#yall can thank the tfw discord for this one!

[lichlover]

taz femslash february // day 23 // keep it secret

“Alright,” says Lup. Her pretty, darkish eyes are glossed over, and her voice trips and sways as she says, “Gotta think of a good one… okay. Here we go. Never have I ever… been straight.”

Team building activities, Lucretia thinks, actually aren’t all that bad.

To be fair, she’s never thought of herself as a team player. People like her—introverts, writers, the odd applicant to the Institute of Planar Research’s space exploration program—usually aren’t. So she had been filled with an instant, icy dread as soon as she’d seen the memo waiting for her in her dorm:

PLEASE REPORT TO THE COMMON ROOM AT 1900 HOURS FOR A TEAM BUILDING EXERCISE.

REGARDS,

THE IPRE HUMAN RESOURCES TEAM

At least they’d said please, Lucretia had thought, and then set aside the manuscript she’d planned to spend the night editing. It was probably best she didn’t pull another all-nighter, anyway. This would be good for her and her social skills. And for the team, of course.

She’s never been all that good at making excuses, especially to herself.

Still, when the clock on her nightstand flashed 18:45, Lucretia had reluctantly gotten up from her very comfortable bed and made her way down to the common room. She’d sat through a speech from the HR representative, who had looked a little too enthused at the prospect of having all of the Institute’s explorers in one room, and decided to take it as an opportunity to ramble as much as possible. Lucretia couldn’t critique her nervous babbling without the pot calling the kettle black, so she had focused on the others instead. She ran through their names again and again—Captain Davenport, Magnus Burnsides, Merle Highchurch, Barry… Bluejeans? Unclear, was what she’d settled on. Taako and Lup, no surname. As far as we know.

She knew a fair amount about everyone in the room besides the twins. To Lucretia’s knowledge, they were incredibly smart, they thought they were a lot more mysterious than they actually were, and they were beautiful. Beautiful and intimidating, she’d thought, as her gaze settled on Lup. There was something about Lup that set a room aflame when she walked in (only occasionally in a literal sense). Even then, looking away and back to the representative, Lucretia’s neck had burned. It was, in all honesty, probably because social situations had always posed a challenge to her—that was the most reasonable explanation.

It could also have been because she’s incredibly gay, but she’s trying not to think about that right now.

Right now, as a matter of fact, she’s about as tipsy as she can be without being full-on drunk, because one of them (she can’t remember which) had suggested Never Have I Ever, and it turns out they’re all very worldly people. Lucretia’s glass isn’t quite drained, but a few (most notably Magnus, Davenport, and Lup) are already on their second, and as soon as Lup asks her question they all raise their glasses again. In fact, everyone does. Everyone including Lucretia, who thanks her lucky stars that her blush is impossible to discern, because she hadn’t planned on talking about her sexuality during an Institute-mandated group activity session. Her addled brain points out that Sometimes that’s the way it be.

When they do, Taako elbows his sister, and says, “I fuckin’ knew it.”

“You did not! You said Bluejeans over here—”

“Not my name—”

“You said Bluejeans was straight, and if he wasn’t, you owed me ten gold. Pay up,” says Lup, triumphantly, and holds out a hand. Taako groans and digs into his pockets as everyone finishes up their sip.

Magnus sets his glass on the table and looks around, awestruck. “Damn. It’s really all of us, huh? Um… okay, show of hands, where’re my bisexual peeps?”

“Ayo!” Lup tucks the gold into her jacket and reaches over to high-five Magnus. She nearly knocks Barry’s glasses off his face, and he jumps and almost lowers his hand. “Alright, cool, nice…”

“Yeah, cool, cool, cool,” Taako interrupts. He’s still looking fairly sour as he says, “Who else ’s gay as fuck, then?”

It doesn’t quite register until Lucretia’s mind catches up with the moment, and then she raises her hand before she can stop herself. Lup’s eyes snap to hers, and Lucretia almost falls out of her chair.

“Interesting,” is all she says, and grins. It’s bright enough to vaporize Lucretia on the spot.

Taako’s hand is also up, and he regards Davenport with interest. “I d-don’t know if I’d call myself gay as fuck,” their captain says, drily, “b-because that’s not the most… uh, choice turn of phrase, b-but… anyway. Merle?”

They all look to their resident cleric, who shrugs. “I mean, I’m not sayin’ I’m the reason they call it pansexual, but…”

A collective groan drifts through the room. Lucretia has to stifle a smile.

She’s shoving the last of the HR-approved teamwork guidance packets into her bag when she feels a light tap on her shoulder. Lucretia bites down on a squeak and whirls around, one-hundred-percent ready to chastise whoever had snuck up on her, and comes face-to-face with Lup.

Actually, it’s more like face-to-chin—Lup is very tall—but that doesn’t keep a thrill from shooting down Lucretia’s spine.

“Uh, hi,” is what she can muster.

Lup clicks her tongue. “Y’know, I was gonna say hi, too, but you just beat me right to it, huh?”

She smiles, radiant and wide, and Lucretia returns it in what she’s sure is the most awkward manner possible. “Totally didn’t mean to startle you, by the way. Sorry ’bout that. Just wanted to touch base with the other sapphic gal around here. Crazy, right? All of this?”

“Well,” says Lucretia, still blushing furiously, “you know what they say. No straights allowed in space, right?”

Lup stares, and for a chilling moment, Lucretia is convinced she’s actually nowhere near as funny as her editors tell her she is. Then she bursts out laughing, and her laugh is the most wonderful thing under the suns. “Oh, man. No straights allowed in space. I’m gonna get that tattooed on my fucking arm. Taako—’Ko, did you hear that? No straights allowed?”

Her brother pushes himself up from where he lounges against the doorframe. “Fuckin’ hilarious. Can you quit flirting so we can get a move on?”

“Guess that’s my cue,” Lup says, and shoots an exaggeratedly dirty look his way before she turns back to Lucretia. “Look, you’re fun, okay? We should hang out before things pop off. I gotta get me some more of that signature Luce wit. You’re cool if I call you Luce, right?”

“Uh… yeah,” says Lucretia, who isn’t quite sure what cool is anymore.

“Awesome.” Lup nudges her and says, “Stop by my dorm anytime, mkay?”

“Mkay,” echoes Lucretia, who can’t recognize an open invitation when it’s standing directly in front of her.

“Sweet.” She turns on her heel and strides off in Taako’s direction, and Lucretia stands with a packet of team building exercises in her hands in the dim, empty common room.

Can you quit flirting? Taako had said.

Lup hadn’t denied it.

Team building activities, Lucretia thinks, aren’t that bad at all.

[itsbluejeansbitch]

blame

{This is a cathartic, self-indulgent kinda fic. probably ooc but i had to get it out of my head. thanks yall <3 also thanks as always to the tfw discord for inspiring this}

Taako knew as soon as the door opened that he had come to the right place. People were normally excited to see him, their faces lighting up. This woman’s face fell when she saw him. She was a dwarf, an apron wrapped around her waist and her hair piled in a messy bun on top of her head. “Taako.” she said, looking him up and down. Behind her was a mess of kids toys and shouts could be heard from down the hallway. It was nice, the house. Big, with a well tended garden and a chimney that had smoke curling from it. Taako’s arms were crossed, his fingers tapping a nervous beat on his bare arm. “Yeah. I- uh.” The woman nodded curtly at him. “It means a lot that you’ve come. Come inside, we can talk. I’m Maria.” She turned and walked back into the house so he followed, skirting around the toys and walking into the warm kitchen.

There was another woman in there, a halfling, cooking with a baby propped on her hip. Two boys were sitting at the tall dining table but Maria waved them away, so they hopped down and scuttled out the room, staring at Taako curiously. “Taako.” the other woman said, with slightly more of a smile than Maria had. He gave her a quick nod and a taut smile, then took a seat opposite Maria.    “I never knew if you’d come.” Maria said. She had a wise look to her, a life-weary glint to her eye. “After that day- well, there was a lot of hatred in this house. I’m sure you understand.” Taako nodded. “I never - I think if I’d known it would have been different. I didn’t think it was such a big deal, to forget. It took it happening to me to realise.” Maria shrugged. “We don’t blame you, Taako. We just want acknowledgement, I think. You seven saved the world. You saved the universe and everyone thanks you for that. But you destroyed my world, and it’s fucking hard to find it in my heart to forgive all of you.” “I don’t expect you to. I- I haven’t forgiven Lucretia, for what she did to me. I don’t want forgiveness. I just want you to know that I understand, and I will do what I can for you. When it happened I was callous. Fuck, I look back at that me and I sort of hate him. I’m sorry, Maria. I really am.” She nodded. “Thank you.” That thank you meant the world to him. Taako clung to it in his mind. It was a small plaster on a gaping wound, but it was something. An olive branch from one broken person to another. Forgiveness, or the start of it. He smiled gently. “If it makes you feel any better, it’s a small thing, but all of his children are welcome at my school.” Maria laughed a little. “All four hundred and thirteen of them?” Taako sputtered. “Fuck! Four- Alright, okay. Sure. Why not, I’ll take all the little buggers.” She smiled, the first proper smile he’d seen from her and he relaxed, standing up. “Leaving so soon?” Maria asked. “Yeah I’m not so good with kids.” Taako shrugged. “I basically have one now and I still don’t know what the fuck to do with him.” He felt that she knew why he was really leaving. Asking forgiveness was one thing. Finding it, staring in the eyes of someone you’d wronged, that was different. You couldn’t do it for too long. He couldn’t do it for too long. There was too much weight in something like that. “Well,” said Maria as she lead him down the long hallway. “come back whenever you want. Might be good to get some practice.” Taako nodded as he stepped out the door, back into the weak winter sunlight. “You know, he had a funeral. I don’t know if they told you, but everyone came. They all loved him.” Maria looked at him, that world-weariness in her eyes again. “Everyone loved Boyland, Taako. We all did. And now we do, again, and no less for it.” Taako turned around and walked away, out of the garden with its swing and apple tree. He walked away from the house full of people just like him - people who had loved and lost and loved again. He walked with a spring in his step, a weight off his shoulders. To not be blamed was a beautiful thing, but to remember was better.

[androgenicannihilation]

I promise this post isn’t sketchy

It’s just a list of links to a lot of TAU art

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmgV44FFQVc

https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/99204422463/zilleniose-this-au-needs-to-stop-haunting-me-i

https://gammija.tumblr.com/post/99416523466/transcendence-au-for-inktober-cause-its-a-great

https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/99969838978/biophosphoradelecrystalluminesce-omniscience-is

https://awesomecat42.tumblr.com/post/186336997954/another-gravity-falls-transcendence-au-screencap

https://minryll.tumblr.com/post/130358159685/lovinov-ok-so-i-became-mildly-obsessed-with

https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/106859499478/rebel-leaf-so-i-found-out-about-the

https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/99204436318/zilleniose-cause-every-self-respecting-demon

https://oh-fuckberries.tumblr.com/post/104796311296/dippers-not-very-happy-with-whoever-summoned

https://thismightyneed.tumblr.com/post/104683633706/playing-fancy-or-cool-isntruments-is-awesome-and

https://iamthedumbass.tumblr.com/post/113695450617/and-my-last-one-tonight

https://maybe-jayy.tumblr.com/post/99604282168/wait-its-all-that-i-can-take-and-every-single

https://merlikuty.tumblr.com/post/613168369071489024/young-mabel-just-ready-to-handle-his-demon

https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/130585875068/litadel-dipper-might-be-a-demon-now-but-mabel

https://flowercape.tumblr.com/post/103270342401/smile

https://rei-drome.tumblr.com/post/112390708465/have-some-transcendence-au-mystery-twins-w-i

https://yurixa.tumblr.com/post/118115732719/heres-one-of-the-frames-i-did-for-the

https://nazdraws.tumblr.com/post/112919497032/a-quick-sketch-for-this-headcanon-i-hope-this-is

https://avespecora.tumblr.com/post/157413129292/quickie-tau-doodles

https://blue-eli.tumblr.com/post/188447426224/inktober-day-19-sling-me-actually-posting-at-a

https://sarang-archer.tumblr.com/post/158567522514/transcendence-au-yall-thought-i-was-done-with

https://ghostfiish.tumblr.com/post/99204233510/more-transcendence-au-stuff-was-eperimenting-with

https://mareliini.tumblr.com/post/100174188922/i-always-forgot-how-shitty-this-paper-is-with

https://beelieveinfandom.tumblr.com/post/158615717332/for-the-anon-who-requested-stan-and-dipper-i

https://avespecora.tumblr.com/post/154390157102/two-warm-ups-from-this-morning-i-felt-like-lining

https://feferipeixes.tumblr.com/post/185280254814/linklyshow-keep-treatin-this-kid-like-a-science

https://hellmandraws.tumblr.com/post/616022949812633600/charity-commission-for-seiya234-adult-mabel-and

https://mareliini.tumblr.com/post/144669318167/commission-for-seiya234-of-henry-and-mabel-pines

https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/110597906323/i-was-gonna-shade-this-but-eh

https://ghostfiish.tumblr.com/post/99763067915/drew-some-pines-triplets-last-night-sorry-if-i

https://halfaleagueonward.tumblr.com/post/109961952304/triplet-kidlings-from-the-transcendence-au-all-my

https://alviepines.tumblr.com/post/189497148390/my-ficathon-entry-for-wyvernexe-from-the-prompt

https://silverstoryteller.tumblr.com/post/125195753719/finally-finished-thislyrics-are-from-the-curse

https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/100709662288/thank-you-to-mybelovedtwinflower-for-drawing-this

https://anahhzp.tumblr.com/post/151861298203/girls-karaoke-night-plus-dipper-thats

https://opalwhisker.tumblr.com/post/101542458692/i-was-still-bored-so-i-drew-more-of-alcor-and-my

https://transcendence-au.fandom.com/wiki/File:Untitled.png (I tried very hard to find the original source of this image but even google reverse image search came up with nothing)

https://emotional-mango.tumblr.com/post/131196968528/someone-save-henry

https://ii-thiscat-ii.tumblr.com/post/134798687796/itistimetimetolookdramatic

https://lyres1093.tumblr.com/post/137356291396/tau-secret-santa-for-angryinterrobang-wendy

https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/105212289098/important-headcanons-dipper-kisses-everyone-he

https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/147232119298

https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/135942951093/hazelfay-art-transcendence-au-secret-santa-for

https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/114723216563/ladyeatingcake-rrrg-tumblr-deleted-the-ask-but

https://gecko5.tumblr.com/post/115375717617/extra

https://gardenmonotony.tumblr.com/post/136966759486/tfw-youre-borderline-omnipotent-and-your-niece

https://aquacanis.tumblr.com/post/140076666267/alcor-for-an-art-trade-with-bippart

https://caffeinechick.tumblr.com/post/102951498373/im-super-stressed-out-so-i-finished-a-thing-i

https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/169964544160/harmonic-trash006-just-some-fan-art-of-an-amazing

(two more frames from the Immortals animatic)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWnAPa38oXk

https://risingsm0ke.tumblr.com/post/101025281565/im-so-sorry-dipper-looks-a-little-younger-than-i

(another frame from the Immortals animatic)

https://mayormcdodd.tumblr.com/post/138011137126/honeyhoshi-heres-a-very-very-late-tau-secret

https://ii-thiscat-ii.tumblr.com/post/137235834456/so-i-remembered-that-i-doodled-this-and-uh

Two images from the Transcendence Zine by marshmellowextract!

https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/167180640798/zilleniose-chumy-beautiful-unhinged-murder-child

https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/102581257243/belle-and-a-lil-griffin-baby-which-she-still

https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/103942967963/zilleniose-what-i-was-fervently-hoping-would

https://suitjackets.tumblr.com/post/190353339182/tau-drawings-from-both-my-sketchbook-zine-and-my

https://zillychu.tumblr.com/post/138584473490/i-think-the-best-thing-about-that-drawing-is-the

https://ghostfiish.tumblr.com/post/102672141660/cassie-with-some-homemade-ice-cream-from-the

https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/101388437953/dipper-and-cassie-probably-sometime-after-this

https://mareliini.tumblr.com/post/113420662262/nyoom

https://michelle332.tumblr.com/post/126613411668/p

https://maybe-jayy.tumblr.com/post/107565045398/i-wasnt-planning-on-itbut-i-coloured-it

https://ii-thiscat-ii.tumblr.com/post/147013252821/dont-cry-little-baby-your-daddy-is-the-most

https://toothpastecanyon.tumblr.com/post/189119748003/random-drawingphotoshop-i-did-of-an-adult-noie

https://transcendence-au.fandom.com/wiki/File:Noie_by_sojune.jpg

https://transcendence-au.tumblr.com/post/612881794881175552/hi-im-starry-eyes-from-discord-but-you-all-can

https://abalovesfic.tumblr.com/post/190992226070/transcendence-au-when-the-discord-says-what-if

https://shampo-in-my-shoe.tumblr.com/post/189556353205/bloop-de-dopp-some-fan-art-from-toothpastecanyon

https://so-june.tumblr.com/post/611713463083040768/guess-its-time-to-start-posting-my-tau-art-on

https://ii-thiscat-ii.tumblr.com/post/156794580149/and-then-theres-this-im-ridiculously-fond-of

https://lixiss-enderstream.tumblr.com/post/166373882647/tau-demonology-gang-by-thespiritsyren

https://avespecora.tumblr.com/post/146291124322/storiewriterkalyn-also-requested-some-flower

https://skia-oura.tumblr.com/post/613720983108567040/bentley-featuring-orange-lilies-because-fic

https://oreramar.tumblr.com/post/132968643871/more-tau-character-centered-ambient-sound-mixes

https://zillychu.tumblr.com/post/139943245293/bless-avespecora-loser-nerds-who-legit-think

https://so-june.tumblr.com/post/612153562180567040/feferipeixess-jay-from-this-amazing-fic-series

https://avespecora.tumblr.com/post/623011068435906560/beach-episodeeee-a-few-notes-turns-out-tumblr

https://beelieveinfandom.tumblr.com/post/166102457312/day-5-more-from-the-chapter-of-haunted-and

https://beelieveinfandom.tumblr.com/post/166316360857/day-11-this-is-a-good-chapter-for-charlie-one

https://marshmellowextract.tumblr.com/post/170277971246/for-that-anon-who-wants-more-lucy-ann-stuff-i

https://baruyon.tumblr.com/post/158711229330

(Four more frames from the Immortals animatic)

https://my-so-called-art.tumblr.com/post/101458509147/happy-halloween-teen-mystery-twins-from-the