#jack bauer and his wife slippery when wet and their son craphole

[raspberrysmoon]

digital sticky note time bc i dont have any near me rggrhrgrh

"sometimes when things get thrown off the wagon, they bounce back on."

watching his son leave is like an axe to his gut. titty mitty is still sitting at the bar behind him, silent and probably still drinking, but he feels nothing but alone.

slippery when wet, his wife, the only woman he'd ever loved, would throw him off the wagon again and again if he ever bounced back on. no matter how many times it happened.

..there wasn't even a wagon to bounce back onto. because of him.

his daughter is gone, maybe dead on the trail a hundred miles ahead of them, and now his wife and son are gone too.

forever.

because of him.

[rockrosethistle]

Craphole represents the worst aspects of Jack Bauer. He's careless and happy-go-lucky, and while he's caught up in a world of his own, he accidentally sabotages his family.

Mouthface represents the worst aspects of Slippery When Wet. She's impractical and driven by her heart and does what she thinks is best without considering the lasting impact it will have on the others.

But Slippery When Wet has a soft spot for her husband's optimistic nature, and she sees it in her son. And Jack Bauer has a respect for his wife's determination, and he sees it in his daughter.

Craphole is his mother's son. Mouthface is her father's daughter. Because while their parents don't know how to deal with their own flaws, they know perfectly well how to love each other's.

[faithfulcat111]

Trail to Oregon was probably my favourite until I watched Starship. It still ranks third, but just barely. I just love it so much. As you will see from my very long list of favourite things from my rewatch. Act 1 is under the cut:

gooOOD MOORNNIINNGGG

Jeff's face when saying 'to Oregon'

the choreography in general

'to Wisconsin!' 'We're going to Oregon, Grandpa.' 'I wanna go to Wisconsin.'

Jeff's face when saying 'and spread our family seed.'

Jeff is just so great in this

'Bankers or carpenters or, heck, even farmers. All three kinds of people.'

'You're gonna make them think it is a good idea to name their wagon party stupid things.' 'Well, they should. It'd be real funny.'

Jeff's face when he gets named Jack Bauer

'Craphole, yeah that's me. I'm seven and I'm a male!'

'Wait a second you chicken-shit son of a bitch...'

The family meeting to make sure everyone knows everyone's names.

Craphole being a family name.

'Oh, so this is God's fault?'

'When God burns down the farm, He opens up a window, I always say.'

'Are we going to go skinny dipping?' ' Why would we do that?' 'I don't know.'

Joey first coming in and singing, 'You're in Independence!'

The quick changes Joey does both onstage and offstage in this song

Jack Bauer and Slippery-When-Wet's faces when Joey says, 'Thank God they invented divorce trending.'

'All we're looking for is the bare essentials. Boxes and boxes of bullets.'

General Store Guy's face when Jack Bauer says they are gonna be just like the Donner Party

Again, can we appreciate the choreography in this show

'Well, if Grandpa dies, that's just God's will. Sorry Grandpa.'

Everyone stopping for a breath in the middle of Independence!

Joey's last change into McDoon

'His only companion is the infamous Cletus Jones.' 'That's my name!'

'Hello ma'am. You don't got nothing to worry about. I was just making sexual advances on your daughter is all.'

'And my name is Cletus Jones. I've killed three people.'

McDoon is a great character and a great villain and I love the way Joey plays him.

McDoon's face after Slipper-When-Wet threatens him

'You lying fiend, spit that out. *pause* Is that a dead bird?'

'What's the devil carry?' 'A pitchfork, I know.' 'And who else carries pitchforks?' 'Farmers!' 'I rest my case! Farmers are the devil!'

'And you didn't break your ankle.' 'Yes I did.' 'Don't tell your mother.'

'Why does he have a hand?' 'All the better to huddle with honey.'

The fact that the last name the audience gave them is Dikrats. It took someone pointing it out for me to realize it was Starkid spelled backwards.

'That was three sounds.' 'I think three things broke.' 'It's supposed to sound like that.'

'Missouri's such a beautiful state.' (I lived in Missouri for years and this causes me great pain)

'I don't think anyone designed this wagon. I think a drunk and crazy person got high and threw it together in an afternoon.'

Clark's face watching Craphole during his putting stuff in his mouth speech

Craphole putting the gun in his mouth and everyone freaking out even though he just told them he finds out what stuff is by putting it in his mouth

'Whoever wants to kill the most should go first!' 'I do, Grandpa. I got bloodlust.'

'You shot me! That means your turn's over.'

'But stories suck, so fuck 'em right in the face.'

Joey just crawling across stage as the baby ox

'This is great! What did you say this was again, Grandpa?' 'Lobster.' 'Fancy!'

'Bye Grandpa. I'm going to heaven now.' 'Have some fun for me!' 'Okay, I will.'

The foreboding music

When the World's At Stake is such a heart-wrenching song and I love it

Also, Slippery-When-Wet is probably my favourite character. Rachel is amazing here.

*immediately after being yelled into waking up* 'I'm sorry, honey. You're right.' (I don't even know he had fully caught up to what was happening)

'No, I can be romantic! I can be romantic! Guys, help me out!' *turns to band who starts playing music*

*the romantic music quickly evolving into dramatic music when Slippery-When-Wet gets bit by a snake*

'Are you kissing my leg?' 'I'm not a proud man!'

The light changes as Jack Bauer starts to hallucinate.

'One of your family will die!' 'Which one? If it's my wife, she might be faking. She does that sometimes.'

Jeff's hair (it needs it's own appreciation. like this is my favourite length it has been)

'This coffin is for everybody!!!'

'I'm sorry family. I apologize for my past behaviour. It won't happen again.'

'You know what they say, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Luckily, I can beat them.'

Wagon on Fire is so beautiful, like seriously

Joey's voice for this

Lauren as the fire

Mouthface and McDoon's faces when he sings, 'Your journey is a sham'