#janusz sfth

[svnnyd4ys]

having lots of thoughts about the 'Ballet on the Battlefield' alternate universe where only Alexa got out, and she had to leave Janusz behind

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he was at the window, you know.

he had everything prepared, because he knew Alexa. he knew she'd come back, but before he could get out, Madame Romanoff got there first.

you really should've seen the look on Alexa's face, too! she was already flying away, but that girl never knew what was good for her and now just look at all the trouble she's gotten her little friend into.

Alexa also always struggled with decisions, but one look at Janusz' face and- she couldn't hear him, but she pretended that he was telling her to leave.

it's what he would've wanted, and that's what she tells herself as she turns her back.

Janusz won't realise this until years later when he still works at the same ballet school, is raising his own mini-Janusz, and is watching day-by day, as the once powerful Madame Romanoff has started to fade away- but Alexa always had a suitcase in her hand.

in all honesty, he should've known that when it all came to it at the end, she would do what's best for herself. Petrova always told him so, and that woman was like Alexa's mother.

once, his son (Fyodor) sneaks into the main school, and is found in front of the television: eyes starry; mouth agape; speechless- which was strange for him. when Madame Romanoff drags him back to the help's quarters, he tells Janusz everything he saw.

she was beautiful. swan-like grace (but didn't really do a lot of the traditional French ballet moves, and 'papa, i thought zat all of ze ballerinas had to do zese fancy moves!!') and suddenly Janusz was seven years old again, and the window was wide open.

it had never been closed, only pulled-to with the curtains covering it.

for the first time in a while, Janusz heard the birds again.

[brunette-gremlin]

i am in love with the fact that Alexa has so much trauma that Janusz, the kid with the no-laugh-dad is like

'I think you need therapy'

and i think about this everyday

[i-may-be-an-emu]

Whoops *trips and drops 10 photos of Luke Womanning being stunning*

[solo-walker]

Just had a sinking feeling in my gut as I think about how Alexa and Janusz, after years of hardship and trying to build their lives back up after losing so much, have to watch as their world dissolves into yet another world war.

[letsbesharkfriends]

currently trying to write an essay and my mood is Alexa going "I wish I knew how to say words"

[wordswhisperinthedark]

so happy to have seen the chair shenanigans in full (poor aj😭😂; also the fact tom and luke fit??)

[youling-the-ghost]

I still haven't given up on my Shoot from the Hip x Ricky Montgomery agenda yet, so here's my short list of sfth longform pairings as Ricky Montgomery songs:

Derek and Titch - Line Without a Hook

Bubba and Jeremiah - Mr Loverman

Alexa and Janusz - Unknown Phantom

Geoff and Persephone - My Heart is Buried in Venice

Jemima and Mr. Steven - Snow

Egbert and his wife - Penny Come Home

[svnnyd4ys]

Janae and Johnny are so Vienna by Billy Joel coded

Alexia and Janusz are so Piano Man by Billy Joel coded

[youling-the-ghost]

Oh Alexa is 100% autistic, it's like the transmasc Derek headcanon I'm just going to consider it canon now.

just saw Ballet on the Battlefield!! kind of wish there had been a real battlefield but still loved it! tell me what you thought when you've had enough sleep?

HIIIIIIIII :))

I woke up just a little bit ago so I’m still kind of out of it but IT WAS AWESOMEEEEEEE I’d already seen it on a patreon livestream but I was half asleep then so rewatching it was awesome (it was almost like I’d never seen it before honestly lol)

I honestly still need to rewatch it again to fully get it cause last night there was a Patreon stream and it was late and it all got mixed into one but ALEXA IS AUTISTIC (not canonically but TO ME)

Anyway it was awesome, even without the real battlefield and the ballet being more than inaccurate 😂😂

Tom and Luke fitting through the chair was amazing and I’m so glad everyone can see it

[i-may-be-an-emu]

hi!!! I'm curious about your favourite sfth duos? they don't have to be romantic 👀

(I THOUGHT I POSTED THIS BUT IT WAS IN MY DRAFTS 😭😭)

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HELLOO

I have SO many gosh :)

(also thank you so much for the ask this made a stressful day better)

Ok:

Scottish Batman and robin- classic and a great duo

FULLSET AND LOTS (Now. They’re a romantic one. Technically. But. Them!! Like yes. There’s that. But- it’s them!!))

Geoff and Jeff. (Wild wet and worrisome) they’re brothers and they’re grieving and they don’t know how to handle it and they can’t communicate and I love them for it

JOHNNY AND JANAE!!!!! MY BELOVEDS!!!!!

HANK AND GARETH. ALSO ROMANTIC BUT I LOVE THEM IM INSANE ABOUT THEM THEY NEEDA KISS.

THE SPIRIT OF SOMERSET AND HIS FRIEND

ALSO JUSTIN WILLOUGHBY AND HIS KIND IF FACIST FRIEND WHO KEEPS BEES SOMETIMES

Susan and Tracy are SO underrated

THE BLUEPRINT GUYS FROM EVIL MAW KID I LOVE THEM SO MUCH I SHIP THEM AND SO DOES TOM AND I LOVE THAT

SENILE SHERLOCK AND CLOWN MURDERER WATSON. THEM.

TROLL SON AND TOBIAS!!!!!!!!! I JUST!!!!!! THEM!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAA

you know I have to say Derek and Titch. I just have to :)

also Titch and James!!!! More as a post-canon idea of how their relationship could grow and they could understand each other a bit more and grow as people :)

THIS ONE IS A GROUP OF THREE BUT CLOOHICKY (Clancy x Doohicky) WITH JIMMY AS THEIR ADOPTED SON MAKES ME ILL (/pos)

ALEXA AND JANUSZ 😭😭😭😭😭😭 THEM OH MY GOSH THEY MAKE MR SOB (/pos)

FATHER ANDREWS AND PHANTOM BETRUVIA NEED TO KISS AND I KNOW YOU SAID NOT NECESSARILY ROMANTIC BUT I HAD TO SAY THEM :D

I also LOVE Jasper and Jimmies little friendship from the podcast!!!! It’s so sweet!!!! And I thought Andre x Snakehips was interesting too!!

any thoughts? :) <33

[youling-the-ghost]

So I'm officially obsessed with the idea of traumatised sfth children (Johnny & Janae, Peter Steven, Jack a.k.a Sisyphus kid, Alexa & Janusz, etc.) forming a little support group and living in an orphanage together now, so here are a bunch of character dynamic headcanons:

Johnny and Janae were practically joined at the hip in the beginning. Johnny would not talk at all, and although Janae spoke, their words were very sardonic and harsh. It took months of therapy for them to warm up to the others.

Peter seemed the most well-adjusted and friendly out of the children, but he would occasionally have these intense mental breakdowns where he cries about being worthless and no more than a burden than those around him.

Jack was very confused as to why he was there since he didn't quite understand what happened with his parents. He wore his yellow jacket all the time because it reminded him of his time with his parents, and he'd sometimes talk about his home life in gruesome detail, not knowing how traumatic those memories really were.

Similar to Johnny and Janae, Alexa and Janusz were next to each other pretty much all the time. The two seemed to always be in their own little world, and they rarely interacted with the others.

Peter and Jack were the first ones to become acquainted at the orphanage since both of them came alone, and it was Peter who helped Jack adjust in the beginning when he missed his parents.

Janae tried explaining to Jack what really happened with his parents once, but was stopped by Johnny at the last minute.

Johnny is really popular amongst the children because of his premonition dreams and Peter has compared him to a superhero multiple times.

Janae was very distrustful of the adults taking care of them at first and always insisted on not needing help for themself and Johnny. Although they still don't trust the staff, they're fine with Johnny being taken care of by others now.

Alexa has a very complicated relationship with ballet after what happened. There are days where she insists on performing ballet for the others, and there are days where simply looking at her ballet shoes brings her flashbacks.

Janusz had a constant impulse to help clean the orphanage, so he could often be found dusting the floors or wiping down dusty furniture or washing dishes. He was told by the caretakers that he didn't need to do it, but he insisted on being useful.

The others love hearing about Janae's inventions even if they don't understand more than half of what they're talking about. There are nights when everyone sneaks off to Johnny and Janae's room just to play with the inventions, and Janae was more than glad to explain the functionality of each one, with Johnny adding comments when he actually understood what they were talking about.

After they became closer, Janae began modifying Peter's figurines to make them fly or shoot lasers from their eyes or something similar. Peter's first request was for Janae to make the legs on a Barbie doll that he loved shorter, though Janae refused.

The children have "stand-up nights" where they sit in a circle and take turns telling jokes and funny stories that they came up with. Alexa loved those days because she could tell all the jokes that she wanted.

[youling-the-ghost]

Alexa and Janusz are 100% joining the flock of traumatised sfth longform children that I've been collecting. Such sweet childhood friends who deserved none of what happened.

[youling-the-ghost]

OH MY GOSH I LOVE THIS SONG AAAAAAAAA MOONWALKER X SFTH IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I THOUGHT I NEEDED UNTIL NOW

this is such a great edit Emu oh my god I think I got chills watching it (and the song fits so well?? I was a little skeptical cause I know the original meaning of the song but it surprisingly works)

balletfeild angst because when I heard this song all I could think of was them

Music credit: “New God” by Moon Walker

Video Credit: shootimpro’s “ballet on the battlefield” (improvised play #37)

[i-may-be-an-emu]

Hija!! Do yk which of the guys had the most characters with sad, tragic or bad endings? Asking for an edit >:))

Hmmmm I’m not sure! It’s pretty even I think? Idk let’s see :D

SFTH SPOILERS BELOW (also long-ish post so be aware of that I guess)

All of them have a kind of messed up time in habberdashery (Luke’s child character not the wife) (Tom wasn’t there though)

Lost in your eyes Tom and Sam have a tragic love story

Long John’s I haven’t watched in a little bit but Luke killing his brother (I think) was pretty messed up, Tom’s character dies and AJ holds him as he does.

Jockey is VERY messed up, Sam’s probably the one with the most tragic stuff.

AJ’s character in hare says she’s had a tough life, then Jimmy the Hare dies in her arms

Midnight mystery ends with Scottish Batman being in the middle of dying (I think) and Robin like kills someone or something??? The ending confuses me a little

Cube has Bubba and Jeremiah which like, Bubba loses his legs and Jeremiah has to deal with that, then yk, Jeremiah DIES in Bubbas ARMS and everything, so those two (I could ramble about Bubbamiah for the rest of this post but I won’t lol)

Bus is kinda tragic with the whole thing of Arthur BD getting imprisoned inside the vagina cage (…yeah. that’s a Sentence alright.) and then dying from the acidity

NIGEL IS SOOOOO MESSED UP AND I LOVE IT Andrew being imprisoned and his uncle not even caring or looking for him for two weeks!? Nigel getting him hooked on cocaine (and also doing whatever he did consensually with Andrew tied to the chair- even if it was consensual it might have been the drugs or the Stockholm syndrome… which is REALLY dark.)

Caravan has Jericho (Tom) who is terminally ill and dying of some disease and he has dreams of being an actor and then gets replaced with no remorse.

Stegosaurus is SOOOOO dark and i think that Chip and Cliff could both be said to have tragic backstories- even that French guy actually if you look at it from his point of view. So Sam and Tom, and AJ as chip if you include that part as well.

Lefternmost window is kind of dark but not really tragic, cause it’s all resolved in the end but you could say Tom’s Scottish character who was shot in the throat maybe

Neighbours you could argue it’s tragic for every character, really. Johnny and Janae mostly, though Annabelle dies and idk if she did much wrong. Definetly Johnny and Janae.

Milkman you can say Peter, Toby (the boy in the room) and The other kid (AJ) and also probably Mr Steven, plus Hank (the Texan bartender) all of them have pretty tragic stuff happen.

Beetroots Sam is pretty tragic, all of the stuff that happens in that. Justin’s parents died in a fire so maybe also him.

The evil make a wish kid you could say Luke’s character as the father, cause, well, his son is evil and also died and kills his mother. (And blew up every petting zoo in the entire world)

Priscilla is pretty dark too so probably Priscilla, she goes through a lot

Circus you could definitely say Watson, he kills a bunch of people cause he’s in love with Sherlock and goes crazy and becomes a creepy clown (hi if you’re reading this and don’t know the fandom, welcome! Everything is so normal)

Murders in space would definitely be Mary, with working on the whole time penetration/dilution thing her whole life only to have to fade away to save the world.

I’d need to rewatch Hugh and moist and magical for the specifics but characters from those two are not having a good time

JIMMY DOESNT KNOW HOW TO USE A DOOR AND NO ONE WILL SHOW HIM (also Clancy did doohicky’s wife but who cares about that when there’s Jimmy)

Alexa and Janusz from Ballet are both pretty tragic but again I’d probably need to rewatch it to have more details

OK SO

adding all of this up here’s an extremely rough tally just based on this

AJ llllllll (8)

Luke llllllll (8)

Sam llllllllllll (12)

Tom llllllllll (11)

So Sam, but Tom’s close (although I think Sam has more like main characters?? But I’m not sure)

I hope this helps!!! :D can’t wait to see the edit if you make one

[youling-the-ghost]

Guess what? I'm still not done with my sfth x Ricky Montgomery agenda!

These are some of the lyrics from his song Cabo, and I think y'all know where I'm going with this.

THIS SONG IS LITERALLY ALEXA AND JANUSZ I'M ASDKHFWOH-

"I think I found a place for us / It's down by Garden after dark" IT'S LITERALLY THEM MEETING UP AFTER DARK TO DO BALLET TOGETHER.

"And I cannot say a word to you like this / Wanna see you, but I gotta resist" LITERALLY THEM WANTING TO BE TOGETHER BUT CAN'T BECAUSE THEY'RE FROM DIFFERENT WORLDS. LITERALLY THEM BEING SEPARATED BECAUSE ALEXA ESSENTIALLY HAD TO BECOME A CHILD SOLDIER.

"Do what you can with me and do it quietly" LITERALLY THEM ESCAPING TOGETHER BY CLIMBING THROUGH THE WINDOW.

THIS IS ALEXA AND JANUSZ'S SONG NOW I DON'T MAKE THE RULES (/j /lh)

[brunette-gremlin]

i genuinely made myself depressed realizing they would be in their prime when ww2 occurs with janusz definitely getting conscripted and alexa probably becoming a military nurse at one point

like come onnn

these guys could have put the story in any time period but noooo it had to be during the world wars

Just had a sinking feeling in my gut as I think about how Alexa and Janusz, after years of hardship and trying to build their lives back up after losing so much, have to watch as their world dissolves into yet another world war.