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6 months past after Caines death and Kinger is getting closer and closer to abstraction.
He needs to make things right.
He brings Caine back.
Caine is between 1 - 4 months old here. Heโs very talkative and heโs won the hearts of everyone but Jax.
Kinger canโt live his life with a bucket on his head and while itโs nice to talk to him normally. Being lucid 24/7 is draining for his mental health. So he has a break from the bucket and the racing thoughts and allows himself to breathe. While he ends up losing his responsible logic, he is still very much caring of Caine. The little AI is very influential on Kinger and persuades him to do activityโs with him.
Of course this is in a stage where Caine can only babble and Kinger is insane.
No one knows how they are communicating with eachother.
Since there are a bunch more TADC fics that I enjoy now, I decided to make one big masterpost of all my recs. And this is definitely NOT a way to procrastinate writing my own stuff...Haha...why would you ask that?! Ummm...anyway, enjoy! And, yes, these will all be Caine-centric. Sorry, not sorry.
Started before Ep. 7:
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
(No Easy Answers is the sequel series to Questions and Answers)
Started after Ep. 8:
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Started after Ep. 9:
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
I am going to repeat. Jax's backstory in the au is different because I have been planning it for months before the finale. Changing it would just complicate things for me
He was told by his mother that she and his younger siblings are going to visit their relatives and because he has school, she can't take him with her and his father is "busy" and can't take care of him either, so he's going to stay with a family friend house whose name is kinger along with other children around his age who are stay for similar reasons like him,he's going to excited to go visit the city for the first time, having grown up on a farm and always being left at home with his dad while his mother ran errands with his younger siblings at the city, so getting to go to the city AND stay there for a week (it won't be for a week for longโ ๏ธ) sounds a like a dream trip, even he still has to do homework and go to school he will still have some free time to play with the other kids there,he will be kinda disappointed that he's the only boy there (not for long bud,don't worry)
He has an obsession with Ariel that he hides because dear old dad told him that real men don't play with girl toys and princesses unless he wants to be a weak, soft, helpless little boy,of course!(he's cis male with traditionally feminine interest before you ask in the au)
He's still the little troublemaker he is,but he doesn't have any malicious behind them,he's doing it for fun and if anyone gets injured that's from bad planning or accidental
Relationship with pomni
When he first meets pomni ,he doesn't understand why she's so quiet and "shy",he starts talking to her the most out of everyone there because he can't quiet figure her out,the others it was easy within a day or two it was clear,ragatha = rich bossy older sister,gangle = the shy girl ,zooble = judgemental but he didn't get pomni,she wasn't shy like gangle, she refused to talk altogether,he will think at some point that she's mute,so the first time she talks,he's gonna be shocked and say "YOU'RE NOT MUTE?!",in which that will earn him a pissed off pomni,who still didn't say anything afterwards but she actively staying away from him but thankfully that moment is short lived as he realised that she's been quiet because she's overwhelmed, he will somehow be able to calm her down and help her (he was genuinely throwing stuff at the wall and seeing if it sticks)and she will starts opening up slowly to him and getting more comfortable around him over the time and they become the closest to each other and jax will find her the coolest out of anyone
Relationship with gangle
He thinks her art is cool, but that doesn't change the fact that she's the biggest victim to his pranks, gangle will offer for him to draw with her, which he will refuse, seeing drawing as a feminine hobby but overtime, he will slowly start drawing with her in private, threatening to prank her more if she tells anyone but slowly he will start drawing openly
Relationship with zooble
Him and zooble spend the most time around each because they are the closest in age and in the same class,they naturally are also close to each other,having similar interests as kids but where they clash they clash HARD,she's completely against him throwing pranks and often tries to stop him,in which he obviously doesn't like that and jax is a hyperactive kid and zooble is calm in nature, she not shy like gangle but generally calm (as a 6 year old can)and jax finds the fact she's judgemental of other adults funny
Relationship with ragatha
From the first day in kinger's place, he didn't like ragatha, she was immediately trying too hard and tried to parent him and he hates parental figures and he's not gonna hide that from her,he would often act out just to annoy her and sometimes despite not being in the wrong sometimes she ALWAYS blames him for EVERYTHING that has gone wrong, overtime She will start yelling at him for discipline which he hates it,he _always_ hated it,it makes him flinch but he can't let a girl threaten him,so he yells back,misbehave more and more intentionally just annoy her,he hates her for it
Relationship with caine
When caine arrives at kinger's place, 2 days into their stay, he's happy that not the only boy around anymore and will be surprised to learn he's kinger's son from caine,how does a chess piece have a set of teeth as a son but jax quickly explains it that he simply is a carbon copy of his mother and kinger's dead wife, who suspiciously kinger doesn't have any photos of her around the house but whatever,jax wanted a friend but caine wasn't _exactly_ what he would have wanted as a friend, he more than often missed simple social clues but in another way, that helped jax take advantage of caine,making him help him with pranks while also being the second person he pranks the most,both jax,zooble and caine are in the same class
Relationship with Bubble
No one knows whether Bubble is a dog or another kid,he goes to school with them,and eats on the dinner table but he also licks the ground to clean it, says the most unhinged(as unhinged as a 5 year old can be) and once barked at jax(to be fair jax braked back) ,everyone in the house agrees that Bubble is a creature
Relationship with Kinger
At first jax won't like kinger simply because he's an authority figure but overtime he will start to like as kinger tears him gently and when he finds the Ariel drawing under the bed,he doesn't tell him to man up or make fun of for liking princesses,he listens to his stupid obsession with the character and even encourages,jax hates the fact that he likes what kinger is saying to him because it goes against everything his father taught him,he doesn't understand why kinger isn't ashamed of him having weak feminine interests but he's happy for once here
As more months go by ,jax slowly accepts the fact that his parents or at least his dad abandoned him,he was told,it would be for a week! But it's been months, he's devastated releasing that,feeling like he must have done something so bad that his dad doesn't want him anymore, did he find out about his Ariel drawings here,see how he gone soft and decided that jax wasn't worth it anymore, he doesn't know but he still has hope somehow in someway,someone would come to pick him up despite the fact he loves this place more,it felt like "home" more than his actual home ever did
Main au concept , kinger , ragatha , gangle , pomni , zooble , Caine and bubble (links will be added in the future when I draw the other characters)
ๅฝก๐ซ: Our little bunny regresses to between 0โ3 years old. He may age up a little, but that only happens when he tries to suppress his regression and act like a "big kid."
(Kinger is still teaching him that suppressing his emotions is wrong and that he shouldn't feel bad or ashamed when he wants to be little.)
ๅฝก๐ซ: Jax is a very calm baby, but at the same time he's a very difficult baby to deal with and please.
All of this depends on whether he's having good days or bad days, and of course also on who's taking care of him. But he's usually relaxed, plays a lot, and sleeps a lot; he's always in someone's arms, especially Kinger's (figuratively speaking, since he only has hands, but you get the idea).
ๅฝก๐ซ: Most of the time, he wears diapers, partly out of necessity and partly for comfort, though heโs sometimes embarrassed to admit the former. Both Kinger and Ragatha decided it would be best because of his constant nightmares. It was only supposed to be for nighttime at first, but it eventually became a 24/7 thing.
They realized that Jax felt more comfortable that way, even if he never said it out loud, and they never asked him about it directly. They simply accepted it without any issue and let him wear them for as long as he wanted. It was as if they had signed a silent agreement, but it was better that wayโit avoided making the little bunny uncomfortable.
ๅฝก๐ซ: He is very picky with foodโextremely picky, in fact. Thereโs hardly a day that goes by without him throwing a little tantrum over food he doesnโt like. Ragatha is the one who feeds him, and sheโs always trying to trick him with little tactics, like pretending the spoon is an airplane or passing one food off as another. No matter how much Jax pouts, he always falls for her tricks.
Even so, if things get complicated, the only person who can convince him to eat is Pomni; all it takes is for her to promise him an afternoon of games to pass the time. (Heโll end up agreeing, and a few hours later youโll probably find them building block towers together.)
ๅฝก๐ซ: He has lots of textured toys and chew toysโtheyโre his favorites. Zooble was the one who got them for him after noticing that when Kinger was carrying him around, he would often nibble on his robe. That was the first time Zooble gave him something for his regression. She wasnโt entirely sure why she did it; she didnโt know if it was because she was annoyed that Jax kept chewing on everyoneโs things, or maybe because he looked so anxious, as if he were searching for something more comforting than his pacifier... or maybe it was both.
Jaxโs reaction was complete surprise when he received the gift, which only made things more awkward between them. But once he accepted it, he had no idea that it would only be the beginningโZooble would gradually gain confidence and start giving him more things.
ๅฝก๐ซ: His pacifier has sometimes been his greatest lifesaver, because Jax knows that when heโs little, he becomes nonverbal, and as a result, words either slip away from him or become difficult to say properly. Kinger knows this too, so he never pushes him too hard, since heโs already familiar with his babyโs little habits. Looking at the other side of the coin, Gangle is the one who insists the most, because she finds the way he talks when he regresses far too adorable. So she uses the excuse of โteaching him new wordsโ just so she can hear him speak. She doesnโt get very far, thoughโJax gets really embarrassed and thinks sheโs only doing it to make fun of him.
(She only manages to hear him when heโs at a younger age, and all he does is babble.)
ๅฝก๐ซ: Whenever Caine comes up with a new adventure and Jax is in regression, Kinger usually carries him in a baby carrier along with a diaper bag filled with everything he might need (an idea entirely from Ragatha). She tends to be very cautious, so she packs a little bit of everything: diapers, one or two bottles of milk, teething toys, regular toys, baby wipes, light snacks for the journey, and a spare pacifier.
ๅฝก๐ซ: His tantrums can be difficult to handle, especially when no one knows exactly what he wants. He usually responds only with whines and cries, and only very rarely with hitting.
Kinger and Ragatha are incredibly patient and do everything they can to keep the situation from ending badly. If necessary, theyโll pick him up and rock him to keep him calm. They hate seeing him cry, and Ragatha especially struggles because she feels the pressure of not knowing what to do. In the end, they usually manage to calm him down with a bottle of milk and gentle strokes along his ears.
Zooble tends to get irritated easily by his tantrums. She would rather step away and wait for the chaos to pass, but sometimes her own mind betrays her, and she ends up staying to help however she can. When Kinger and Ragatha arenโt around, she simply sits with him and lets him cry in her lap while rubbing circles on his back. In these situations, thereโs never any communication, but Zooble doesnโt need words to comfort him.
Pomni and Gangle, on the other hand, are a whole different case. They never know what to do in those moments, and Gangle is capable of starting to cry as well just from the tension. With a lot of effort, they manage to stop Jaxโs tears through games or the funny faces Pomni makes to get him to laugh.
ๅฝก๐ซ: Sometimes Jax invites himself over to draw with Gangle. He goes to her room, knocks, and patiently waits for an answer. Gangle opens the door, and since she already knows what he wants, she lets him in. All of this happens under Zoobleโs supervision. She knows that the relationship between those two has never been healthy, so better safe than sorry, according to her. In reality, though, she mostly stays to watch them draw while sipping on a drink. From her perspective, they look very cute getting along so well.
The peace doesnโt last very long, because Jax gets frustrated when his drawings donโt turn out as well as Gangleโs.
ๅฝก๐ซ: The first person to find out about his regression was Ribbit. She had gone to Jaxโs room looking for him so she and Kaufmo could pull some kind of prank. She opened the door and expected anything except finding him sitting there, playing with his pacifier. She didnโt understand it right away, but it only took a moment to connect the dots as she remembered all those little signs Jax had shown through his behaviorโlike nibbling on his thumb while sleeping on the couches, throwing little fits whenever he got angry, or sometimes getting stuck like a scratched record when he was trying to talk.
Ribbit had always been a very understanding person, and in that moment she knew she had to be there to support him. Even if she didnโt fully understand how regression worked, she was willing to take the first step.
ๅฝก๐ซ: Everyone in the circus knows about Jaxโs regression, though Caine is still trying to understand it. The frequency with which he regresses is almost constant. He never wants to, but his mind eventually gives in. Of course, there are days when he doesnโt regress at all, and coincidentally those are the days when he becomes unbearable. He really doesnโt like being little and will do everything he can to suppress it. He has gotten to the point of almost abstracting because of it, and now he has to put up with being followed around everywhere (for safety reasons).
If it werenโt for Pomni and Kinger keeping him in check, heโd probably throw a huge fit and make a scene about how โI donโt care about anyone,โ โI want to be alone,โ โI donโt need anyoneโs help,โ and so on. If it does come to that, Kinger makes Jax apologize to the others for being rude and using bad language. If he doesnโt want to apologize directly, heโs given the option to do it through letters instead. (Itโs not a punishment, just something to help Jax learn that words can hurt people.)
He truly dislikes his regression and will do everything he can to repress it. He has pushed himself to the point of nearly abstracting because of it, and now he has to deal with the fact that people follow him around wherever he goes (for safety reasons).
ๅฝก๐ซ: He tries to avoid everyone when he isnโt in regression, all because of the embarrassment he feels. He believes it isnโt right or that heโs doing something wrong. He feels that the others only take care of him out of pity, or that theyโre only doing it to make fun of him.
Jax has had many talks with Kinger about this. Kinger manages to convince him that he shouldnโt feel bad for wanting that coping mechanism. Jax accepts it, but after a while he ends up falling back into the same mindset. Kingerโs solution is to spoil him a lot; that tends to make his little bunny regress more quickly.
Itโs not that he wants to control his mindโhe just does whatever he can to make him feel better, just like his wife, Queenie, used to do before she was gone.
Here are the headcanons I promised. I was going to write more, but this is all I could come up with. I'll make more, and any ideas you have are more than welcome. โฅ๏ธ
I used the questions you asked me to create the headcanons, thanks! :)
I wrote it quickly because I have other things to do, sorry if anything is misspelled...
(By the way, I wanted to mention that there won't be any spoilers for the movie until it premieres on YouTube.)
