldn’t be much of a reclaimer!au if she didn’t go to the moon.

Lilliana’s reasoning: she can’t find her dad. He’s going to be a lich, and already kind of a mess, she can’t just roll up like hey i’m your daughter from the future, that wouldn’t be good. Also, if all else fails, if she’s on the Starblaster when the boys and Lucretia fly up to cut off the Hunger, she can talk to Jeffandrew after and get him to send her back. He’s the god of gods, he’s gotta be able to fix this.

So she goes up to the moon with them.

Killian, to Lucretia: so I have four new recruits. They were able to resist the thrall Lucretia: ah, yes, wonder- wait did you say four? Killian: yeah. A human fighter named Magnus, an elf wizard named Taako, a dwarf cleric named Merle- Lucretia: okay... Killian: and a half-elf ranger named Lilliana. Lucretia: ...........and all four of them could resist the thrall? Killian: yeah Lucretia: are you absolutely sure Killian: yes Lucretia: Lucretia: OKAY SEND THEM IN I GUESS

Lucretia is... very confused, to say the least. This is the beginning of a very long year for her

As Lucretia is giving them the spiel about the red robes, Lilliana has to fight the urge to roll her eyes

Lucretia only had the three beds open with Pringles for the boys (because she was only EXPECTING the THREE of THEM, who the FUCK is this girl??????) so Lilliana bunks with carey, killian, and boyland

They’re reclaimers now!

Murder on The Rockport Limited

So here’s the thing about Lilli being in this situation.

She knows the order they find the relics in, she knows generally what happened on the mission to find them, and she knows the general timeframe, but she doesn’t know the teeny tiny details

So she is rudely awoken at fuck-all hours of the morning when they get summoned to talk with Lucretia

But she realizes like oh. this is Relic Time

and she shows up last, but she’s actually dressed (unlike thb, who showed up in their pjs)

So they get to Rockport and get on the train, and it’s as Lilliana is looking around the passenger car that she remembers a very crucial detail about this mission

That detail is Angus Mcdonald

Who, for Lilli, is like... 30-something.

He’s like 13 years older than her.

But here............

He’s TEN

“I need to leave right now immediately,” Lilliana says. “?????” the boys say

Lilliana does not leave, but she hangs at the back of any conversations with Angus as much as she can, because this whole situation was weird before, but now it’s weird-weird

They solve the mystery, which Lilliana already knew the answer for, and Taako figures out the port wand

Taako also throws Angus off the train.  ............ Lilliana didn’t think he’d actually done that all these years, despite how many times it came up in stories and such. But he sure did throw Angus off the train.

Oculus: Acquired

Lunar Interlude I

Lilliana doesn’t wear a costume so much as she just dresses up real pretty

She wrestles with her hair for ages, wanting to do some nice elven braids her mom would always do for her, but she’s garbage at doing them herself, and she’s too nervous to go ask Taako to do it for her

She caves, eventually, and goes to the boys’s room, clutching the ribbons she wants braided into her hair, and nervously asks Taako if he’ll please do her hair for her.

She expects him to say no

He says yes

Well, he moreso just shrugs and says “sure, why not. C’mere.” 

Anyway they go to the midsummer thing. Magnus eats some unicorn dick. Lilliana laughs along with them.

(She pretends not to notice Lucretia’s eyes following her carefully) 

The eclipse happens, as does the Hunger’s scouts showing up 

I don’t think Lilliana gets fully knocked out by it like everyone else, but she definitely falls to her knees, at least.

So that’s fun

Magnus, to Lucretia: Has that happened before?  Lucretia: No- Lilliana, internally: sure, luce

Petals to The Metal

Sure, it sucked for Taako and Magnus to have to hear Merle dirty talk the vines, but think about Lilliana having to witness this

That’s her grandpa

HER GRANDFATHER

SHE DOESN’T WANT TO EXPERIENCE THIS

IF NOTHING ELSE, THIS IS WHAT’S GOING TO TRAUMATIZE HER 

Anyway they get in and through the bank, fight Sloane, almost fucking die, etc etc etc.

It’s odd, seeing Hurley and Sloane not as dryads

The race is kinda fun, Lilli’s definitely done a few with them, but she’s used to the uh.....less deadly version

Also she didn’t know that Taako getting taken over by the cricket dude and jumping off the wagon without his safety harness happened in the normal timeline too, so when it happens, she screams 

Then Klaarg is there and catches him and it’s all good, but Lilli was really freaked for a minute there

uhhhhhhhh yeah so they win the race, go and fight Sloane, when the umbrella does a BIG fire spell, Lilli is like hell YEAH that’s my fucking MOM 

(She doesn’t actually say that. but she thinks it)

then Hurley and Sloane turn into a tree

Lilliana just kinda smiles

She knows they’ll be back

Then they go talk to Bane, and Lilliana remembers, as he’s pouring them drinks, what comes next

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeee’s BARRY!!!!!!

Lilliana is just staring at him as he does his scary speech. 

Once he’s done, he looks at her, stares at her for a moment, then disappears

Lunar Interlude II

Lucretia questions them about the interaction in Bane’s office, Lilliana still stays quiet 

Lucretia is maybe a little too concerned about “The Red Robe” to notice how quiet Lilli’s being about all of this, how she’s just letting the boys talk

Then once that is out of the way, Lucretia takes their stones of farspeech, does a Thing to them, then Angus’s voice comes through and he walks into the office

Lilliana, interally: fuck my life fuck my life fuck my LIFE I should’ve known this was coming

Also the four of them get moved into their fancy new Reclaimer’s dorm

Oh they also meet Lucas as they bring Bane’s info down to the voidfish

Lilli is just rolling her eyes because god, they weren’t kidding when they said he was super irritating

Crystal Kingdom

Now this one Lilliana knows is coming, because she knows it’s on the day of the Candlenights party 

This is also the first mission Lilli really has fun with

Gerblins was stressful, because she was just trying to figure out wtf was going on, the train was weird because tiny Angus, petals was also stressful, even if she knew it’d be fine in the end

But this one.... the “crystal golums” that attack them... she knows they’re Kravitz. She also knows that when Leigon happens, they just need to break the mirror. 

This is the mission that the boys talk about the most in her proper time, she knows what’s coming

(It’s also just like... SUPER entertaining to stand back and watch crystal golum Kravitz play his games) 

She also knows her dad is going to show up and give them a powerpoint on the planes and allude vaguely to the Hunger

(RIP Boyland tho, he was chill as hell in the few months she knew him)

At the end of everything, she’s ready to step in to bargain away the boys’s bounties, as the only one of them without a bounty, and also as someone who knows all of Kravitz’s tricks, but Magnus does his own card game thing and it works out

Afterwards, Lucretia pulls the four of them into her office and calls them out for talking to the red robe again, and she gives them her own dramatic speech

The boys assure her that they’re just dummies and they forgot. Lucretia looks to Lilli. 

“Lilliana,” she says, “do I have your trust?”  “Of course,” Lilliana says, knowing all of Lucretia’s secrets, “you’ve given me no reason not to trust you.”

Lunar Interlude III

This is the one where Magnus does his rogue training, Merle goes to the spa with Luce, Taako teaches Angus magic, and we get the LUP incident

I think Lilli’s “activity” is just... scouring the B.O.B. library for information on time/planar travel

Because, at this point, this is definitely a different timeline and probably a different universe, so getting home is definitely more complicated than just getting brought back to the future

Seeing her mom’s name burned into the cafeteria wall definitely hurts. She doesn’t want her mom to be stuck, but still. She wants to keep things as much the same as possible. 

It’s rough for this baby blup :(( 

Eleventh Hour

So, like I said, Lilliana doesn’t know every single tiny detail about the missions. She knows this one is a big purple worm, and they gotta get down to the mines, and they need Istus’s help, and also they’re going to die a bunch on this one. 

Lilliana, waking up from her first ever death: Wow! That Sucked!

Lilliana, who has a deep respect for death and the natural progression of life: I Sure Hate This! Would Love To Not Be Doing This Right Now!

They eventually figure it all out

Don’t ask me what her gift from Istus is, I have no idea and am welcome to suggestions

The chalice sees her predicament, but can’t actually fix that, so it offers her the chance to not take the Gundren job. She wouldn’t have to see Phandolyn burn, she wouldn’t have to be around the family that doesn’t know her, she could just hang out until she’s able to get home

Lilliana refuses. At this point, she’s pretty damn sure Jeffandrew is her ticket home, and she needs to be part of the Bureau to get to him. 

They then beat the worm and get out of the bubble

Whoops! Here’s Barry Again! 

Barry: Do you trust me?  Thb: No!  Lilliana, internally: Yes. Always. 

Barry: Lup... I can’t do it anymore, Lup, I’m sorry  Lilliana: hnnnnnnnnnnngngngggggggggggggngngngngnggn

It’s a sad time for baby blue :((((

Lunar Interlude IV

ohohohoho this is the chug n’ squeeze date :3c

Taako: *gets back to the dorm*  Lilli: So? How was it?  Taako, defensive: How was what?  Lilli: Your date :3c Taako:  Taako: How did you know-  Lilli: I know a lot of things. 

Taako: It was fine. Until my umbrella tried to blast him  Lilli, faking surprise: oh? Taako: yeah it just did it on it’s own. It was weird.  Lilli: oh, most definitely. Very peculiar.  Taako:  Taako, walking away: you’re weird, kid. 

Suffering Game

So Eleventh hour kinda sucked for everyone, but Suffering game sucked

Lucretia ups their training, and Lilliana knows what’s coming. She’s scared, but she thinks she’s ready. 

They get down there and through the forest, to the tent. 

It’s as they’re standing in front of it that Lilli is like nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnNOPE

“No thank you. No way. I thought I was ready, but... I can’t do it.”

Magnus grabs Taako and Lilli, and pulls both of them inside, Merle following behind. 

Lilliana feels sick as Taako applauds Edward and Lydia’s entrance

I don’t have specific sacrifices in mind for her, I’m open to suggestions

She knows Barry’s with them, and that offers her some comfort. And she knows she could snap the umbrella if they got really stuck, have both her parents on their side

She freaks when Taako gets crushed with the machinery, when they find out they can’t heal in here and Taako’s almost dead. 

They don’t talk about this adventure much, so she doesn’t know what did or didn’t happen when this happened without her. 

When they’re doing the Boss Rush, and Barry’s trying to make the door at the other end of the room, Lilliana can’t help but grin. Because he’s here, and there’s the proof.

When Taako turns into Dupree, Lilliana laughs

This is a scary as hell situation, but god damn, Taako just turned into a T-Rex. Of course he did. 

They fight the wonder twins, and the umbrella swallows edward, spits him out, and he turns to dust, and Lilliana feels a rush of satisfaction

Don’t fuck with my mom if you can’t handle the consequences, she thinks. 

Then Lydia screams and disintegrates Magnus’s body and Magnus is stuck as a mannequin now

oh yeah, lilliana thinks, i forgot about that part

The tent disappears, and Magnus is assaulting Barry with his own detached mannequin arm and demanding answers

Lilliana doesn’t hesitate at all when Barry asks for their stones of farspeech

Homestretch, she thinks to herself. 

They make their way to Barry’s lich cave hideout, Lilliana’s kind of tuning out whatever he’s say because she already knows all of this. 

As he lowers into the body cloning thing, Lilli is looking at the maps and notes he’s got on the desk thing he’s got, because she knows he’ll be stark naked when he comes out of the pod and, as his daughter, she does not need to be a witness to that

(She hears Merle start laughing as he pulls the jeans out of the chest. She smiles to herself.) 

As Barry’s getting dressed, the four of them convene, and they’re debating over if they should trust him or not. 

“I trust him,” Lilliana says. “He could’ve killed us at any point, and he hasn’t. I think we should trust him.” 

They decide to trust him. 

Reunion Tour

They get up to the moon with Barry in the bag

“Magnus is dead y’all :((((”

Shit goes the same, they find the Magnus body in Fantasy Costco, they start debating over whether or not Magnus should take the body or not. 

Lilliana walks up to Magnus as she, Taako, and Merle go to leave. She takes his wooden hands in her own. “It’s going to be okay, Magnus,” she says. “This is all going to work out.”  She gives his hands a squeeze, though he can’t feel it, and smiles. As Magnus looks at her smile, he feels a sense of familiarity, a face that isn’t Lilli’s flashes in his mind, too quickly for him to be able to hold on to it.

Taako, Merle, and Lilli leave to go see the director and leave Magnus behind

So the three of them get into Lucretia’s office, go into the hall to her private quarters, get caught by her trap, but Angus stops them from getting caught, he Zone of Truths them, Barry climbs out of the bag, they get into Lucretia’s private area

They all drink from Junior’s tank (though it doesn’t do anything to Lilli, who already knows all of this) 

She kind of sticks by Angus because she can see him starting to get Freaked by the shit happening (still weird that he’s 11 though!!!!!)

As the five of them get brought out in front of Lucretia, Lilli fades into the background of the interaction along with Angus, just watching this confrontation happen

Lucretia:  I can build a barrier to keep the Hunger at bay. I can build a home that all of us can be safe in, together. Save for Lup. I'm so sorry, Taako, Barry, there was nothing I could do Lilliana, internally: seriously, Luce? How on EARTH can you still not know? Like... come on now.

Lucretia does her speech, and then it’s the end of the world... again. 

Stolen Century

That’s a whole different au that we’ll get to at another time

Story & Song

Taako’s doing his whole thing being mad at Lucretia and not caring that the world is ending, and Lilli is off to the side, kind of whispering to herself, “come on, Taako. Come on, just think about it. You can figure it out. Just think.” 

They’re bickering about whether they should stay or go, then the Hunger bursts into the room, the fight happens, and Taako finally, finally sets his sister free.

Lilliana is grinning as the familiar warmth of her mother’s magic weaves around her expertly and the monsters in the room are consumed. She cackles at “You’re dating the Grim Reaper?!”. Rolls her eyes at her father says he’s going to blow himself up to hold her. 

Davenport gives them all orders, sends Lilli to go with Carey, Killian, and Noelle to secure the base. 

But she sees Lup, Barry, and Taako totally disregard their order to find the ship and instead jump off the moon down to Phandolyn, so Lilli runs off to do that instead 

Things happen like they do in canon

The story and song go out, and they all regroup (sans Lilli, not that they notice), Lucas says he knows where the ship is, and as he’s about to do the Thing to bring it up, the quad splits and opens up on its own, and up rises the Starblaster

Lilliana stands on the deck, leaning on the railing.  “Found your ship,” she says casually, grinning. 

Davenport says they gotta go, Lucretia reappears and begs them not to, they all start bickering again about what they should do, and Taako gives his “There’s a third option” speech

So they decide to try and cut the Hunger off, and as they’re boarding, one of the birds (I’m thinking Davenport) looks at Lilliana, still hanging out on the deck of the ship, and is like “hey, kid, you should stay down here.” 

Lilli’s like fuck no. I’ve gotten this far in this whole thing, I’m going with you. 

Thb back her up like. yeah cap’nport, she’s actually super rad, she’s gone through all the relic missions with us. She can handle herself. 

So Lilli gets to stay on the Starblaster as they shoot up into the Hunger. She’s scared shitless, but this is her shot at getting home. 

They fight the Hunger, shit’s wild, Lucretia puts up her barrier and they end up in the Nothingness as they’re talking to Jeffandrew. 

Jeffandrew gives them his little speech and then lilli’s like  Lilli: Hey uhh... jeffandrew? If you’re the god of gods, then you must know that I’m like... very not supposed to be here? Can you send me home? Jeffandrew: oh, shit. Oh, geez. I don’t know how this went unchecked for so long. For sure I can send you home.  Lucretia, who’s been tearing her hair out over Lilli for the last year: for fuck’s sake, who ARE you?! Lilliana: 

Baby gets home!!

She gets home and for her family, it’s been a year since she’s been gone and they’ve all been very sad about it, doing anything they can to try and get her back, so when she reappears in the blupjeans-taakitz conjoined backyard, and Lup and Taako see her through the kitchen window, they barrel outside towards her and she gets wrapped up in their arms. 

Barry and Kravitz are also home and see the twins just bolt outside, and so they naturally follow after them, and they join the hug because BABY’S HOME!!!!!!!

They’re all like what happened?!!?!? Where were you?!?!?!? We’ve been trying everything!!!!!

So she tells them the short version, pulling her sleeve back to show her bracer and saying “I got sent back in time and ended up a reclaimer!!! Shit was wild!!!” 

Then they go inside and she gives them the more detailed version. 

They call everyone else and it’s a wonderful family reunion for all of them (everyone cries. They were so worried about the baby.) 

Lilliana gets her bracer taken off. She’s had ENOUGH of that thing. 

The Raven Queen pardons her death count (everyone is Very Distressed about her having a death count in the first place) 

Everyone lives happily every after!!

[adhduck]

Okay wait davenport is indeed sounding hot as hell right now hold up-

[mspainttaz]

taako: ok so do you know what a dab is, grandpas of ours. davenport: yes. merle: no.

taako teaches merle how to dab and he walks into every meeting after that, dabs in the doorway, and then finishes coming in the room. everyone hates it. 

merle also tips his hat at dav one day and says “m’dab’nport, how’r ya doing this fine evening” and davenport shoves him over the railing